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International Law Reporter

International Law Reporter

Edited by Professor Jacob Katz Cogan.

http://ilreports.blogspot.com/
  • May 22

    Call for Proposals: 2014 Joint ASIL Annual Meeting and ILA Biennial Conference

    Call for Proposals: 2014 Joint ASIL Annual Meeting and ILA Biennial Conference
    The American Society of International Law and the American Branch of the International Law Association have issued a call for proposals for a joint conference, which will comprise the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Society of…
  • May 22

    New Issue: Journal of World Energy Law & Busine

    New Issue: Journal of World Energy Law & Busine
    The latest issue of Journal of World Energy Law & Business (Vol. 6, no. 2, June 2013) is out. Contents include:Ali Yassine, Bacel Maddah, & Najat Younes, On structuring offshore hydrocarbon production sharing contracts:…
  • May 22

    Koenig-Archibugi & Macdonald: Accountability-by-Proxy in Transnational Non-State Governance

    Koenig-Archibugi & Macdonald: Accountability-by-Proxy in Transnational Non-State Governance
    Mathias Koenig-Archibugi (London School of Economics - Government and International Relations) & Kate Macdonald (Univ. of Melbourne - School of Social and Political Sciences) have published Accountability-by-Proxy in Transnational…
Rank this Week: 74

TortsProf Blog

TortsProf Blog

Covers accident and injury law. By Professors William G. Childs, Sheila B. Scheuerman and Christopher J. Robinette.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/tortsprof/
  • May 22

    Turkewitz on PI Advertising and Mass Accident

    Turkewitz on PI Advertising and Mass Accident
    Over at New York Personal Injury Law Blog, Eric Turkewitz looks at lawyer advertising in the wake of the Metro-North derailment. --CJR
  • May 21

    CT: Attorneys Absolutely Immune During Litigation from Fraud, IIED Claim

    CT: Attorneys Absolutely Immune During Litigation from Fraud, IIED Claim
    A divided Connecticut Supreme Court affirmed yesterday that attorneys are absolutely immune from claims for fraud and IIED for conduct that occurred during litigation. The case involved a series of attorneys who allegedly concealed a client's…
  • May 21

    Culhane on Concussions as a Public Health Problem

    Culhane on Concussions as a Public Health Problem
    John Culhane (Widener) has posted his contribution to the FIU symposium on concussions to SSRN. Entitled Not Just the NFL: Compensation, Litigation, and Public Health in Concussion Cases, the abstract provides: This article examines the…
Rank this Week: 355

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 22

    Today's gadget plug: AcuRite 75077 Wireless Weather Forecaster with Remote Sensor and Atomic Clock

    Today's gadget plug: AcuRite 75077 Wireless Weather Forecaster with Remote Sensor and Atomic Clock
    I recently bought an AcuRite 75077 Wireless Weather Forecaster with Remote Sensor and Atomic Clock . I've got that one upstairs telling me the inside temperature and time in the kitchen and the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my…
  • May 22

    A Weiner tweet

    A Weiner tweet
    How Long Can Weiner Go? (I got a million of 'em.)pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/20… — Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) May 22, 2013 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  • May 22

    New article by yours truly

    New article by yours truly
    Stephen M. Bainbridge, "The New Investor Cliffhanger" uclalawreview.org/?p=4584 — UCLA Law Review (@UCLALawReview) May 22, 2013 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Rank this Week: 64

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 22

    Roig on Emerging Technologies & Free Speech

    Roig on Emerging Technologies & Free Speech
    Jorge R. Roig (Charleston School of Law) has posted Emerging Technologies and Dwindling Speech (University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 16, 2013 (Forthcoming)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Inspired in part by the…
  • May 22

    Rao on Responsibility for Humanitarian Intervention

    Rao on Responsibility for Humanitarian Intervention
    Neomi Rao (George Mason University School of Law) has posted The Choice to Protect: Rethinking Responsibility for Humanitarian Intervention (Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 697-751, Summer 2013) on SSRN. Here is the…
  • May 22

    Sutherland on Corruption in Internet Governance

    Sutherland on Corruption in Internet Governance
    Ewan Sutherland (University of Witwatersrand, LINK Centre) has posted Corruption in Internet Governance - Bribery, Cronyism and Nepotism on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Corruption has been identified as a significant issue in…
Rank this Week: 18

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 22

    Dysart on the Protected Innocence Initiative

    Dysart on the Protected Innocence Initiative
    Tessa L. Dysart (Regent University School of Law) has posted The Protected Innocence Initiative: Building Protective State Law Regimes for America’s Sex-Trafficked Children (Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 44, 2013) on SSRN. Here is…
  • May 22

    Bascuas on the Fourth Amendment in the Information Age

    Bascuas on the Fourth Amendment in the Information Age
    Ricardo J. Bascuas (University of Miami - School of Law) has posted The Fourth Amendment in the Information Age (Virginia Journal of Criminal Law, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In 2013, the Supreme Court tacitly conceded that…
  • May 21

    "How quickly can and will (hundreds of) imprisoned crack defendants file "Blewett claims"?"

