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Non-Sequiturs: 08.30.16

* In honor of the upcoming Labor Day holiday, FLSA compliance and the American worker. [ADP] * What lawyers can learn from Judge Richard Posner, according to William Domnarski's new biography (affiliate link). [ABA Journal] * Should law reviews be worried? [Chronicle of Higher Education] * One law school's enrollment is down 26%. [TaxProf Blog] * Transparency report from the most recent Supreme Court Term. [Fix the Court] * A look at FCPA enforcement actions concerning charitable foundations. [FCPA Professors]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.21.16

* Criminal defense attorneys have been painted so poorly by Hollywood for such a long time that Dean Strang and Jerry Buting, the defense attorneys at the heart of Making a Murderer, "never expected to be viewed as hero[es] for just doing our job." [WSJ Law Blog] * All in a day's work: When Ted Cruz wasn't busy “[making] a lot of people really angry” during his Supreme Court clerkship, he was watching porn with Chief Justice William Rennquist and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. [New York Times] * It seems like Ted Cruz has made prospective Biglaw donors angry as well. Although Sullivan & Cromwell hosted an event in his honor, his campaign contribution amounts from other firms are "humdrum," with only one Texas firm on his side. [The Careerist] * Thanks to a $25 million dollar donation from an alumnus, Villanova Law will now be known as the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. Hopefully a new name will make people forget about the school's scandal-plagued past. [Philadelphia Inquirer] * In light of last week's sexism sanction from a federal judge, the editors of the ABA Journal want to know if you've ever heard sexist remarks while working as a lawyer. We'd like to know too. Email us for inclusion in our series on the subject. [ABA Journal]

By Staci Zaretsky
Abortion

Morning Docket: 09.02.14

* Could Columbia law professor Tim Wu become New York’s next lieutenant governor? He has a shot, according to the Times. [New York Times] * Which same-sex-marriage case is the best vehicle for Supreme Court review? [BuzzFeed] * A federal judge takes the wheel in steering Detroit into the future. [American Lawyer] * Is it “shameful” of the ALS Association to attempt to trademark the phrase “ice bucket challenge”? [ABA Journal] * Jury deliberations are expected to begin today in the corruption trial of former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell. [Washington Post] * Voter ID laws are back on trial, this time in Texas. [New York Times] * Speaking of Texas, the state seeks to stay a recent ruling that struck down the requirement that abortion clinics comply with standards for ambulatory surgical centers. [ABA Journal]

By David Lat