Law & Order

It -- and its spin offs -- have dominated the airwaves.

What does watching the show do to our brains?

* “Wait, are we the bad guys?” The moral ambiguity of Law & Order may be indicative of our legal zeitgeist. Or something, I just write jokes. [NYT]

* One man’s consideration of financial need is another man’s price fixing. While Yale won’t like being the cause for litigation, I have a funny feeling they know a few good lawyers. [Yale Daily News]

* Tired of venture capitalist bros being the only ones insufferably discussing NFTs? Learn the legal angles now and wow your soon-to-be ex-friends! Here’s a primer. [Legalscoops]

* Prison industrial complex to human rights breach pipeline? New Jersey’s Institute for Social Justice says denying the formerly incarcerated the right to vote is a human rights violation. [Insider NJ]

* Share with them a penny for the ferryman: Houston law firm does a little democracy assistance by fronting voters’ transportation costs. [NBC DFW]

Dun dun! Get ready, justice warriors.

EZ-Pass is how they get you.

The next few months offer a cornucopia of law-related television and movies.

Know this one?

* If you get hurt by a tree in New York City, who is going to pay your medical bills? [Cityland]

* I don’t care what anyone says, 100% Law & Order got me through Evidence. [Law and More]

* Now there’s a lawsuit to eliminate this shocking program. [SCOT Blog]

* Can you sell used MP3 files? (Legally, I mean.) [Copyright Alliance]

* Speaking of judges using their position to make changes… [Slate]

* Building meaningful mentoring relationships. [Legal Executive Institute]

* What are the best practices when conducting a multilingual document review? [United Language Group]

* This crazy story keeps getting more interesting. [Huffington Post]

* What tools do you use to stop overthinking? [Corporette]

Steven Hill nailed the feeling of a lawyer as a functionary in society.

Andrew L. Sandler from BuckleySandler LLP answers 10 questions for the ATL Interrogatories, sponsored by Lateral Link.

* Once again, Justice Ginsburg offers us some perspective on behind the scenes action at the Supreme Court. We bet you didn’t know that “Get over it” is one of Justice Scalia’s favorite expressions. [Politico]

* The chief justice of Delaware’s Supreme Court turned in his resignation papers on Friday, and rumor has it that the legendary Leo Strine will try to replace him. Best of luck, Chancellor! [Reuters]

* “I wasn’t looking for a job.” Paul Aguggia, the chairman of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, will step down to cash in as the CEO of a New Jersey bank where he served as outside counsel. [American Banker]

* This is what it’s like when bankruptcies collide: AMR Corp. is now disputing Dewey’s billables, including 1,646 hours of contractually prohibited work completed by first-year associates. [Am Law Daily (sub. req.)]

* Bank of America is bleeding money in settlement payments. A $39 million payout in a Merrill Lynch gender bias case brings the total to about $200 million in under two weeks. [DealBook / New York Times]

* GW Law starts its dean search next month, and whoever takes the position needs to be good at raising funds, because the school has struggled in that department ever since Dean Berman left. [GW Hatchet]

* An Ivy League law professor tells us the third year of law school is a “crucial resource” to ensure lawyers are well-trained, so classes like “Understanding Obama” must be social imperatives. [Washington Post]

* It seems to me that the only jurors who might be influenced by the depiction of the legal system on Law & Order are the ones who were too dim to figure out how to get out of jury duty. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]

A Brooklyn judge delays an attempted murder trial so a juror can audition for a "Law & Order" spinoff show....

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