Liability

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.24.16

* So, you've found a new job. Yay! You give your boss your two-week notice and your current job comes back with a counter offer. Should you take it? [Manila Recruitment] * Evaluating the impact of the ghosts of decisions past on this term's Supreme Court. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Law school applications are down, but medical school applications are up. A look at the trends that have created this phenomenon. [Law School Cafe] * Are Justices Alito and Thomas in denial? [Slate] * If a student commits suicide after being bullied, is the school liable? [Litigation Daily] * Interesting podcast about what it is really like to be a criminal defense attorney. [LST Radio]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.05.16

Puppies USE* Students at Villanova Law School got the day off to recover after Kris Jenkins's epic buzzer beater and the school's first NCAA men's basketball championship in 30 years. [NBC Philadelphia] * University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law has a great plan to help students deal with stress: puppies! [Daily Utah Chronicle] * Tracing Mahatma Gandhi's peace disobedience protests, which began 86 years ago this week, back to his roots as a lawyer. [Guile is Good] * If you send a text, and the person you send it to reads it while driving, could you be found liable for an injuries they cause while driving distracted? This scenario, seemingly taken from a law school fact pattern, just might be true. [Personal Injury Attorney Blog] * An in-depth look at how Zubik v. Burwell relates to other First Amendment free exercise cases. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Are there actually practice pointers you can pick up from watching Better Call Saul? [Reboot Your Law Practice]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 09.10.15

* The fascinating and brave story of Phyllis Frye, the nation's first openly transgender judge -- and in Texas no less! [New York Times] * Copyright law ruins something new: this time the YouTube channel of the creator of “hardest Super Mario World level ever.” [Kotaku] * Take a look at the correspondence Judge Berman received on Deflategate -- all the completely sane and hinged rantings of Pats fans. [Deadspin] * A law firm that lets you have a life? Blasphemy! [The Atlantic] * Even if Larry Lessig becomes President of the United States, his presidency will still be a failure. [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * So... if a vampire makes a human their servant what liability does the human have for the vamp's bloodsucking? [The Legal Geeks] * An ode to Valorem's Patrick Lamb and his incisive look at the failure of Dewey & Lebouef. [What About Clients?] * The phenomenon of Quit Lit: when law professors take to the op-ed page to talk about their resignations. [TaxProf Blog]

By Kathryn Rubino
In-House Counsel

House Rules: Insurance, LoL, and Indemnity, Redux

I wrote about these contractual issues the week before Thanksgiving. I received so many emails that I thought it best to flesh these topics out a bit more. Also, some of these headings are from the anonymous “comments” section on this site, so I can’t attribute them (and I’ve also edited them for language). 1) […]

By David Mowry