War on Terror
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Books, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
'Al-Tounsi' An Interview With Novelist And Playwright Anton Piatigorsky
Learn more about this compelling story of the justices' lives and powerful commentary on the law. -
Justice, Politics
We're About To Find Out If Trump Wants To 'Protect' Us Enough To Do It Legally
If Trump were serious, he'd rip up the Muslim ban and try again. - Sponsored
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Federal Judges, Politics
Lawyers Take Stand Against Donald Trump's Treatment Of Federal Judge
At least their dissent is noted.
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Federal Judges, Justice, Politics
Trump's Anti-Judge Tweetstorm Is Prelude For His Reichstag Fire
The next "Bridgegate" is going to be Trump blowing up the Golden Gate Bridge. -
Biglaw, Disasters / Emergencies
Suspicious Package Reported In D.C., Near Many Major Law Firms
Police just issued the all-clear, but it is a reminder of the times that we live in. -
Biglaw, Disasters / Emergencies, Law Schools
The Tragedy In Orlando: The Legal Community Responds
Statements from law firms and law schools in response to the Orlando shooting. -
Politics, War on Terror
The Only Cure For Terror Is More Terror -- According To Republicans Running For President
Trump and Cruz respond to terror in the worst possible way. -
Technology
Encryption, Backdoors, And The All Writs Act Explained By John Oliver
The Last Week Tonight host tackles Apple's clash with the government over iPhone security with trademark wit. - Sponsored
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Privacy, Technology
We Read Apple's 65-Page Filing Calling B.S. On The D.O.J., So You Don't Have To
Apple lays out the battle lines in its bout with the federal government over privacy, law enforcement, national security, and hacking. -
Guns / Firearms, Politics
In Defense of Guns… And Facts
Lost in the unsound rhetoric and facile reasoning around gun control are the facts, according to columnist Kayleigh McEnany. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 12.04.15
* “MSNBC embarrasses itself inside San Bernardino attackers’ apartment. Un-freaking-believable, even for MSNBC. And why did the FBI allow this?” [Instapundit]
* The latest additions to the Supreme Court docket — will SCOTUS come to the rescue of Puerto Rico? [How Appealing]
* Judge removed from office for trying to pressure his clerk into having a “special friend” relationship. [Associated Press]
* Additional (and actually earlier) coverage of the “questionable entertainment” at a lawyers’ seminar in Las Vegas. [South Florida Lawyers]
* A $30 casebook? Where can law students sign up? [TaxProf Blog]
* Tips from Dan Binstock for how to get a signing bonus when you make a lateral move. [The Careerist]
* How can Asian-American lawyers break through the “bamboo ceiling”? A report from the GC roundtable discussion hosted by Major, Lindsey & Africa. [Corporate Counsel]
* Luis Salazar and Linda Jackson — founding partners of Salazar Jackson, an innovative new boutique firm — really (really, really) like their Post-it notes. [Daily Business Review]
* Stanford law professor Deborah L. Rhode, author of The Trouble with Lawyers (affiliate link), calls out Biglaw firms for their weak pro bono efforts. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
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Biglaw, Deaths
Biglaw Associate Is First Confirmed Fatality Of The Paris Attacks
His firm describes the 26-year-old victim as "a talented lawyer, extremely well liked, and a wonderful personality in the office." -
Canada, Constitutional Law, Crime, Guns / Firearms, Murder, Politics, Violence, War on Terror
The View From Up North: Terror In Ottawa
Reflections from Canadian columnist Steve Dykstra on the recent Ottawa shooting.
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Biglaw, Federal Government, Partner Issues, Privacy, War on Terror
Pathways To Partnership: To Specialize Or Not To Specialize
What are the advantages and disadvantages of focusing on a niche practice area? -
7th Circuit, Federal Judges, Richard Posner, War on Terror
Someone Really Wants To Shut Up Judge Posner
Opinions get redacted or sealed all the time, but the latest from the Seventh Circuit is a doozy.... -
9/11, Books, Federal Judges, Jed Rakoff, S.D.N.Y., War on Terror
The Mother Court: Tales Of Cases That Mattered In America's Greatest Trial Court
The Southern District of New York: a great trial court, or the greatest trial court? -
Gay Marriage, Military / Military Law, Non-Sequiturs, Rankings, SCOTUS, State Judges, Supreme Court, United Kingdom / Great Britain, War on Terror
Non-Sequiturs: 04.22.14
* Ready for the ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings? They will be revealed next week on the next episode of Kaplan’s The 180 — Live. [The 180 -- Live / Kaplan] * Georgia is now the 31st state with an active marriage equality lawsuit. Justice Scalia now really wants a revolt. [Associated Press via ABC News] * Stetson boasted the best bar passage rate in Florida. See how that’s a better fact to tout than “5th out of 11“? [Ocala Star Banner] * A key member of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s defense team is leaving the Army because they were going to force him to leave the defense to attend a graduate course in Virginia. The kneejerk, liberal reaction is that this is a conspiracy to derail his defense. I highly doubt it. From my experience, the Army’s counterproductive decisions are staunchly arbitrary. [Huffington Post] * Derek Khanna takes on the Aereo case before the Supreme Court ruins it for all of us. [Politix] * Britain’s just like a cute little America. They have conservative politicians trying to win votes through nonsensical religious exclusion too. [What About Clients] * Last time we checked in on Judge Carlos Cortez, he was defending himself against charges that he strangled and threatened to kill a girlfriend. Apparently things have gotten much, much darker down there in Texas. [Dallas Morning News] -
Barack Obama, D.C. Circuit, Guantanamo Bay, Politics, Prisons, War on Terror
Who Cares If Gitmo Detainees Starve to Death?
Is forced feeding a form of torture? What does President Obama think? -
Gender, Legal Ethics, Media and Journalism, New York Times, War on Terror
Trans-Action Attorney
How open should transgender lawyers be about their lives and backgrounds? -
3rd Circuit, Copyright, Dahlia Lithwick, Drugs, Guns / Firearms, Movies, Non-Sequiturs, War on Terror
Non-Sequiturs: 12.30.13
* You can go to jail for possession, but if you actively aid and abet drug cartels, you can walk away with a fine worth 5 weeks of your income. It also helps if instead of “poor” you’re a bank. Hooray for “Too Big To Hold Accountable For Anything!!! [Rolling Stone] * Disney has gotten fed up with “mockbusters,” films that jack the studio’s logo to confuse people into buying a different DVD. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve been itching to check out this new flick September: Osage County. [Jezebel] * Dahlia Lithwick explains that too many schools feel the cure for the trauma of school shootings is… creating more trauma. [Slate] * Chief Judge Theodore McKee of the Third Circuit rules that the government can detain you for carrying Arabic flashcards. This doesn’t even make racist profiling sense: “bad guys” would already know how to speak Arabic, right? [The Raw Story] * Defendants need to understand that getting an acquittal requires them to expend some personal effort, too. [Katz Justice]