    "How quickly can and will (hundreds of) imprisoned crack defendants file "Blewett claims"?"
    Doug Berman at Sentencing Law & Policy discusses the implications of a Sixth Circuit case declaring that the reduced mandatory minimum crack sentences set out in the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 must be applied even to those offenders…
Rank this Week: 59

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 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…
  • May 21

    U.S. Supreme Court to Revisit Field Preemption in Aviation

    U.S. Supreme Court to Revisit Field Preemption in Aviation
    The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the case of Northwest Airlines v. Ginsberg.The plaintiffs allege that Northwest Airlines committed a breach of contract under Minnesota state law when the airline expelled the…
  • May 17

    Friday Link Roundup

    Friday Link Roundup
    There was quite a bit of noteworthy aviation law news late this week, so we thought we'd provide a list of links below. Though the EU has pressed the pause button on parts of its aviation emissions regulation, it is...
Rank this Week: 103

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/
  • May 22

    Reviewing the new challenge facing states seeking to operate machineries of death

    Reviewing the new challenge facing states seeking to operate machineries of death
    This notable new ProPublica story, headlined "A Prolonged Stay: The Reasons Behind the Slow Pace of Executions," reports on the execution drug procurement difficulties now facing many states seeking to carry out executions. Here are…
  • May 22

    Due to budget concerns, Oregon prosecutors advocating for lower drug sentence

    Due to budget concerns, Oregon prosecutors advocating for lower drug sentence
    Providing a bit of a man-bite-dog sentencing story, this local article reports on a notable set of lawyers advocating for lower sentences in Oregon. The story is headlined "District attorneys favor drug sentencing decrease," and…
  • May 22

    New report assails criminal justice approach to illegal immigration problem

    New report assails criminal justice approach to illegal immigration problem
    As detailed in this press release, Human Rights Watch has today released this notable new report titled "Turning Migrants Into Criminals: The Harmful Impact of US Border Prosecutions." That title reveals the major theme of the…
Rank this Week: 48

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 22

    Breaking: Bieber Requires NDA of Guests in His Home

    Breaking: Bieber Requires NDA of Guests in His Home
    We interrrupt the highbrow discussion of boilerplate and SCOTUS cases to bring you this breaking news from news.com.au that falls right within the utterly sweet spot of contracts and pop culture: YOU party at Justin Bieber's house? You tell…
  • May 22

    News Flash: SCOTUS Takes a Contracts Case

    News Flash: SCOTUS Takes a Contracts Case
    Coach Seat, Actual Size We blogged about this case before. Since that time, a panel of the Ninth Circuit issued a new opinion that is available here. You can read more about the case on SCOTUSblog, which provides this summary...
  • May 22

    New in Print

    New in Print
    Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal The Supreme Court's 2011-2012 Labor and Employment Law Decisions: From the Controversial to the Peripheral L. Camille Hebert Papers from the American Bar Foundation - The Labor Law Group…
Rank this Week: 186

Nonprofit Law Prof Blog

Nonprofit Law Prof Blog

Covers federal and state laws and cases affecting non-profits. By Professors David A. Brennan and Darryll K. Jones.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/nonprofit/
  • May 22

    Schervish on wealth transfer and philanthropy

    Schervish on wealth transfer and philanthropy
    Boston College Sociologist Paul G. Schervish is one of the country’s prominent scholars of philanthropic studies. This August Schervish will be recognized for his contributions and presented with the 2013 ASA Distinguished Career Award.…
  • May 21

    Vulnerability blinds patients of phony nonprofit health clinic

    Vulnerability blinds patients of phony nonprofit health clinic
    A few weeks ago, a federal judge in California sentenced 58 year-old Christine Daniel to 14 years in federal prison. Daniel, a former doctor and Pentecostal minister, ran a health clinic used to offer Daniel’s “herbal treatments.”…
  • May 20

    New Jersey mayor calls nonprofits to pay more in taxe

    New Jersey mayor calls nonprofits to pay more in taxe
    In his state of the township speech, Lawrence, New Jersey Mayor Jim Kownacki suggested the city’s weak budget is partially attributable to the fact that it loses $287 million in property taxes because of local nonprofit property tax…
Rank this Week: 600

Balkinization

Balkinization

By Yale Law School Professor Jack M. Balkin.

http://balkin.blogspot.com/
  • May 22

    How (and why) rotten compromises are made (and justified?)

    How (and why) rotten compromises are made (and justified?)
    The Times reported earlier today on the truly disgraceful decision of Senate Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee to capitulate to Republican homophobia by withdrawing an amendment by Senator Leahy that would have allowed, in the…
  • May 16

    "Declare Victory and Get Out?" The Future of the AUMF

    "Declare Victory and Get Out?" The Future of the AUMF
    Today the Senate Armed Services Committee is conducting a hearing into the future of the September 2001 AUMF.  Over at the informative Lawfare blog, the two options on offer are to replace it with an authorization tailored to the new…
  • May 15

    David Ignatius can't connect the dots, either

    David Ignatius can't connect the dots, either
    David Ignatius is simply the latest leading pundit who demonstrates an incapaity to connect the dots relevant to his own analysis.  In a column in the May 16 Washington Post, he says many altogether correct things.  Writing of the…
Rank this Week: 304

