Olympics

From Biglaw to the big games: Congratulations on the career change for this Olympic marathoner!

He thanks his firm for allowing him to pursue his passions on and off the field. Congratulations!

* Prepare for the Olympics! Unless you live in an abortion banning state, that is. [ESPN]

* Will lax gun laws increase the chances of going postal? [SHRM]

* All bikes are equal. But some bikes are more electricky than others. [The News Tribune]

* California is working on better bike safety for e-bikes. [Fox 5 San Diego]

* Three men were charged with killing crime boss Whitey Bulger. [USA Today]

As all lawyers know, 'legal issues can sometimes drag on.'

And some thoughts on his career. 

* I don’t know what a shadow docket is, but SCOTUS has one and it’s benefiting who you’d think it would. [Reuters]

* Former representative let violent protestors into Oregon’s capitol building because he wanted brownie points. Talk about door to door constituency service. [The Oregonian]

* International lawyer willing to walk to right wrongs. Beautiful reminder that lawyers are public servants. [ABA Journal]

* Olympic kayaker to serve 25 years for moving fishscale. Maybe that’s why he was paddling so hard? [Insider]

* Biden will require federal employees to be COVID vaccinated or submit to regular testing and regulation. If they aren’t following the science, will the CDC follow the mandate? [CNN]

Since 1971, the United States has spent -- wasted -- $3 trillion enforcing its antiquated, racist drug policy.

The biggest issue with Puma's ambush mentality is that it has the potential to seriously diminish the value for brands thinking about partnering with the USOPC.

This rejection is not the end of the road for Puma, which has the right to provide an official response.

The key is training before lawyers wake up.

Social media corporations are being pressured to censor content, regardless of intellectual property rights.

Brian Cuban knows the reality of misusing Xanax. It is definitely not an Olympic sport.

Not a bad reason to take a break from law school.

Where do Olympians work after the games? Apparently, the DOJ.

* Conservative legal scholars generally favor Clinton with the power to nominate jurists over Trump. Losers! Pathetic! [Huffington Post]

* After securing a law degree, a masters, and a PhD, this woman also became Great Britain’s most successful female Olympian. [Legal Cheek]

* A judge explains why she finds criminal court horrifying. [VICE]

* Litigate every week like it’s Shark Week. [Lowering the Bar]

* I never really thought about how I referred to law school professors, but this raises some interesting questions about the process. [PrawfsBlawg]

* Following up on the Supreme Court clerks of 2006. Of the four justices of the Supreme Court’s right-wing, how many female clerks can you spot? [Excess of Democracy]

* Wonder Woman’s immigration fraud. [Law and the Multiverse]

* Counterpunch reviews Len: A Lawyer In History (affiliate link) about the life and times of leftist criminal defense lawyer Leonard Weinglass. [Counterpunch]

Congratulations, Katie! We can't wait to see you win more gold medals at the Rio Olympics!

* Does the future of transgender rights go through the Supreme Court? [Constitution Daily]

* There’s been a lot of chatter about it, but what do the rules say about the scenario of Donald Trump dropping out of the presidential race? [WSJ Law Blog]

* The Olympics is great fun for nationalism, but there is a dark side behind it, as Professor Ilya Somin explains. Here is one idea to do away with that. [Volokh Conspiracy]

* The latest on what went on behind closed doors at Fox during Roger Ailes’s reign. [Law and More]

* In-house lawyer Suleen Lee, general counsel to The Barre Code, gives new meaning to “character and fitness.” [Chicago Lawyer]

* Law professors in defense of the working legal standard in campus rape cases. [Huffington Post]

* Shearman & Sterling partner Richard Hsu interviews leading legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin, author of the new book American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst (affiliate link). [Hsu Untied]

* And Randy Maniloff of Coverage Opinions interviews legendary law professor Arthur Miller. [Law.com]

* Congrats to Orrick’s D.C. associates on more than doubling their contribution to Legal Aid’s Generous Associates Campaign this year! [Orrick]

* Josh Duggar’s problems continue: he is being sued by the guy whose pic he used in his Ashley Madison profile. [Jezebel]

* Republican statehouses have been doing what they can to make Chief Justice John Roberts look dumb. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]

* Zika might be changing American opinions on abortion. [Slate]

* Olympic scandal! Moroccan Olympic boxer arrested for sexual assault. [Huffington Post]

* NRA v. Police: Why open carry laws make policing difficult. [Salon]

He'll compete in the Rio Olympics on August 21. Congratulations!

* Are law firms being exploited by their clients to launder money? [Wall Street Journal]

* Richard McLaren is the law professor who laid the ground work for Russia potentially being banned from the Rio Olympics over a doping scandal. [New York Times]

* An analysis of the legal issues in the new Ghostbusters movie. [The Legal Geeks]

* Review of Anxious Lawyer (affiliate link), a new book by AtL columnist Jeena Cho and Karen Gifford. [Legal Ink Magazine]

* What does Rick Hasen think will happen in Texas now that the 5th Circuit has struck down its voter ID law? [KUT]

* Matthew Dowd and Robert Kulik, the lawyers turned children’s book authors we previously profiled, went on TV to discuss their work. [ABC News]