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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 09.01.16

* It's official: a judge has ruled Beyoncé's landmark visual album, Lemonade, did not infringe on a white dude's indie film. [Hollywood Reporter] * Tim Cook is pissed off about his Irish tax bill. [Huffington Post] * Will writing these things on legal documents get you fired? [Defenestration Magazine] * The chances of lawyers landing on their feet when they've been fired at 61. [Law and More] * Does the length of a jury's deliberation have a correlation to the verdict returned? [Versus Texas]

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 06.02.16

* If only all court filings were as easy as The Onion imagines they could be... Maybe with the next Apple update. [The Onion] * Fascinating, and maybe just a bit unsettling for those that've gotten inked: how law enforcement is using biometric technology in tattoo identification. [Electronic Frontier Foundation] * Are the members of the Supreme Court getting bored waiting for a ninth justice? [Slate] * The true story of how a small, informal lawyer listserv got recognized by the Supreme Court. [New York Personal Injury Blog] * New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, isn't mincing words when it comes to Trump University, calling it a "straight up fraud." [Huffington Post] * Don Verrilli is retiring, here's a look at the Solicitor General's role and success in generating petition grants when he (and his office) recommends them. [Empirical SCOTUS] * A Black Lives Matter activist was convicted on for "attempting to unlawfully remove a suspect from police officers" in a move some have criticized as an attempt to chill lawful protests. [Gawker]