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 22

    Conference on Privacy and Data Security

    Conference on Privacy and Data Security
    GEORGE MASON LAW & ECONOMICS CENTER PUBLIC POLICY CONFERENCE ON THE LAW & ECONOMICS OF PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY Wednesday, June 19, 2013 George Mason University School of Law (Arlington, VA) The Law & Economics Center’s Henry…
  • May 22

    IRS and the political valence of constitutional litigation

    IRS and the political valence of constitutional litigation
    I have written before about the phenomenon we have seen since 2008 of politically conservative plaintiffs (individual and organizational) bumping up against limitations on constitutional and civil rights litigation established in cases…
  • May 22

    9th Circuit Strikes Down Arizona 20 Week Fetal Pain Abortion Ban: Some Reflections on the Opinion

    9th Circuit Strikes Down Arizona 20 Week Fetal Pain Abortion Ban: Some Reflections on the Opinion
    Yesterday, the 9th Circuit (a panel of Berzon, Schroeder, Kleinfeld) struck down as unconstitutional Arizona's ban on abortion at 20 weeks. As the court described the statute: The challenged portion of Section 7, codified at Arizona Revised…
Rank this Week: 153

Althouse

Althouse

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

http://althouse.blogspot.com/
  • May 22

    At the Big Sun Café...

    At the Big Sun Café...
    ... you can shine all night.
  • May 22

    "Obama needs to stop lecturing predominantly black audiences, some supporters say."

    "Obama needs to stop lecturing predominantly black audiences, some supporters say."
    Writes Vanessa Williams in The Washington Post. Obama has been making this point — and stirring controversy — since he was a candidate in 2008. Jesse Jackson Sr. was incensed by what he saw as Obama’s “talking down to…
  • May 22

    "Phonetic description of annoying sounds teenagers make."

    "Phonetic description of annoying sounds teenagers make."
    Text — in case you didn't memorize all that " Creaky-voiced long alveolar glide with mid front unrounded vowel and glottal stop" business — here. Via Metafilter. ADDED: And if you enjoyed that guy — whose name is James…
Rank this Week: 32

Neuroethics & Law Blog

Neuroethics & Law Blog

An interdisciplinary forum for legal and ethical issues related to the brain and cognition. By University of San Diego School of Law Professor Adam Kolber.

http://kolber.typepad.com/ethics_law_blog/
  • May 22

    PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

    PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)
    Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Could a Neural Implant Correct Errant Thoughts?, Scientific American In The Popular Press Chinese project probes the genetics of genius, Nature News Scientific Advances In Prosthetic Limbs, The Diane Rehm…
  • May 22

    "The Neuroscience of Decision Making and Our Standards for Assessing Competence to Consent"

    "The Neuroscience of Decision Making and Our Standards for Assessing Competence to Consent"
    The Neuroscience of Decision Making and Our Standards for Assessing Competence to Consent by Steve Clarke has been published in the most recent issue of Nueroethics: Abstract Rapid advances in neuroscience may enable us to identify the neural…
  • May 20

    "Cognitive Enhancement, Rational Choice and Justification"

    "Cognitive Enhancement, Rational Choice and Justification"
    Cognitive Enhancement, Rational Choice and Justification by Veljko Dubljević has been published in the most recent issue of Nueroethics: Abstract This paper examines the claims in the debate on cognitive enhancement in neuroethics that…
Rank this Week: 436

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 22

    New Detainee Filings on GTMO Counsel Access Issue

    New Detainee Filings on GTMO Counsel Access Issue
    Today, counsel for Saeed Mohammed Hatim filed an “Emergency Motion Concerning Access to Counsel,” both in the Yemeni detainee’s recently reactivated habeas action, and in In Re: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Continued Access…
  • May 22

    The Attorney General’s Letter to Congress on Anwar Al-Aulaqi

    The Attorney General’s Letter to Congress on Anwar Al-Aulaqi
    In advance of the President’s speech tomorrow, the Attorney General has just sent this letter to Senator Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, describing the Administration’s legal basis for killing Anwar al-Aulaqi…
  • May 22

    AG Holder Letter on Targeting

    AG Holder Letter on Targeting
    Yesterday, Bobby and I wrote this post about what the President could say in his speech tomorrow on counterterrorism, and we highlighted as one important element the President’s repeated pledges of greater transparency on targeting. As…
Rank this Week: 15

Slaw

Slaw

A Canadian cooperative weblog on all things legal.

http://www.slaw.ca
  • May 22

    Let's Not Hate on Rob Ford for the Wrong Reasons Part 2

    Let's Not Hate on Rob Ford for the Wrong Reasons Part 2
    A few months ago we blogged about Rob Ford when he was removed from office and we asked all the haters to hold back from castigating the mayor for the wrong reason. Back in November we were disappointed to see so many people making fun of…
  • May 22

    Practicing Courage

    Practicing Courage
    “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” asked Sheryl Sandberg in her bestseller, Lean In. And what is it you’re afraid of? There are the common fears that many of us can relate to: heights; falling; spiders;…
  • May 22

