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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 23

    MOOC accreditation

    MOOC accreditation
    “MOOC” stands for massive open online courses and just last year the New York Times named 2012 “the year of the MOOC.” Additionally, several of the nation’s most prestigious schools have partnered with nonprofit educational…
  • 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.”…
Rank this Week: 216

Nuts & Boalts

Nuts & Boalts

Stories from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)

http://boaltalk.blogspot.com/
  • Apr 25

    Open Thread for ATL's Recent Post: "How Much Does Your Law Prof. Make? Berkeley Edition."

    Open Thread for ATL's Recent Post: "How Much Does Your Law Prof. Make? Berkeley Edition."
    There have been some rumblings. Some commentary. Some hashing out over social media. Here is an open thread.If you haven't seen it, the article is here and links to a corresponding more detailed list here.
  • Apr 15

    "Darn. There goes my judo match with Putin."

    "Darn. There goes my judo match with Putin."
    Say what you want about ThatWhichShallNotBeSpoken, this is hands-down the best response to a diplomatic sanction.John Yoo Barred from Russia, Could Give A Flying ... PigAnyone to provide an illustrated version of what a judo match b/w Yoo and…
  • Apr 9

    BHSA Election

    BHSA Election
    BHSA Elections are Weds/Thurs from 10–2 in the Donor Lobby.Don't forget to vote!  (Really? A cynic might ask. Vote? Why?)Read on...BackgroundFebruary 25th: BHSA solicits candidates to run via school-wide email. Key dates are listed…
Rank this Week: 3506

Opinio Juris

Opinio Juris

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

http://opiniojuris.org
  • May 24

    Guest Post: Obama Got it Right on Drone

    Guest Post: Obama Got it Right on Drone
    by Michael W. Lewis [Michael W. Lewis is a Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University where he teaches International Law and the Law of War.]  On drones there was not that much new from President Obama yesterday, but what he…
  • May 24

    Two Problems with the “Near Certainty” Standard

    Two Problems with the “Near Certainty” Standard
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller A couple of people have suggested to me that I should be celebrating Obama’s adoption of the “near certainty” standard, because it is more protective of civilians than the principle of…
  • May 23

    The Obama Administration Thinks We’re All Rube

    The Obama Administration Thinks We’re All Rube
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller There is a classic jury instruction that reads, “[a] witness who is willfully false in one material part of his or her testimony is to be distrusted in others. You may reject the whole…
Rank this Week: 34

Paul Maharg

Paul Maharg

Covers legal education, law, literature, and legal critique.

http://paulmaharg.com/
  • May 6

    Teaching Legal Ethics & Developing Professional Judgment

    Teaching Legal Ethics & Developing Professional Judgment
    This is a session at ANU College of Law that I’m attending & liveblogging — see here for full details.  It was organised by Tony Foley & colleagues, and the keynote speaker is Judith Wegner from North Carolina, who in…
  • Apr 5

    Nottingham Law School, Centre for Legal Education

    Nottingham Law School, Centre for Legal Education
    I’ve accepted a position as a part-time professor in Nottingham Law School, starting this month, and concurrent with my position at ANU.  I’ll be working on research and publication projects with staff in the Centre for Legal…
  • Apr 3

    European Journal of Law & Technology: BILETA special edition

    European Journal of Law & Technology: BILETA special edition
    The latest issue of EJLT is out, and it’s a special edition, edited by Sefton Bloxham and me, consisting of papers from the 2012 BILETA (British & Irish Law Education Technology Association) legal education stream.  The…
Rank this Week: 3192

Persuasive Authorities

Persuasive Authorities

Covers law, politics, and foreign policy by legal teachers, scholars, fellows and researchers.

http://persuasiveauthorities.blogspot.com/
  • Mar 30

    Farewell

    Farewell
    Persuasive Authorities is officially signing off. On behalf of our entire roster of contributors, I thank our readers for visiting us and interacting with us in this group blog. It has been fun, fruitful, and productive.We look forward to…
  • Feb 18

    New Law School Ranking

    New Law School Ranking
    (from Malcolm Gladwell.) The full list is available here (subscription required), but you can get a quick glimpse of them here.
  • Feb 14

    Women’s quota in major enterprise

    Women’s quota in major enterprise
    These days, in Germany there is a lively discussion about women’s quota in major enterprises. The facts are clear: in most German businesses, especially in leadership positions, women are still underrepresented. Only 13 percent of the…
Rank this Week: 4151

