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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.10.16
* Former Attorney General Eric Holder has some thoughts about last night’s debate. [Huffington Post]
* Phoenix and Denver are the latest cities to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day. [USA Today]
* Dressing as a law student is harder than dressing as a model. [Legal Cheek]
* It’s looking like Manson Family murderer, Leslie Van Houten, will die in prison. [Law and More]
* The real people behind foreclosure fraud. [Salon]
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Biglaw
Biglaw Associate Sues Airbnb, Victoria's Secret Model
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Celebrities
Professor Tyra Banks Will Deign To Educate Lowly Stanford MBA Students
Yeah, at Stanford you get Tyra Banks. Because Tyra Banks is serious!
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Gender, Social Media, Women's Issues
Can You Be A Lawyer And A Bikini Model At The Same Time?
Yes, you can, but please don't expect your colleagues to show reverence for your choice. -
Crime, Hotties, Quote of the Day
Photogenic Felon's Modeling Contract Means Doom For Us All
You may be able to see this smooth criminal in magazines or reality TV soon. -
Biglaw, Hotties
Biglaw Associate Secretly Struts His Stuff As An Underwear Model -- Because Why Not?
An associate who sheds his suit to show off his sexy bod? We like this guy already. -
B for Beauty, Bad Ideas, Breasts, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Blonde Bombshell Says: 'My Boobs Are More Important Than The Law'
This poor woman now faces legal problems because of her T&A. -
Antonin Scalia, Basketball, Gay Marriage, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Mergers and Acquisitions, Non-Sequiturs, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 05.21.14
* Justice Scalia criticized law schools. Here come the butthurt law schools. [Legal Times] * Cass Sunstein on Rand Paul’s real father — Richard Epstein. [New Republic via PrawfsBlawg] * Irony alert: Rick Santorum endorsed the judge who just legalized gay marriage in Pennsylvania. [Slate] * What do you know? Donald Sterling is a dick. [Los Angeles Times] * A follow-up on a previous item: does this look like a law student kneed so hard he lost a testicle? [Barstool Sports] * In a development that should shock no one, it turns out the Chinese hackers may have been turning their attention to infiltrating law firms “which hold valuable intellectual property for their clients but often lack the security defenses of a larger corporation.” [Bits / New York Times] * Model suing hair salon for $1.5 million for ruining her career. That sounds funny, but the story is actually kind of horrifying. [New York Post] * Are we looking at an M&A boom in 2014? Frank Aquila of S&C thinks so. After the jump… [Mimesis Law] - Sponsored
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Elena Kagan, Fashion, Labor / Employment, Mergers and Acquisitions, Non-Sequiturs, Patents, Securities and Exchange Commission, Supreme Court
Non-Sequiturs: 06.13.13
* How often are you sitting around wondering about all the legal ins-and-outs of the assassination of James Garfield? Wonder no more. [The Legal Geeks] * A love poem with citations to the U.C.C. You know, if you never plan on getting laid again. [Law Poetry] * Justice Kagan dials 867-5309. [Slate] * Underage models in New York are now covered by child labor laws. In related news, American Apparel stops making any ads whatsoever. [Fashionista] * When a bank nixes your merger, just go ahead and do it another way and bury the bank’s opinion. There’s not much the SEC can do about it anyway. [Dealbreaker] * Pepper Hamilton’s Nina Gussack is making it rain. [The Careerist] * Eric Posner has no beef with the NSA. [Constitutional Daily] * States: The New (Patent) Troll Slayers [Slate] -
Ann Althouse, Football, Guns / Firearms, Hotties, Law School Deans, Non-Sequiturs, Paralegals, Pregnancy / Paternity, Suicide
Non-Sequiturs: 01.16.13
