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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.25.15

* Dildos and cock rings. Just another day for the Eleventh Circuit down in America's wang. [Southern District of Florida Blog] * Everything you need to know about today's Alabama redistricting decisions from Professor Rick Hasen. It's a longer and more nuanced way to say "Pyrrhic victory." [Election Law Blog] * The Supreme Court is way eloquent. [Lowering the Bar] * Looks like we already have a real-life example of what happens when white-collar industries adopt new technology. Enjoy unemployment! [Law and More] * Another scintillating legal debate coming up next week: do the President's war powers exceed constitutional authority? [Intelligence Squared] * If you're in Nashville, you can see Lat in person. It's on April Fool's Day, so start thinking of how you want to punk him. [Vanderbilt Law] * Harvard Law's Lambda chapter kills its diversity amendment. Guess it was too much to hope a bunch of law students had solved de Tocqueville's "tyranny of the majority" puzzle. [Harvard Law Record] * Another installment in David's chat with Bloomberg. Lat compares some firms to Ferraris... I'm guessing he doesn't watch much racing unless he meant to say, "some firms spend massive amounts of money to remain woefully second-rate to Mercedes and Renault." [Bloomberg BNA / Big Law Business] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoS0wdteBS0

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.20.15

* People are dogging this, but I wholeheartedly approve. Kids need to learn that Republicans will kill any idea no matter how benign while somehow making it about abortion. It's an important life lesson. [NH1] * Sometimes the help of a friend actually makes the situation worse. That's why I make it my policy not to help. [Science of Relationships] * A second suspect picked up in the triple murder involving America's Next Top Model Mirjana Puhar. Investigators plan to give him a hot mic and wait for him to take a bathroom break. [Gawker] * LSAC's having a big day. After law school applications hit a 15-year low, we get the news that LSAC has changed their licensing agreement to kill LSAT PrepTest PDFs. That'll help. [LSAT Blog] * When you think about it, contract lawyers are living out the white-collar version of the Industrial Revolution. And doing about as well as the first Proletariat did. [Law and More] * Someone thinks the country doesn't have to be run by lawyers. This is a dangerous idea that could take down the empire we've all built. Thankfully it's coming from the Transhumanist Party presidential candidate. So I think we're safe. [Motherboard / Vice] * That's not how you use Swiss cheese... [Legal Juice] * A new podcast discusses religious liberty bills with Professor Marci Hamilton, Verkuli Chair in Public Law at Cardozo. [RJ Court Watch] * Another call to do something nice and simple so you aren't the kind of lawyer people joke about. [What About Clients?] * On that note, here's a cavalcade of lawyer jokes explained. Until things get too real. [LFC360]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.11.15

* Texas wants to strip lawyers of their license if they don't pay their student loans. Yeah, if they're getting behind, taking away their ability to earn money seems like a good strategy. [Texas Lawyer] * Lawyer gives waiter a $25K tip to get dental surgery. Based on the picture, I'd have given him that tip for free. [ABC 11] * Let's all hope John Oliver never goes back to The Daily Show, because his HBO show is making a real-life impact. The Tennessee Supreme Court cited Oliver on civil forfeiture in an opinion handed down yesterday. [Tennessee Courts] * From the strip club to the mental hospital. Pretty standard murder scenario actually. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] * Suge Knight's defense to murder and attempted murder charges? He's legally blind in one eye so didn't see the people he killed. [NY Daily News] * Reality star testifies under oath that reality shows aren't real. Try and pick up the pieces from your shattered world. [Morning After / Gawker] * Document review is such a terrible job, you should probably just go into PR. That assumes you've not done enough document review that you can never smile again. [Law and More] * The final segment of an interview with Seth Zachary, Chairman of Paul Hastings. In this part of the interview, Zachary discusses weathering and overcoming the collapse of his previous firm Finley Kumble, the former Biglaw giant that went under in the 80s. This is where we make the obligatory, "Dewey know anyone who might appreciate this tale?" [Bloomberg BNA / Big Law Business]

By Joe Patrice