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Legal Ethics Forum

Legal Ethics Forum

By Professors John Dzienkowski, Brad Wendel, John Steele, David Hricik, Andrew Perlman, David McGowan, Laura Appleman, Steve Lubet, Anita Bernstein, Don Burnett, and Steve Berenson..

http://www.legalethicsforum.com/blog/
Rank this Week: 2

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof…

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog

By Texas Tech University School of Law Professor Gerry W. Beyer.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/
  • May 24

    New Hampshire Register of Probate Fights to Keep his Duties From Being Eliminated

    New Hampshire Register of Probate Fights to Keep his Duties From Being Eliminated
    After being elected last November as the Hillsborough County Register of Probate, Joseph Kelly Levasseur learned that his new executive position has been virtually eliminated by a 2011 statewide reorganization of the judicial system.…
  • May 24

    Designated Beneficiaries of IRAs and See-Through Trust

    Designated Beneficiaries of IRAs and See-Through Trust
    In a recent private letter ruling, the IRS provided some guidance on what constitutes a designated beneficiary and what determines the applicable distribution period of an IRA. Under IRC § 401(a)(9)(E), a “designated beneficiary” is any…
  • May 24

    IRS Addresses Income Tax Basis Increases for Assets Held in Grantor Trust

    IRS Addresses Income Tax Basis Increases for Assets Held in Grantor Trust
    In a recent private letter ruling, the IRS found assets in a foreign grantor trust received an income tax basis increase upon the death of the grantor. The non-citizen grantor created a foreign grantor trust funded with shares of non-U.S....
Rank this Week: 9

Lawfare

Lawfare

Coveres actions taken or contemplated to protect the nation interact with the nation’s laws and legal institutions, including cybersecurity, Guantánamo habeas litigation, targeted killing, biosecurity, universal jurisdiction, the Alien Tort Statute, and the state secrets privilege. By Benjamin Wittes, Jack Goldsmith and Robert Chesney.

http://www.lawfareblog.com/
  • May 24

    Does the Armed-Conflict Model Matter in Practice Anymore?

    Does the Armed-Conflict Model Matter in Practice Anymore?
    This post draws on material from my current book project, the concluding chapter of which considers the legal architecture of counterterrorism in a “postwar” setting…and advances the argument that we already have largely…
  • May 24

    Petitoner’s En Banc Brief Filed in Al-Bahlul

    Petitoner’s En Banc Brief Filed in Al-Bahlul
    Here it is.  Filed with the brief were two appendices, the first of which is here.  (The second exceeded our humble site’s maximum upload size.)  Background on Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al-Bahlul’s appeal…
  • May 24

    Ben Emmerson on President Obama’s Speech

    Ben Emmerson on President Obama’s Speech
    Ben Emmerson, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counterterrorism—who Ben and I interviewed for a special edition of the Lawfare Podcast—issued the following statement on President Obama’s speech at the National…
Rank this Week: 11

The Volokh Conspiracy

The Volokh Conspiracy

By Eugene Volokh, Dale Carpenter, David Kopel, David Bernstein, David Post, Erik Jaffe, Ilya Somin, Jim Lindgren, Jonathan Adler, Kevan Choset, Orin Kerr, Randy Barnett, Russell Korobkin, Sasha Volokh, Stuart Benjamin, Todd Zywicki & Tyler Cowen.

http://volokh.com
  • Nov 28

    If You Believe Blog Comment Threads, It’s Almost Disqualifying

    If You Believe Blog Comment Threads, It’s Almost Disqualifying
    (Orin Kerr) Our Constitution is not alone the working plan of a great Federation of States under representative government. There is embedded in it also the vital principles of the American system of liberty. That system is based upon certain…
  • Nov 28

    New Book on Secession

    New Book on Secession
    (Eugene Kontorovich) The Right to Self-determination Under International Law “Selfistans,” Secession, and the Rule of the Great Powers, by Milena Sterio of Cleveland-Marshall (another piracy scholar, to boot). Looks interesting. Probably…
  • Nov 27

    Stewart Baker Touched a Nerve

    Stewart Baker Touched a Nerve
    (Jonathan H. Adler) Stewart Baker’s “Sex Secrets of the Security Line” (aka “50 Shades of TSA”) seems to have touched a nerve out there.
Rank this Week: 12

Point of Law Forum

Point of Law Forum

Provides information and opinion on the U.S. litigation system. By the Manhattan Institute and AEI Liability Project. Contributors include Professors Michael Krauss, David Bernstein, Lester Brickman, Michael DeBow, Richard Epstein, Daniel P. Kessler and Stephen Presser.

http://www.pointoflaw.com/
  • Nov 27

    Chairman Schapiro's Troubled Tenure at the SEC

    Chairman Schapiro's Troubled Tenure at the SEC
    Chairman Schapiro announced yesterday that she will be stepping down as head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in several weeks. Accompanying her announcement, was a nine-page list of her accomplishments during her nearly…
  • Nov 26

    The Philadelphia Story

    The Philadelphia Story
    The success of trial lawyers in Philadelphia has come at the expense of the Pennsylvania economy. Our own Jim Copland explains in an op-ed and at great detail in Trial Lawyers Inc. - Philadelphia....
  • Nov 25

    Senator-elect Warren's Quandary

    Senator-elect Warren's Quandary
    There has been a lot of speculation about whether Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren will get a seat on the Senate Banking Committee, a perfect forum to go after the financial industry. If Ms. Warren does get the coveted spot, she may...
Rank this Week: 18

43(B)log

43(B)log

Covers false advertising and intellectual property issues. By Professor Rebecca Tushnet.

