Marty Singer
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.18.16
* Justice Ginsburg gets the job done, and in as few words as possible. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Will robots do away with the billable hour? And, perhaps, your job? [Law360]
* Bill Cosby’s ex-lawyer, Marty Singer, is reportedly being profiled by Vanity Fair. [Jezebel]
* The Facebook Effect is changing how you do business. [Law and More]
* Ha, this poor law student — on the same flight as her tax prof the day after the final, as well as on the same return flight. [TaxProf Blog]
* Virginia scheme that harshly punishes the poor for being unable to pay fines is now the subject of litigation. [Slate]
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7th Circuit, Eric Holder, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, Rod Blagojevich, Small Law Firms, Trials
Morning Docket: 07.17.13
* Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder took a much needed break from attempting to prosecute NSA data-leaker Edward Snowden to “strongly condemn” Stand Your Ground laws in a speech given to the NAACP. [Washington Post]
* So much for “caus[ing] it all.” Disgraced Illinois politician Rod Blagojevich is appealing his conviction and 14-year prison sentence to the Seventh Circuit, and he was thisclose to missing the midnight filing deadline. [NBC News]
* Yes, Virginia, there’s a law school crisis at hand, but only second- and third-tier schools seem to have been affected. Please don’t worry your pretty little head about the HYS strand; they’re doing just fine. [Businessweek]
* But speaking of highly ranked law schools, are there any reputable institutions of legal education that fall outside of the T14, but are just as good? Apparently there are, are here are the top five. [Policymic]
* Is Marty Singer, lawyer to the stars, guilty of extortion for allegedly threatening to expose a TV host’s sexual liaisons via lawsuit? According to this judge, he isn’t. [Hollywood, Esq. / Hollywood Reporter]
* Amid all of the rage over the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, people seem to have forgotten that Jodi Arias is back in court this week. I, for one, hope the femme fatale grew out her bangs. [ABC News]
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