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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 11.04.15

* Yeah, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was cool even before she became the Notorious RBG. [Fusion] * Can you improve your courtroom performance by vibrating? I promise it isn't a dirty as it sounds. [Katz Justice] * Authorities are scrutinizing advertisements in building their case against Volkswagen in the emissions cheating scandal. [Star Tribune] * One way to follow up from a Supreme Court argument years in the making is to open a new office the very next day. Congrats to Edelson P.C. (you remember these guys, don't ya?) on taking on way too much in a very short amount of time. [The Recorder] * Northwestern Law has a debate series on prosecutorial overreach beginning next Tuesday. Check it out if you're in the area. [Northwestern Law School]

By Kathryn Rubino
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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 09.02.15

* The GOP field is getting a heads up on what to expect at their next debate, but the real question is: how will this change JoePa's drinking game... [Politico] * Let Judge Matthew Sciarrino take you through the minutiae of how exactly Batman would testify in court. [Legal Geeks] * Good news: Missouri failed at gerrymandering. Better news: it's gotten the Taiwanese animation treatment. [Lowering the Bar] * Men's rights activists are using the legal system to derail women's networking events. [Yahoo] * Navigating employment contracts outside of the U.S. [JD Supra] * In the beginning of a startup, everyone is friends.... but it doesn't always end that way. [Concurring Opinions] * Former governor Jan Brewer threatens a lawsuit over the use of her picture. [Jezebel]

By Kathryn Rubino
American Bar Association / ABA

Morning Docket: 10.11.12

* Everyone’s happy about the Dewey & LeBoeuf settlement except the Ad Hoc Committee and its LeBoeuf retirees, who called Judge Martin Glenn’s attempt to slap them down an “insult to injury.” [WSJ Law Blog] * While South Carolina’s voter ID law wasn’t found to be inherently discriminatory, its enforcement was still blocked because people will be unable to get their sh*t together in time for the election. [Bloomberg] * VP debate moderator Martha Raddatz’s 1991 wedding guest list has come under fire because Barack Obama was invited. Clearly there’s a conflict of interest worth arguing about here. [Washington Post] * This man is nobody’s “butt boy”: Tom Keefe, the interim dean over at Saint Louis Law School, will be footing a $14,212 bill for his students in the form of ABA Law Student Division memberships. [National Law Journal] * Strippers in California, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Texas, and Nevada will be making it rain, because they just scored a $12.9M class action settlement. That’s a whole lot of “college tuition”! [Courthouse News Service]

By Staci Zaretsky