Non-Sequiturs: 01.26.15

* Another benchmark in the Ninth Circuit's ongoing war against prosecutorial misconduct: a panel of judges -- Kozinski, Wardlaw, and Fletcher -- suggest trying prosecutors for perjury. [New York Observer] * Lawyer and blogger Eric Turkewitz finds himself in the New York Post's Page Six gossip column. Just what was he doing with Selena Gomez while Justin Bieber wasn't looking? [New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog] * Kristine Sperling left her position as a senior associate at Latham to start her own organic soap company. And, I'm assuming, an underground fight club. [Good Day Sacramento] * Saks has finally figured out that its stance on transgendered people wasn't winning it any friends and withdrew its filing. [Jezebel] * The 2015 Social Media Subpoena Guide. Everything you need to know about getting all their best cookie recipes off Pinterest. [Associate's Mind] * Tom Petty's lawyers "Won't Back Down" and now he's getting royalties for that Sam Smith song. [Consequence of Sound] * Which law professor rules the Twitterverse? A comprehensive numerical analysis provides the answer. [Ryan Whalen] * A new, easy to use online version of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. If you're into that kind of thing. [Federal Rules of Civil Procedure] * More accolades for Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link). But you already know how good it is because you already have your copy, right? [The Florida Bar Journal]

By Joe Patrice on January 26, 2015 5:02 pm

* Another benchmark in the Ninth Circuit’s ongoing war against prosecutorial misconduct: a panel of judges — Kozinski, Wardlaw, and Fletcher — suggest trying prosecutors for perjury. [New York Observer]

* Lawyer and blogger Eric Turkewitz finds himself in the New York Post’s Page Six gossip column. Just what was he doing with Selena Gomez while Justin Bieber wasn’t looking? [New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog]

* Kristine Sperling left her position as a senior associate at Latham to start her own organic soap company. And, I’m assuming, an underground fight club. [Good Day Sacramento]

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* Saks has finally figured out that its stance on transgendered people wasn’t winning it any friends and withdrew its filing. [Jezebel]

* The 2015 Social Media Subpoena Guide. Everything you need to know about getting all their best cookie recipes off Pinterest. [Associate’s Mind]

* Tom Petty’s lawyers “Won’t Back Down” and now he’s getting royalties for that Sam Smith song. [Consequence of Sound]

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* Which law professor rules the Twitterverse? A comprehensive numerical analysis provides the answer. [Ryan Whalen]

* A new, easy to use online version of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. If you’re into that kind of thing. [Federal Rules of Civil Procedure]

* More accolades for Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link). But you already know how good it is because you already have your copy, right? [The Florida Bar Journal]