Precedent

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 09.22.17

* Skadden is getting sucked into the Paul Manafort investigation. Will the firm's stellar reputation suffer as a result? [Law and More] * As a woman, "business casual" is fraught with peril. Here is some handy advice for surviving -- without a faux pas. [Corporette] * Four ways Neil Gorsuch could ruin your life. Only four? [Rewire] * This HIV-positive, former D.C. Biglaw attorney is putting his life back together -- and writing about it. [Optimistic Despite It All] * So you hired a white supremacist! A thoughtful consideration of the legal and practical ramifications of employing a white supremacist. [Harvard Business Review] * Are you the proud owner of a fancy new iPhone X? Here's how to keep the police out of it. [Versus Texas] * Congratulations to Precedent Magazine on ten great years of covering the Canadian legal scene! [Precedent]

Constitutional Law

Morning Docket: 09.30.13

* If the government shuts down and then defaults on its debt, Wall Street worries that it would “shake the foundations of the global financial system.” Hooray for political asshattery! [DealBook / New York Times] * At least six of the Supreme Court’s judicial precedents are up for reconsideration in the upcoming Term, and high court commentators think the resulting decisions could be a mixed bag. [National Law Journal] * Apparently low-income New Yorkers’ legal problems are “not worthy of a ‘real lawyer,’” or at least that’s the message that will be given if non-lawyers are allowed to provide legal services. [New York Law Journal] * Sorry, lady, not enough prestige. A Brazilian journalist was allegedly on the receiving end of some “extremely violent” police behavior at Yale Law School after attempting to interview Justice Joaquim Barbosa at a private event. [The Guardian] * Mark Cuban’s insider trading case is heading to trial today, but we genuinely wonder how he’ll be able to convince a jury that he’s “humble and affable,” rather than the “master of the universe.” [Boston Herald]