The Hunting Ground

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 01.05.16

* British trainee lawyer arrested for Christmas Eve murder of a young teacher. [Legal Cheek] * Judge John Gleeson is stepping down and returning to private practice. [New York Daily News] * 31 law professors think this case about the right of publicity and video games should be heard by the Supreme Court. [The Volokh Conspiracy] * Are Harvard Law professors unfairly going after a former student and alleged sexual assault survivor? [Huffington Post] * Even people in liberal states should care about the erosion of reproductive freedom rights in Red States: NYC, joined by a coalition of other cities, has filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to strike down Texas's restrictive abortion law. [Jezebel] * Looks like legal work won't be outsourced to the robots any time soon. [New York Times] * If you are on the criminal defense side of things, you'd always better be ready for a battle. [Katz on Justice]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 11.20.15

* Stingrays -- no, not the kind that killed the Crocodile Hunter, but the kind that are used to determine cell phone locations and intercept messages -- have been deemed by a judge as too powerful for law enforcement to use without safeguards. [Ars Technica] * On the ethics of misrepresentations in negotiations. [Associate's Mind] * You shouldn't have to feel bad about billing 2,000 hours -- even if everyone around you is billing 2,500. [Bashful Buffalo Marketing] * The latest buzz from the world of family law: judge rules a divorced couple's frozen embryos should be destroyed. [LA Times] * The controversy surrounding the new documentary The Hunting Ground about sexual assault on campus features an incident at Harvard Law School. [Slate]

By Kathryn Rubino