Podcasts at Rutgers School of Law…

Podcasts at Rutgers School of Law - Newark

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

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

    The Rehnquist Legacy in Criminal Procedure

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

    The Rehnquist Legacy in Criminal Procedure

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

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

    New Jersey Law Librarians Association 2007 Annual Business Meeting and Program Part two
    Our meeting venue, Liberty Hall, is acclaimed as a New Jersey treasure, a gift of history from the Kean family. Our speaker, Mark Lender, history professor at Kean, is working on the recent George Washington letter discovery. Read more about…
Rank this Week: 43

Point of Law Forum

Point of Law Forum

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

http://www.pointoflaw.com/
  • Nov 27

    Chairman Schapiro's Troubled Tenure at the SEC

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

    The Philadelphia Story

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

    Senator-elect Warren's Quandary

    Senator-elect Warren's Quandary
    There has been a lot of speculation about whether Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren will get a seat on the Senate Banking Committee, a perfect forum to go after the financial industry. If Ms. Warren does get the coveted spot, she may...
Rank this Week: 19

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: 162

PrawfsBlawg

PrawfsBlawg

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

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

    How did Scalia's anti-federalism bluster in City of Arlington v. FCC go unnoticed by six justices?

    How did Scalia's anti-federalism bluster in City of Arlington v. FCC go unnoticed by six justices?
    Over the past decade, Justice Scalia has issued some oddly crabbed definitions of "federalism," but he has not always carried a majority for such sentiments. Unfortunately, his majority opinion in City of Arlington v. FCC, handed…
  • May 24

    Skilled Labor

    Skilled Labor
    This blog post is actually a blatant attempt at crowdsourcing ideas, but hopefully one you will also find useful. When I was a first year law student, my "skills training" included one stab at writing a memo to a partner in a law…
  • May 23

    Gruesomeness and the First Amendment

    Gruesomeness and the First Amendment
    As one who is interested in both women's reproductive rights and the First Amendment, I find issues at their intersection of those protections to be inherently fascinating. One such set of issues surrounds abortion protests, and a…
Rank this Week: 133

Products Liability Prof Blog

Products Liability Prof Blog

By William Mitchell College of Law Professor J. David Prince, Professor Michael K. Steenson and Professor Kenneth Ross.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/products_liability/
  • Aug 16

    About Products Liability Prof Blog

    About Products Liability Prof Blog
    If you are interested in serving as an editor of Products Liability Prof Blog for the Law Professor Blogs Network, please contact Paul Caron and Joe Hodnicki by email.
  • Jul 10

    Taking stock of the last 20 years of product liability law

    Taking stock of the last 20 years of product liability law
    The popular Drug and Device Law blog posted a piece yesterday where they reviewed the developments in product liability law for the last few decades and graded them in relation to help to their corporate clients. It is a nice...
  • Jul 2

    GM Product Liability Plaintiffs Better Off Than Secured Creditor

    GM Product Liability Plaintiffs Better Off Than Secured Creditor
    General Motors Corporation has agreed to assume responsibility for all future liability claims filed after the automaker emerges from bankruptcy, regardless of when the vehicle was made. GM had planned to include its product liability claims…
Rank this Week: 1631

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 23

    Useful Delaware Caremark/Derivative suit opinion

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

    Drudge having fun at Andrew Weiner's expense

    Drudge having fun at Andrew Weiner's expense
    Notice the top headline in the upper left hand corner of this screen capture (5/13/2013 at 11:41 AM). Freudian slip or intentional pun? (Click on image for larger size) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other…
  • May 23

    "If Obama Were a CEO, Government Would Hold Him Responsible for Scandals"

    "If Obama Were a CEO, Government Would Hold Him Responsible for Scandals"
    A few days ago, I argued for affirmative answer to the question If Obama was CEO of a public corporation and I was the company's general counsel, would I have told him about an audit of misbehaving... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit…
Rank this Week: 48

PropertyProf Blog

PropertyProf Blog

By Professors D. Benjamin Barros and Alfred L. Brophy.