http://tushnet.blogspot.com/
  • May 23

    Sins of a trademark owner: Rogers applies regardless of intent

    Sins of a trademark owner: Rogers applies regardless of intent
    Rebellion Developments Ltd. v. Stardock Entertainment, Inc., 2013 WL 1944888 (E.D. Mich.) H/T Eric Goldman. Rebellion sued Stardock alleging that Stardock’s game, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion infringed its registered trademark…
  • May 23

    H&R Block can't plausibly plead confusion from comparative ad

    H&R Block can't plausibly plead confusion from comparative ad
    H/T The Trademark Blog H&R Block Eastern Enterprises, Inc. v. Intuit, Inc., No. 13-0072-CV-W-FJG  (W.D. Mo. May 22, 2013) An anti-trademark-expansionist twofer: claim against comparative ad dismissed on the pleadings, and a holding…
  • May 23

    economic loss doctrine doesn't bar New Jersey consumer fraud claim

    economic loss doctrine doesn't bar New Jersey consumer fraud claim
    Francis E. Parker Memorial Home, Inc. v. Georgia-Pacific LLC, --- F. Supp. 2d ----, 2013 WL 2177974 (D.N.J.) Parker sued GP on behalf of a putative class alleging violations of the New Jersey Products Liability Act (PLA); breach of…
Rank this Week: 19

Antitrust & Competition Policy…

Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog

Edited by Professors D. Daniel Sokol and Shubha Ghosh.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/
  • May 21

    Buyer Power in Conglomerate Acquisition

    Buyer Power in Conglomerate Acquisition
    Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Daniel Greene, Georgia State University - Department of Finance, Omesh Kini, Georgia State University and Jaideep Shenoy, Tulane University - Department of Finance discuss Buyer Power in Conglomerate Acquisitions.…
  • May 21

    When the State Harms Competition ― The Role for Competition Law

    When the State Harms Competition ― The Role for Competition Law
    Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Eleanor M. Fox, New York University School of Law and Deborah Healey, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Faculty of Law offer an interesting new work When the State Harms Competition ― The Role...
  • May 21

    7th International IMEDIPA Conference on Competition Law and Policy

    7th International IMEDIPA Conference on Competition Law and Policy
    Posted by D. Daniel Sokol 7th International IMEDIPA Conference on Competition Law and Policy Friday, June 7, 2013 at 9:00 AM - Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 5:15 PM (EEST) Athens, Greece IMEDIPA invites you to its 7th International Conference...
Rank this Week: 21

Instapundit.com

Instapundit.com

Online magazine of opinion. By University of Tennessee College of Law professor Glenn Reynolds.

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit
Rank this Week: 23

ImmigrationProf Blog

ImmigrationProf Blog

By Professors Kevin R. Johnson, Bill O. Hing, Michael A. Scaperlanda and Evelyn H. Cruz.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/
Rank this Week: 24

Legal Theory Blog

Legal Theory Blog

Covers constitutional theory, feminist legal theory, law and economics, normative legal theory and more. By University of Illinois Professor Lawrence B. Solum.

http://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/
  • May 24

    Reid on Justice Edward Douglas White & the Selective Draft Law Case

    Reid on Justice Edward Douglas White & the Selective Draft Law Case
    Charles J. Reid Jr. (University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota)) has posted A Louisiana Civilian in the Supreme Court: The Selective Service Cases Revisited (Paola Maffei and Gian Maria Varanini, eds., Honos alit artes: Etudes pour le…
  • May 24

    Stern on the Third-Party Doctrine & Reasonable Expectations of Privacy

    Stern on the Third-Party Doctrine & Reasonable Expectations of Privacy
    Simon Stern (University of Toronto - Faculty of Law) has posted The Third-Party Doctrine and the Third Person (New Criminal Law Review, Vol. 16, 2013) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: According to the Third-Party Doctrine, a person has no...
  • May 24

    Nourse on Babbitt v. Sweet Home & Decision Theory

    Nourse on Babbitt v. Sweet Home & Decision Theory
    Victoria F. Nourse (Georgetown University Law Center) has posted Decision Theory and Babbitt v. Sweet Home: Skepticism About Norms, Discretion, and the Virtues of Purposivism (Saint Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 57, pp. 909-930, 2013) on…
Rank this Week: 29

Opinio Juris

Opinio Juris

International law and international relations by Chris Borgen, Peggy McGuinness et al.

http://opiniojuris.org
  • May 24

    Weekend Roundup: May 18-24, 2013

    Weekend Roundup: May 18-24, 2013
    by An Hertogen by An Hertogen This week on Opinio Juris, drone strikes unsurprisingly took center stage. In anticipation of President Obama’s speech, Jonathan Horowitz contributed a guest post on their human rights…
  • May 24

    The US’s Retreat from IHL (or, the Triumph of Ryan Goodman)

    The US’s Retreat from IHL (or, the Triumph of Ryan Goodman)
    by Kevin Jon Heller In previous posts (here and here), I discussed the reasons why Obama will never actually enforce the "near certainty" standard regarding civilian casualties and noted that the standard is vastly more restrictive…
  • May 24

    One of the Things We Learned About Targeting

    One of the Things We Learned About Targeting
    by Deborah Pearlstein by Deborah Pearlstein There is now a set of important new documents regarding its targeted killing operations: (1) a letter from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to members of Congress describing the decision to target…
Rank this Week: 31

Media Law Prof Blog

Media Law Prof Blog

By Louisiana State University Law Professor Christine A. Corcos.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/
  • May 23

    DC Circuit Rules That CIA May Refuse To Release Bin Laden Photo

    DC Circuit Rules That CIA May Refuse To Release Bin Laden Photo
    The US Appeals Court for the DC Circuit has ruled per curiam that the CIA may refuse to release post mortem photographs of Osama bin Laden which the agency classified as top secret. A group called Judicial Watch filed a...
  • May 23

