Founding Fathers
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SponsoredLuxury, Lies, And A $10 Million Embezzlement
In a scandal that rocked the business community, a former high-profile executive was sentenced to prison, plus five years of supervised release and restitution.-
Law SchoolsStats Of The Week: The Thriving Law School Eponymy #ASSLaw
Scalia joins Charles Widger and S.J. Quinney in the select club of 45 individuals after whom ABA-accredited law schools are named.
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 12.21.15
* Blame Kelly Drye for the lack of exotic snake regulations, because what could go wrong in an unregulated market for spitting cobras? [Slate]
* New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is instating mass pardons for youthful offenders. [New York Times]
* A Texas alumni group has apologized for calling Justice Scalia a racist. I guess scientists are made of sterner stuff. [Chronicle of Higher Education]
* The founding fathers were better about defending the rights of Muslims than (some) modern Republicans. [Washington Post]
* Preet Bharara’s latest target — the evils of auto-subscribing. [Law and More]
* Ah, the Christmas season. That time of the year when customer service is paradoxically at its best and worst. [That’s My Argument!]
* The verdict against former White House counsel J. Michael Farren has been affirmed by the Connecticut Appellate Court. [Legal Profession Blog]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.20.15
* Out of Germany comes news of a real tragedy — spoiled beer. [Legal Juice]
* Justice Sonia Sotomayor got a pretty bad-ass tribute in the form of a graffiti mural, unveiled in the Bronx. [Colorlines]
* A look at how voter suppression efforts have morphed with the times. [Washington Post]
* Don’t feel bad about your Josh Duggar/Ashley Madison schadenfreude. [Lawyers, Guns & Money]
* Want to waste some time? Take this fun quiz matching quotes to the lawyers that said them. [Suited Gladiators]
* A lesson in how not to deal with a government investigation, courtesy of the American Red Cross. [Cady Bar The Door]
* George Washington would be embarrassed to hear today’s candidates’ take on torture. And so would the rest of the founding fathers, ya know, if they were zombies. [Lowering the Bar]
* We’re about to announce the finalists for our Summer Associate Event Contest — so if you have a nomination, send it to us ASAP! [Above the Law]
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Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Events, Legal Ethics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Thomas Goldstein
Whistleblowers And Treasonous Heroes
Some historical perspective on whistleblowers, traitors, and the rule of law.
