Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.29.18

* Kirkland & Ellis raiding Cravath is now officially "a thing"; it's been covered in the newspaper of record. [New York Times] * Extension requests: not just for law school papers, but for cert petitions too (and there's no shame in seeking them; they're often requested by prominent practitioners). [Empirical SCOTUS] * Want to talk intelligently about the Michael Cohen mess case with your friends? Start by reading this primer on "privileged" versus "confidential" client communications, by Joel Cohen (no relation) and Dale Degenshein. [Law and Crime] * Boycotts have a venerable history in terms of the law and the First Amendment -- but they might be losing their effectiveness in the digital age, as noted media lawyer Charles Glasser explains. [Daily Caller] * Eugene Volokh flags this interesting issue (and opinion): under what circumstances does denying a felon the right to own a gun violate the Second Amendment? [Reason / Volokh Conspiracy] * Has the whole "emotional support animal" phenomenon gone too far at Yale? [Yale Daily News via Instapundit] David Lat is editor at large and founding editor of Above the Law, as well as the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at [email protected].

By David Lat on April 29, 2018 5:30 pm

Kirkland & Ellis’s Chicago headquarters – but K&E has definitely transcended its Chicago roots (photo by MusikAnimal via Wikimedia).

* Kirkland & Ellis raiding Cravath is now officially “a thing”; it’s been covered in the newspaper of record. [New York Times]

* Extension requests: not just for law school papers, but for cert petitions too (and there’s no shame in seeking them; they’re often requested by prominent practitioners). [Empirical SCOTUS]

* Want to talk intelligently about the Michael Cohen mess case with your friends? Start by reading this primer on “privileged” versus “confidential” client communications, by Joel Cohen (no relation) and Dale Degenshein. [Law and Crime]

* Boycotts have a venerable history in terms of the law and the First Amendment — but they might be losing their effectiveness in the digital age, as noted media lawyer Charles Glasser explains. [Daily Caller]

* Eugene Volokh flags this interesting issue (and opinion): under what circumstances does denying a felon the right to own a gun violate the Second Amendment? [Reason / Volokh Conspiracy]

* Has the whole “emotional support animal” phenomenon gone too far at Yale? [Yale Daily News via Instapundit]

DBL square headshotDavid Lat is editor at large and founding editor of Above the Law, as well as the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at [email protected].