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Books, Movies
What Jar Jar Can Teach Us About Free Speech
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.16.16
* Nurkhan Zhumabekov, a lawyer in Kazakhstan, is suing the Russian-Kazakh television channel First Channel-Eurasia for allegedly “insulting Kazakhs.” Nobody tell this guy about Borat, OK? [Radio Free Europe]
* The too perfect name of the litigants in Loving v. Virginia is finally getting its due. Loving, a new film about the case that legalized interracial marriage, looks primed to garner some Oscar buzz. [Hollywood Reporter]
* Illinois Law graduates were a no-show at graduation; Jane Genova wonders why. [Law and More]
* Poorly written laws and regulations are part of why the Supreme Court has to get involved in the immigration case of U.S. v. Texas, as Laura Murray-Tjan explains. [Huffington Post]
* Is there a way to save access to personal email accounts at work without compromising a law firm’s security? [Authentic8]
* Laverne Cox has been cast in CBS’s new legal drama, Doubt, along with Katherine Heigl and Steven Pasquale. [Jezebel]
* Radiohead isn’t being a “Paranoid Android,” they may be getting sued. [Radio.com]
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Movies, U.S. Attorneys Offices
'My Cousin Vinny' Teaches You What You Need To Know About Being A Lawyer
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.18.16
* Later today, the Supreme Court will hear its “last great case of the Obama era” when arguments are presented in U.S. v. Texas, the biggest immigration case to come before the high court in a century. Given the current makeup of the Court, this case may be resolved with a 4-4 split, which would mean the president’s deportation-relief plan will be blocked in Texas. [Los Angeles Times]
* HBO’s “Confirmation,” a film about the Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas Supreme Court hearings, was an excellent presentation of the media mob that ravenously feasted upon a law professor’s sexual harassment allegations against America’s most silent justice. The fact that our country is in the middle of yet another highly politicized battle over a SCOTUS confirmation only made this more enjoyable to watch. [New York Times]
* Did Barnes & Thornberg help Avid Life Media defraud Ashley Madison subscribers? This is what plaintiffs allege in a consolidated lawsuit that’s been filed against the extramarital affairs website, and they’re seeking access to attorney-client privileged emails between the firm and the company to prove their case. [Big Law Business]
* A new partnership between Fresno City College, Fresno State, and San Joaquin College of Law will allow students to purchase a “one-way ticket to law school.” That ticket won’t be worth much after graduation, though, because San Joaquin Law’s most recent bar passage rate for first-time takers was a shockingly low 29 percent. [Visalia Times-Delta]
* Thanks to the popularity of hip-hopera Hamilton, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has scrapped plans to replace Alexander Hamilton’s face on the $10 bill with a woman’s. Instead, it will be Andrew Jackson whose face is replaced with a woman’s on the $20. Not to worry, Jackson fans — the new bill won’t be issued until around 2030. [CNN]
* Bill Cosby’s wife is scheduled to be deposed for the second time in a defamation suit filed by women who claim her husband called them liars after they came forward with sexual assault allegations against him. This time around, lawyers for the plaintiffs will be limited in that they’ll be prohibited from asking her “improper questions.” [ABC News]
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Movies, Trivia Question of the Day
An Important Legal Question About Caddyshack
Now that the Masters have concluded, we thought we'd point out that there's a nod to Biglaw history in Caddyshack if you were paying attention. -
Trivia Question of the Day
It Is Possible To Break A Witness On The Stand
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Blogging
Legal Bloggers Ought Feel A Lift With ‘Spotlight’ Winning Oscar
Legal journalism is on the rise -- and from a source that could never have been expected a decade ago, the everyday American lawyer. -
Movies
Old Lady Lawyer: Spotlight On 'Spotlight'
Unintentionally, the movie Spotlight turns the spotlight on lawyer ethics. -
Trivia Question of the Day
The Academy Awards Love To Reward Legal Stories
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Movies
A Classic Film's Lost Oscar Finds Its Way To Court (Twice)
The Oscar Orson Welles won for Citizen Kane has a colorful history of litigation between his daughter, the Academy, and a cinematographer with dozens of adult films to his name. -
Movies
Standard Of Review: Don't Pick Bridge Of Spies In Your Academy Awards Pool
In preparation for the Oscars this Sunday, it's a perfect time to review one of the two legal films nominated for best picture, the Cold War drama Bridge of Spies.
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Entertainment Law
#OscarsSoWhite: Inside Info From An Entertainment Law Expert
Until there are real changes, the Oscar will continue to go to… the white actor. -
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Movies
Stoner Jeff Spicoli Gets Quoted In Brief -- Against Sean Penn
Quoting a classic movie stoner against the actor that that played him. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.28.16
* How Planned Parenthood’s aggressive legal strategy launched them from the defensive to the offensive. [Reuters]
* David Boies just saved Natalie Portman’s ass. Yes, you read that correctly. [The Hollywood Reporter]
* Don’t be cute and try and violate a restraining order via Facebook. [Associate’s Mind
* Arizona wants out of the Ninth Circuit. Good luck with that. [AZ Governor]
* Not recommended judicial behavior: hanging a portrait of Adolf Hitler in the courthouse’s Hall Of Heroes. Looks like Oregon’s Judge Vance Day is learning that the hard way. [Raw Story]
* You can’t skirt defamation laws by complaining to a disciplinary committee — a doctor files a complaint against an attorney who blogged about him. [New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog]
* Writing fiction was “liberating” for this attorney. Check out the new crime novel, A Stirring in the North Fork (affiliate link), to see what he’s talking about. [Teamster Nation]
* Despite how sensationalized they can be, the insanity defense is really quite rare. [Huffington Post]
* Even if you aren’t rich, you still need a prenup. [My Bank Tracker]
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Caption Contests
Caption Contest Winner: The Force Is Strong With This SCOTUS Justice
May the force be with the winner of our latest caption contest. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.27.16
* “Every school has had to make choices, even at the top. This has been upheaval for everyone.” With a significant drop in applicants, the crisis in legal education has reached the members of the T14, the very best law schools in the country. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * Another lawyer has filed […]
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Caption Contests
Caption Contest Finalists: The Force Is Strong With This SCOTUS Justice
Ruth Vader Ginsburg finds your lack of contraceptive coverage for women disturbing.