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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…

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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 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…
May 22
Campbell Law Review Call for Paper

Campbell Law Review Call for Paper

From the Campbell Law Review website: The Campbell Law Review is pleased to announce a call for papers for its National Edition, which will be focused broadly around Internet Law and related themes. The Internet and associated technologies…

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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…

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ADR Prof Blog

By Professors Andrea Schneider, Nancy Welsh, Michael Moffitt and Sarah Rudolph Cole.

http://www.indisputably.org

May 21
Call for Papers – Psychology and Lawyering: Coalescing the Field

Call for Papers – Psychology and Lawyering: Coalescing the Field

From Jean Sternlight via the list serv. The conference is planned for Friday February 21 and Saturday Feb. 22, 2014. ————————- In recent years both academics and practitioners have…
May 17
Schwab removes class action waiver from customer agreement

Schwab removes class action waiver from customer agreement

Responding to substantial pressure from regulators and the investing public, the brokerage firm Charles Schwab reversed itself and eliminated the class action waiver clause from its pre-dispute arbitration clause in its customer account…
May 12
Was OJ Simpson’s Lawyer Ineffective?

Was OJ Simpson’s Lawyer Ineffective?

OJ Simpson will be back in court this week in Las Vegas bringing an appeal from his 2008 armed robbery and kidnapping conviction in 2008. He has apparently filed, through his new lawyer, a 94-page petition for a new trial—which…

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Agoraphilia

Law and economics, and intellectual property by Tom W. Bell and Glen Whitman

http://agoraphilia.blogspot.com/

Mar 9
Marginal Utility Theory of Daylight Saving Time

Marginal Utility Theory of Daylight Saving Time

I just posted this on Facebook, and I thought I might as well post it here as well. This is the marginal utility theory of Daylight Saving Time. If you could, you would allocate your daylight according to marginal utility -- starting with…
Mar 8
Economics of the Undead: Call for Abstract

Economics of the Undead: Call for Abstract

Anyone wondering what kind of projects have been keeping me from blogging lately? Well, here's one...Call for AbstractsEconomics of the Undead: Blood, Brains & BenjaminsGlen Whitman & James P. Dow, EditorsThe editors seek abstracts…
Dec 12
CFTC Targets Prediction Markets; Hits First Amendment

CFTC Targets Prediction Markets; Hits First Amendment

Would you pay good money for accurate predictions about important events, such as election results or military campaigns? Not if the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has its way. It recently took enforcement action against…

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Althouse

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

http://althouse.blogspot.com/

May 23
At the Hosta Hotel...

At the Hosta Hotel...

... it's not too early to settle in for the night.
May 23
TPM says "Obama Declares End To Global War On Terror."

TPM says "Obama Declares End To Global War On Terror."

That's the headline on the front page, linking to an article with the headline "Obama Defends Drone Strikes But Says No Cure-All." So what the hell just happened? A big deal or almost nothing? I assume Obama wanted to appease the doves, but…
May 23
"As frustratingly late as it was — Mr. Obama could and should have said years ago much of what he said today..."

"As frustratingly late as it was — Mr. Obama could and should have said years ago much of what he said today..."

"... there is no underestimating the importance of that statement."So say the editors of The New York Times. No underestimating?! What? So if I say Obama's speech is the least significant thing ever said in the history of mankind, I'm still…

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Animal Blawg

Covers animal law, ethics and policy. By Professor David N. Cassuto, Professor Luis E. Chiesa and law student Suzanne McMillan.

http://animalblawg.wordpress.com

May 19
The tragedy of happy meat

The tragedy of happy meat

Kathleen Stachowski Other Nations If you’re familiar with the Onion, you know it’s the print and online precursor to Jon Stewart’s Daily Show. Fake news, heavy on satire. That’s not to say that people,…
May 13
Hey Chicago–animal suffering lies behind that scenic splendor

Hey Chicago–animal suffering lies behind that scenic splendor

Kathleen Stachowski Other Nations Dear Chicago: We need to talk. You can trust me–I’m practically a native daughter. Heck, from my hometown in Indiana, we can look across Lake Michigan and see your skyline (well, on a clear…
May 2
The wolverine: one gnarly dude…who needs our help

The wolverine: one gnarly dude…who needs our help

Kathleen Stachowski Other Nations Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the stinkiest, snarliest, gnarliest, wildest of them all? Why, Gulo gulo–the amazing wolverine–of course! And the gnarly little…

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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...

