Elizabeth Warren

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 01.24.17

* Elizabeth Warren's idealism bends to the new political reality. [The Hill] * We get a one week reprieve from Jeff Sessions as the next Attorney General.[Politico] * Welp, this horrific perversion of religion is particularly stomach turning. [Wonkette] * Are the Dems willing to play ball? [Slate] * The United Kingdom's plan to weaponize taxes. [Tax Law Prof] * So... what's the injury in the Emoluments Clause case? [Dorf on Law] * Reflections on Scalia's time on the bench. [YouTube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu8K8DTujSA&feature=youtu.be&t=11m58s

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 1.12.17

* What will law students (or anyone in need of hazelnut deliciousness) do without Nutella? [Law and More] * Elizabeth Warren is getting a lot of attention for blasting Ben Carson during his HUD confirmation hearing, but was it really necessary? [Wonkette] * Little Marco is proving his worth. [Slate] * There's a legal fight brewing over mermaid tail blankets. [The Fashion Law] * It's like your mom said in high school: nothing good happens after midnight on a weeknight. [Huffington Post] * The need for precision in your negotiations. [Katz Justice] * Law schools are struggling to teach professionalism. [TaxProf Blog]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.25.16

* If Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump wins the election, he may be the first president-elect to be standing trial for fraud prior to taking the oath of office. Judge Gonzalo Curiel has tentatively refused to dismiss one of the two pending Trump University cases, saying plaintiffs had met requirements for the case to move forward for a jury to decide whether Trump "participated in a scheme to defraud" students. [San Diego Union-Tribune] * After being served with a class-action suit alleging she rigged the Democratic primaries and the release of emails in the latest Guccifer hack showing her favoritism for Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is resigning as the Democratic National Committee's chair after this week's convention. [CNN; Observer] * Five senators, including Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), have introduced the Student Loan Tax Relief Act, which would exempt forgiven loans from being taxed as income. Law school grads on IBR, ICR, or PAYE should pray this bill is passed. [Forbes] * In an announcement made before markets opened, Verizon said it would be purchasing Yahoo for $4.83B. It's rumored that Faiza Saeed, Cravath's incoming presiding partner -- who was appointed to a committee to explore Yahoo's sale -- was the driving force behind the deal, which is expected to close in early 2017. [Reuters; Big Law Business] * Law firms are apparently in a "weak spot" when it comes to the detection of money laundering operations. That may be how Shearman & Sterling got mixed up with an alleged Malaysian plot to siphon funds from its trust account to purchase luxury items in a scheme that's turned into an attempted $1B DOJ asset forfeiture. [WSJ Law Blog]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 06.06.16

* Not your most typical legal job: the life of a PETA lawyer. [WSJ Law Blog] * Joe Scarborough has weighed in on Donald Trump's statement about Judge Gonzalo Curiel's Mexican heritage. For the record, the former Republic Congressman thinks "[i]t's completely racist." [Politico] * Based on comments Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have made, what will our next Supreme Court justice be like? [Empirical SCOTUS] * They may hate him, but with the perspective of three years, it is clear Edward Snowden actually helped the legal intelligence community. [Lawfare] * Donald Trump "fought back" against Elizabeth Warren, saying she made a "quick killing" in real estate after the economic downturn, but what do you know? Facts suggest otherwise (namely that she bought real estate in Oklahoma to help her family and their construction business). [Washington Post] * You can win an early copy of The Curve, a brand new novel by Jeremy Blachman and Cameron Stracher, about a corrupt Trump University-style law school. They've set up a website for the fake law school in the book, and would love readers to check it out and submit their own worst law school story for a chance to win an advance copy. [Manhattan Law School] * Who knows what the composition of the Court will be like when they hear it, but the Supreme Court will take on another racial gerrymandering case. [Election Law Blog] * The D.C. Disciplinary Counsel took seven years to pass judgment on an administrative law judge who sued a dry cleaner for $60 million over a pair of pants. [Legal Profession Blog] * What Muhammad Ali lost when he went to the Supreme Court. [Slate] * Using the life of a passed appellate attorney as inspiration for practice. [Guile is Good] * Does a sound legal case exist for indicting Hillary Clinton? [Beck's Law] * BuzzFeed turns down cold hard cash over its decision to turn away Trump for President ads. [Buzzfeed] * The "Gig Economy" -- things are only getting worse for adjunct professors. [Law and More]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.20.16

* Well, this warms my calloused heart: Chief Justice Roberts learned some sign language to swear 12 deaf and hard of hearing lawyers into the Supreme Court. [Washington Post] * An enlightening interview with an attorney that proves lawyers can have entrepreneurial spirit, Richard Nacht. [Law and More] * Professor Rick Hasen's analysis of the Supreme Court's decision in the Arizona redistricting case. [Election Law Blog] * An interview with Matt Delmont, author of Why Busing Failed (affiliate link), on the continued segregation of schools. [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Did lawyer Linda Shi just help design a revolution in air conditioning? The product is being funded through Kickstarter, and the size of the unit makes me think it'd be welcomed in many NYC apartments this summer. [Kickstarter] * Economists and tax law professors are getting behind Elizabeth Warren's tax filing simplification bill. [MassLive] * An in-depth look at black sites -- CIA secret prisons, used in the U.S.'s War on Terror. [Slate] * Our very own David Lat shares cybersecurity tips with host David Lesch on "Today's Verdict." [BronxNet]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.10.16

* Justice Elizabeth Warren? While that may have a nice ring to it for some, given the extreme political gridlock that any Supreme Court nominee -- much less someone who's considered a staunch Democrat -- will be subjected to in the Senate, it's just not something that's ever likely to happen during President Obama's last term. [CNN] * Not that he was a very likely choice to begin with, but Judge Adalberto Jordan of the Eleventh Circuit has asked that he be taken out of consideration for a Supreme Court nomination to fill the vacancy left by the late Justice Antonin Scalia. He would've been the Court's first Cuban-American justice if appointed and confirmed. [Associated Press] * Senator Chuck Grassley, chair of the Senate Judiciary, says the nominee is "totally irrelevant," he's not going to consider giving anyone a hearing -- not even Judge Jane Kelly of the Eighth Circuit, who he strongly supported just years earlier when she was unanimously confirmed by the Senate for her current position. [Gazette of Cedar Rapids] * More than 100 corporate lawyers from firms like Paul Weiss, Arent Fox, and Bradley Arant signed a letter urging Senate Republicans to fill the empty SCOTUS seat. After all, a lengthy vacancy could create "uncertainty for the financial industry, major corporate employees, as well as small businesses," also known as their clients. [WSJ Law Blog] * According to a report by IT security company TruShield, the legal industry was heavily targeted by cyber threats in January. The only reason law firms didn't suffer any serious setbacks is because they've invested in network security. For a profession that really loathes new technologies, we're doing A-okay. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]

By Staci Zaretsky