Sex Toys

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 02.05.16

* Even if you are trying to be ethical, you just might fall into one of these pitfalls. [United States Law Week / Bloomberg BNA] * Chief Justice John Roberts unloaded some Microsoft stock so he can hear the Xbox 360 case. [Associated Press] * Sex toys really can bring us closer together: longtime rivals reach agreement over sex toy patent. [Law360] * The U.S. may be "importing a recession," but at least bankruptcy lawyers will make out. [Law and More] * Unable to attend this year's Legaltech conference? Here's what you missed. [Business of Law Blog] * You shouldn't feel bad about offending some people. [Associate's Mind] * Leaving Biglaw once you have kids -- but not in order to play with the baby 24/7. [Hire an Esquire] * Check out the latest podcasts on Legaltech 2016. [CodeX]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.23.15

* Earlier this week, President Barack Obama said that he'd issue an executive order to keep Jon Stewart on as the host of The Daily Show, despite his imminent retirement. POTUS joked that "[i]t's being challenged in the courts." [Newsweek] * Check out this hot mess from New Jersey: An employee in the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office was allegedly demoted from office administrator to legal secretary after making comments about a prosecutor's adult purchases made during a visit to a sex toy shop. [Press of Atlantic City] * Dentons just snagged a heavy hitter in its Chicago office, where Roderick “Rick” Palmore, formerly general counsel to corporate giant General Mills, will serve as senior counsel. This hire will surely give the firm some "additional street cred.” [Crain's Chicago Business] * Uh oh! According to the latest Managing Partner Confidence Index report from Citi Private Bank's Law Firm Group, Biglaw higher-ups are only "moderately" confident about their financial prospects for the second quarter. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * If you've been searching for ways to improve your already strong law school application, then boy, do we have some tips for you. You can start by being even more gunnery -- take the LSAT again, and get your GPA even higher. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]

By Staci Zaretsky
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By Barbri
Abortion

Morning Docket: 08.29.12

* “He’s stupid. I wouldn’t even count him as a Republican.” Many Republican women at the RNC wish that the men like Rep. Todd Akin would just shut up about abortion, rape, and contraception. [Reuters] * Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the discrimination against minorities. A panel of judges on a D.C. federal court shot down the state’s redistricting plans for lack of compliance with the VRA. [Washington Post] * A disgruntled Stanford Law graduate’s defamation and retaliation suit against the school was dismissed. Sorry, but it’s highly doubtful that a law professor blacklisted you from getting a job. [National Law Journal] * “[T]here’s a surplus of attorneys and not enough jobs for it.” Lincoln Memorial’s president admits amid accreditation issues that perhaps it wasn’t the best time to open the Duncan Law. [Knoxville News Sentinel] * “I don’t know if this was worth it, but I did have a good time in Cancun.” Skipping deliberations to go on vacation is a great way to earn yourself a trip to jail, but this girl got lucky. [Proof & Hearsay / Journal Sentinel] * Continental faces a lawsuit after baggage handlers allegedly removed a sex toy from a passenger’s luggage and taped it outside the bag for the world to see. At least it wasn’t the TSA. [Courthouse News Service]

By Staci Zaretsky