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Anupam Chander Blog

Globalization and digitization through the eyes of UC Davis School of Law Professor Anupam Chander.

http://www.chander.com/

Mar 4
Preorder my new book: The Electronic Silk Road

Preorder my new book: The Electronic Silk Road

My new book, The Electronic Silk Road: How the Web Binds the World Together in Commerce, will appear in little more than a month from Yale University Press. Amazon is offering the cloth edition for an amazing $18.48! Here are...
May 30
The next generation, smarter than our

The next generation, smarter than our

USA Today reports on the winning words in the National Spelling Bee over the last 8 decades. It's clear that the last decade's students would have found many of the earlier winning words to be child's play. Here is the list, as compiled by…
May 17
My New Paper, Just in Time for IPO: Facebookistan

My New Paper, Just in Time for IPO: Facebookistan

Most of Facebook's users lie outside the United States, its home jurisdiction. In a new paper published this week, I examine how Facebook has been regulated across the world. Download here. Here is the abstract:

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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…

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Aviation Law Prof Blog

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

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/

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…
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…

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Balkinization

By Yale Law School Professor Jack M. Balkin.

http://balkin.blogspot.com/

May 23
Obama's National Security Speech--Eloquence, Yes; Change, Less Certain

Obama's National Security Speech--Eloquence, Yes; Change, Less Certain

President Obama's speech today at the National Defense University represents a renewed effort to frame U.S. national security policy and to impose a sense of order and coherence amid mounting criticism of drone killings and Guantanamo.…
May 23
More on compromise

More on compromise

Two friends made important points about m previous post. Dennis Thompson, co-author of The Spirit of Compromise, notes that the term "rotten compromise," used by the Israeli philosopher Avashi Margalit in hid book On Compromise and…
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…

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Banking Law Prof Blog

By Professor Ann Graham.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/banking/

Apr 4
Early Jail Release for Enron's Jeff Skilling?

Early Jail Release for Enron's Jeff Skilling?

The Enron collapse in 2001 remains a significant example of greed run amok and corporate governance standards in complete rout. The Enron scandal led directly to passage of the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) in 2002. Now the Justice Department…
Apr 3
Pay Corporate Directors Like CEOs - Does "Aligning Incentives" Really Work?

Pay Corporate Directors Like CEOs - Does "Aligning Incentives" Really Work?

Is this a new trend -- and is it likely to improve long-term profitability of publicly traded corporations? Or will it create a new compensation "arms race"? Two hedge funds are promising their director nominees compensation tied to…
Apr 2
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - Update

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - Update

The Secondary Mortgage Market giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are back to making big profits. A significant question is whether, when, and how to scale back government involvement in the U.S. housing market through these two Government…

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BankruptcyProf Blog

By Professor M. Jonathan Hayes.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/bankruptcyprof_blog/

Jan 14
About BankruptcyProf Blog

About BankruptcyProf Blog

If you are interested in serving as an editor of BankruptcyProf Blog for the Law Professor Blogs Network, please contact Paul Caron and Joe Hodnicki by email.
Jan 14
About BankruptcyProf Blog

About BankruptcyProf Blog

If you are interested in serving as an editor of BankruptcyProf Blog for the Law Professor Blogs Network, please contact Paul Caron and Joe Hodnicki by email.
Jan 3
NACBA Members of the Month

NACBA Members of the Month

I just went to pay my NACBA dues online and discovered that our own Peter Lively is the NACBA member of the month this month and our own Erik Clark was so designated three months ago. So we can say...

Rank this Week: 549

Berkeley Law on the Web

University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law

http://web.berkeleylawblogs.org/

Sep 5
Our new events calendar

Our new events calendar

One of the frustrations of the new year is that we haven’t had a truly effective tool for publicizing events. Today, we’re pleased to be finally christening our new Berkeley Law Events Calendar as the school’s primary events tool. This…
Jul 30
The new BBB

The new BBB

A couple of months ago, we asked the Berkeley Law community how they used the BBB. We got a ton of great feedback. Based on that feedback, and internal discussions about what seems to make sense, we’ve come up with a slightly new format for…
Jun 9
Do you use the BBB?