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

    Abandoned Property: Star Wars Edition

    Abandoned Property: Star Wars Edition
    Here’s an interesting set of pictures from photographer Rä di Martino of Star Wars sets that were abandoned in Morocco and Tunisia. Through the decades there have been various efforts to save these landmarks, but for the most part they...
  • May 24

    Bright & Hopkins on Models of Affordable Home Ownership in England

    Bright & Hopkins on Models of Affordable Home Ownership in England
    Susan Bright (Oxford) and Nick Hopkins (Southampton) have posted Evaluating Legal Models of Affordable Home Ownership in England (Book Chapter) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: In this chapter we analyze the legal routes used to deliver Low Cost…
  • May 23

    How We Think About Property - Changes Across Time

    How We Think About Property - Changes Across Time
    David Schorr, writing at the new blog Environment, Law, and History has some insightful things to say about how our conceptions of property and the environment have changed over time. Schorr focuses on water law in the U.S. and in...
Rank this Week: 255

Ratio Juris

Ratio Juris

Offers perspectives on judicial decisionmaking and the legal process. By Professors Jim Chen, Alfred Brophy, Stefanie Lindquist, R.J. Lipkin, Chad M. Oldfather, Lori A. Ringhand, and Elizabeth Weeks.

http://ratiojuris.blogspot.com/
  • May 20

    Obama’s capitulation to fabulist strategic narratives from the Right

    Obama’s capitulation to fabulist strategic narratives from the Right
    At his blog, Michael Dorf writes of President Obama’s penchant for or “pattern of preemptive counterproductive appeasement:” [....] “From the moment that the IRS/Tea Party story broke, the President has expressed…
  • May 19

    Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965)

    Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965)
    Today is the birthday of Malcolm X. By way of celebration, I leave you with three provocative books discussing his life and ideas:Cone, James. Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare? (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books,…
  • May 19

    The Marxist Spirituality of C.L.R. Jame

    The Marxist Spirituality of C.L.R. Jame
     I found occasion once before to post something on the “cricketing Marxist,” C.L.R. James, and now I’d like to draw your attention to a piece by Kenan Malik on “the 50th anniversary of C.L.R.  James’…
Rank this Week: 341

Religion Clause

Religion Clause

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

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

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

    Catholic Religious Order Reaches $16.5 Million Bankruptcy Settlement With Abuse Victim
    Today's Chicago Tribune reports that a Catholic religious order now in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings-- the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers North American Province-- has agreed to a $16.5 million settlement with 400 priest sexual abuse…
  • May 24

    Boy Scouts Approve Membership For Gay

    Boy Scouts Approve Membership For Gay
    The Boy Scouts of America announced that its National Council has approved a Membership Standards Resolution removing the restriction on gays becoming scout members. However the ban on gays serving as scout leaders remains.…
  • May 24

    Houston Police Sued By Street Preacher

    Houston Police Sued By Street Preacher
    On Wednesday the Thomas More Law Center announced that it has filed a federal civil rights action on behalf of a Houston, Texas Christian street preacher who was arrested three different by Houston police. According to the press…
Rank this Week: 40

religiousleftlaw

religiousleftlaw

Politically progressive law professors from various religious traditions discuss law and cognate subjects from their unique perspectives: Legal theory, politics, and comparative theology.

http://www.religiousleftlaw.com/
  • May 21

    Christians Must Confront Scientific Illiteracy

    Christians Must Confront Scientific Illiteracy
    Where science is concerned, responsible Christians are caught in the vice grip of two extremes. On the one hand, there is the defiant and willful ignorance of persons like Congressman Paul Broun (R-Ga.), who famously declared during last…
  • May 20

    For God's Sake, Mr. President, Recover Your Spine.

    For God's Sake, Mr. President, Recover Your Spine.
    Both Patrick's recent post marking the birthday of Malcom X, and Steve's post before it questioning just how 'scandalous' the IRS pseudoscandal really is, invite some reflection on President Obama's reaction to the mentioned pseudoscandal…
  • May 20

    Teresa Forcades, the radical Catalan nun on a mission ...

    Teresa Forcades, the radical Catalan nun on a mission ...
    "Sister Teresa Forcades is one of Catalonia's foremost political figures, but uniquely for a faith-led figure in Spain, her ideology is feminist and left-wing. Against a backdrop of continued economic contraction and austerity, she spoke to…
Rank this Week: 264

Reproductive Rights Prof Blog

Reproductive Rights Prof Blog

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

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

    Rebecca Cook on Brazilian Maternal Mortality Case

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

    Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance Announces 2013 Honoree

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

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

    Search for a Women's Libido Pill Raises Questions About Causes of Waning Female Sex Drive
    The New York Times: Unexcited? There May Be a Pill for That, by Daniel Bergner: Linneah sat at a desk at the Center for Sexual Medicine at Sheppard Pratt in the suburbs of Baltimore and filled out a questionnaire. She...
Rank this Week: 81

