{"id":1086,"date":"2017-08-07T18:44:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T22:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/?p=473360"},"modified":"2017-08-07T18:44:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T22:44:25","slug":"non-sequiturs-08-07-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/legal-innovation-center\/2017\/08\/07\/non-sequiturs-08-07-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Sequiturs: 08.07.17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-212162\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/12\/Library-party-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/>* The past and future of law reviews. Somehow whenever I think of the future of law reviews, I <a href=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3orieJWYd6FKBHBOq4\/giphy.gif\">think of this<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefacultylounge.org\/2017\/08\/the-past-future-of-law-reviews.html\">The Faculty Lounge<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Has anyone else noticed Trump&#8217;s lawyers sound a lot different all of a sudden? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2017\/08\/trump-legal-strategy-russia-investigation\">Vanity Fair<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Lisa Bloom&#8217;s got a lawsuit against Usher over supposedly giving women herpes. Frankly, that&#8217;s not the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebuzz.com\/2016-06-22\/usher-why-he-decided-on-justin-bieber\/\">worst thing Usher&#8217;s unleashed<\/a> on an unsuspecting populace. That&#8217;s what he has to answer for. [<a href=\"https:\/\/jezebel.com\/woman-announces-lawsuit-calls-on-usher-to-warn-his-sex-1797592410\">Jezebel<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>* The marijuana crackdown may be coming soon. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/news_and_politics\/jurisprudence\/2017\/08\/jeff_sessions_will_probably_crack_down_on_legal_marijuana_despite_his_experts.html\">Slate<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* This reads like a New York City government scandal, but then you read the details and it&#8217;s just&#8230; not. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/law-firm-de-blasio-donor-paid-570g-represent-city-article-1.3389345\">New York Daily News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* This guy really doesn&#8217;t like legal AI. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/2017\/08\/top-london-solicitor-slams-arrogant-cambridge-law-students-bidding-to-displace-lawyers-with-ai-nonsense\/\">Legal Cheek<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* It&#8217;s been a few days, but here&#8217;s a recap of The Legal Geeks&#8217; presentations at SDCC. [<a href=\"http:\/\/thelegalgeeks.com\/2017\/08\/01\/reflections-on-san-diego-comic-con-2017\/\">The Legal Geeks<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">* The past and future of law reviews. Somehow whenever I think of the future of law reviews, I <a href=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3orieJWYd6FKBHBOq4\/giphy.gif\">think of this<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefacultylounge.org\/2017\/08\/the-past-future-of-law-reviews.html\">The Faculty Lounge<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* Has anyone else noticed Trump&#8217;s lawyers sound a lot different all of a sudden? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2017\/08\/trump-legal-strategy-russia-investigation\">Vanity Fair<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* Lisa Bloom&#8217;s got a lawsuit against Usher over supposedly giving women herpes. Frankly, that&#8217;s not the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebuzz.com\/2016-06-22\/usher-why-he-decided-on-justin-bieber\/\">worst thing Usher&#8217;s unleashed<\/a> on an unsuspecting populace. That&#8217;s what he has to answer for. [<a href=\"https:\/\/jezebel.com\/woman-announces-lawsuit-calls-on-usher-to-warn-his-sex-1797592410\">Jezebel<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* The marijuana crackdown may be coming soon. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/news_and_politics\/jurisprudence\/2017\/08\/jeff_sessions_will_probably_crack_down_on_legal_marijuana_despite_his_experts.html\">Slate<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* This reads like a New York City government scandal, but then you read the details and it&#8217;s just&#8230; not. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/law-firm-de-blasio-donor-paid-570g-represent-city-article-1.3389345\">New York Daily News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* This guy really doesn&#8217;t like legal AI. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/2017\/08\/top-london-solicitor-slams-arrogant-cambridge-law-students-bidding-to-displace-lawyers-with-ai-nonsense\/\">Legal Cheek<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* It&#8217;s been a few days, but here&#8217;s a recap of The Legal Geeks&#8217; presentations at SDCC. [<a href=\"http:\/\/thelegalgeeks.com\/2017\/08\/01\/reflections-on-san-diego-comic-con-2017\/\">The Legal Geeks<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":212162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[588,387,589,325,590,171,591,76,225,7,592],"class_list":["post-1086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-sequiturs","tag-comics","tag-donald-trump","tag-drugs","tag-jeff-sessions","tag-law-reviews","tag-law-schools","tag-marijuana","tag-non-sequiturs","tag-politics","tag-technology","tag-usher"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Non-Sequiturs: 08.07.17 - Above The Law&#039;s Legal Tech Non-Event<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/legal-innovation-center\/2017\/08\/07\/non-sequiturs-08-07-17\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Non-Sequiturs: 08.07.17 - Above The Law&#039;s Legal Tech Non-Event\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"* The past and future of law reviews. 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