    Motherhood and the Road to Partnership

    Motherhood and the Road to Partnership
    On Mother’s Day, I sat down to write this blog – and reflected on the extra challenges that women associates still face in making it to partner. This is despite the fact that most law firms have generous maternity leave policies.…
Rank this Week: 40

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 22

    Tips on Avoiding Family Feuds During Estate Planning

    Tips on Avoiding Family Feuds During Estate Planning
    Due to the recent signing of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, now is the time to review your estate plan in order to mitigate tax exposure, especially if you are a high-net-worth individual or own a family business....
  • May 22

    Mother of Heavy D Dispels Rumors Concerning his Estate

    Mother of Heavy D Dispels Rumors Concerning his Estate
    In November of 2011, Dwight Myers, better known as rapper Heavy D, passed away at the age of 44. Reports have recently surfaced that Heavy D’s brother, Floyd Myers, has attempted to take control of Heavy D’s entire estate. But...
  • May 22

    Book on IRS Compliance Issues and IRA Trust Violation

    Book on IRS Compliance Issues and IRA Trust Violation
    Seymour Goldberg (CPA, MBA, JD) recently published a book entitled, IRA Guide to IRS Compliance Issues Including IRA Trust Violations, American Bar Association, (Apr. 2013). Provided below is a description of the book from the ABA Store’s…
Rank this Week: 17

Chinese Law Prof Blog

Chinese Law Prof Blog

By George Washington University Law Professor Donald C. Clarke.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/china_law_prof_blog/
Rank this Week: 867

Ideas

Ideas

By Professor David Friedman.

http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/
  • May 22

    What's Wrong With Mushy?

    What's Wrong With Mushy?
    An issue that I keep coming back to in my exchanges with various of the Bleeding Heart Libertarians is what I see as their unwillingness to offer a clear description of their position. It comes up in details of what they write, such as Jason…
  • May 21

    Jason Brennan Defends, I Reply

    Jason Brennan Defends, I Reply
    Jason Brennan has now responded to my criticism. He did so on his blog rather than in comments on mine, so I will rerespond here instead of there.His first response to my claim that "social justice" has no definite meaning is to concede that…
  • May 20

    Ted Nelson Thinks He Has Identified the Creator of Bitcoin

    Ted Nelson Thinks He Has Identified the Creator of Bitcoin
    I don't know if he is right, but it is a plausible and entertaining account.
Rank this Week: 1164

ataxingmatter

ataxingmatter

Tax law and economics by Linda Beale

http://ataxingmatter.blogs.com/tax/
Rank this Week: 390

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: 30

TaxProf Blog

TaxProf Blog

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

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/
  • May 22

    Hickman: Don’t Overlook City of Arlington, Texas v. FCC

    Hickman: Don’t Overlook City of Arlington, Texas v. FCC
    Kristin Hickman (Minnesota), Don’t Overlook City of Arlington, Texas v. FCC: While many tax practitioners are understandably focused right now on the outcome of PPL Corp. v. Commissioner, in the wake of Mayo and Home Concrete, the tax…
  • May 22

    NY Times: 'Artful Tax Dodger' Indicted for Failing to Report $12.5m Income on Sales of Fake Art to Fake Client

    NY Times: 'Artful Tax Dodger' Indicted for Failing to Report $12.5m Income on Sales of Fake Art to Fake Client
    New York Times: Dealer at Center of Art Scandal Arrested on Tax Charges: In a case of alleged forgeries that roiled the New York art market and led to a host of civil lawsuits, federal authorities on Tuesday declared a series of works sold as…
  • May 22

    Houston Business & Tax Journal Publishes New Issue

    Houston Business & Tax Journal Publishes New Issue
    The Houston Business & Tax Law Journal has published Vol. 12, Part 2 (2012): Beckett G. Cantley (Thomas Jefferson), Steering into the Storm: Amplification of Captive Insurance Company Compliance Issues in the Offshore Tax Crackdown, 12…
Rank this Week: 53

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 22

    Yale Alumni Magazine | Article

    Yale Alumni Magazine | Article
    The poet and editor Christian Wiman, who this fall joins the faculty of the Yale Divinity School and its affiliated Institute of Sacred Music, is a surprising hire. To begin, he is a poet who wants to teach at a...
  • May 22

    The big fat truth : Nature News & Comment

    The big fat truth : Nature News & Comment
    Late in the morning on 20 February, more than 200 people packed an auditorium at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts. The purpose of the event, according to its organizers, was to explain why a new study...
  • May 22

    Lois takes 5 <br>Tom Smith<br>

    Lois takes 5 &lt;br&gt;Tom Smith&lt;br&gt;
    Lois protects herself from the WH perhaps? Not willing to fall on her sword for the White House. How disloyal! I hate it when employees won't go to prison for their betters. Why can't we just get back to governing!...
Rank this Week: 72

Legal Writing Prof Blog

Legal Writing Prof Blog

By Professors Nancy Soonpaa, Sue Liemer, Coleen M. Barger and Mark E. Wojcik.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legalwriting/
  • May 22

    Attention, word lover

    Attention, word lover
    The numerous names for linguistic phenomena may interest only word lovers—but there are many of those among this blog’s followers. Legal writing expert Bryan Garner, who counts himself among the word lovers, presents a passel of arcane…
  • May 21