    Joe Francis Apologizes For Rant Against Jury Member

    Joe Francis Apologizes For Rant Against Jury Member
    Joe Francis, famous for his "Girls Gone Wild" empire, has apologized for an "appalling" Hollywood Reporter interview in which he repeatedly insulted members of the jury which convicted him of false imprisonment and…
  • May 23

    EU Parliament, Member States Want "Culture Exception" in Upcoming EU/US Trade Talk

    EU Parliament, Member States Want "Culture Exception" in Upcoming EU/US Trade Talk
    The EU Parliament has indicated it wants the area of culture exempted from upcoming trade talks with the United States. France, an EU member states, agrees, and is vocal about backing a cultural exception for French films, for example.…
Rank this Week: 32

Religion Clause

Religion Clause

By University of Toledo College of Law Professor Howard M. Friedman.

http://religionclause.blogspot.com/
  • May 24

    Full 10th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Hobby Lobby Case

    Full 10th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Hobby Lobby Case
    Yesterday, in the most prominent of the many cases filed by small businesses challenging the Affordable Care Act contraceptive coverage mandate, an 8-judge en banc panel of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments…
  • May 24

    Muslim School Can Maintain RLUIPA Substantial Burden and Establishment Clause Claim

    Muslim School Can Maintain RLUIPA Substantial Burden and Establishment Clause Claim
    Muslim Community Association of Ann Arbor v. Pittsfield Charter Township, (ED MI, May 22, 2013), is a suit by a pre-K -12 Islamic school challenging the refusal of a township board to approve a rezoning request to allow it to use…
  • May 24

    Catholic Religious Order Reaches $16.5 Million Bankruptcy Settlement With Abuse Victim

    Catholic Religious Order Reaches $16.5 Million Bankruptcy Settlement With Abuse Victim
    Today's Chicago Tribune reports that a Catholic religious order now in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings-- the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers North American Province-- has agreed to a $16.5 million settlement with 400 priest sexual abuse…
Rank this Week: 35

Legal Profession Blog

Legal Profession Blog

By Professors S. Alan Childress, Michael S. Frisch and Jeffrey M. Lipshaw.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legal_profession/
  • May 24

    Suspension Set Aside For Attorney Who Brought Contraband To Incarcerated Husband

    Suspension Set Aside For Attorney Who Brought Contraband To Incarcerated Husband
    The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ordered that an interim suspension of an attorney who entered a no contest plea to bringing contraband into a penal institution be set aside. The matter is terminated without further disciplinary proceedings.…
  • May 24

    A Concrete Answer Gets Attorney Disbarred

    A Concrete Answer Gets Attorney Disbarred
    The Kansas Supreme Court has disbarred an attorney admitted in 1970 for misconduct in connection with a case involving a building collapse. The attorney filed "as bare bones of a petition [suit] that could possibly pass muster" and…
  • May 24

    Court Remands Fee Award Of Over $15.8 Million

    Court Remands Fee Award Of Over $15.8 Million
    The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department has remanded a matter involving legal fees charged to and gifts received from a wealthy widow in an estate matter: Beginning in 1983, defendant law firm represented the family…
Rank this Week: 37

Lewis & Clark Law School…

Lewis & Clark Law School Podcast

Lewis & Clark Law School Podcast of events and speakers.

http://lawlib.lclark.edu/podcast
Rank this Week: 41

Podcasts at Rutgers School of Law…

Podcasts at Rutgers School of Law - Newark

Audio and Video broadcasts of interesting lectures and events taking place at Rutgers School of Law in Newark, New Jersey.

http://law-library.rutgers.edu/feeds/podcast.php
  • Oct 3

    The Rehnquist Legacy in Criminal Procedure

    The Rehnquist Legacy in Criminal Procedure
    Robert A. Lucas, Professor of Law at the University of Indiana Law School (Bloomington), was the featured speaker on this program. Prof. Bradley has recently edited a collection of essays entitled “The Rehnquist Legacy,”…
  • Oct 3

    The Rehnquist Legacy in Criminal Procedure

    The Rehnquist Legacy in Criminal Procedure
    Robert A. Lucas, Professor of Law at the University of Indiana Law School (Bloomington), was the featured speaker on this program. Prof. Bradley has recently edited a collection of essays entitled “The Rehnquist Legacy,”…
  • May 22

    New Jersey Law Librarians Association 2007 Annual Business Meeting and Program Part two

    New Jersey Law Librarians Association 2007 Annual Business Meeting and Program Part two
    Our meeting venue, Liberty Hall, is acclaimed as a New Jersey treasure, a gift of history from the Kean family. Our speaker, Mark Lender, history professor at Kean, is working on the recent George Washington letter discovery. Read more about…
Rank this Week: 45

ProfessorBainbridge.com

ProfessorBainbridge.com

Commentary on law, business, economics and culture. By UCLA School of Law Professor Stephen Bainbridge.

http://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/
  • May 24

    Any list of the top 101 restaurants in Los Angeles ...

