Television
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Courts
SNL Honors RBG With Her Own Rap Song
'Supreme Court’s a boys club; she holds it down no cares given. Who else has six movies about her and is still livin’?' -
Law Schools
Law School Invites Speaker Who Lost His Job Over Sexual Harassment And Coercion Because Standards No Longer Exist
Did they really think this through? - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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Television
This Fictional Biglaw Law Firm Is Even Scarier Than The Real Thing
Biglaw is a cake walk in comparison.
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Small Law Firms
Partnership Lessons From The Baby-Sitters Club And Breaking Bad
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.26.18
* Chuck Grassley asking Justice Department to launch a criminal inquiry into Michael Avenatti and his client. So now Grassley cares about investigations. [Law360]
* Does Megyn Kelly have a prayer in her looming battle with NBC? Personally, I don’t think they should fire her — they should make her sit in her office and do nothing for 40 hours a week like they did with Ann Curry. Curry did nothing to deserve that — Kelly on the other hand…. [Law and Crime]
* NYAG suit over Trump Foundation breaching charity rules during the campaign looks like it’s got legs. [Courthouse News Service]
* Justice Kagan doesn’t completely blow off the idea of 18-year terms for the Court, which is something. [National Law Journal]
* Georgia seeks an emergency stay of the temporary restraining order barring the state from disenfranchising absentee voters because injustice delayed is injustice denied. [Daily Report Online]
* Lawyer couple disciplined for talking to each other. [Law.com]
* Japan’s letting the cryptocurrency industry police itself. This will end well. [MIT Technology Review]
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Judge Jeanine Of Fox News Gets Schooled On Defamation By Sitting Judge
But the judge seems to have changed his mind about her. -
Courts
Matt Damon Rages As Brett Kavanaugh On 'Saturday Night Live'
'I don't know the meaning of the word stop!' - Sponsored
How Transactional Lawyers Can Better Serve (And Maintain) Their Clients
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Law Schools
The ‘realiTandE’ Of Being A Parent
No reality TV star wants to be caught dead (or alive) in probate court. -
Law Schools
'You Should Go To Law School' Is Common Advice For Comedians
Why are these jobs so similar? -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.12.18
* Thanks to the not-so-orphaned Kennedy clerks, this Term could see a record number of clerks at the Supreme Court, as Tony Mauro reports. [National Law Journal]
* Speaking of clerks, I talk quite a bit about them and their role in this interview with Kaley Pillinger about my writing career (from Underneath Their Robes to Above the Law to Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link)). [The Politic]
* Speaking of SCOTUS, and more specifically of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the high court, Ed Whelan responds to the arguments of Senate Democrats against — yes, against — the prompt provision of records from Kavanaugh’s years as White House counsel. [Bench Memos / National Review]
* If Judge Kavanaugh becomes Justice Kavanaugh, how will that affect the Court’s business jurisprudence? Adam Feldman has this analysis. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* The failure of Ryan Bounds’s Ninth Circuit nomination could be a “teachable moment” for Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), according to Will Folks. [FITSNews]
* Speaking of disappointing failures to confirm, Paul Mirengoff shares my frustration over the inexcusable delays in Department of Justice confirmations. [Power Line]
* It’s unfair to dismiss Seinfeld as “a show about nothing”; episodes offer insight into numerous legal issues — for example, the law of conspiracy. [Seinfeld Law]
* Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman offer interesting reflections on how data-driven authorship might affect the way we think about creativity and copyright. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]
* If you’re interested in litigation finance, there’s a conference coming up next month here in New York that you might want to check out. [LF Dealmakers Forum]
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Intellectual Property
The Silent Treatment: TV Network Suffers Rare Defeat In A 'Concept Theft' Copyright Case
Does television series Empire infringe upon this writer's copyright in a treatment for a dramatic show 'featuring complex, black lead characters'?
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Courts
John Oliver Knows Who Really Holds All The Power In A Courtroom
Hanging over the criminal justice system is a misplaced belief that prosecutorial discretion is synonymous with a just result. -
Biglaw
Answer: A Former Biglaw Associate! Question: Who Could Soon Be The Next Host Of Jeopardy?
Will she replace Alex Trebek? -
Crime
Two Great Crime Series For Hot Summer Nights
If you've got time this summer to get hooked, Toni Messina recommends two police procedurals. -
Family Law
Contracting For The Most Personal And Intimate Moments In Life
There is no celebrity exception to the normal rules of contracts. The basics are still required under law. -
Courts
Federal Judge Remembers South Park Episode Very Differently
Bad things can happen to you if you don't read service agreements. -
Television
Star Of Legal Drama Marries British Man
Real-life attorney Amal Clooney attends wedding of Suits star. -
Courts
Drama About Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg And Sandra Day O'Connor Coming To A TV Screen Near You
The show will focus on the justices' friendship and how the social impact of their jurisprudence has shaped the high court and the country.