* Not a Victoria’s Secret angel’s fantasy: being sued for $3.3 million. [Fashionista] * Should a widow be able to extract sperm from the body of her husband, who recently committed suicide, so she can have a child with him? Some thoughts from Professor Glenn Cohen of Harvard Law. [Bill of Health] * Speaking of suicide, controversy over the prosecution of the late Aaron Swartz rages on. [How Appealing and Instapundit] * Professor Ann Althouse isn’t a fan of the “if we can save one life” argument for gun control. [Althouse] * I don’t know anything about football, but even I chuckled at this. [Life in Biglaw] * ‘Tis the season… for replacing law school deans. Congratulations to Michael Hunter Schwartz, the new dean at Arkansas – Little Rock. [Faculty Lounge] After the jump, Elie challenges Mike Bloomberg to make him skinny…. Elie also discusses the hot issue of the day, gun control, on HuffPost Live: -
Books, Crime, Intellectual Property, Non-Sequiturs, Rank Stupidity, Richard Posner, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 10.22.12
* Additional thoughts, from Professor Josh Blackman, on Judge Richard Posner’s awesome streak of book reviews. [Josh Blackman] * Meanwhile, Professor Kyle Graham wonders: How would Judge Posner review Moby Dick, Fifty Shades of Grey, and other classic literature? Incredibly, that’s how. [noncuratlex] * Apple responded to Samsung’s blame-the-jury appeal with knives out and guns blazing. [Ars Technica] * This attempt at using a disguise to commit ID theft was so pathetic, I almost feel bad for the guy. And yes, there is a photo. [Lowering the Bar] * A longtime Arby’s employee fled when a knife-wielding robber broke into the restaurant in the middle the night. And then Arby’s fired her. At least unemployment > dying alone in an Arby’s. [Consumerist] * Models, runway shows, and confidentiality agreements, oh my! [Fashionista] -
Hotties, Law Schools, Lawsuit of the Day, Privacy, Ridiculousness
'Aspiring' Law Student Claims Reputational Damage From Leaked Lingerie Photos
Wanna-be law student claims leaked photos are preventing her from following her dreams... -
Fashion, Hotties, Masturbation, Pictures
Male Model Claims He Was Instructed to Masturbate Nude for Photo Shoot, Sues for a Million
Male models may be stereotypically portrayed as stupid, but when they’ve allegedly been taken advantage of, they have the good sense to sue for millions.
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B for Beauty, Fat People, Hotties, Reality TV, Television
A Model's 'Fat Ass' Gets Her Fired, But Earns Her a Win in Court
What happens when your run-of-the-mill model, a woman who has been called "very skinny, almost anorexically skinny," is deemed too fat to model by her own agency? This is apparently what happened to the winner of Holland's Next Top Model, but she decided to sue over it.... -
B for Beauty, Breasts, Career Alternatives, Fabulosity, Hotties, Law Schools
A Model Law Student: This Sexy Sooner Hits the Books Hard
When you think of Oklahoma, what's the first thing that comes to mind? For some it's a Broadway musical, for others, it's agriculture, and for others still, it's football. But what about beautiful, intelligent women? We've got a story for our readers about a law student with some really big... brains. A tipster notified us about this sexy Sooner and the double life she leads: she's a second-year law student, but in her free time, she's a model who's worked at some of the finest breastaurants in the business.... -
Bankruptcy, Depositions, Federal Judges, Food, iPhone, Law Professors, Morning Docket, Murder, Old People
Morning Docket: 10.06.11
* With about 90 vacancies in the federal court system, the Senate approved six for judgeships, including Judge John Roll’s replacement. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * $400 per wasted hour? That’s not what you’re paying your lawyer. That’s what he’s paying in sanctions for futzing around during depositions. [Daily Business Review] * Texas Roadhouse: […]
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American Constitution Society (ACS), Ann Althouse, Fast Food, Law Schools, Money, Non-Sequiturs, Securities and Exchange Commission, Student Loans, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 08.26.11
* What can law firms learn from Folgers crystals? Maybe how to provide legal services rich enough to be served to America’s finest corporations. [What About Clients?] * A look at what $100,000 in law school loans could have purchased instead — e.g., 505,050 chicken nuggets from Wendy’s. [Constitutional Daily] * What kind of “reasonable […]