    Any list of the top 101 restaurants in Los Angeles ...
    ... that doesn't include In and Out Burger is obviously a bad joke. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  • May 23

    Useful Delaware Caremark/Derivative suit opinion

    Useful Delaware Caremark/Derivative suit opinion
    In In re China Agritech Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, C.A. 7163-VCL (May 21, 2013), Delaware VC Travis Laster has put forward a factually rich and legally detailed analysis of how 220 books... [[ This is a content summary only.…
  • May 23

    Drudge having fun at Andrew Weiner's expense

    Drudge having fun at Andrew Weiner's expense
    Notice the top headline in the upper left hand corner of this screen capture (5/13/2013 at 11:41 AM). Freudian slip or intentional pun? (Click on image for larger size) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other…
Rank this Week: 46

Slaw

Slaw

A Canadian cooperative weblog on all things legal.

http://www.slaw.ca
  • May 24

    CPSR Wraps It Up

    CPSR Wraps It Up
    The Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (known as CPSR) has decided to wind up, having pushed for responsible – and notably peaceful – uses of information technology for over 30 years. As they say in their notice,…
  • May 24

    Judicial Copying in Reasons for Judgment Isn't Wrong of Itself

    Judicial Copying in Reasons for Judgment Isn't Wrong of Itself
    In fact, it's necessary for the efficient functioning of the legal system. Merits and appearances matter. Cojocaru British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, 2013 SCC 30 [CanLII link here], released today, holds,…
  • May 24

    The Friday Fillip: Good Noise

    The Friday Fillip: Good Noise
    Noise. Some like it, some don't. I go back and forth myself, donning a pair of noise-cancelling earphones when I have to fly but keeping the radio tuned to a classical station when I'm working. But, unlike a lot of people, I don't plug into…
Rank this Week: 50

Adjunct Law Prof Blog

Adjunct Law Prof Blog

Focuses on issues of interest to adjunct law professors, including labor law, employment law, employee benefits law and education law issues. By Adjunct Law Professor Mitchell H. Rubinstein.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adjunctprofs/
  • May 24

    New In Print: Law Review Review

    New In Print: Law Review Review
    The Berkeley Technology Law Journal's Symposium 2012, issue includes the symposium "Orphan Works & Mass Digitization: Obstacles & Opportunities." Ms. Maria A. Pallante, Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright…
  • May 23

    DC Circuit Reverses Board In Campaign Threat Case

    DC Circuit Reverses Board In Campaign Threat Case
    The DC Circuit holds that the NLRB lacked substantial evidence to support its conclusion that a hospital executive's comments during a union organizing campaign conveyed a threat to employees. Flagstaff Med. Ctr. Inc. v. NLRB,…
  • May 23

    Texas: Facebook "Friendship" Alone Does Not Require Recusal

    Texas: Facebook "Friendship" Alone Does Not Require Recusal
    The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals of Texas, located in Dallas, held last week that a trial judge's undisclosed Facebook "friendship" with the victim's father in a criminal prosecution alone does not establish grounds for recusal or…
Rank this Week: 53

Althouse

Althouse

Covers the law and news. From University of Wisconsin Law Professor Ann Althouse.

http://althouse.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 57

International Law Reporter

International Law Reporter

Edited by Professor Jacob Katz Cogan.

http://ilreports.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 63

Reproductive Rights Prof Blog

Reproductive Rights Prof Blog

Covers abortion, contraception, pregnancy and fetal rights. By CUNY School of Law Professor Caitlin E. Borgmann.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/reproductive_rights/
  • May 23

    Rebecca Cook on Brazilian Maternal Mortality Case

    Rebecca Cook on Brazilian Maternal Mortality Case
    Rebecca J. Cook (University of Toronto Faculty of Law) has published Human Rights and Maternal Health: Exploring the Effectiveness of the Alyne Decision. The article is available on readcube. Here is the abstract: This article explores the…
  • May 23

    Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance Announces 2013 Honoree

    Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance Announces 2013 Honoree
    Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance announces: The 2013 Honorees Mandy Carter is one of the leading African-American lesbian activists in the country. She has a 45-year movement history of social, racial and lesbigaytrans justice organizing…
  • May 23

    Search for a Women's Libido Pill Raises Questions About Causes of Waning Female Sex Drive

    Search for a Women's Libido Pill Raises Questions About Causes of Waning Female Sex Drive
    The New York Times: Unexcited? There May Be a Pill for That, by Daniel Bergner: Linneah sat at a desk at the Center for Sexual Medicine at Sheppard Pratt in the suburbs of Baltimore and filled out a questionnaire. She...
Rank this Week: 69

TaxProf Blog

TaxProf Blog

By University of Cincinnati Law Professor Paul L. Caron and Ron Jones.

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/
  • May 24

    Are You Still in Touch With Any of Your Law Professors?

    Are You Still in Touch With Any of Your Law Professors?
    ABA Journal Question of the Week: Are You Still in Touch With Any of Your Law Professors?: It's graduation season, so you might find yourself attending one soon–or graduating yourself! So this week, we'd like to ask you: Are you still in…
  • May 24

    More on Apple's Tax Planning/Tax Evasion

    More on Apple's Tax Planning/Tax Evasion
    Following up on my prior posts (links below): Bloomberg: Apple Tax Rate Ignores Profit Shifting Offshore Bloomberg: Apple’s Tax Magic Leaves Irish Bondholders Unmoved Bloomberg: Don't Blame Apple for Keeping Its Money Center on Budget and…
  • May 24

    A Proposal for Handling Digital Assets After Death

    A Proposal for Handling Digital Assets After Death
    Chelsea Ray (J.D. 2013, Oregon), Til Death Do Us Part: A Proposal for Handling Digital Assets After Death, 47 Real Prop. Tr. & Est. L.J. 583 (2013) (First Place, 2012 Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section Student Writing…
Rank this Week: 72

The Race to the Bottom

The Race to the Bottom

A faculty-student collaboration on corporate governance. By Professor J. Robert Brown, Jr.

http://www.theracetothebottom.org/home/
  • May 24

    SEC Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013: Whose Interests are Being Served?