Do you use the BBB?

One of the byproducts of our web site redesign is that we are pondering the future of the BBB (Boalt Bulletin Board). The BBB has been around for a long time, in various forms, and it’s time to understand exactly how people use it and what…

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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.…

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BioLaw: Law and the Life Sciences

By Jim Chen, Kristi L. Bowman, Rebecca M. Bratspies, Holly D. Doremus, Peter H. Huang, Elizabeth Weeks Leonard, Andrew Long, Barbara A. Noah, Jordan Paradise, J.B. Ruhl, Andrew W. Torrance, and Katherine Van Tassel.

http://biolaw.blogspot.com/

Nov 21
Jonathan Kahn, Race in a Bottle

Jonathan Kahn, Race in a Bottle

Recently received in the Jurisdynamics Network's mailbox: Jonathan Kahn, Race in a Bottle: The Story of BiDil and Racialized Medicine in a Post-Genomic Age (2011) (available at http://amzn.to/RaceBottle):
Oct 31
Synthesizing Law for Synthetic Biology

Synthesizing Law for Synthetic Biology

Earlier this year, I was commissioned by the National Academies to write a report on synthetic biology, standards setting, and intellectual property, which I co-authored with Linda Kahl, and presented at the National Academies in Washington,…
Oct 21
Bioprospect theory

Bioprospect theory

Jim Chen, Bioprospect Theory, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2164848 or http://bit.ly/BioprospectTheory. To be presented at the University of Akron School of Law's sixth annual Intellectual Property Scholars Forum.

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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…

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Bluhm Blog

Features discussions on clinical education, justice and legal reform by Northwestern University School of Law Professor Steven Drizin, Clinical Professor Karen L. Daniel, and legal journalist Rob Warden

http://blog.law.northwestern.edu/bluhm/

Nov 11
ENOUGH 2!

ENOUGH 2!

ADDENDUM: On November 16, Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Paul Biebel granted the motion to vacate of all four defendants in the Englewood case: Vincent Thames, Terrill Swift, Michael Saunders, and Harold Richardson. The Charles…
Jun 25
Ms. Right (Ann Coulter) is So Wrong About the Central Park Jogger Case

Ms. Right (Ann Coulter) is So Wrong About the Central Park Jogger Case

In her new book, Demonic: How the Liberal Mob is Endangering America, Ann Coulter riffs on the Central Park Jogger case and uses the case as a prime example of how liberals, especially those "Innocence Project defense style lawyers" undermine…
Feb 7
Advance Preview: Definitive Book on Central Park Jogger Case Destined to be a Classic

Advance Preview: Definitive Book on Central Park Jogger Case Destined to be a Classic

Sarah Burns

Rank this Week: 3256

Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

News about law professors and law schools. By University of Texas School of Law Professor Brian R. Leiter.

http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/

May 23
In Memoriam: Daniel Schaffer

In Memoriam: Daniel Schaffer

Professor Daniel Schaffer of the Northeastern University School of Law passed away on May 8. He was 74. Schaffer, a tax expert, joined the Northeastern...
May 22
Geu Named Dean of South Dakota

Geu Named Dean of South Dakota

Professor Thomas Geu of the University of South Dakota School of Law has been named the school's new dean. Geu holds a JD from the...
May 21
Lateral hires with tenure, 2012-13

Lateral hires with tenure, 2012-13

MOVING TO FRONT--ORIGIINALLY POSTED AUGUST 27, 2012--UPDATED These faculty haved accepted appointments with tenure that will begin in 2013: Howard Abrams (tax) from Emory University...

