{"id":1210,"date":"2017-05-18T18:26:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T22:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/?p=464554"},"modified":"2017-05-18T18:26:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T22:26:27","slug":"non-sequiturs-05-18-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/legal-innovation-center\/2017\/05\/18\/non-sequiturs-05-18-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Sequiturs: 05.18.17"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_427631\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-427631\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/07\/GettyImages-142710763-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Roger Ailes (photo by Stephen Lovekin\/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-427631\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-427631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roger Ailes (photo by Stephen Lovekin\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>* Congratulations to Howard Bashman and our sister site How Appealing on 15 great years! [<a href=\"http:\/\/howappealing.abovethelaw.com\/051817.html#071622\" target=\"_blank\">How Appealing<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Roger Ailes, RIP. [<a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/instapundit\/265226\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instapundit<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Fellowships for training law professors are now a thing &#8212; but are they a good thing, wonders Professor Paul Horwitz? [<a href=\"http:\/\/prawfsblawg.blogs.com\/prawfsblawg\/2017\/05\/the-fellowship-track-a-plea-for-second-thoughts.html\" target=\"_blank\">PrawfsBlawg<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>* &#8220;Immigration, Freedom, and the Constitution&#8221; &#8212; reflections on these timely topics from Professor Ilya Somin. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2017\/05\/17\/my-new-article-on-immigration-freedom-and-the-constitution\/?utm_term=.b4e3f572d29b\" target=\"_blank\">Volokh Conspiracy \/ Washington Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Professor Leah Litman breaks down Rod Rosenstein&#8217;s appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel in the Trump\/Russia investigation. [<a href=\"https:\/\/takecareblog.com\/blog\/a-few-cheers-for-the-appointment-of-a-special-counsel\" target=\"_blank\">Take Care<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Tips from cyberspace lawyer Andrew Rossow for victims of the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2017\/05\/is-your-firm-vulnerable-to-the-recent-ransomware-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;WannaCry&#8221; ransomware attack<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/591a6099e4b0f31b03fb9e93\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-441479\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/DBL-square-headshot-150x150.png\" alt=\"DBL square headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/david-lat\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Lat<\/a> is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/supremeambitions.com\/reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Ambitions: A Novel<\/a><\/em>. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &amp; Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O&#8217;Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidLat\">Twitter (@DavidLat)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/davidlat\">LinkedIn<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/DavidLat\">Facebook<\/a>, and you can reach him by email at <a href=\"mailto:dlat@abovethelaw.com\">dlat@abovethelaw.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">* Congratulations to Howard Bashman and our sister site How Appealing on 15 great years! [<a href=\"http:\/\/howappealing.abovethelaw.com\/051817.html#071622\" target=\"_blank\">How Appealing<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* Roger Ailes, RIP. [<a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/instapundit\/265226\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instapundit<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* Fellowships for training law professors are now a thing &#8212; but are they a good thing, wonders Professor Paul Horwitz? [<a href=\"http:\/\/prawfsblawg.blogs.com\/prawfsblawg\/2017\/05\/the-fellowship-track-a-plea-for-second-thoughts.html\" target=\"_blank\">PrawfsBlawg<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* &#8220;Immigration, Freedom, and the Constitution&#8221; &#8212; reflections on these timely topics from Professor Ilya Somin. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2017\/05\/17\/my-new-article-on-immigration-freedom-and-the-constitution\/?utm_term=.b4e3f572d29b\" target=\"_blank\">Volokh Conspiracy \/ Washington Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* Professor Leah Litman breaks down Rod Rosenstein&#8217;s appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel in the Trump\/Russia investigation. [<a href=\"https:\/\/takecareblog.com\/blog\/a-few-cheers-for-the-appointment-of-a-special-counsel\" target=\"_blank\">Take Care<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* Tips from cyberspace lawyer Andrew Rossow for victims of the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2017\/05\/is-your-firm-vulnerable-to-the-recent-ransomware-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;WannaCry&#8221; ransomware attack<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/591a6099e4b0f31b03fb9e93\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[34,931,874,551,372,1189,1190,1191,1192,1193,1194,763,1195,171,1196,875,76,1197,915,570,1150,1198,1199,1200,7,968],"class_list":["post-1210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-sequiturs","tag-advice","tag-andrew-rossow","tag-blogging","tag-bob-mueller","tag-constitutional-law","tag-deaths","tag-fellowships","tag-fox-news","tag-how-appealing","tag-howard-bashman","tag-ilya-somin","tag-immigration","tag-law-professors","tag-law-schools","tag-leah-litman","tag-media-and-journalism","tag-non-sequiturs","tag-paul-horwitz","tag-ransomware","tag-robert-mueller","tag-robert-mueller-iii","tag-rod-j-rosenstein","tag-rod-rosenstein","tag-roger-ailes","tag-technology","tag-wannacry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Non-Sequiturs: 05.18.17 - 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\/05\/18\/non-sequiturs-05-18-17\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Non-Sequiturs: 05.18.17 - Above The Law&#039;s Legal Tech Non-Event\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"* Congratulations to Howard Bashman and our sister site How Appealing on 15 great years! 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