Research Freedom

Research Freedom

Covers developments in free legal research. By Professor Jason Potter.

http://researchfreedom.com/
  • Mar 12

    New Tutorial: How to Conduct FREE Legal Research Online

    New Tutorial: How to Conduct FREE Legal Research Online
    This new video tutorial from the ABA is surprisingly comprehensive and focuses primarily on resources in the Law Library of Congress, the “largest law library in the world.” For international legal research, the LLoC is where…
  • Mar 11

    Lexis Now Permits Unlimited Access to Lexis Advance for Summer Research

    Lexis Now Permits Unlimited Access to Lexis Advance for Summer Research
    This is an update to my post last spring warning students about the potential repercussions of using Westlaw and Lexis passwords for summer employment. It appears that Lexis Advance has joined Bloomberg Law in permitting unlimited access to…
  • Dec 5

    Instant Poll: Free Research Tools in Practice

    Instant Poll: Free Research Tools in Practice
    Take Our Poll
Rank this Week: 3666

Ruling Imagination: Law and…

Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity

Discusses the ways law rules creativity and law employs creativity. By Professor Peter Friedman.

http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman
Rank this Week: 1416

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 23

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

    Former Goldman Banker Settles SEC "Pay-to-Play" Charge
    Neil M.M. Morrison, a former VP in the investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs, settled SEC charges that he engaged in a "pay-to-play" scheme. The SEC alleged that starting in July 2008 Morrison was employed by Goldman to…
  • May 23

    ISS Settles SEC Charges that Employee Sold Confidential Proxy Voting Results for Ticket

    ISS Settles SEC Charges that Employee Sold Confidential Proxy Voting Results for Ticket
    The SEC charged proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) with failing to safeguard the confidential proxy voting information of clients participating in a number of significant proxy contests. ISS, which is registered with the…
  • 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,…
Rank this Week: 194

Sentencing Law and Policy

Sentencing Law and Policy

By Moritz College of Law Professor Douglas A. Berman.

http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/
Rank this Week: 70

Sexual Orientation and the Law…

Sexual Orientation and the Law Blog

By Professors Sara R. Benson and William B. Turner.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/lgbtlaw/
  • Jan 28

    About Sexual Orientation and the Law Blog

    About Sexual Orientation and the Law Blog
    The Law Professor Blogs Network has ceased publication of this blog.
  • Oct 25

    Feminist Legal Theory

    Feminist Legal Theory
    Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, June 5-8, 2011 Invitation and Call for Papers Dear friends and colleagues, As many of you know, the Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research…
  • Jun 29

    Obama and same-sex marriage: the lawyerly straddle continue

    Obama and same-sex marriage: the lawyerly straddle continue
    Republished from the University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog. President Obama's remarks last week to a gay/lesbian fundraising event must have disappointed his supporters who have grown tired of straddling and rhetorical games on the…
Rank this Week: 3344

Slaw

Slaw

A Canadian cooperative weblog on all things legal.

http://www.slaw.ca
  • May 23

    Handbook for Police and Crown Prosecutors on Criminal Harassment

    Handbook for Police and Crown Prosecutors on Criminal Harassment
    This week's issue of the Weekly Checklist of Canadian Government Publications includes the Handbook for Police and Crown Prosecutors on Criminal Harassment: "Criminal harassment, which includes 'stalking,' is a crime. While many crimes…
  • May 23

    Discontinuance of the Printed Edition of the Canada Gazette

    Discontinuance of the Printed Edition of the Canada Gazette
    Division 27 of Part 4 of the federal Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act (legislation to implement Budget 2012 measures), which received royal assent on June 29, 2012, will repeal section 13 of the Statutory Instruments Act on April 1,…
  • May 23

    Thursday Thinkpiece: Gavigan on Criminal Law on the Aboriginal Plain

    Thursday Thinkpiece: Gavigan on Criminal Law on the Aboriginal Plain
    Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please…
Rank this Week: 50

South Texas Law Professor

South Texas Law Professor

Reactions and musings from South Texas College of Law professor Dru Stevenson.

http://drustevenson.blogspot.com/
  • Aug 29

    Fincham on The Parthenon Dispute

    Fincham on The Parthenon Dispute
    My STCL colleague Derek Fincham has a new article on SSRN entitled The Parthenon Sculptures and Cultural Justice, which I recommend to my readers - it's a very interesting subject.
  • Aug 29

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    My
    My STCL colleague Derek Fincham has a new article on SSRN entitled The Parthenon Sculptures and Cultural Justice, which I recommen
  • Aug 29

    Ann Romney and Arianna Huffington: Separated at Birth?