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Brian Leiter's Legal Philosophy…

Brian Leiter's Legal Philosophy Blog

Covers jurisprudence, legal realism, and legal theory. By Professor Brian R. Leiter and Prof. Daniel Filler

http://leiterlegalphilosophy.typepad.com/leiter/

Apr 14
Green on Legal Realism and Naturalized Jurisprudence

Green on Legal Realism and Naturalized Jurisprudence

Via Solum, I learn that my (part-time) colleague Les Green's (long-gestating) paper on "Law and the Causes of Judicial Decision" is finally on SSRN (it will appear in final form in Green's forthcoming collection of papers from OUP). I have…
Mar 28
Jurisprudence II: Objectivity

Jurisprudence II: Objectivity

My tentative Spring Quarter Syllabus (Download Jurisprudence II Syllabus 2009), for those who might be interested.
Mar 12
Which journals publish the highest quality work in philosophy of law?

Which journals publish the highest quality work in philosophy of law?

A new poll, which might provide some useful information for younger scholars figuring out where to submit their work.

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Buffalo Wings & Toasted…

Buffalo Wings & Toasted Ravioli

Law, social media, and social networking technologies, with excursions into politics, travel, food and drink. By Professor James G. Milles.

http://jimmilles.com

Apr 28
SUNY Buffalo Law Offering 2-Year J.D. for Foreign Lawyer

SUNY Buffalo Law Offering 2-Year J.D. for Foreign Lawyer

From the New York Law Journal: Lawyers who hold law degrees from institutions outside the United States will be able to earn a J.D. in two years through an accelerated degree program at University at Buffalo Law School set to ……
Apr 18
On law schools and institutional crisi

On law schools and institutional crisi

Bill Henderson has previously said that he expects big layoffs at law schools this fall – presumably thinking that there will be a huge overall revenue shortfall, but that schools won’t know, until opening day, just how bad their…
Feb 26
Logic

Logic

What Dan Filler at The Faculty Lounge wrote: The newest voume summary from LSAC is out and it indicates that, as of February 15, 2013, applications have increased to the point that law schools are now down a mere 18.9% … Continue…

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Business Law Prof Blog

Covers all aspects of business law. By Eric C. Chaffee, J. Scott Colesanti, Joshua P. Fershee, and Stefan J. Padfield

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/business_law/

Jan 14
About Business Law Prof Blog

About Business Law Prof Blog

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Jan 14
About Business Law Prof Blog

About Business Law Prof Blog

If you are interested in serving as an editor of Business Law Prof Blog for the Law Professor Blogs Network, please contact Paul Caron and Joe Hodnicki by email.
Jan 8
Farewell!

Farewell!

Starting tomorrow, Steve Bradford, Eric Chaffee, Josh Fershee, Anne Tucker, and I will no longer be blogging here at the BLPB. It's been a great ride, and I think I speak for all of us when I say "Thank you!"...

Rank this Week: 763

ByteLawyer Briefings

Covers current law and technology developments affecting business and society. By Nanyang Business School Professor Harry SK Tan.

http://bytelawyer.blogspot.com/

Aug 24
Odex fails action against PacNet for disclosure of identity of downloader

Odex fails action against PacNet for disclosure of identity of downloader

In what appears to be a straightforward case of licensors of Animeware - ODEX - for illegal downloading of pirated copies by thousands, Odex filed suits against all the local commercial ISPs to obtain the identities of those who downloaded…
Aug 19
How would the Singapore regulatory framework treat Eros LLC?

How would the Singapore regulatory framework treat Eros LLC?

Day 1 of State of Play Conference. Interestingly the latest case reported of the synthetic worlds is the case of EROS LLC suing Volkov Catteneo” who broke the sex program’s copy protection and sold unauthorized copies. So naturally…
Aug 19
State of Play Conference BEGINS

State of Play Conference BEGINS

Finally the long awaited conference has begun. Last night at the opening dinner for participants, meeting all the thought leaders, academics and businesses involved in the building and use of synthetic environments is exciting. There was a…

Rank this Week: 255

Cairns Blog

Covers the First Amendment, democracy and design in the digital age. By New York Law School Professor Beth Simone Noveck and members of the First Amendment in the Digital Age Course at Stanford University.

http://cairns.typepad.com/blog/

Mar 3
My Review: Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government

My Review: Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government

Reposted from the San Francisco Chronicle, March 1, 2013 Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government By Gavin Newsom with Lisa Dickey (The Penguin Press; 249 pages; $25.95) Beth Simone Noveck When I started work…
Mar 3
Riding on Exponentials: Big Data, Predictive Analytics, Urban Informatics : Interview with Dr. Steven Koonin

