The Good Wife

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.19.16

* North Carolina's governor-elect announced legislators will meet tomorrow to repeal their terrible bathroom law. [LawNewz] * The first trailer for the legal television show The Good Fight, the CBS streaming spinoff of The Good Wife, is here, and piles on the sex. [Slate] * Ohio elector resigns from the electoral college in order to keep her day job. [Election Law Blog] * Women receive lower grades in large law school classes. [TaxProf Blog] * A difficult, but important read: a letter from a woman to the man that raped her. [Huffington Post] * Huma Abedin gets to be the scapegoat for some looking for a patsy for Hillary Clinton's loss. [Law and More] * Nearly a thousand lawyers, policy experts, and activists are expected to attend a "counter-inaugural" conference in D.C. on Jan 21-22, 2017, featuring speakers like Sam Munger (SiX), Tom Goldstein (co-founder of SCOTUSblog), Nan Aron (Alliance for Justice), Jonathan Lowy (Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD). The conference will begin after the (free) Women's March on Washington on Saturday morning. Learn more and register here. [Rise Above]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.20.16

* The Workers Rights Consortium found that Nike bans its workers in a Vietnam factory from yawning, among other awful allegations. In related news, Nike will no longer allow independent monitoring of its factories. [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Sports writer Clay Travis proves it is possible to escape the legal profession and follow your dreams. I mean it probably won't happen, but it doesn't hurt to daydream on a Friday afternoon. [Hire an Esquire] * Is hopping around from job to job like an excited bunny losing its stigma to potential employers? [Corporette] * Hillary Clinton's campaign lost a challenge to Virginia's voter suppressing photo ID law. Yeah, this November's going to run swimmingly. [Election Law Blog] * Here's how to avoid those truly terrible social interactions that can derail your career. [Law and More] * Marijuana legalization is a growing trend, but what impact does the burgeoning industry have on poor communities? [Politico] * The Good Wife is getting a spin-off on CBS's new streaming service, loyal viewers will be happy, but it really should have been a musical. [Slate] * Real estate developer, Greg Geiser is suing the family he evicted for organizing a protest in front of his house. [Huffington Post]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.10.16

* Oxford Law students can miss classes if they find the crimes being discussed upsetting. What's happened to the legendary British stiff upper lip? [HeatStreet] * Update on the story about the lawyer who apparently lied about his mom's death to get out of court deadlines. Judge Ross didn't even need to reach the question of whether or not he lied to slap down some sanctions. [ABA Journal] * A short horror story inspired by author Timothy DeLizza's Biglaw summer experience. [Your Impossible Voice] * As we mentioned earlier today, David Boies played a hotshot lawyer on the series finale of The Good Wife. Pfft, typecasting. [The Careerist] * BYU law student says he was almost expelled for writing in support of marriage equality. [Tax Prof Blog] * Kaley Cuoco understands the value of a good lawyer. [Jezebel]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.10.16

* "None of us can stand by when a state enters the business of legislating identity and insists that a person pretend to be something or someone they are not." The Justice Department and North Carolina have traded dueling pleadings over HB2, the so-called "bathroom bill." AG Loretta Lynch's press conference announcing the DOJ countersuit was nothing short of awe-inspiring. [New York Times] * Just one week after threatening to strip Arizona Law from access to its law school applications and admissions clearinghouse, the Law School Admission Council is backing down, saying it will "maintain the status quo" until the ABA makes a decision on the validity of the GRE over the LSAT as a law school entrance exam. [WSJ Law Blog] * "On behalf of the Section of Family Law, we pose the following question: WHAT PART OF 'NO!' DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?" Lawyers are still deeply opposed to non-lawyer ownership of and investment in law firms, and they're apparently not afraid to stand up and let the ABA know how they really feel about it. [On the Case / Reuters] * After only two days of trial, a judge has dismissed the ultra-salacious case filed by Manuela Herzer challenging 92-year-old Sumner Redstone's mental competence. The media mogul's lawyers now intend to sue Herzer and another of his former flames to recover $150 million in cash and gifts he gave to them. [Los Angeles Times; Variety] * "Thank you, Mr. Boies, that was an unadulterated pleasure." You might have missed the finale of The Good Wife this weekend, but this Biglaw celebrity made time to appear on the show for a cameo role as himself. David Boies of Boies Schiller appeared as an expert witness for about 30 seconds in the first half of the episode. [Big Law Business]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.09.16