    Ann Romney and Arianna Huffington: Separated at Birth?
    So, am I the only one who thinks Ann Romney and Arianna Huffington look alike? I'm not sure I could tell them apart if they were standing next to each other and used the same shade of hair color...
Rank this Week: 4348

Split Circuits

Split Circuits

Tracks developments concerning splits among the federal circuit courts. By University of Richmond School of Law Professor A. Benjamin Spencer.

http://splitcircuits.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 1517

Sports Law Blog

Sports Law Blog

A blog about the legal business of sports written by law professors: Rick Karcher, the Director of the Center for Law & Sports at the Florida Coastal School of Law; Michael McCann of Vermont Law School; Geoffrey Rapp of the University of Toledo College of Law; Howard Wasserman of Florida International University's College of Law, and Greg Skidmore of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP

http://sports-law.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 299

Stanford Center for Internet and…

Stanford Center for Internet and Society Blogs

Covers civil rights and technological innovation.

http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog
  • May 20

    No Trespa

    No Trespa
    When Florida v. Jardines, the case where an officer approached a house with a drug-sniffing dog, first came down, Orin Kerr and others noted that the Supreme Court majority never once used the word "trespass."  The Jardines concurrence…
  • May 10

    How to Fight Revenge Porn

    How to Fight Revenge Porn
    Cross-posted from The Atlantic Victims of non-consensual pornography, sometimes called "revenge porn," often receive little help from the law. Many who to try to fight the malicious and unconsented sharing of their explicit photos or videos…
  • Apr 30

    Judge Posner’s Surveillance Argument Would Not Withstand An Economic Analysi

    Judge Posner’s Surveillance Argument Would Not Withstand An Economic Analysi
    Judge Richard Posner took the occasion of the Boston bombing to remind us of his view that privacy should lose out to other values.  Privacy, argues Judge Posner, is largely about concealing truths “that, if known, would make it…
Rank this Week: 1098

Start Making Sense

Start Making Sense

Tax and budget policy by Dan Shaviro

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

    Sweden and the Supreme Court's PPL decision (not meant to imply, however, that these two are in any way linked)

    Sweden and the Supreme Court's PPL decision (not meant to imply, however, that these two are in any way linked)
    I am now nearing the end of my second day in Stockholm, and I appear to have conquered the jet lag (subject to sleeping tonight) by dint of staying up on the first day.  I've tramped around town a lot, busted knee or not, and have seen…
  • May 13

    Upcoming trip

    Upcoming trip
    Torn ACL or not, the show must go on.  (And anyway I have been cleared to walk and travel.)So on Sunday night I will be flying to Stockholm, Sweden, in order to spend a week there, during which I will guest-lecture at two Stockholm…
  • May 10

    Advance birthday present!

    Advance birthday present!
    Tomorrow is my birthday - I won't say what number, though it is a matter of public record.  But today I got a delightful birthday present, a day in advance.  And yes, my saying so is just snark.Ten days ago I experienced…
Rank this Week: 715

Student Bloggers - University of…

Student Bloggers - University of Chicago Law School

Law student blog posts at the University of Chicago Law School

http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/
Rank this Week: 5191

Susan Crawford Blog

Susan Crawford Blog

By Cardozo Law School professor Susan Crawford.

http://scrawford.net/blog/
Rank this Week: 4358

TaxProf Blog

TaxProf Blog

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

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/
  • May 23

    Knoll & Mason: A Brief Sur-Reply to Graetz & Warren

    Knoll & Mason: A Brief Sur-Reply to Graetz & Warren
    Michael S. Knoll (Pennsylvania) & Ruth Mason (Connecticut; moving to Virginia), A Brief Sur-Reply to Professors Graetz and Warren, 123 Yale L.J. Online 1 (2013): We are grateful for the deep engagement by Michael Graetz and Alvin Warren…
  • May 23