Riding on Exponentials: Big Data, Predictive Analytics, Urban Informatics : Interview with Dr. Steven Koonin

It is not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities. President Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, February 12, 2013 In this interview with Steve Koonin, Director of NYU's Center for Urban Science and...
Feb 8
Representative Democracy for Facebook

Representative Democracy for Facebook

In a new essay from pioneering cyberlaw scholars David R. Johnson, David Post, and Marc Rotenberg entitled Governing Online Spaces, they argue that Facebook would benefit from user participation albeit not from the system the company once…

Rank this Week: 867

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 23
Rybicki v. Carlson (Cal. Ct. App. - May 22, 2013)

Rybicki v. Carlson (Cal. Ct. App. - May 22, 2013)

My interest in cases like this one has definitely increased during the past month or so.The Court of Appeal gets it right. Moreover, it does so concisely, in an opinion that takes less than eight double-spaced…
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…

Rank this Week: 192

California Western School of Law…

California Western School of Law Podcast: Law in 10

On Law in 10, California Western's weekly podcast, professors provide legal analysis on current news topics, all in 10 minutes.

http://www.cwsl.edu/main/default.asp?nav=podcasts.asp&body=podcasts/podcasthome.htm

Jul 29
Law in 10: Labor Day

Law in 10: Labor Day

Professor Ruben Garcia teaches Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Labor Law, and Professional Responsibility at California Western. His research focuses on labor and employment law, with particular attention to the effects of race,…
Jun 12
Law in 10: Loving Decision

Law in 10: Loving Decision

Professor Barbara Cox, a national authority on sexual orientation and the law and women and the law, joins Law in 10 on the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down Virginia's law (Loving v. Virginia), prohibiting…
May 25
Law in 10: Summer Break

Law in 10: Summer Break

We're taking a short summer break and will be back in August. Tune in this fall for more expert analysis of the latest legal news.

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Cardozo Blog

The official blog of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University in New York City.

http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/Blog.aspx

Dec 20
Of Inference Networks and -- gasp! -- Onto-Epistemology

Of Inference Networks and -- gasp! -- Onto-Epistemology

The following book has finally been published: William Twining, Philip Dawid & Dimitra Vasilaki, eds., Evidence, Inference and Enquiry (Oxford & British Academy, 2011, available in the U.S. in February 2012). The book
Dec 20
Of Inference Networks and -- gasp! -- Onto-Epistemology

Of Inference Networks and -- gasp! -- Onto-Epistemology

The following book has finally been published: William Twining, Philip Dawid & Dimitra Vasilaki, eds., Evidence, Inference and Enquiry (Oxford & British Academy, 2011, available in the U.S. in February 2012). The book examines evidence,…
Dec 23
A Small Manifesto

A Small Manifesto

A (Minor) Manifesto (about Legal Education) 1. Law school courses generally focus on legal rules. But facts are just as important both for successful law practice and for an understanding of the actual workings o

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Career & Professional…

Career & Professional Development Blog

By Susan Gainen and Assistant Dean Mina Jones Jefferson.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/lawcareer/

Jun 7
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Mar 26
Alternative Careers - The Rule

Alternative Careers - The Rule

Much of this information was taken from Susan Gainen's presentation at the NALP Newcomer's Conference in Denver (Feb. 2009). Thanks, Susan! ALTERNATIVE CAREERS RULES: 1. Know what the employer does and what its problems are. As you approach…

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Case Western University Law School…

Case Western University Law School News

http://law.case.edu/Home/News.aspx

Dec 16
School of Law welcomes esteemed alumnus David Dvorak to campu

School of Law welcomes esteemed alumnus David Dvorak to campu

President and Chief Executive Officer of Zimmer Holdings, David Dvorak, recently came back to the law school to engage with current students and to share his professional experiences, tips for success and to provide energy and inspiration to…
Nov 24
Executive V.P. for multi-billion dollar company, Alumna Colleen Batcheler speaks to law student

Executive V.P. for multi-billion dollar company, Alumna Colleen Batcheler speaks to law student

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for ConAgra Foods, Colleen Batcheler '98, was recently a featured speaker at the School of Law. While on campus, Colleen presented to students in a securities regulation class…
Nov 4
Adjunct Professor David Mills' U.S. Supreme Court argument featured in the ABA Journal and the Plain Dealer

Adjunct Professor David Mills' U.S. Supreme Court argument featured in the ABA Journal and the Plain Dealer

Adjunct Professor David Mills argued Ortiz v. Jordan in the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, November 1, 2010 with the support of co-counsel Visiting Assistant Professor of Law Andrew Pollis and Christian Grostic.

