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Morning Docket: 12.13.16

* What happens when a Biglaw associate at a prestigious firm is allegedly injured so badly in the D.C. subway that he's prevented from working as an associate at that firm? He files a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Washington Metro Transit Authority, obviously. We'll have more on this later. [Big Law Business] * A federal judge has dismissed Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein's bid for a recount in Pennsylvania as absurd, writing in a 31-page opinion that her theory of the hacking of the state's electronic voting machines "borders on the irrational." Ouch. [Reuters] * Justice Stephen Breyer continued his assault against capital punishment this week, dissenting from his Supreme Court colleagues' decision not to hear a death row inmate's case. In that dissent, he didn't discuss the evidence against the inmate, but rather, he discussed the evidence against the death penalty in America. [New York Times] * Abortion-rights activists from the Center for Reproductive Rights have sought an injunction against the implementation of a controversial Texas regulation that would require the burial or cremation of fetal remains because it "imposes a funeral ritual on women who have … an abortion." As if HB 2 wasn't bad enough... [WSJ Law Blog] * School-by-school results from the July 2016 administration of the California bar exam have finally been released (albeit not publicly, until now), and considering that the overall pass rate was the lowest it's been in 32 years, law schools did not fare well. Which did the best, and which did the worst? We'll have more on this later. [The Recorder]

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Non-Sequiturs: 02.25.13

* Ben Weiss suggests that the third year of law school be replaced by special certifications in practice areas. He calls these “O’Wendells.” I like the idea, but the name sounds dirty. If he really wants to keep with the SCOTUS theme, he could just call it a “Bushrod.” [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] * A guide to the legal landscape surrounding high-frequency trading (the new fad of super-fast, computer-driven trading algorithms swapping stocks in split-seconds). Good, because I like my trading like I like my women: capable of collapsing economic markets at any given notice. [New York Law Journal] * In fairness to this judge accused of “inappropriate conduct” with an inmate, the Miami Correctional Facility is considered the most romantic correctional facility in America. [RTV6 ABC] * Calvin and Hobbes impart an important lesson in International Law. [Invisible College Blog] * Professor Howard Wasserman examines the economics of the infield-fly rule. There’s not even a jokey blurb here; this is intriguing. [Sports Law Blog] * Man suing a church and some of its staff after being invited to a service and then allegedly being accused of demonic possession and beaten. In fairness to the church, if the man was really the devil, filing a lawsuit is the most logical means of revenge he could employ. [Legal Juice]

By David Lat