    Europe Confronts Corporate Tax Evasion

    Europe Confronts Corporate Tax Evasion
    BBC: Europe's Push Against Tax Fraud Gains Momentum Financial Times: EU Rushes Out Corporate Tax Transparency Law New York Times: Austria Gives Ground on Banking Secrecy at Meeting of European Union Leaders New York Times: Europe Pushes to…
  • May 23

    McEntee: Federal Government Will Spend $500 Million Less on Law Schools in 2013-14

    McEntee: Federal Government Will Spend $500 Million Less on Law Schools in 2013-14
    Kyle McEntee (Law School Transparency), The Federal Government’s Massive and Declining Investment in Legal Education: Nowadays, law students borrow from the Department of Education Direct Loan Program for school. These loans are…
Rank this Week: 78

Technology & Marketing Law…

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

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

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

Teknoids - Supporting the…

Teknoids - Supporting the Unsupported

Teknoids are in legal academia, non-profits, the judiciary, and law firms plus others with interests in this area.

http://www.teknoids.net
  • Dec 7

    The Social Dynamics of the R Core Team

    The Social Dynamics of the R Core Team
    Recently a few members of R Core have indicated that part of what slows down the development of R as a language is that it has become increasingly difficult over the years to achieve consensus among the core developers of the language.…
  • Nov 29

    Chill Pivots — Again!! — This Time To Help Creators Sell Videos Directly To Their Fan

    Chill Pivots — Again!! — This Time To Help Creators Sell Videos Directly To Their Fan
    Turntable for video, err, Pinterest for video, uhhh, video startup Chill is coming out with a new product that it hopes will provide a new channel for independent content creators to sell their videos directly to fans. After the success of…
  • Nov 29

    Intel Capital Leads $5M Round In Spain’s Indisys: Maker Of Machine-Human Interaction Natural Language Virtual Assistant

    Intel Capital Leads $5M Round In Spain’s Indisys: Maker Of Machine-Human Interaction Natural Language Virtual Assistant
    Indisys, a Spanish company founded in 2005 which makes natural language virtual assistants and telephone operators to power 24/7 customer services, has raised a new funding round of $5 million, led by Intel Capital. Inveready Technology…
Rank this Week: 482

the 13th juror

the 13th juror

Offers comments on social justice issues, news and court decisions. By Florida A&M College of Law Professor Jacqueline Dowd.

http://jackiedowd.blogspot.com/
  • Jan 15

    Drug overdoses overtake AIDS as main cause of homeless death

    Drug overdoses overtake AIDS as main cause of homeless death
    Overdoses of drugs, particularly prescription pain-killers and heroin, have overtaken AIDS to become the leading cause of death of homeless adults, according to a study of homeless residents of Boston. The finding came from a five-year study…
  • Jan 8

    The high cost of poverty: Why the poor pay more

    The high cost of poverty: Why the poor pay more
    You have to be rich to be poor.That's what some people who have never lived below the poverty line don't understand.Put it another way: The poorer you are, the more things cost. More in money, time, hassle, exhaustion, menace. This is a fact…
  • Jan 6

    Judge says tent city residents can stay -- for now

    Judge says tent city residents can stay -- for now
    A judge in New Jersey — saying the government has a responsibility to provide for the poor — refused to evict residents from a makeshift camp that township officials claim is a dangerous public nuisance.Since 2006, from 25 to 70 homeless…
Rank this Week: 1507

The Antitrust Hotch Potch

The Antitrust Hotch Potch

Offers critical comments on EC competition law and policy. By Professor Damien Geradin and Nicholas Petit.

http://professorgeradin.blogs.com/professor_geradins_weblog/
  • Apr 16

    The General Court partially annulled the Commission's Decision on CISAC

    The General Court partially annulled the Commission's Decision on CISAC
    Last week, the General Court (“GC”) adopted its judgment in the CISAC case whereby it partially annulled the 2008 Commission’s decision. CISAC is an international organisation which represents collecting societies.…
  • Apr 10

    Bank Mergers in Economies Facing Sovereign Debt Crises - NBG/ Eurobank

    Bank Mergers in Economies Facing Sovereign Debt Crises - NBG/ Eurobank
    Over the past year, merger activity in the Greek banking sector picked up significantly. The Greek Competition Authority approved concentrations such as Piraeus/ ATE, Alpha/ Emporiki, and Piraeus/ Geniki. Most recently, a merger between the…
  • Apr 3

    Antitrust Compliance Programmes & Optimal Antitrust Enforcement: A Reply to Wouter Wil