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Cases and Materials on Business…

Cases and Materials on Business Entities

Covers new developments in business entity law. By Seattle University School of Law Professor Eric A. Chiappinelli.

http://businessentitiesonline.typepad.com/new_developments/

Mar 25
Delaware Supreme Court on good faith and the duty of loyalty in a Revlon setting

Delaware Supreme Court on good faith and the duty of loyalty in a Revlon setting

The Delaware Supreme Court, sitting en banc, has held that the Court of Chancery erred when it ruled that liability for breach of the duty of loyalty in a bad faith context could be imposed without a showing of intent.
Sep 15
South Dakota Supreme Court on LLC dissolution

South Dakota Supreme Court on LLC dissolution

The Supreme Court of South Dakota has held that an LLC may be dissolved when two of four members refuse to renegotiate the terms of an agreement between the LLC and those two members. In Kirksey v. Grohmann, four sisters were left equal…
Sep 2
Delaware Court of Chancery on good faith and the duty of loyalty in a Revlon setting again

Delaware Court of Chancery on good faith and the duty of loyalty in a Revlon setting again

The Delaware Court of Chancery has erroneously held that it was correct in its earlier decision to permit a case to survive summary judgment under Stone v. Ritter without facts indicating that the defendants intended to violate a known duty.…

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Charlotte Law in Africa

Charlotte School of Law's activities in Africa

http://charlottelawinafrica.wordpress.com/

Oct 5
Grandpa Chris and his New Friend

Grandpa Chris and his New Friend

Cape Town – 10/02/12 Update: Today we nicknamed Chris “Grandpa” and he gladly accepted, he can be so serious sometimes!
Oct 3
See Wofford Run

See Wofford Run

USA to Cape Town 10/01/12 We boarded the plane at 6:00am, the first 6:00am flight of three that we have this week. After we all acknowledged that no one is normal at 6:00am (Nicole throwing away perfectly good cheese, Chris refusing to eat,…
Apr 18
Kumasi Children’s Home

Kumasi Children’s Home

Saturday, March 24, 2012 – Today we visited the Kumasi Children’s Home, which is a local orphanage here in Kumasi. This was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever had to emotionally endure. The conditions of the place were unlike any…

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Chinese Law Prof Blog

By George Washington University Law Professor Donald C. Clarke.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/china_law_prof_blog/

May 22
Judge Dee: coming to a PC near you

Judge Dee: coming to a PC near you

Most people who study Chinese law learn ...
May 15
Compulsory "legal education" as a substitute for Re-education Through Labor?

Compulsory "legal education" as a substitute for Re-education Through Labor?

The Dui Hua Foundation has an interesting article on its web site about local authorities' newfound enthusiasm for legal education - this time, of the compulsory kind, where petitioners are forced against their will to stay for days or…
May 10
New blog about the Supreme People's Court

New blog about the Supreme People's Court

Check it out here. It's written by Susan Finder, who has had a long career in Chinese law teaching and practice.

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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…

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Clinical Law Prof Blog

By Amy Graham and Naima Manley.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/clinic_prof/

Aug 16
About Clinical Law Prof Blog

About Clinical Law Prof Blog

The Law Professor Blogs Network has ceased publication of this blog.
May 30
May 2009 CLEA Newsletter

May 2009 CLEA Newsletter

The May 2009 Clinical Legal Education Association Newsletter is available online. -jl
May 30
Introduction to U.S. Tax Court Video Now Available Online

Introduction to U.S. Tax Court Video Now Available Online

A training video produced by the United States Tax Court is now available for viewing online. The video is an excellent resource for pro se petitioners, as well as tax clinic students. Copies of the DVD may also be ordered...

