DuPont

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 01.06.15

* Cops arrest a stormtrooper in Massachusetts. See, J.J. Abrams! This is what happens when you have a black stormtrooper. [Lowering the Bar] * Litigation finance crosses a new threshold: Gerchen Keller announces that it now has $1.4 billion in assets. [Am Law Daily] * Understanding how humans cocoon makes you a better lawyer. But cocoons apparently can't cure Wilford Brimley's "dia-beet-us." [Katz Justice] * Deep look at Rob Billot whose career as a corporate lawyer took a wild turn when he decided to take on DuPont for the last 16 years. [New York Times Magazine] * The law of using submarines to spy. That damn caterpillar drive again. [Lawfare] * Are you going to San Diego ComicCon? Are you willing to cosplay to participate in a mock trial? These folks want to talk with you. [The Legal Geeks] * Americans lost their minds -- one way or the other -- over President Obama's tears yesterday, but they're a well-established part of advocacy to be handled lightly. Or you could just bawl over everything and see if that works. [Law and More] * Let's check in at the AALS Conference. Yep, everything seems perfectly normal over there... CYEMetCUkAAh5b- That's the CALI.org booth if you're visiting the show (photo grabbed off Twitter).

By Joe Patrice
Abortion

Morning Docket: 08.02.12

* Global agribusiness group Monsanto Co was awarded $1 billion in a patent infringement case against DuPont for improperly duplicating some kind of crazy seed technology. [New York Times] * For particularly thick-headed employers who don’t understand it’s a bad idea to ask employees for Facebook passwords, now Illinois will fine them $200 for doing so. [Chicago Tribune] * A federal judge in Washington sanctioned well-known plaintiff’s attorney Joy Ann Bull for filing grossly inflated fee statements. She was consequently asked to resign her partnership at Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd. Welcome to the breadline! [LegalNewsline] * Should a trial judge who is a Brooklyn Law grad recuse himself from a case against Brooklyn Law filed by Brooklyn Law alumni? Meh… [National Law Journal] * As Ralph Baxter nears retirement, who will be chosen to lead Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe? [Am Law Daily] * The Ninth Circuit already issued an injunction against Arizona’s new late-term abortion ban. Like they say, it’s all about shakin’ hands and killing kissin’ babies. [Denver Post]

By Christopher Danzig