Irin Carmon

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.25.16

* Kate Middleton's famous wedding dress by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen is now the subject of a lawsuit, with designer Christine Kendall claiming it is a knockoff. [Fashionista] * This lawyer, Helene Goodin, after 22 years in the legal profession, left it all to open her own bakery. [Huffington Post] * The rest of the world discovers Delaware's a haven for holding companies; lawyers everywhere shrug. [Gawker] * When humanitarian aid actually caused more economic hardship for the very people we are supposed to be "helping." [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Can Indian start-ups render the Biglaw firm structure unnecessary? [Law and More] * Richard Hsu talks with Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert cartoon strip. [Hsu Untied] * The Constitutional Accountability Center is holding an event this Thursday, April 28th at the National Press Club in D.C. on the Supreme Court's docket this Term, previewing decisions yet to be handed down and discussing key themes from the Term. [Constitutional Accountability Center] * Speaking of SCOTUS, if you're interested in Supreme Court lit, check out this televised panel of authors, including Irin Carmon of Notorious RBG and ATL editor David Lat of Supreme Ambitions (affiliate links). [C-SPAN]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.26.15

* “Cases swing. I don’t." Justice Anthony Kennedy would really like it if folks would stop referring to him as the high court's swinger swing vote. In other news, the Supreme jurist thinks Legally Blonde is a "pretty good movie." [Harvard Gazette] * Hey, everyone, it's high time we did something about this law school debt crisis. Have you somehow never heard about or experienced this before (despite reading Above the Law for eons)? Not to worry, because the New York Times is on it! [New York Times] * "She’ll still be fighting for the things she cares about. But this time, she’ll be asking us to join her." Irin Camron, co-author of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (affiliate link), thinks we'll see more Badass Bader this Term. [New York Times] * The Pennsylvania Senate is trying to kick embattled Attorney General Kathleen Kane out of office because she's working with a suspended law license. Come on, it must be pretty embarrassing when your AG can't even refer to herself as a lawyer. [Morning Call] * According to Professor Paul Campos, the law school scam will keep on trucking thanks to the for-profit institutions -- Arizona Summit Law, Charlotte Law, and Florida Coastal Law -- that are run by InfiLaw. Well, at least they're good at one thing, right? [The Atlantic] * Toke the vote! The next states that will likely legalize recreational marijuana by ballot referendum come November 2016 include California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada. Vermont, on the other hand, may pass marijuana-friendly legislation. [Rolling Stone]

By Staci Zaretsky