    Notification of Conference and Call for Proposals - Psychology & Lawyering: Coalescing the Field

    Notification of Conference and Call for Proposals - Psychology &amp; Lawyering: Coalescing the Field
    The University of Nevada, Las Vegas - William S. Boyd School of Law will be hosting an upcoming conference which may be of interest to legal writing professors, as it deals with the intersection of psychology and lawyering skills. More...
  • May 20

    brief right

    brief right
    If you're looking for some inspiration for staying the course as you grade a stack of 1L papers, you may appreciate brief right, a blog written by Kirby Griffis, a Washington, D.C., litigator. After marking the umpteenth misplaced apostrophe,…
Rank this Week: 202

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 22

    Five Broker-Dealers Settle with Massachusetts over Improper Sales of REIT

    Five Broker-Dealers Settle with Massachusetts over Improper Sales of REIT
    The Massachusetts Securities Division announced a settlement with five independent broker-dealers for improper sales of REITs that will return over $11 million to Massachusetts investors. The firms are Ameriprise Financial Services,…
  • May 22

    South Miami Settles SEC Charges of Defrauding Bond Investor

    South Miami Settles SEC Charges of Defrauding Bond Investor
    The SEC charged the City of South Miami, Fla., with defrauding bond investors about the tax-exempt financing eligibility of a mixed-use retail and parking structure being built in its downtown commercial district. According to its release: An…
  • May 22

    FINRA Will Provide Surveillance Oversight of More than 90% of U.S. Equities Trading Volume

    FINRA Will Provide Surveillance Oversight of More than 90% of U.S. Equities Trading Volume
    FINRA issued an announcement that Direct Edge®, the third largest stock exchange operator in the U.S., and FINRA have agreed that FINRA will provide market surveillance services on behalf of Direct Edge's two licensed stock exchanges. Under…
Rank this Week: 135

Civil Procedure & Federal…

Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog

By Professors Robin Effron, Cynthia L. Fountaine, and Adam Steinman

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/
  • May 22

    Pereyra and Sunshine on Settlement Rates After Twombly and Iqbal

    Pereyra and Sunshine on Settlement Rates After Twombly and Iqbal
    Victor Abel Pereyra and Benjamin Sunshine, of University of Illinois College of Law, have posted on SSRN their paper Access-to-Justice v. Efficiency: An Empirical Study of Settlement Rates After Twombly and Iqbal. Abstract: A party’s…
  • May 17

    Coleman on Hoffman on Civil Rulemaking After Twombly and Iqbal

    Coleman on Hoffman on Civil Rulemaking After Twombly and Iqbal
    Now available on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is an essay by Brooke Coleman (Seattle) entitled Celebrating Civil Rulemaking. It reviews a recent article by Lonny Hoffman (Houston), Rulemaking in the Age of Twombly and Iqbal, which will…
  • May 17

    Meyn on Comparing Civil and Criminal Discovery

    Meyn on Comparing Civil and Criminal Discovery
    Prof. Ion Meyn (Wisconsin) has posted on SSRN a draft of his article Discovery and Darkness: The Information Deficit in Criminal Disputes, which will appear in the Brooklyn Law Review. Here’s the abstract: Scholarship has long recognized a…
Rank this Week: 213

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: 78

Opinio Juris

Opinio Juris

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

http://opiniojuris.org
  • May 22

    The Case for Drones, or, My New Essay in Commentary Magazine

    The Case for Drones, or, My New Essay in Commentary Magazine
    by Kenneth Anderson by Kenneth Anderson Noticing President Obama’s big speech tomorrow at the National Defense University on US counterterrorism policy, Commentary Magazine has decided to release today my new essay, “The Case for…
  • May 22

    Should We Care that the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is Coming Back to the U.S. Senate?

    Should We Care that the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is Coming Back to the U.S. Senate?
    by Julian Ku by Julian Ku Last December, the U.S. Senate failed to give consent to U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).  Since the election hasn’t really changed the composition of…
  • May 22

    Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, May 22, 2013

    Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
    by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey Top officials from India and China met in New Delhi in an effort to ease tensions between the two countries, while a “special envoy” from North Korea visited Beijing in an effort to reinstate…
Rank this Week: 37

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 22

    Eighth Annual Seton Hall Employment & Labor Law Scholars' Forum

    Eighth Annual Seton Hall Employment &amp; Labor Law Scholars' Forum
    The good folks at Seton Hall have just put out a call for proposals for the Eighth Annual Seton Hall Employment & Labor Law Scholars' Forum. This is a great event--basically the labor & employment version of the Stanford/Yale/Harvard…
  • May 22

    U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Sox Whistleblower Case Involving Contractor

    U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Sox Whistleblower Case Involving Contractor
    This past Friday, the United State Supreme Court granted cert. in the case of Lawson v. FMR LLC. The case concerns whether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), which protects employees of publicly traded companies from retaliation for reporting…
  • May 21

    Yesterday's Supreme Court Chevron Decision and Its Impact on the NLRB

    Yesterday's Supreme Court Chevron Decision and Its Impact on the NLRB
    A very interesting guest post today by Lise Gelernter (Buffalo) on the potential impact of yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court decision involving administrative law and the FCC, which could have some impact on the NLRB's power to interpret the…
Rank this Week: 122