    SEC Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013: Whose Interests are Being Served?
    On May 17th the U.S. House of Representatives by a 235-161 vote (including 17 Democrat supporters) approved the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013 (the “Accountability Act”).  The Accountability Act directs the SEC to…
  • May 23

    Two Nominees for the SEC

    Two Nominees for the SEC
    The Administration has nominated two candidates to the SEC:  Kara Stein, an aide to Jack Reed, the Senator who until recently chaired the Senate Subcommittee on Securities, and Michael Piwowar, an aide to Sen. Mike Crapo (R., Idaho),…
  • May 23

    The Lack of Impartiality in the Proxy Proce

    The Lack of Impartiality in the Proxy Proce
    The vote is in on the contest over whether position of chair and CEO should be divided at JP Morgan Chase.  But a fundamental shift in the traditional dynamics of a proxy contest occurred during the voting process.  Shareholders…
Rank this Week: 74

Legal History Blog

Legal History Blog

Offers scholarship, news and new ideas in legal history. By professor Mary L. Dudziak.

http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/
  • May 24

    Pfander and Nazemi Revise Frankfurter on the Anti-Injuncton Act of 1789

    Pfander and Nazemi Revise Frankfurter on the Anti-Injuncton Act of 1789
    We have previously noted the posting by James E. Pfander and Nassim Nazemi, Northwestern University School of Law, of Morris v. Allen and the Lost History of the Anti-Injunction Act of 1793.  They now return with The Anti-Injunction Act…
  • May 24

    The Founders' Twitter Feed

    The Founders' Twitter Feed
    Consource invites "citizens of all walks of life" to tweet the constitutional debates of 1787.  To date, we have recruited a talented group of historians, lawyers, stand-up comics, and even gifted students to take on the role of a…
  • May 24

    Signposts for an Alternative History of Human Right

    Signposts for an Alternative History of Human Right
    Recently published is the collection of essays, Human Rights from a Third World Perspective:Critique, History and International Law, ed. José-Manuel Barreto (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013).  Part II, “Signposts for an…
Rank this Week: 75

Sentencing Law and Policy

Sentencing Law and Policy

By Moritz College of Law Professor Douglas A. Berman.

http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/
Rank this Week: 79

The Right Coast

The Right Coast

Thoughts from San Diego on law, politics, and culture. By Gail Heriot, Mike Rappaport, Tom Smith and Maimon Schwarzschild.

http://rightcoast.typepad.com/rightcoast/
  • May 24

    Europe’s Lost Keynesians by Kenneth Rogoff - Project Syndicate

    Europe’s Lost Keynesians by Kenneth Rogoff - Project Syndicate
    CAMBRIDGE – There is no magic Keynesian bullet for the eurozone’s woes. But the spectacularly muddle-headed argument nowadays that too much austerity is killing Europe is not surprising. Commentators are consumed by politics,…
  • May 24

    Roger Ailes seizes moral high ground over Obama White House - baltimoresun.com

    Roger Ailes seizes moral high ground over Obama White House - baltimoresun.com
    I have been holding my powder on this, because I didn't want to relive the misery I experienced in 2009 and 2011 when I dared to criticize the executive branch for not understanding and/or respecting the role the founders of...
  • May 24

    California Fudges the Math on Obamacare - Bloomberg

    California Fudges the Math on Obamacare - Bloomberg
    The only way Covered California's experts arrive at their conclusion is to compare apples to oranges -- that is, comparing next year’s individual premiums to this year’s small employer premiums. via www.bloomberg.com
Rank this Week: 87

CrimProf Blog

CrimProf Blog

Criminal law issues and commentary. Edited by University of San Diego School of Law Dean & Professor of Law Kevin Cole, contributions by Professors Lawrence A. Alexander, Donald A. Dripps, Yale Kamisar, Adam J. Kolber, and Jean Ramirez.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/
  • May 24

    Saglibene on the U.K. Bribery Act and U.S. Law Reform

    Saglibene on the U.K. Bribery Act and U.S. Law Reform
    Dominic Saglibene has posted The U.K. Bribery Act: A Benchmark for Anticorruption Reform in the U.S. (Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, Vol. 23, 2014 (Forthcoming)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Note will argue that the…
  • May 24

    Creel on Counsel for Indians in Tribal Court

    Creel on Counsel for Indians in Tribal Court
    Barbara Creel (University of New Mexico School of Law) has posted The Right to Counsel for Indians Accused of Crime: A Tribal and Congressional Imperative (Michigan Journal of Race & Law, Vol. 18, p. 317, Spring 2013) on SSRN. Here...
  • May 24

    Westen on Transferred Intent

    Westen on Transferred Intent
    Peter K. Westen (University of Michigan Law School) has posted The Significance of Transferred Intent (Criminal Law and Philosophy, vol. 7, pp. 321-50 (2013)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The doctrine of transferred intent (or…
Rank this Week: 90

Law at the End of the Day

Law at the End of the Day

Focuses on issues and the differences in how the law relates to economic organizations, political organizations, religious, ethnic and family organizations. By Penn State Dickinson School of Law Professor Larry Catá Backer.

http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/
  • May 21

    Ruminations 49: "Society Knows What it Wants"-- Of Markets, Status Hierarchies and Knowldge Production

    Ruminations 49: "Society Knows What it Wants"-- Of Markets, Status Hierarchies and Knowldge Production
    In his germinal text, Henry David Thoreau expressed a contradiction that is worth exploring in some detail.  He declared: the "greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything it is…
  • May 20

    Chinese SOEs in Latin America--CSR and Culture

    Chinese SOEs in Latin America--CSR and Culture
    There has been much attention paid to the practices of Chinese multinationals, especially its State Owned Enterprises, in Africa (e.g., Lucy Corkin, "China's Emerging Multinationals in Africa," The Africa Journal, Spring 2007; Chris Alden,…
  • May 12

    Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund Excludes Makers of Reconstituted Tobacco Leaf in the U.S. and China

    Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund Excludes Makers of Reconstituted Tobacco Leaf in the U.S. and China
    On May 8, 2013, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance published its decision to exclude the American company Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc. and the Chinese company Huabao International Holdings Limited from the investment universe of the …
Rank this Week: 91

Credit Slips

Credit Slips

Discusses credit and bankruptcy. By Professors Bob Lawless, Angela Littwin, Katie Porter, John Pottow, Deborah Thorne and Elizabeth Warren.

http://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/
  • May 23

    The IMF is Not/Not - NOT- Reviving Its Sovereign Bankruptcy Proposal

    The IMF is Not/Not - NOT- Reviving Its Sovereign Bankruptcy Proposal
    For all the hopers, dreamers, and scaredy-cats out there--Relax. The long-awaited IMF overview paper on sovereign debt restructuring is here, the first since 2005. And it does not revive the Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism (SDRM)…
  • May 23

    Equitable Mootness and Forum Shopping

    Equitable Mootness and Forum Shopping
    A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court denied cert in a case called Law Debenture Trust Co. v. Charter Communications, Inc. (No. 12-847). The issue was whether the Second Circuit had correctly applied the doctrine of equitable mootness to an...
  • May 23

    Ice Cube Bonds: New Paper on 363 Sales and Chapter 11

    Ice Cube Bonds: New Paper on 363 Sales and Chapter 11
    FAC UT ARDEAT, begins The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner. It means "made to burn," the narrator learns (from that "gasbag . . . Chesil Jones"). Whether your preferred hurry-up 363 sale metaphor involves flames, ice, or a…
Rank this Week: 96

IntLawGrrls

IntLawGrrls

Features voices on international law, policy and practice.

http://intlawgrrls.blogspot.com/
  • Mar 8

    We've revived!

    We've revived!
    Encouraged by our contributors and readers, we've revived IntLawGrrls on International Women's Day.  You can find us at a new website: www.ilg2.org.  Please visit us there, and don't forget to visit Diane Marie Amann at her new solo…
  • Dec 13

    All good thing

    All good thing
    All good things must come to an end, as they say. And so it is today with IntLawGrrls. After much discussion among ourselves, we editors have decided to close this forum – to take a break from daily blogging, and to pursue new…
  • Dec 12

    Go 'Grrl! Diane Marie Amann is Special Adviser to ICC Prosecutor on Children in Armed Conflict

    Go 'Grrl! Diane Marie Amann is Special Adviser to ICC Prosecutor on Children in Armed Conflict
    Exciting news!International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has appointed our own Diane Marie Amann, IntLawGrrls founder and editor-in-chief, to be her Special Adviser on Children in and affected by Armed Conflict. Bensouda announced…
Rank this Week: 97

M & A Law Prof Blog

M & A Law Prof Blog

By Professors Brian J.M. Quinn, Afra Afsharipour, and Michael A. Woronoff.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mergers/
  • May 23

    'Like the cat that ate the canary...'

    'Like the cat that ate the canary...'
    Some of you may have already participated in one of Rick Climan's well known mock negotiations already. If you haven't - or even if you have - Weil has released a number of them with accompanying animations. They are a...
  • May 20

    Delaware arbitration argument

    Delaware arbitration argument
    In case you missed it, you can listen to last week's arguments before a panel of the Third Circuit online. Here is the audio file. -bjmq Update ... starting to think that Federal judicial vacancies has risen to crisis levels...
  • May 17

    Delaware arbitration update

    Delaware arbitration update
    As I noted yesterday, the Delaware Coalition for Open Government and the Chancery Court were before a panel of the Third Circuit arguing the merits of Delaware's arbitration procedure. Tom Hals of Reuters was there and he thinks the…
Rank this Week: 99

Administrative Law Prof Blog

Administrative Law Prof Blog

Edited by Edward M. McClure and Professors Kamina Pinder, Lisa Tripp, Kari Mercer Dalton and Malik Edwards.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adminlaw/
  • Jan 9

    The future of regulatory drafting?

    The future of regulatory drafting?
    See Robert McMillan, "How GitHub Helps You Hack the Government", Wired Magazine, 01.09.13, 6:30 AM at http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/01/hack-the-government/. Is this the leading edge of change in how regulations are…
  • Oct 29

    Good class discussion

    Good class discussion
    Cary Coglianese has posted an interesting discussion on RegBlog, "When is a Federal Agency not a Federal Agency?". Opening paragraphs: As the size and scope of government has expanded over the last century, so too has the web of…
  • Oct 22

    Types of regulatory strategies, and does the third type work?

    Types of regulatory strategies, and does the third type work?
    RegBlog summarizes a new paper by Anil Doshi (Harvard Business School), Glen Dowell (Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management), and Michael W. Toffel (Harvard Business School), "How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure". The…
Rank this Week: 104

Conglomerate

Conglomerate

Covers business, law, economics and society. By Professors Gordon Smith, Christine Hurt, Lisa Fairfax, David Zarin, Usha Rodrigues, and Erik Gerding

http://www.theconglomerate.org/
Rank this Week: 107

Aviation Law Prof Blog

Aviation Law Prof Blog

By DePaul University Law Professors Brian F. Havel, Michael S. Jacobs and Andrew Eastmond.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/
  • May 24

    Friday Link Roundup

    Friday Link Roundup
    News of note before beginning your Memorial Day weekend: Qatar appears to have backed off its attempt to lure ICAO headquarters away from Canada. The European Commission has accepted the conditions proposed by Lufthansa, Air Canada and United…
  • May 23

