Morning Docket: 02.16.22
* "Wait, are we the bad guys?" The moral ambiguity of Law & Order may be indicative of our legal zeitgeist. Or something, I just write jokes. [NYT] * One man's consideration of financial need is another man's price fixing. While Yale won't like being the cause for litigation, I have a funny feeling they know a few good lawyers. [Yale Daily News] * Tired of venture capitalist bros being the only ones insufferably discussing NFTs? Learn the legal angles now and wow your soon-to-be ex-friends! Here's a primer. [Legalscoops] * Prison industrial complex to human rights breach pipeline? New Jersey's Institute for Social Justice says denying the formerly incarcerated the right to vote is a human rights violation. [Insider NJ] * Share with them a penny for the ferryman: Houston law firm does a little democracy assistance by fronting voters’ transportation costs. [NBC DFW]
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* “Wait, are we the bad guys?” The moral ambiguity of Law & Order may be indicative of our legal zeitgeist. Or something, I just write jokes. [NYT]
* One man’s consideration of financial need is another man’s price fixing. While Yale won’t like being the cause for litigation, I have a funny feeling they know a few good lawyers. [Yale Daily News]
* Tired of venture capitalist bros being the only ones insufferably discussing NFTs? Learn the legal angles now and wow your soon-to-be ex-friends! Here’s a primer. [Legalscoops]
* Prison industrial complex to human rights breach pipeline? New Jersey’s Institute for Social Justice says denying the formerly incarcerated the right to vote is a human rights violation. [Insider NJ]
* Share with them a penny for the ferryman: Houston law firm does a little democracy assistance by fronting voters’ transportation costs. [NBC DFW]
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
