House of Cards

In-House Counsel

Non-Sequiturs: 03.14.16

* Ivanka Trump is getting called out on Instagram. Seems one of the shoes in her eponymous line is a dead ringer for Aquazzura's Wild Thing fringe sandal. [The Fashion Law] * The billable hour actually makes law firms less competitive -- not that this revelation will stop firms from conducting business that way. [Lawyerist] * When people attack Judge Jane Kelly because she used to be a public defender, they are really taking a crack at the Sixth Amendment. [Slate] * All the things that in-house counsel really want from their outside attorneys. [Ten Things] * A contested convention looks increasingly likely, and the GOP establishment is busy planning for that eventuality. [Bloomberg Politics] * Our friends at Solo Practice U turn 7! Don't miss their anniversary special. [Solo Practice University] * Word to the wise: when you start looking to House Of Cards for political tactics, you might be one of the bad guys. [The Slot] * What it takes to pull off a career comeback. (Spoiler alert: it isn't easy.) [Law and More]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.03.16

* Let’s just call this flattery and be done with it -- a UK brand of lingerie has launched a new design named after Amal Clooney. [Legal Cheek] * A law professor dives into the most popular forms of tax evasion. [Huffington Post] * A new, fast, and cheap way to sequence DNA has sparked a legal battle, because of course it did. [Science Magazine] * What’s going to happen when solitary confinement is abolished? [Pacific Standard] * Ah-mahzing. An intrepid New Yorker made their own license plate, but no, it is not legal. [Slate] * Everything you ever wanted to know about the philosophical underpinnings of House of Cards. [Wisecrack]

By Kathryn Rubino
Animal Law

Non-Sequiturs: 02.18.14

* A Miami attorney is gearing up for legalized medical marijuana. He’s even selling franchises, hopefully called McKinebud’s. [Daily Business Review] * Is Gwyneth cheating on Chris Martin with an entertainment lawyer? [Defamer] * A Florida village has become a refuge to sex offenders because there’s nowhere else they can go. Isn’t this the plot of Arrested Development? [Agence France-Presse via Yahoo!] * As if law schools aren’t charging enough, they also absolutely ravage students on casebook prices. It doesn’t have to be this way. [PrawfsBlawg] * Who’d have thought it would be this hard to define a pig? [Modern Farmer] * If you aren’t following DLA Piper’s boss Sir Nigel Knowles on Twitter, then… you’re lucky. [Legal Cheek] * The vice president of the Constitutional Accountability Center weighs in on Judge Wright Allen’s marriage equality decision from the perspective of a gay, married Virginian. [Pilot Online] * See, it’s not just lawyers who get annoyed when TV doesn’t live up to the realities of the profession. Political communications professionals can get pretty irked by House of Cards. [Ditto Public Affairs] * A circuit judge just seized control of a lower court’s docket, setting restrictions on a judge’s ability to hear domestic violence cases after finding a repeated pattern of improperly blowing off these matters. It may be the Benchslap-Heard-Round-the-Nation since the slapped jurist is also the president-elect of the American Judges Association. [Detroit Free Press]

By Joe Patrice