    Progess is Slow in ICAO Emissions Talk

    Progess is Slow in ICAO Emissions Talk
    A report from Reuters last weekend indicated that ICAO-led discussions do not appear to be on track to resolve the question of how to regulate international aviation carbon emissions by this fall as hoped. It's long been understood that a...
  • May 22

    Futurism, Technological Change and Air Space Regulation

    Futurism, Technological Change and Air Space Regulation
    When teaching international aviation law, one of the themes I like to introduce early in the semester is the interaction between technology and law. How does society and the state respond to disruptive technological change? Given the…
Rank this Week: 112

PrawfsBlawg

PrawfsBlawg

By Professors Dan Markel, Ethan J. Leib, Rob Howse, Paul Horwitz, Rick Garnett, Matt Bodie, Steve Vladeck and Orly Lobel.

http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/
  • May 24

    "Sport as Speech" and Non-sport as Speech

    "Sport as Speech" and Non-sport as Speech
    I just finished reading Sport as Speech, a new paper by Genevieve Lakier (currently a law clerk on the Sixth Circuit); Lakier argues that spectator sports are expressive activities entitled to First Amendment protection (or at least First…
  • May 24

    Trouble with the Curve

    Trouble with the Curve
    Though I was taken by surprise by the extent to which my last post touching on the topic of grading provoked rather strong responses, I am now presenting a proposition that I very much hope and assume will provoke controversy. Here it is:…
  • May 24

    Non-State Law Beyond Enforcement

    Non-State Law Beyond Enforcement
    So I've been a bit behind in posting as I slowly drag myself toward the grading finish line (aside: thanks to all my Prawfs' Facebook friends who have been regularly taunted me by noting how long ago they finished grading. I get it - I'm…
Rank this Week: 126

Discourse.net

Discourse.net

By University of Miami law professor Michael Froomkin. Covers civil liberties, the Internet, Guantanamo, Iraq attrocities, politics and more.

http://www.discourse.net/
  • May 24

    A Georgian Grandmother’s Take on the TSA

    A Georgian Grandmother’s Take on the TSA
    A student I know writes, My grandmother and I have a unique relationship. We talk about the usual family gossip, but we really get into it when we talk about politics. Why is this unique? Because my grandmother is in … Continue reading…
  • May 20

    Crawford on Telco Monopolie

    Crawford on Telco Monopolie
    Nice profile of Susan Crawford, highlighting her campaign against telco internet monopolies, by David Carr in today’s NYT. A taste of Telecom’s Big Players Hold Back the Future: Susan Crawford, a professor at [Cardozo School of…
  • May 17

    EFF Is Accepting Bitcoins Again

    EFF Is Accepting Bitcoins Again
    EFF Will Accept Bitcoins to Support Digital Liberty. This follows a 2-year moratorium. One key difference from past practice: EFF will liquidate any Bitcoins it receives as soon as it gets them. EFF’s announcement pointed me to this…
Rank this Week: 127

Technology & Marketing Law…

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Covers Internet, technology and online marketing legal issues. Published by Santa Clara University School of Law Professor Eric Goldman.

http://blog.ericgoldman.org/
Rank this Week: 137

JURIST - Forum

JURIST - Forum

Op-eds on legal news by law professors and JURIST special guests.

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/index.php
  • Apr 27

    Arizona Legalizes Racial Profiling

    Arizona Legalizes Racial Profiling
    JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that Arizona's new immigration legislation - requiring law enforcement officers to stop everyone whom they have “reasonable suspicion” to believe is an…
  • Apr 22

    The Iraqi High Court's Understated Rise to Legitimacy

    The Iraqi High Court's Understated Rise to Legitimacy
    JURIST Contributing Editor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that a look at recent decisions by Iraq's Federal Supreme Court illustrates the court's growing authority as an independent and legitimate voice…
  • Apr 21

    Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?

    Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?
    JURIST Guest Columnist Sallie Sanford of the University of Washington School of Law says that although challenges to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are valuable for inspiring dialogue within and…
Rank this Week: 149

Workplace Prof Blog

Workplace Prof Blog

Covers arbitration, disability, employment discrimination, labor law, public employment law and workplace safety. By Professors Richard Bales, Jeffrey M. Hirsch and Marcia L. McCormick.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/
  • May 24

    Feldblum Nominated to EEOC for Another Term

    Feldblum Nominated to EEOC for Another Term
    Congratulations to Chai Feldblum (EEOC, Georgetown) for her nomination to the EEOC for a second term. President Obama announced the nomination yesterday along with a group of other positions here. Given her extensive background on…
  • May 23

    Comparative Unjust Dismissal Law

    Comparative Unjust Dismissal Law
    Normally here at Workplace Prof Blog, we at least like to pretend that we have some shame when it comes to self-promotion by getting fellow bloggers to post on each others' papers. I'm going to break this norm, however, because...
  • May 23

    Call for Papers for International Comparative Sciences Symposium in Sofia, Bulgaria

    Call for Papers for International Comparative Sciences Symposium in Sofia, Bulgaria
    From friend of the blog, Dara Chernyeva, please consider the following international conference which touches on labor and employment law topics: I'm writing to you to share the call for papers for a International Comparative Sciences…
Rank this Week: 166

Blog Law Blog

Blog Law Blog

Covers the legal aspects of blogging. Topics include blog-related intellectual property law, Internet regulation, defamation, and censorship, as well as how blogs are used as evidence and authority in the courts. By Professor Eric E. Johnson.

http://bloglawblog.com/blog/
  • May 21

    Moore Tornado

    Moore Tornado
    TweetThe terrible tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma was just a few miles north of where I live in Norman. It was visible from the hill where I live – although only indirectly. The funnel could not be seen through the rain, but the power…
  • May 17

    Would Bloggers Be Covered By a Federal Shield Law?