* Drugs, sex, and death. A lawyer lands in hot water after his teenage lover dies. [CNN] * The Good Wife took its final curtain call, and it was pitch perfect. [Slate] * Properly preparing for the LSAT might make you a little difficult to take in social situations. But you probably knew that already. [Pre-law Guru] * Should this lawyer tone down his ads? They're very... Better Call Saul. [Law and More] * A lawyer's run for a Florida state judgeship is cut short over 20 cents. The devil is indeed in the details. [Miami Herald] * Where did that case come from? An analysis of where cases before the Supreme Court originate. [Empirical SCOTUS]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.09.15

* Police claim David Messerschmitt's killer stole only $40. [Washington Post] * Lil Wayne vs. Cash Money. Which is, apparently, not an in rem action. [FactMag] * What is the difference between confidence and arrogance? Obviously, I know the answer, but let's see if you can figure it out. [Corporette] * One angle I missed from today's news that a gunman attacked a courthouse in Milan is that this is life imitating art, eerily reminiscent of a plotline on The Good Wife. [Law and More] * Immigration attorney is a no-show at her sentencing for 13 felony theft counts for accepting fees and botching her work. You'd think she skipped the country except we know she sucks at immigration law. [ABA Journal] * Former president of the World Bank's LGBT employee organization is under investigation. He thinks this seems pretty suspicious. [Buzzfeed] * The Tsarnaev trial highlights the continuing stupidity of keeping cameras out of the courtroom. [Vanity Fair] * Another installment of "Roberts at 10," looking at his 10 years as chief. What's his legacy on LGBT rights? Well, unsurprisingly, we're not going to know for sure for a couple months. [Constitutional Accountability Center] * A new study reveals that judges are less ideologically biased than law students. Again, it's not that judges are less firm in their ideology, it's that they've learned to pick their battles. [WSJ Law Blog]

By Joe Patrice
Asians

Morning Docket: 10.02.12

* “This case has nothing to do with the United States.” We’d normally let that slide because of this law from 1789, but now the Supreme Court is suddenly skeptical about the validity of the Alien Tort Claims Act. [Reuters] * “Why are we being punished for Dewey & LeBoeuf?” Come to think of it, former employees at the failed firm are probably wondering the exact same thing as the fictional characters on “The Good Wife.” [WSJ Law Blog] * Reduce, reuse, and recycle your claims? New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed suit against JPMorgan, alleging that the bank’s Bear Sterns business defrauded mortgage-bond investors. [Bloomberg] * A man of many firsts: Randall Eng, the first Asian judge in the state, was appointed to lead New York’s Second Department as presiding justice, the first Asian-American to serve in the position. [New York Law Journal] * UC Irvine Law is planning a six-week summer camp for in-house counsel. They’re calling it the Center for Corporate Law, but Mark Herrmann’s “General Counsel University” has a nicer ring to it. [National Law Journal] * Why shouldn’t you get a dual JD/MBA? Because hiding out in school for another year isn’t going to save you from all of the extra debt you’ve incurred earning yet another degree. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]

By Staci Zaretsky
Television

Television You Need to Know About

Don’t worry, I’m not going to talk about the steaming pile of poo that Lost dropped in the middle of my living room last night. (Sorry: Spoiled Poo Alert.) Instead, I’m going to talk about a legal television show that could be awesome. Deadline Hollywood reports: EXCLUSIVE: John Grisham’s The Firm might finally become a […]

By Elie Mystal