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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.14.15

* Not going anywhere for a while? Try a Snickers. Just don't try to write it off as a business expense. [TaxProf Blog] * Toilet cameras involve moral turpitude. This is an opinion that needed to be written. [Legal Profession Blog] * Police decline to charge Dwight Howard with child abuse. He'd allegedly punished his child with his belt, which is nowhere near as bad as letting them walk outside alone (if you listen to Elie's rants). [ESPN] * There's no bar exam too small for his analysis: North Dakota's February results. [Bar Exam Stats] * A look back at the Lincoln assassination 150 years later. Something like this would never happen today -- probably because Lincoln would still be on the waiting list for Book of Mormon. [Constitutional Accountability Center] * I knew SeaWorld was in trouble when I saw a glossy commercial during primetime television explaining how great they are. And my instincts were right -- they've been hit with three salacious lawsuits in a month. [The Dodo] * Oh, the things you learn from lawsuits! Find out exactly how the WWE feels about your city. Getting dissed by Vince McMahon must sting. [411Mania] * If you're in Chicago or Los Angeles, you should come out to see David discuss his new book, Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link). [Supreme Ambitions]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.16.14

* Law firm suffers Viagra hack. If it persists for more than four hours... [Legal Cheek] * An in-depth and frightening look at "Witness 40" in the Ferguson Grand Jury proceedings: a bipolar woman with a long history of making racist comments who lived nowhere near Ferguson and testified only after Officer Wilson's story was revealed -- which she parroted back. Bob McCulloch thought this was a stellar witness. Bob McCulloch is also bad at his job. [The Smoking Gun] * Charleston local government wants InfiLaw out of town. Is there anyone left who wants InfiLaw to take over Charleston? [TaxProf Blog] * Congratulations to U.S. Attorney Sarah Saldaña on her confirmation as head of ICE. [International Business Times] * Pet piercing will soon be illegal in New York, so get that dope nose ring for your dog today! [Lowering the Bar] * Canadian "band" Skinny Puppy demands $660,000 from the U.S. government for using their music as torture material without permission. As a compromise can we just pledge to strap Dick Cheney down and force him to listen to 15 consecutive hours of Skinny Puppy and call it a day? [Gawker] * Cleveland WR Andrew Hawkins pens a thorough, even-handed takedown of butthurt police union leaders demanding he apologize for taking the stance that police should try not to kill unarmed 12-year-olds. So apparently this is what the Browns are good at. [Talking Points Memo] * David chats about the backstory behind Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link).

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.05.14

* New York has rejected recognizing a chimpanzee as a "person." [PrawfsBlawg] * Which law schools are most conservative? Most liberal? [FiveThirtyEight] * Elie's new job as "deal judge." [Dealbreaker] * Lawyer suspended amid accusations that he sexted three clients with nude photos of himself and told one "she could ‘ride bareback’ with him." [ABA Journal] * Duquesne says it denied professor tenure because she was bad at the whole "teaching" part of her job. Whoa! When has that ever mattered to tenure? [TaxProf Blog] * Josh and Jess sit down with Judge Matthew Sciarrino to talk about the new Star Wars trailer. I don't know. Looks kind of boring. We need George Lucas to spice it up with a Special Edition version. [The Legal Geeks] * Prosecutor recites "Dixie" at closing argument of a black man's trial. [Idaho Statesman]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.03.14

* As we've addressed, the grand jury declined to indict the officer in the police-cause homicide -- per the medical examiner -- of Eric Garner. [New York Times] * This is a good time to remember Eric Garner was killed for the horrible crime of selling loosies, a product that developed a black market in NYC in response to rising cigarette taxes. Evading cigarette taxes should be a crime. But, like, a "here's your $50 ticket" crime, not the death penalty. [Huffington Post] * An anonymous Georgetown law student has filed suit against the school and one of its instructors, Rabbi Barry Freundel, for "luring her to the bath as part of her studies at the school." And who didn't have that lesson in Civ Pro? [Washington Post] * Another in the continuing series looking back on a decade of Chief Justice Roberts. This time looking back at the slow and steady drive to curtail women's rights. [Constitutional Accountability Center] * Remember the woman suing the owner of the dog that her dogs killed? She's dropped her suit. [ABC News] * The Bar Association of San Francisco is hosting an event next Tuesday featuring Chief Judge Alex Kozinski entitled: The Wizard of Koz. Um, may not be the best time to use to "Cos" sound in a title. But that aside, it promises to be an interesting event if you're in the area. [San Francisco Bar] * Brian Finch of Pillsbury Winthrop talks cyberattacks and admits what everyone else wants to deny: law firms are a weak link in cybersecurity. [Bloomberg TV]

By Joe Patrice