Paul Smith

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 01.10.17

* The Supreme Court blocks the North Carolina special election until they decide whether they'll hear the case. [Talking Points Memo] * If Trump opens up libel laws, he could find himself in hot water. [Gizmodo] * Paul Smith's campaign against the gerrymander. [Slate] * This is just glorious: former Senator Al D'Amato got kicked off of a JetBlue flight. [MarketWatch] * At least Ivanka cares about ethics laws. [Fashionista] * Charlotte School of Law will be open this semester. [ABA Journal] * I'm sure this will be an even-tempered website, not at all prone to hyperbole and jumping to conclusions. [Business Insider] * Fox News settles the sexual harassment claims against Bill O'Reilly. [New York Times] * Biglaw's wishful thinking. [Law and More] * Merchants take their desire to pass on credit card costs to consumers to the Supreme Court. [Big Law Business]

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By Barbri
Art

Morning Docket: 12.18.13

* “No one calls me Justice Sotomayor and no one calls Justice Kagan Justice Ginsberg. It’s an exhilarating change.” Back in the day, people used to mistake the Notorious RBG for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. How rude. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)] * Eversheds, the national U.K. law firm that sounds like it's an outdoor storage emporium, has elected a new chairman. Congrats to Paul Smith, who specializes in environmental law, and will begin his four-year term on May 1. [Am Law Daily] * In his last year of service, California Treasurer Bill Lockyer will moonlight in Brown Rudnick’s Irvine office. Critics think this move “looks and smells bad.” If it’s brown, flush it down? [Bloomberg] * Down 11 percent from last year, this fall, law schools enrolled the fewest amount of students since 1975, when there were only 163 ABA-accredited schools. Too bad tuition’s still so high. [National Law Journal] * Aaron Hernandez is now facing a wrongful death suit filed by Odin Lloyd’s family. Without anything else to say about this sports-related legal news, here’s a picture of Elie Hernandezing. [Associated Press] * George Zimmerman is an artiste extraordinaire, and one of his paintings is currently for sale on eBay where the price has been bid up to $110,100. The guy’s almost as talented as George W. Bush. [CNN]

By Staci Zaretsky
American Bar Association / ABA

Non-Sequiturs: 10.19.11

* The American Bar Association is hiring Carol Stevens, former managing editor of USA Today, as its new director of media relations. Yeah, ’cause it’s the media that makes the ABA look bad, not the ABA’s refusal to regulate law schools during a time of dishonesty and profiteering by member institutions. [Poynter] * Let’s play […]

By Elie Mystal