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Community Benefits Agreements

A blawg about community benefits agreements by Amy Levine staff attorney at the Government Law Center of Albany Law School.

http://communitybenefits.blogspot.com/

Aug 12
National Survey on CBA

National Survey on CBA

Dr. Tom Musil at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, is conducting a national survey on CBAs, and readers who have participated in CBAs should take a few minutes to fill it out. There hasn't been very much research on how…
Aug 9
An "Obstructionist Manifesto"

An "Obstructionist Manifesto"

I've been very busy of late, and not following the news or posting as often as I would like. I apologize. The short version of the news in Buffalo is that Bass Pro, the long-proposed anchor tenant of the Canal Side project, pulled out, and…
Jul 14
The debate continues on Buffalo's waterfront and possible community benefit

The debate continues on Buffalo's waterfront and possible community benefit

Earlier this week, the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC, a subsidiary of the Empire State Development Corporation) finalized an agreement with the New York Power Authority to issue $105 million in bonds for Buffalo's…

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Concurring Opinions

Covers a broad range of legal topics. By Professors Daniel J. Solove, Kaimipono Wenger, Dave Hoffman, Nate Oman, Frank Pasquale, Deven Desai, Danielle Citron, Lawrence Cunningham, Sarah Waldeck, Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Solangel Maldonado, Gerard Magliocca

http://www.concurringopinions.com

Nov 26
When is it ok to be "descriptive"

When is it ok to be "descriptive"

I presented a taxonomy of federal litigation today to a terrific audience at Rutgers-Camden. As I’ve covered in exhausting detail, the paper sets out to describe how lawyers organize causes of action together into complaints. It uses a…
Nov 26
Majoring in college sport

Majoring in college sport

Last year, I wrote about a proposal by Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post to allow college athletes to major in their sport, building a (hopefully) rigorous curriculum around participation on the team.
Nov 26
Cloture Reform-One Further Thought

Cloture Reform-One Further Thought

Both parties in the Senate appear to be gearing up for a showdown in January over the rules governing filibusters.

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Conflict of Laws .net

Covers news and discussion on the conflict of laws in private international law cases. Editor is Martin George of the University of Birmingham. Published in association with the Journal of Private International Law.

http://conflictoflaws.net

May 17
Transnational Dispute Management 3 (2013) – Corruption and Arbitration

Transnational Dispute Management 3 (2013) – Corruption and Arbitration

The latest issue of TDM is now available. This special issue on Corruption and Arbitration analyzes new trends and challenges regarding the intersection between allegations of corruption and decisions by arbitral tribunals regarding…
May 16
New Czech Act on Private International Law

New Czech Act on Private International Law

See this post over at Transnational Notes.
May 15
New U.S. Casebook on Conflict of Law

New U.S. Casebook on Conflict of Law

Professor Laura Little (Temple University’s Beasley School of Law) is the author of a new U.S. casebook on the Conflict of Laws published in the Aspen Casebook Series. Although relying essentially on U.S. sources, the casebook contains…

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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/

May 23
Vic Fleischer on the Apple Rule

Vic Fleischer on the Apple Rule

The late Larry Ribstein coined the phrase "the Apple Rule" when Apple seemed to be the only corporation engaged in...
May 23
The Law and Economics of Tornado Shelters (and Angelina Jolie)

The Law and Economics of Tornado Shelters (and Angelina Jolie)

Here is my disclaimer: I'm from "tornado alley." Here is "my tornado." The Lubbock tornado was 43 years ago (gulp),...
May 22
Mercantilism In International Finance

Mercantilism In International Finance

In a trade-in-services dispute that looks quite a bit like pre-WTO trade in goods disputes, Indonesia is conditioning the sale...

