Superheroes
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Elena Kagan, Supreme Court
Justice Kagan Cites Precedential Authority Of Comic Book
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Book Deals, Books, Defamation, General Counsel, Health Care / Medicine, In-House Counsel, Labor / Employment, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.15.13
* The role of lawyers in America’s Syrian policy. Everyone always tries to throw the lawyers under the bus. [Lawfare] * Pippa Middleton has some lawyers trying to crack down on a parody Twitter account. Thankfully, the law exists to protect wealthy socialites from being mocked. [IT-Lex] * GCs are not happy with the rates charged by outside counsel. I, for one, am shocked that GCs don’t like paying upwards of $1000/hour for “further work.” [Consero] * Honestly, we should have seen this coming: a Zimmerman juror already signed a book deal. This is the juror who assumed black people had rioted over the shooting and called Trayvon a “boy of color,” so you can tell the prosecution was doing a bang-up job with its jury selection procedures. [AlterNet] * Conservatives rejoice after several unions complain about Obamacare. Oh, the irony! Except the unions’ complaint is not that Obamacare is bad, but that it doesn’t go far enough in providing incentives to non-profit insurance plans and penalizing companies that are cutting back on hours to avoid the law. [The Volokh Conspiracy] * The Top 50 Legal Innovators, Techies, Visionaries, and Leaders. And we at ATL were snubbed again. [FastCase via TaxProf Blog] * After the jump, a short video about . I understand that people are miffed that the most recent film version of Superman takes a laissez-faire view of saving lives, but Superman’s always been a dick…
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Blogging, Books, Fabulosity, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: The Justice League Can Actually Help You Learn About Justice!
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Caption Contests, Contests, Holland & Knight, Pictures
Caption Contest Winner: Batman & Robin LLP
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Caption Contest Finalists: Batman & Robin LLP
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Caption Contest: Batman & Robin LLP
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Guns / Firearms, Law Firm Mergers, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, Securities and Exchange Commission, Unemployment, Violence
Morning Docket: 12.16.11
* A man on trial for sex crimes at a Minnesota courthouse allegedly shot three people yesterday, including prosecutor Timothy Scannell. Guess it’s time to get a metal detector. [Duluth News Tribune] * Instead of trying to force Citigroup’s hand on a tougher settlement, the SEC is appealing Judge Rakoff’s rejection of the original. Don’t […]
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Blogging, Law Professors, Weirdness
Dork Ecstasy: Superheroes and the Law
As we mentioned in Morning Docket, the New York Times profiled the most dork-tastic new blog: Law and the Multiverse: Superheroes, supervillains, and the law. The blog brings a legal focus to various superhero universes from comics and movies. I have a few thoughts, in no particular order: Wasn’t this the plot to the generally […]
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