Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.19.15

* Yeah he told a client he'd waive his legal fees "in exchange for a sexual encounter with Client and her daughters" (emphasis added), but you know, he was "just teasing." [Legal Profession Blog] * Hipster lawyers. Seriously. That's how they market themselves. Their office is even a repurposed factory. They're in LA now, but you know they're just dying to move to Portland. [LA Weekly] * Are you following these Biglaw managing partners on Twitter? Because LOL totally RT worthy. [Bloomberg BNA / Big Law Business] * Three Wisconsin Supreme Court justices skipped out on Marquette's swearing in ceremony. One more development in the ongoing bats**t insane happenings on that court that previously included "[conservative Justice] Prosser put his hands on the neck of [liberal Justicee] Bradley in front of four of the other justices as they argued about a case." [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel] * I get called out for being clickbaity. But I'm really just indirectly teaching lawyers lessons in marketing they really should learn. [Law and More] * What would an interview with Tom Brady about Deflategate look like? [Coverage Opinions] * Bloomberg BNA introduced a new corporate law product that's "set to dramatically change the workflow for transactional lawyers." [Dewey B. Strategic] * President Obama's immigration executive action should have kicked in today. It didn't because the Fifth Circuit are a bunch of layabouts. [Constitutional Accountability Center] * The Irish same-sex marriage referendum hit a snag when someone realized the Irish language version would probably render heterosexual marriages unconstitutional. If you can't write a neutral version of the law without encountering this problem... kind of proves a point, doesn't it? [The Irish Times] * R.I.P. Bob Foster, former dean of University of South Carolina School of Law . [The State]

By Joe Patrice on May 19, 2015 4:59 pm

* Yeah he told a client he’d waive his legal fees “in exchange for a sexual encounter with Client and her daughters” (emphasis added), but you know, he was “just teasing.” [Legal Profession Blog]

* Hipster lawyers. Seriously. That’s how they market themselves. Their office is even a repurposed factory. They’re in L.A. now, but you know they’re just dying to move to Portland. [LA Weekly]

* Are you following these Biglaw managing partners on Twitter? Because LOL totally RT worthy. [Bloomberg BNA / Big Law Business]

* Three Wisconsin Supreme Court justices skipped out on Marquette Law’s swearing-in ceremony. One more development in the ongoing bats**t insane happenings on that court that previously included “[conservative Justice] Prosser put his hands on the neck of [liberal Justicee] Bradley in front of four of the other justices as they argued about a case.” [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

* I get called out for being clickbaity. But I’m really just indirectly teaching lawyers lessons in marketing they really should learn. [Law and More]

* What would an interview with Tom Brady about Deflategate look like? [Coverage Opinions]

* Bloomberg BNA introduced a new corporate law product that’s “set to dramatically change the workflow for transactional lawyers.” [Dewey B. Strategic]

* President Obama’s immigration executive action should have kicked in today. It didn’t because the Fifth Circuit are a bunch of layabouts. [Constitutional Accountability Center]

* The Irish same-sex marriage referendum hit a snag when someone realized the Irish language version would probably render heterosexual marriages unconstitutional. If you can’t write a neutral version of the law without encountering this problem… kind of proves a point, doesn’t it? [The Irish Times]

* R.I.P. Bob Foster, former dean of University of South Carolina School of Law . [The State]