Rank this Week: 77

Constitutional Law Prof Blog

By Professors Steven D. Schwinn and Ruthann Robson

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/conlaw/

May 23
President Obama on Drones, Guantanamo

President Obama on Drones, Guantanamo

President Obama spoke out today on his administration's use of drone attacks and argued (again) for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in a speech that looked to wind down the war on terror. Politico reports here. President…
May 20
Marcia Coyle on the Roberts Court

Marcia Coyle on the Roberts Court

Marcia Coyle, Chief Washington Correspondent for the National Law Journal, was kind enough to talk with me last week about her new book, The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution. The book tells the full stories (including the…
May 20
Third Circuit Invalidates President Obama's NLRB Recess Appointment

Third Circuit Invalidates President Obama's NLRB Recess Appointment

A divided three-judge panel of the Third Circuit last week invalidated President Obama's recess appointment of Craig Becker as a member of the National Labor Relations Board. The ruling, National Labor Relations Board v. New Vista Nursing and…

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Constitutionalism & Democracy

A law blog by Albany Law School Professor Stephen Gottlieb and Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship James Gathii

http://constitutionalismanddemocracy.wordpress.com/

May 21
The Environmental Action Agenda

The Environmental Action Agenda

A few months ago, both Steve Leibo and I brought attention to an MIT study that suggested that a carbon tax could be a win-win-win solution. It would meet some Republican and some Democratic objectives, by allowing Congress to keep income…
May 14
What’s up with gun right

What’s up with gun right

What’s the NRA’s big attachment to assault weapons? Why do we have to suffer the weapons of mass murder? One NRA member from Texas told an NPR reporter, “As far as I’m concerned, if you can afford to buy a tank, you…
May 7
Trying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Trying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

It seems clear that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev exploded bombs at the Boston Marathon. Although some wanted him tried as an enemy combatant outside of the requirements of the Constitution, the Obama Administration has brought charges in the federal…

Rank this Week: 1359

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 23
Boilerplate Symposium X B: Professor Radin Responds to Week II

Boilerplate Symposium X B: Professor Radin Responds to Week II

This is the second part of the tenth in a series of posts reviewing Margaret Jane Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. In today's posts, our author, Margeret Jane Radin, responds to her reviewers....
May 23
Boilerplate Symposium X A: Professor Radin Responds to Week I

Boilerplate Symposium X A: Professor Radin Responds to Week I

This is the first part of the tenth in a series of posts reviewing Margaret Jane Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. But don't think that this is the end. We have more reviews...
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…

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Corporate Law and Democracy

A repository of ideas, comments and papers on a range of issues related to corporate law and democracy. By Boston College Law School Professor Renee Jones.

http://reneejones.wordpress.com/

Nov 18
Whither State Securities Enforcement?

Whither State Securities Enforcement?

Susan Antilla of Bloomberg news published a recent column revisiting the question of the continued viability of state securities regulators’ enforcement authority. I spoke to Susan about my research on the issue and I am quoted in…
Sep 19
Bailout-palooza

Bailout-palooza

The federal goverment’s proposal for a bailout of the financial industry sounded somewhat familiar to me. I remembered that I had blogged about a similar proposal about a year ago on Conglomerate.
Sep 17
What a Difference a Year Make

What a Difference a Year Make

One year ago discussions surrounding corporate law policy were driven by the Sarbanes-Oxley ‘backlash.” The Paulson Committee and others were warning about how excessive regulation and litigation would lead to the ruin of Wall Street. …

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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
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…
May 21
Non-exempt Exempt IRAs and Undercompensated Chapter 7 Trustee

Non-exempt Exempt IRAs and Undercompensated Chapter 7 Trustee

Some chapter 7 trustees have found a problem that could affect thousands of IRAs, leading to the first post in a two-post series on unintended consequences. A better reading of the law is that these IRAs should remain exempt from...

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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 23
Metze on Enforcing the Right to Counsel at Trial

Metze on Enforcing the Right to Counsel at Trial

Patrick Metze (Texas Tech University School of Law) has posted Speaking Truth to Power: The Obligation of the Courts to Enforce the Right to Counsel at Trial (45 Texas Tech Law Review (2012)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Professor...
May 23
Moliterno on Client Confidences and Wrongful Conviction

Moliterno on Client Confidences and Wrongful Conviction

James E. Moliterno (Washington and Lee University - School of Law) has posted Rectifying Wrongful Convictions: May a Lawyer Reveal Her Client’s Confidences to Rectify the Wrongful Conviction of Another? (Hastings Constitutional Law…
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…

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