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Morning Docket: 05.18.22

* Focus, Gov: Hawaii law prevents Governor from moonlighting for Uber as a side gig. [Star Advertiser] * While it is hard to beat learning torts in pajamas, law students still prefer the real thing. [Reuters] * More ethanol in Des Moines, please! Iowa law mandates ethanol increase in fuel. [Times Republican] * NY aims to prevent the use of rap lyrics in criminal cases. About time. [Digital Music News] * Dark trendsetting: Overturning Roe v. Wade will have global spillover. [The Guardian]

By Chris Williams
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.29.16

* Perversely, Antonin Scalia's death may have saved public unions. [Slate] * Will online law schools radically alter the landscape of legal education? [Law Reboot] * Justice Scalia's death has changed how frequently the remaining justices speak. [Empirical SCOTUS] * A criminal-defense attorney hasn't sat on the Supreme Court's bench in 25 years, but is that really a problem? [Vox] * Follow-up on the racist meme that circulated at Cornell Law. [College Fix] * Laurence Tribe discusses the Merrick Garland nomination. [NBC] * The North Carolina anti-LGBTQ law is now the subject of a lawsuit, because obviously. [Fusion]

By Kathryn Rubino
Copyright

Non-Sequiturs: 07.14.14

* Man claims his former employer discriminated against him because he was an atheist. Yep, this Hobby Lobby thing isn’t going to have any repercussions at all. [Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal] * Speaking of atheists and SCOTUS, the Court may have authorized the Town of Greece to get all religiousy at town board meetings, but an atheist is stepping up to the plate to deliver an invocation. Freedom of religion does mean he gets a turn. [Rochester Homepage] * There’s an icky sexual harassment story coming out of an elite L.A. school. And they’ve hired an elite law firm to investigate. [Gawker] * Cops do hear some pretty funny stories when they pull people over. [Legal Juice] * If you’re out of work, here’s an idea: this solicitor-to-be posted a selfie with a pigeon on Facebook and got an offer — along with a lot of publicity. [Legal Cheek] * Is the future of legal education online? Perhaps the better question is, “How will law schools overcharge when they no longer have brick-and-mortar facilities?” [Tipping the Scales] * A judge explains that incest and pedophilia aren’t such big deals anymore because gay people are accepted. Wow. [Jezebel] * Are you keeping up with Kirby v. Marvel? Because Jack Kirby’s estate is making a run at the Supreme Court in a case that affects billions. Embed below… [Bloomberg]

By Joe Patrice
BARBRI

Morning Docket: 05.07.14

* According to the latest Citi report, Biglaw was looking pretty good during the first quarter of 2014. Revenue was up by 4.3 percent — the best first quarter results since 2008. Hooray! [Am Law Daily] * Nice work if you can get it: Gibson Dunn, the firm hired to handle New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s “Bridgegate” investigation, billed about $1.1 million for roughly two weeks of work. [NJ.com] * A “perfect storm” of too many grads and not enough jobs caused the decline in law school enrollment. The solution is obviously online learning instead of lowering tuition. Yep. [New Hampshire Public Radio] * Spend your summer in a “nontraditional” job setting. This is some great advice to prepare yourself for not being able to get a job at a firm after graduation. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report] * Our congratulations go out to Catherine Wauters of George Mason Law, winner of BARBRI’s inaugural public interest fellowship! (Our very own managing editor, David Lat, served as one of the judges.) [CNBC] * The latest football franchise to face the wrath of underpaid cheerleaders is the New York Jets. Members of the team’s “Flight Crew” say they make less than minimum wage to shake their pom poms. [Bloomberg]

By Staci Zaretsky