Rainmaking

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 10.07.15

* How are law firms winning new clients? Check out the details of a new study. [Business of Law Blog] * Which law school lays claim to the very best piece of swag? [TaxProf Blog] * Oh, the lengths people will go to keep the 10 Commandments on public property. Good news for lawyers, lots of litigation ahead. [Wonkette] * Can you safely handle some side action? Or are you a goodie-goodie ill-equipped for danger? [Law and More] * Regrets? He has a few. Meet the former congressman that created the law to restrict research into gun violence, but wishes he hadn't. [Huffington Post] * Bad news: your right to a sex party is not protected by the Constitution. Stupid founders' intent. [Jezebel]

Biglaw

Non-Sequiturs: 11.30.12

* Just in case you haven’t seen enough responses to the Case Western Law dean’s New York Times op-ed, here are some more. (Plus, with this, you’re getting the additional bonus of an incredibly sad letter from a young lawyer.) [Associate's Mind] * Oh mon dieu! Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s legal team is now denying that that there was ever a settlement in the hotel maid’s sexual assault suit civil suit, and especially not a $6M settlement — because that’s apparently “flatly false.” [Slate] * You’ve probably led a sad and lonely existence if you’re laying on your death bed and worrying about who will inherit your iTunes library. Don’t worry, they’re headed to a “legal black hole,” anyway. [Legal Blog Watch] * And in other news, some teenagers are so obsessed with their tech gadgets, like cellphones, that they’d allegedly be willing to kill their family and pry the damn thing from their cold dead hands. [Legal Juice] * Please remember to vote for your favorite law blog (coughcough Above the Law coughcough) in the Blawg 100 in the News/Analysis category, and all the rest of the sites you read in other categories, too! [ABA Journal] * After the jump, Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia speaks with law firm consultant Tim Corcoran of the Corcoran Consulting Group about the future of rainmaking and business development in Biglaw….