Non-Sequiturs: 02.12.15

* Meet Hewie, a cuddly puppy adopted by a law firm to act as its social media avatar. Wachtell was considering the same thing, but Ragnok, Destroyer of Souls, wasn’t up for adoption. [Legal Cheek]

* After throwing a hissy-fit over nuts, Korean Air Lines’ Heather Cho is sentenced to one year. Luckily for her prison has better customer service than most air lines these days. [Gawker News Feed]

* Axiom inks $73 million deal with an unnamed major bank. And just for good measure, they added a former SEC Chair to their board. [Forbes]

* Montana trying to outlaw yoga pants. They say it’s an indecent exposure thing, but I’m pretty sure they think Muslims invented yoga. [Huffington Post]

* As part of Indiana’s drive to ban litigation finance, the Indiana Senate heard testimony from the Chamber of Commerce who — inexplicably — asserted that free market competition drives up prices in the market. That’s not really how that works. [LFC360]

* M&A lawyer Frank Rosen provides a powerful testimonial about his anti-aging cream. Unfortunately, as spokespeople go, he’s not so much… real. [Law Sites]

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* Conservatives are defending Chief Justice Roy Moore’s prohibition against issuing gay marriage licenses in the face of a federal court order by comparing the case to Dred Scott. This is mind-numbingly stupid. [Lawyers, Guns & Money]

* What does Phil Simms have to do with judicial decision-making. [PrawfsBlawg]

* Zamboni driver on thin ice. [Lowering the Bar]

* Not helping his case: man en route to pleading guilty to theft allegedly… stole $100 at the court’s security checkpoint. Bold move. [Times-Picayune]

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