Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 06.14.16

* So, you lucky associate you, expect a bit of extra cash this summer? Here's how you should be spending it. [American Lawyer] * Chris Christie allegedly took document preservation tips from Dick Nixon. [WNYC] * DLA Piper looks to join the ranks of employing droids, announcing a new partnership with Kira Systems to produce an AI tool for conducting due diligence. [DLA Piper] * Oh, the stupid things law schools do. Like how a bunch of Touro 3Ls are ineligible to sit for the bar exam this summer... [Reboot Your Law Practice] * Bands from Google Legal, Kirkland & Ellis, Lieff Cabraser, Simpson Thacher, Kazan Law, and Morgan Lewis are competing in a Battle of the Bands at 1015 Folsom nightclub tomorrow night in San Francisco in support of The Family Violence Appellate Project. [Family Violence Appellate Project] * M&A is having a pretty good 2016. [Fortune] * "The Scrooge Effect" for Biglaw firms that refuse to give pay raises to their associates. [Law and More] * The previously lost Marx Brothers musical, "I'll Say She Is," is currently playing at the Connelly Theater in the East Village. And it stars, Kathy Biehl a practicing New Jersey and Texas lawyer. [I'll Say She Is]

By Kathryn Rubino on June 14, 2016 5:21 pm

Chris_Christie_April_2015_(cropped)* So, you lucky associate you, expect a bit of extra cash this summer? Here’s how you should be spending it. [American Lawyer]

* Chris Christie allegedly took document preservation tips from Dick Nixon. [WNYC]

* DLA Piper looks to join the ranks of employing droids, announcing a new partnership with Kira Systems to produce an AI tool for conducting due diligence. [DLA Piper]

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* Oh, the stupid things law schools do. Like how a bunch of Touro 3Ls are ineligible to sit for the bar exam this summer… [Reboot Your Law Practice]

* The D.C. Circuit upheld the FCC’s net neutrality rules today, meaning any performance issues you experience with Above the Law are your own fault. [Politico]

* Bands from Google Legal, Kirkland & Ellis, Lieff Cabraser, Simpson Thacher, Kazan Law, and Morgan Lewis are competing in a Battle of the Bands at 1015 Folsom nightclub tomorrow night in San Francisco in support of The Family Violence Appellate Project. [Family Violence Appellate Project]

* M&A is having a pretty good 2016. [Fortune]

* “The Scrooge Effect” for Biglaw firms that refuse to give pay raises to their associates. [Law and More]

* The previously lost Marx Brothers musical, “I’ll Say She Is,” is currently playing at the Connelly Theater in the East Village. And it stars, Kathy Biehl a practicing New Jersey and Texas lawyer. [I’ll Say She Is]