    Would Bloggers Be Covered By a Federal Shield Law?
    TweetSince the news of the Justice Department getting their hands on phone records of the Associated Press – without the AP’s cooperation – there has been new talk of a federal shield law. But how broad would the shield law…
  • May 16

    Famed Media Lawyer James C. Goodale Calls Out Obama on Press Freedom

    Famed Media Lawyer James C. Goodale Calls Out Obama on Press Freedom
    TweetFamous media lawyer James C. Goodale (who I was lucky enough to meet when I was a summer associate at his law firm in New York in 1999), has written a provocative piece for the Daily Beast that I think is worth a read: Is Obama Worse For…
Rank this Week: 171

ContractsProf Blog

ContractsProf Blog

By Texas Wesleyan University Law Professor Franklin G. Snyder, with Contributing Law Professors Miriam A. Cherry, Meredith R. Miller, Keith A. Rowley, and D.A. Jeremy Talman

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/
  • May 24

    Dollar Rent a Car and the Borat Problem

    Dollar Rent a Car and the Borat Problem
    Given all the excitement over boilerplate on this blog, I thought it would be a good time to remind readers of problems that might arise that don't exactly involve (just) boilerplate, It's not just the words in the contract --...
  • May 24

    Atlantis Blue v. Atlantic Blue: Substantial Impairment?

    Atlantis Blue v. Atlantic Blue: Substantial Impairment?
    A (presumably U.S.) buyer (identified on the web only as "b-thumper") ordered a BMW M3 in "Atlantis Blue with Blue deviated stitching and the Individual Piano trim" and paid for European delivery. "European…
  • May 24

    New In Print (Bonus Edition)

    New In Print (Bonus Edition)
    In keeping with our Boilerplate theme, it seemed timely to notify our readers of this recent publication: James Gibson, Vertical Boilerplate, 70 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 161 (2013). Here is the author's summary: The article’s main…
Rank this Week: 179

Poverty Law Prof Blog

Poverty Law Prof Blog

Covers global poverty, welfare and current affairs. By Professors Ezra Rosser and Lowell Kent Hull.

http://maximinlaw.wordpress.com
  • May 22

    AALS Poverty and Clinic Sections’ Call-for-Paper

    AALS Poverty and Clinic Sections’ Call-for-Paper
    CALL FOR PAPERS – AALS 2014 Joint Program of the Sections on Poverty Law and Clinical Legal Education In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the “War on Poverty,” the AALS sections on Poverty Law and Clinical Legal Education…
  • May 21

    New Article: “Sensibilities for Social Justice Lawyers”

    New Article: “Sensibilities for Social Justice Lawyers”
    New Article: Ascanio Piomelli, Sensibilities for Social Justice Lawyers, 10 Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal 177 (2013).  Abstract below: This essay suggests six mindsets or sensibilities that I consider crucial for 21st…
  • May 20

    Photojournalism: “The Ultimate Have-Nots in a Society of Have-Nots”

    Photojournalism: “The Ultimate Have-Nots in a Society of Have-Nots”
    Photojournalism worth checking out: “The Ultimate Have-Nots in a Society of Have-Nots,” N.Y. Times, May 20, 2013.
Rank this Week: 178

Securities Law Prof Blog

Securities Law Prof Blog

Covers securities arbitration, state securities law, court decisions and law review articles. By Professor Barbara Black.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/securities/
  • May 24

    SEC Charges Dallas Trader with Front-Running

    SEC Charges Dallas Trader with Front-Running
    The SEC announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against Daniel Bergin, a senior equity trader at Cushing MLP Asset Management, a Dallas-based investment advisory firm, who allegedly profited by placing his own trades before executing…
  • May 24

    Obama Nominates Piwowar and Stein to SEC

    Obama Nominates Piwowar and Stein to SEC
    The White House announced that it is nominating two individuals to seats on the SEC: Michael Sean Piwowar, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2018, vice Troy A....
  • May 23

    Former Goldman Banker Settles SEC "Pay-to-Play" Charge

    Former Goldman Banker Settles SEC "Pay-to-Play" Charge
    Neil M.M. Morrison, a former VP in the investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs, settled SEC charges that he engaged in a "pay-to-play" scheme. The SEC alleged that starting in July 2008 Morrison was employed by Goldman to…
Rank this Week: 190

ataxingmatter

ataxingmatter

Tax law and economics by Linda Beale

http://ataxingmatter.blogs.com/tax/
  • May 23

    Does Apple's Cook Cook the (U.S. tax) Books?

    Does Apple's Cook Cook the (U.S. tax) Books?
    Apple's CEO was apparently all smiling and charming in his testimony on Apple's international tax gimmicks. Not surprisingly, he claimed that Apple pays tax on all its US profits and doesn't shift US profits offshore. See, e.g., Michael…
  • May 22

    Citizen for Tax Justice's Bob McIntyre on Apple's offshore profit-hoarding

    Citizen for Tax Justice's Bob McIntyre on Apple's offshore profit-hoarding
    Bob McIntyre is the Director of Citizens for Tax Justice, a liberal-leaning group that has produced a lot of very good studies on tax developments over the years. He appeared on CNBC to discuss the news story about Apple's ability...
  • May 22

    Rand Paul demands an apology for Congress looking at quasi-sovereign MNEs' tax-avoidance gimmick

    Rand Paul demands an apology for Congress looking at quasi-sovereign MNEs' tax-avoidance gimmick
    [edited 3:26 EST to add link to Fleischer article] Did you hear about Rand Paul demanding an apology on behalf of Apple for the Senate investigation of the way that major muntilnational enterprises use whatever gimmick their very highly…
Rank this Week: 193