Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.03.14

* As we've addressed, the grand jury declined to indict the officer in the police-cause homicide -- per the medical examiner -- of Eric Garner. [New York Times] * This is a good time to remember Eric Garner was killed for the horrible crime of selling loosies, a product that developed a black market in NYC in response to rising cigarette taxes. Evading cigarette taxes should be a crime. But, like, a "here's your $50 ticket" crime, not the death penalty. [Huffington Post] * An anonymous Georgetown law student has filed suit against the school and one of its instructors, Rabbi Barry Freundel, for "luring her to the bath as part of her studies at the school." And who didn't have that lesson in Civ Pro? [Washington Post] * Another in the continuing series looking back on a decade of Chief Justice Roberts. This time looking back at the slow and steady drive to curtail women's rights. [Constitutional Accountability Center] * Remember the woman suing the owner of the dog that her dogs killed? She's dropped her suit. [ABC News] * The Bar Association of San Francisco is hosting an event next Tuesday featuring Chief Judge Alex Kozinski entitled: The Wizard of Koz. Um, may not be the best time to use to "Cos" sound in a title. But that aside, it promises to be an interesting event if you're in the area. [San Francisco Bar] * Brian Finch of Pillsbury Winthrop talks cyberattacks and admits what everyone else wants to deny: law firms are a weak link in cybersecurity. [Bloomberg TV]

By Joe Patrice on December 03, 2014 5:15 pm

* As we’ve addressed, the grand jury declined to indict the officer in the police-cause homicide — per the medical examiner — of Eric Garner. [New York Times]

* This is a good time to remember Eric Garner was killed for the horrible crime of selling loosies, a product that developed a black market in NYC in response to rising cigarette taxes. Evading cigarette taxes should be a crime. But, like, a “here’s your $50 ticket” crime, not the death penalty. [Huffington Post]

* An anonymous Georgetown law student has filed suit against the school and one of its instructors, Rabbi Barry Freundel, for “luring her to the bath as part of her studies at the school.” And who didn’t have that lesson in Civ Pro? [Washington Post]

* Another in the continuing series looking back on a decade of Chief Justice Roberts. This time looking back at the slow and steady drive to curtail women’s rights. [Constitutional Accountability Center]

* Remember the woman suing the owner of the dog that her dogs killed? She’s dropped her suit. [ABC News]

* The Bar Association of San Francisco is hosting an event next Tuesday featuring Chief Judge Alex Kozinski entitled: The Wizard of Koz. Um, may not be the best time to use to “Cos” sound in a title. But that aside, it promises to be an interesting event if you’re in the area. [San Francisco Bar]

* Brian Finch of Pillsbury Winthrop talks cyberattacks and admits what everyone else wants to deny: law firms are a weak link in cybersecurity. [Bloomberg TV]