Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.22.16

* No matter what your right-wing uncle posts on Facebook, or what that drunken Bernie Bro tried to convince you of at a bar, no: Hillary Clinton is not getting indicted over her use of emails while at the State Department. Don’t believe me? Ask a law professor. [Media Matters] * If you’re wondering what Mitch McConnell is thinking, overtly being an obstructionist over President Obama’s Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland, you aren’t alone. But here is some insight as to why he is playing this political game. [Guile is Good] * We told you the Gawker verdict was no damn good. [Gawker] * Will it take a Cesar Chavez to takedown rideshare giants like Uber and Lyft? [Casetext] * Now that Donald Trump is within striking distance of the GOP nomination for president, will that impact potential sanctions against these lawyers? [Wise Law] * Columbia Law hosted a conference about Asian-Americans in the law, with our own David Lat, about demystifying the model minority myth and the "Bamboo Ceiling.” [Columbia Law School] * Can you make pre-packaged marketing materials work for you? [Reboot Your Law Practice] * Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill will be leaving public service and heading to Biglaw. She leaves the FTC effective March 31 and will then join Hogan Lovells. [Reuters]

By Kathryn Rubino on March 22, 2016 5:01 pm
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

* No matter what your right-wing uncle posts on Facebook, or what that drunken Bernie Bro tried to convince you of at a bar, no: Hillary Clinton is not getting indicted over her use of emails while at the State Department. Don’t believe me? Ask a law professor. [Media Matters(Opens in a new window)]

* If you’re wondering what Mitch McConnell is thinking, overtly being an obstructionist over President Obama’s Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland, you aren’t alone. But here is some insight as to why he is playing this political game. [Guile is Good(Opens in a new window)]

* We told you(Opens in a new window) the Gawker verdict was no damn good. [Gawker(Opens in a new window)]

* Will it take a Cesar Chavez to takedown rideshare giants like Uber and Lyft? [Casetext(Opens in a new window)]

* Now that Donald Trump is within striking distance of the GOP nomination for president, will that impact potential sanctions against these lawyers? [Wise Law(Opens in a new window)]

* Columbia Law hosted a conference about Asian-Americans in the law, with our own David Lat, about demystifying the model minority myth and the “Bamboo Ceiling.” [Columbia Law School(Opens in a new window)]

* Can you make pre-packaged marketing materials work for you? [Reboot Your Law Practice(Opens in a new window)]

* Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill will be leaving public service and heading to Biglaw. She leaves the FTC effective March 31 and will then join Hogan Lovells. [Reuters(Opens in a new window)]