Men’s Issues

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 09.30.15

* Is there a pattern of dishonesty in the Orange County, CA District Attorney's office? [New York Times] * Does a lack of SEC enforcement on clawback rules actually create a perverse incentive to manipulate earnings? [MarketWatch] * Shocking news: Men admire their own work more than women do. I know that sentence is full of gender norms, but sometimes it is what it is. [TaxProf Blog] * Is it ever okay for Biglaw associates to have privacy in the office? [What About Paris?] * What you need to know right now in the world of legal tech. [CodeX] * Thinking of using Google AdWords for your firm? Careful if you're bidding on opposing counsel's name, it could land you in ethical hot water. [Legal Profession Blog] * What are the biggest threats for your corporate data? [Bloomberg BNA]

By Kathryn Rubino
3rd Circuit

Morning Docket: 08.05.13

* When it comes to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage mandate, corporate personhood only goes so far. Religious freedoms apply to human beings, not their businesses, and the Third Circuit agrees. [New York Times] * According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal sector added 2,800 jobs in July after major losses in the two months prior. We’re sure that the eleventy billion members of the class of 2013 will be very pleased. [Am Law Daily] * Not a Nigerian scam: Biglaw firms in Washington, D.C. — like Covington & Burling, Greenberg Traurig, and Williams Mullen — are busy chasing business in Africa. [Capital Business / Washington Post] * A New Jersey municipal judge faces ethics charges due to his “extra-judicial activities” with an exotic dancer. It seems she appeared before him in his courtroom and in his bed. [New Jersey Law Journal] * Tawana Brawley, the woman who dragged a New York prosecutor into an elaborate rape hoax (complete with race-baiting), is finally making payments on a defamation verdict. [New York Post] * “Either I’m a stupid lawyer, or I’m stupid for thinking the court will enforce the rights of guys.” Former Cravath attorney and men’s rights advocate Roy Den Hollander is at it again. [New York Daily News] * Morehouse College will be the fifth undergraduate school in the nation to publish a law journal. This is basically a case study in what it means to begin law school gunning while in college. [Daily Report] * Things are pretty dire for New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner. Not even “that [law grad] who takes pictures of himself in his underwear in the mirror” would vote for him. [Delaware News Journal] * Julius Chambers, famous civil rights lawyer and former leader of the NAACP LDF, RIP. [NBC News]

By Staci Zaretsky