Jerry Buting

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 07.29.16

* You know who no one talked about at that convention? Merrick Garland. Here's a theory as to why... [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * Steven Avery is not pleased with Dean Strang and Jerry Buting and he's got a handwritten screed about it. [USA Today] * Law professor has bats in her belfry. [Tax Prof Blog] * Jury nullification in the murder of Bruce Banner. [The Legal Geeks] * Professor Orly Lobel on the prisoner's dilemma of reporting sexual harassment. [Fortune] * This is how easily a Supreme Court vacancy is handled in a civilized country. [Legal Cheek] * French court says Lockout was plagiarized from Escape From New York. I thought it was a little suspicious that Lockout followed the adventures of Lizard Flissken. [io9] * What is the proper choice of law for space crimes? Um, pretty sure it's Judge Dredd, but you write up your little piece anyway. [Seeker] * Becoming addicted to Biglaw power. [Law and More]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.21.16

* Criminal defense attorneys have been painted so poorly by Hollywood for such a long time that Dean Strang and Jerry Buting, the defense attorneys at the heart of Making a Murderer, "never expected to be viewed as hero[es] for just doing our job." [WSJ Law Blog] * All in a day's work: When Ted Cruz wasn't busy “[making] a lot of people really angry” during his Supreme Court clerkship, he was watching porn with Chief Justice William Rennquist and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. [New York Times] * It seems like Ted Cruz has made prospective Biglaw donors angry as well. Although Sullivan & Cromwell hosted an event in his honor, his campaign contribution amounts from other firms are "humdrum," with only one Texas firm on his side. [The Careerist] * Thanks to a $25 million dollar donation from an alumnus, Villanova Law will now be known as the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. Hopefully a new name will make people forget about the school's scandal-plagued past. [Philadelphia Inquirer] * In light of last week's sexism sanction from a federal judge, the editors of the ABA Journal want to know if you've ever heard sexist remarks while working as a lawyer. We'd like to know too. Email us for inclusion in our series on the subject. [ABA Journal]

By Staci Zaretsky