Religion Clause

Religion Clause

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

http://religionclause.blogspot.com/
  • May 22

    British Court Orders Mosque To Vacate Site and Remove Building

    British Court Orders Mosque To Vacate Site and Remove Building
    Today's Newham Recorder reports on the series of events that has led a High Court judge in Britain to order the Abbey Mills Mosque in the London borough of Newham to stop using a former chemical works site as a place of worship, and to…
  • May 22

    Vatican Financial Authority Issues First Annual Report

    Vatican Financial Authority Issues First Annual Report
    The Vatican Financial Intelligence Authority Authority (Autorità di Informazione Finanziara [AIF]) today issued its Annual Report for 2012-- its first full year of operations. Reuters pointed out important aspects of today's…
  • May 22

    Court Says Mother's Objections To Immunizations Were Not Religiously Motivated

    Court Says Mother's Objections To Immunizations Were Not Religiously Motivated
    In Check v. New York City Department of Education, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71124 (ED NY, May 20, 2013), a New York federal district court adopted a magistrate's recommendations (2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71223, March 22, 2013) and refused to…
Rank this Week: 33

Leiter Reports: A Group Blog

Leiter Reports: A Group Blog

Covers academic freedom, authoritarianism and fascism, intelligent design and more. By University of Texas Professor Brian R. Leiter and others.

http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/
Rank this Week: 446

Innocence Blog

Innocence Blog

The legal blog of theInnocence Project founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University to assist prisoners who could be proven innocent through DNA testing.

http://www.innocenceproject.org/news/Blog.php
  • May 22

    The National Registry of Exonerations Conducts Recantation Study

    The National Registry of Exonerations Conducts Recantation Study
    The National Registry of Exonerations, which provides detailed information about every known exoneration in the United States since 1989, is in the process of conducting the first systematic study of recantations and recently released…
  • May 21

    Washington Post Op-Ed Highlights Racial Inequality in America's Justice System

    Washington Post Op-Ed Highlights Racial Inequality in America's Justice System
    A recent Washington Post op-ed authored by civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis of the 5th Congressional District of Georgia and Bryan Stevenson, executive director and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative highlights the case of Louis…
  • May 20

    Colorado Exoneree to Receive Compensation

    Colorado Exoneree to Receive Compensation
    In the year since his exoneration through DNA testing, Robert Dewey has been living hand to mouth without the compensation that could help him rebuild his life. That is about to change this week, when the governor signs a compensation bill…
Rank this Week: 265

Environmental Law Prof Blog

Environmental Law Prof Blog

The Environmental Law Prof Blog is currently seeking an editor.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/
  • May 22

    Dam Future

    Dam Future
    A standard environmental history of American dams unfolds something like this: As a nation, we had a long love affair with dams. And while they helped our nation grow into an industrial power, the environmental side-effects were immense: lost…
  • May 21

    Auction Results in California Cap and Trade

    Auction Results in California Cap and Trade
    The California Cap and Trade Program’s third auction was held last Thursday 5/16/13, and the results were released today. I’ve been watching the auction results to see what clues they offer as to whether California’s program will suffer…
  • May 14

    On NEPA and Duplicity

    On NEPA and Duplicity
    A few days ago, John Bonine, an environmental law professor at the University of Oregon, sent an email to the environmental law professors’ listserve asking for stories about “fraud, lies, omissions, and plagiarism” in environmental…
Rank this Week: 375

43(B)log

43(B)log

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

http://tushnet.blogspot.com/
  • May 22

    A fresh face in challenges to Del Monte

    A fresh face in challenges to Del Monte
    It's my impression that defendant-favorable UCL-specific doctrines in California/9th Circuit law have not proved terrifically helpful in getting out of a case at the motion to dismiss stage, though I admit this is not based on any…
  • May 22

    Fordham conference book published

    Fordham conference book published
    Passing this announcement along from the publisher, including a discount offer: Intellectual Property Law and Policy Volume 12 Edited by Hugh C Hansen PRAISE FOR THE SERIES "This must be one of the most enjoyable and…
  • May 22

    Being fooled by false "sale" ads confers standing despite receiving advertised price

    Being fooled by false &quot;sale&quot; ads confers standing despite receiving advertised price
    Hinojos v. Kohl’s Corp., No. 11-55793 (9th Cir. May 21, 2013) Judge Reinhardt began with some scene-setting: Most consumers have, at some point, purchased merchandise that was marketed as being “on sale” because…
Rank this Week: 22

Underbelly: A Journal of Soft…

Underbelly: A Journal of Soft Information

By Professor Jack Ayer.

http://underbelly-buce.blogspot.com/
  • May 22

    Traveling Again

    Traveling Again
    In Spain, where the bottled blood orange juice from the Corte Inglese tastes like it just hopped off the tree.  Must be it doesn't ship well, like the sherry.  And speaking of which, I must see if I can find the to-die-for…
  • May 20

    The Senatorial Party

    The Senatorial Party
    I must have read this before, it's my underlining.  But it comes as a revelation: The most significant thing about Herodotus is that he is the literary expression of a whole people, as cunning in their ability to deal with facts as…
  • May 19

