New Mexico

  • Morning Docket: 07.23.21
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.23.21

    * Any Deleuze nerds want to read a society of control example? Check out this Op-ed on vaccination. [Business Insider]
    * World’s first 3D printed human scale steel bridge dropped in Amsterdam.  If something goes wrong, do you sue a person or the algorithm? [Architect’s Newspaper]
    * 1st Amendment might not be as strong for the Press. Let me get slander against minor public figures out of my system now… [ABA Journal]
    * Highest Court in New Mexico and Tennessee rule gas stations can be held liable for selling gas to drunk drivers. Better incentive to catch a Lyft home. [ABA Journal]
    * Surprising no one, Mississippi AG asks SCOTUS to revisit Roe v. Wade. [The Hill]

  • Morning Docket: 11.10.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 11.10.20

    * The University of Dayton now has a five-year B.A./JD program. This makes Doogie Howser look kind of unimpressive… [Bismarck Tribune]

    * There is growing discomfort at law firms representing the Trump Campaign in post-election lawsuits. [New York Times]

    * The first black district attorney has been elected in New Mexico following last week’s election. [U.S. News]

    * President Trump’s voter fraud legal team is purportedly being led by nonlawyers. [Forbes]

    * CNN quoted from Alan Dershowitz’s memoir when moving to dismiss Dershowitz’s defamation lawsuit. That’s a bold strategy. [Law and Crime]

  • Morning Docket: 05.05.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.05.20

    * A lawyer representing Alex Jones in a case about Sandy Hook conspiracy claims has asked to withdraw. This leaves a lot of questions. [Texas Lawyer]

    * Devin Nunes and his lawyer may be facing court sanctions for questionable legal filings. [Raw Story]

    * It appears that the new streamer Quibi may be facing some existential litigation. And my brothers were just telling me about this service yesterday! [Fox Business]

    * President Trump’s lawyer is looking to get an attorneys’ fees award paid by a settlement related to Stormy Daniel’s questionable arrest at an Ohio strip club. [Law and Crime]

    * New Mexico is invoking a riot law to control the outbreak of COVID-19 on Native American reservations. [New York Times]

    * A judge who paid $25 a month to park in a lot co-owned by an attorney was not disqualified from hearing cases involving that lawyer. If that $25 fee was in Manhattan, there would be more to the story… [Virginia Lawyers Weekly]

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  • Copyright, Intellectual Property, Law Professors, Trademarks

    Non-Sequiturs: 02.11.13

    * DC Comics didn’t take kindly to a garage selling replica Batmobiles without permission. A federal court agreed. But if we outlaw Batmobiles, only outlaws will have Batmobiles! [Comic Book Resources] * Mistrial in Philadelphia after the witness lost (part of) his head on the witness stand. [Philly.com] * Taser or Lightsaber? I never thought that would be a serious question. [Legal Juice] * A quick refresher from that “Law and the Vatican” course you took as a 3L. [WSJ Law Blog] * A compilation of some bad courtroom (and quasi-courtroom) behavior including our friend from last week, Penelope Soto. [LOL and Smile] * The Bratz case is so totally over. The result? A whole lot of nothing — much like the Bratz movie. [The Recorder] * Shorter version of this article: Morpheus explaining, “But when you’re inside, you look around, what do you see?…The very minds of the [nice legal academics] we are trying to save. But until we do, these [law professors] are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy.” [Inside the Law School Scam] * New Mexico is considering a new law against bullying — but does it go too far? Does it? Answer me, you little wuss! [Volokh Conspiracy]
  • Gay Marriage, Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 08.29.12

    * New Zealand's Parliament has passed the first stage of a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage. Lawmakers were apparently inspired by President Obama's public support of the issue. [Huffington Post] * The trial of a Florida teen accused of impersonating a physician assistant is underway. Among other things, he allegedly dressed in scrubs, used a stethoscope, and performed CPR on a patient. Apparently, just because you've seen it on Grey's Anatomy doesn't mean you're allowed to do it in real life. [ABC News] * "And to my son, I bequeath my playlist of one-hit wonders and my season pass to Breaking Bad." Marketwatch tackles the tricky question of who owns your digital music (and e-book) collections after you die. [Marketwatch / WSJ] * A New Mexico criminal defense attorney, David "Chip" Venie, was charged yesterday with allegedly shooting a man in the leg at his law office. Oh, and Venie's wife filmed the whole thing on her cell phone, including the unarmed victim holding out his empty hands. [ABA Journal] * Lawyers for the Amish men and women charged with forcibly cutting the beards and hair of their "perceived enemies" say they were motivated by compassion, not hatred. Sometimes you've just got to let someone know her haircut's not doing her any favors. [NY Times] * In First Amendment news, the D.C. Circuit court has invalidated an FDA regulation requiring cigarette companies to place warning labels on packages. Is this a victory for free speech, or for big tobacco? [The Atlantic]