Non-Sequiturs: 12.09.14

* New Jersey's new tort liability ruling is an important first step to a real-life Hunger Games. [The Legal Blitz] * A holiday shopping guide to beer and wine involved in intellectual property disputes. Clever. [Trademark and Copyright Law Blog] * "There's an app for that!" Lawyers create "Driving While Black" app for your smartphone. [The Oregonian] * Speaking of Oregon, the University of Oregon is in the midst of a teaching strike that not only impacts its football team, but caused an immigration law issue when statements the school made were interpreted as threats to the immigration status of foreign teachers if they joined the strike. [Daily Nous] * According to Dean LeDuc, Thomas M. Cooley Law is sad that it failed to sell the Mason Temple building in downtown Lansing to the state senate. Except there's not really any mention that the state senate was ever interested. Perhaps their interest was reported by the same people behind the Cooley Rankings. [Lansing City Pulse] * If you liked Mark Hermann's rundown of business development tactics, here some other suggestions for what more lawyers and law students could be doing to develop business. [Law and More] * New OSHA rules a-comin'. [Lawyers, Guns & Money]

By Joe Patrice on December 09, 2014 5:30 pm

* New Jersey’s new tort liability ruling is an important first step to a real-life Hunger Games. [The Legal Blitz]

* A holiday shopping guide to beer and wine involved in intellectual property disputes. Clever. [Trademark and Copyright Law Blog]

* “There’s an app for that!” Lawyers create “Driving While Black” app for your smartphone. [The Oregonian]

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* Speaking of Oregon, the University of Oregon is in the midst of a teaching strike that not only impacts its football team, but caused an immigration law issue when statements the school made were interpreted as threats to the immigration status of foreign teachers if they joined the strike. [Daily Nous]

* According to Dean LeDuc, Thomas M. Cooley Law is sad that it failed to sell the Mason Temple building in downtown Lansing to the state senate. Except there’s not really any mention that the state senate was ever interested. Perhaps their interest was reported by the same people behind the Cooley Rankings. [Lansing City Pulse]

* If you liked Mark Hermann’s rundown of business development tactics, here some other suggestions for what more lawyers and law students could be doing to develop business. [Law and More]