    The Tesla Ban: Markets for Thee, not for Me

    The Tesla Ban: Markets for Thee, not for Me
    Much good fun this week over the efforts by the North Carolina legislature to make life difficult for Tesla thereby, as everybody except the participants appear agreed, insulating a favored constituency from the depredations of the free…
Rank this Week: 228

The Faculty Lounge

The Faculty Lounge

Conversations about law, culture, and academia. By Professors Dan Filler, Laura Appleman, Al Brophy, Kevin Noble Maillard and Calvin Massey.

http://www.thefacultylounge.org/
Rank this Week: 148

University of Louisville Law…

University of Louisville Law Faculty Blog

From the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law.

http://www.law.louisville.edu/faculty/blogs
  • May 22

    Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Brandeis on Louisville Life

    Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Brandeis on Louisville Life
    KET, Kentucky’s network of PBS television stations, produces a show called Louisville Life, which is a look at the people, places and history of Louisville. Next week’s episode will feature a segment on Brandeis and his connection…
  • May 9

    Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Mark Rothstein to Receive the Louis D. Brandeis Privacy Award

    Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Mark Rothstein to Receive the Louis D. Brandeis Privacy Award
    Patient Privacy Rights, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the privacy of health records, holds an annual Health Privacy Summit each year in June. Last year they started awarding the Louis D. Brandeis Privacy Award to…
  • Feb 25

    Peter Scott Campbell's blog: The Mysterious Robert Harlan

    Peter Scott Campbell's blog: The Mysterious Robert Harlan
    I am a little late in writing about this, but I only just discovered it today. Smithsonian Magazine runs a very interesting blog called Past Imperfect, which describes itself as “history with all the interesting bits left in.” In…
Rank this Week: 1176

Law and Magic Blog

Law and Magic Blog

Discusses the intersection of law and magic, religion, pseudoscience, paranormal, and science.

http://lpcprof.typepad.com/law_and_magic_blog/
  • May 22

    Physician Convicted, Sentenced For Fraud In Cancer Cure Case

    Physician Convicted, Sentenced For Fraud In Cancer Cure Case
    A federal judge has sentenced a California physician to 14 years in prison for deceiving patients by persuading them to purchase an herbal supplement that she told them could cure cancer and other diseases. A number of her patients died...
  • May 8

    It's Not a Real Chinese Meal Without a Fortune Cookie

    It's Not a Real Chinese Meal Without a Fortune Cookie
    Where do fortune cookie fortunes come from? It's not magic. Like the fortune cookie itself, those fortunes are the result of good old American ingenuity. Somebody makes them up. And surprise! According to Mr. Palmer, the writers apparently…
  • May 2

    Con Man Who Sold Fake Bomb Detector Is Sentenced To Ten Year

    Con Man Who Sold Fake Bomb Detector Is Sentenced To Ten Year
    This CNN.com report covers the career and fall of James McCormick, who sold thousands of fake bomb detectors to governments and individuals in all parts of the world, some of whom paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the devices....
Rank this Week: 2266

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 22

    Four Different Appeals Courts Will Consider Federal Contraceptive Coverage Mandate

    Four Different Appeals Courts Will Consider Federal Contraceptive Coverage Mandate
    Politico: Courts to hear birth control mandate lawsuits, by Kathryn Smith & Jennifer Haberkorn: Obamacare’s birth control mandate will go before four different appeals courts over the next three weeks as private businesses that object…
  • May 22

    Ninth Circuit Panel Strikes Down Arizona's 20-Week Abortion Ban, But Trent Franks is Undeterred

    Ninth Circuit Panel Strikes Down Arizona's 20-Week Abortion Ban, But Trent Franks is Undeterred
    The Ninth Circuit rules Arizona's 20-week "fetal pain" abortion ban clearly unconstitutional... The New York Times: Arizona Law on Abortions Struck Down as Restrictive, by Fernanda Santos: A federal appellate panel struck down…
  • May 20

    Federal Judge Temporarily Enjoins Arkansas' 12-Week Abortion Ban

    Federal Judge Temporarily Enjoins Arkansas' 12-Week Abortion Ban
    The New York Times: Abortion Law in Arkansas Is Blocked by U.S. Judge, by Erik Eckholm: A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked enforcement of one of the country’s most stringent abortion laws, an Arkansas ban on the procedure at...
Rank this Week: 73

California Appellate Report

California Appellate Report

Thoughts on recent Ninth Circuit and California appellate cases, by University of San Diego School of Law Professor Shaun Martin.

http://calapp.blogspot.com/
  • May 22

    People v. Timothy N. (Cal. Ct. App. - May 22, 2013)

    People v. Timothy N. (Cal. Ct. App. - May 22, 2013)
    When you are a repeat player in the justice system, you've got to do better than this.If you are the California Attorney General, there are so many better vehicles for getting your point across rather than taking this particular…
  • May 22

    People v. Pizarro (Cal. Ct. App. - May 21, 2013)

    People v. Pizarro (Cal. Ct. App. - May 21, 2013)
    I am exhausted.Not over the stuff you might think.  Though that might assuredly play a part.Rather, I am spent -- spent, I tell you -- after reading this opinion by Justice Kane.There is some interesting stuff in the opinion about juror…
  • May 20

    People v. Lopez (Cal. Ct. App. - May 20, 2013)

    People v. Lopez (Cal. Ct. App. - May 20, 2013)
    I have a couple of reactions to the underlying facts of this case.  So I thought others might be interested in those facts as well:"Respondent [Sergio Jose Lopez], a practicing attorney, was Sirena Zavala's boyfriend. They lived in…
Rank this Week: 197

International Law Prof Blog

International Law Prof Blog

By Professor Mark E. Wojcik and Cindy Galway Buys.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/international_law/
  • May 22

    British House of Commons Votes for Same-Sex Marriage

    British House of Commons Votes for Same-Sex Marriage
    The House of Commons in the United Kingdom has voted 366-161 in favor of same-sex marriage for England and Wales. The proposed legislation now goes to the House of Lords. (mew) Related articles UK House of Commons Votes To Allow...
  • May 22

    Human Rights in the European Union

    Human Rights in the European Union
    Greetings from Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy), where students from the University of Cagliari Faculty of Law are presenting summaries of significant human rights cases decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union. The Italian students…
  • May 21

    ITLOS Judgment in M/V LOUISA Case To Be Announced

    ITLOS Judgment in M/V LOUISA Case To Be Announced
    The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has announced that it will deliver its judgment in the M/V LOUISA (St. Vincent and the Grenadines v. Kingdom of Spain) case on Tuesday, May 28. The judgment will be...
Rank this Week: 269

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 22

    White on the "Strangely Insignificant Role" of the Supreme Court in the Civil War

    White on the &quot;Strangely Insignificant Role&quot; of the Supreme Court in the Civil War
    At least since the publication of Peter Irons’s The New Deal Lawyers (1982), constitutional historians of the twentieth-century United States have understood the role Franklin D. Roosevelt’s lawyers played in shaping the…
  • May 22

    Bessie Margolin (1909-1996)

    Bessie Margolin (1909-1996)
    [My exam in American Legal History usually includes a biographical essay.  The 2012 exam, for example, had one on Marion Harron; the 2011 exam had one on Bernice Lotwin Bernstein, and the 2010 exam profiled Ida Klaus.  For this…
  • May 21

    New Release: Murkens, "From Empire to Union: Conceptions of German Constitutional Law since 1871"

    New Release: Murkens, &quot;From Empire to Union: Conceptions of German Constitutional Law since 1871&quot;
    Oxford University Press has released From Empire to Union: Conceptions of German Constitutional Law since 1871, by Jo Eric Khushal Murkens (London School of Economics and Political Science). Here's a description from the Press:Germany has…
Rank this Week: 63

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/
  • May 22

    Round-ups of coverage of IRS issue

    Round-ups of coverage of IRS issue
    Tax Law Prof Blog continues to run full daily round-ups of coverage.
  • May 22

    Laurel Rigertas, "Post-Watergate: The Legal Profession and Respect for the Interests of Third Parties"

    Laurel Rigertas, &quot;Post-Watergate: The Legal Profession and Respect for the Interests of Third Parties&quot;
    Article. Abstract: As a result of Watergate, the legal profession’s reputation was badly damaged. Disciplinary action was taken against eighteen lawyers, which prompted the American Bar Association to focus on improving ethical…
  • May 21

    Anatomy of a Murder In New York (sort of)

    Anatomy of a Murder In New York (sort of)
    The video clip from Anatomy of a Murder in which Paul Biegler (Jimmy Stewart) meets with his client Lt. Frederic Manion (Ben Gazzara) and tells him the legal defenses to homicide before asking what happened is, of course, often used...
Rank this Week: 1

Best Practice for Legal Education

Best Practice for Legal Education

A blawg by Albany Law School Professor Mary Lynch designed to be a useful web-based source of information on current reforms in legal education, and to create a place where people interested in the future of legal education can freely exchange ideas, concerns, and opinions.

http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/
  • May 22

    Teaching the Skill of Listening in Law School

    Teaching the Skill of Listening in Law School
    The wonderful research by Marj Shultz and Shelton Zedeck tells is that listening is one of the fundamental lawyering skills that all lawyers, especially recent graduates, need to have in their toolkit upon graduation.  So for the last…
  • May 20

    Law School Clinics and American Law

    Law School Clinics and American Law
    It is fantastic to see clinical work-product being used in court cases; to have clinical briefs being referenced in front of the Supreme Court of the United States shows the impact that effective experiential study can have and the effects…
  • May 18

    Teaching the “Smartphone Generation”

    Teaching the “Smartphone Generation”
    The following post comes to us from a very special blogger, Shailini Jandial George, who is a Professor at Suffolk University Law School. You have experienced a scenario like this: your students come to class with laptops, I pads and phones.…
Rank this Week: 414

EvidenceProf Blog

EvidenceProf Blog

By John Marshall Law School Professor Colin Miller, with Contributing Editors and Professors David Leonard, Joelle Moreno, and Myrna Raeder

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/evidenceprof/
Rank this Week: 976

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: 221