    Antitrust Compliance Programmes & Optimal Antitrust Enforcement: A Reply to Wouter Wil
    Here is the abstract of my new paper: In the inaugural issue of the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, Mr. Wils published an article discussing the relationship between compliance programmes and competition law enforcement in the EU. This…
Rank this Week: 5008

The Becker-Posner Blog

The Becker-Posner Blog

A law and economics blog by University of Chicago Law School Professors Gary Becker and Senior Lecturer Judge Richard Posner

http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/beckerposner/
  • Nov 25

    MOOCs—Implications for Higher Education—Posner

    MOOCs—Implications for Higher Education—Posner
    “MOOCs,” an acronym for “massive open online courses,” denotes an important, possibly a revolutionary, development ineducation. These courses are online, free of charge, open to anyone in the world who has a laptop and an Internet…
  • Nov 25

    Online Courses and the Future of Higher Education-Becker

    Online Courses and the Future of Higher Education-Becker
    Online courses began around 1990 with the growth of more widespread access to the Internet. They spread rapidly in the United States during the last half of the 1990’s buoyed by the dot-com boom, and fell sharply after that bubble burst.…
  • Nov 18

    Why People Vote and What That Implies-Becker

    Why People Vote and What That Implies-Becker
    The number of voters in the recent US presidential election was down by about 5 million voters from 2008, yet still about 120 million Americans voted this month. President Obama had one of the smallest winning percentages in the popular vote…
Rank this Week: 3399

The Cardozo Jurist

The Cardozo Jurist

Cardozo's law student newspaper

http://www.cardozojurist.com/
  • Nov 26

    Students Learn from, Meet with Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor

    Students Learn from, Meet with Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor
    There are not many occasions on which Cardozo students voluntarily wait in line outside of their school to hear a guest speaker. However, on October 22nd, such was the case when Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited Cardozo for the…
  • Oct 12

    The Rabbi of Rhomboid

    The Rabbi of Rhomboid
    Shalom Jews and Gents! It’s your girlfriend’s favorite convert, aka Chocolate Challah, aka my Solomon is black and my Tzitzit is blue, aka Samson’s Son, aka Bruchalic, aka 5 slaps and a thunderclap coming at you for the first time.
  • Oct 12

    Remembering the ‘90s: Bayside! The UnMusical!

    Remembering the ‘90s: Bayside! The UnMusical!
    Bayside! The UnMusical! is a musical parody of Saved by the Bell performed at the intimate Kraine Theater on 4th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. This is a performance where you will laugh for sixty minutes, look back, and have no idea…
Rank this Week: 3390

The Confrontation Blog

The Confrontation Blog

Covers the Confrontation Clause and developments related to Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004). By University of Michigan Law Professor Richard D. Friedman.

http://confrontationright.blogspot.com/
  • Oct 15

    Three decisions from the California Supreme Court on forensic report

    Three decisions from the California Supreme Court on forensic report
    The California Supreme Court issued three decisions today on the Confrontation Clause and forensic reports.  Two of them divided the court and show how bad things can get in light of the confusion sown by the US Supreme Court's decision in…
  • Jun 20

    Source of the "targeted individual" test?

    Source of the "targeted individual" test?
    I hope to be offering more commentary on Williams within a few days.  Meanwhile, perhaps I can offer a solution to one mystery.  Justice Kagan quite sensibly says that where Justice Alito's "targeted individual" test comes from "is…
  • Jun 19

    Thoughts on Williams, Part I: Reasons to Think the Impact May be Limited

    Thoughts on Williams, Part I: Reasons to Think the Impact May be Limited
    Here is a first installment of preliminary thoughts on Williams. Obviously, I think the result is unfortunate; I think Williams should have won. But the damage to the Confrontation Clause may be much less than I might have guessed it would…
Rank this Week: 2182

The Counselor

The Counselor

Boston College Law School news updates

http://counselor.bc.edu/
  • Aug 16

    Bookstore Employment Opportunitie

    Bookstore Employment Opportunitie
    The BC Law bookstore is looking for 3-4 temporary student employees for the start of the fall semester. Applicants must be able to start employment on August 16th and continue through the first week of classes. These positions do not qualify…
  • Jul 21

    4 Bedroom Apartment in Brookline

    4 Bedroom Apartment in Brookline
    4 Bedroom, 2 full bathroom apartment on Babcock Street in Brookline, move in date, August 1st. Rent is, $750 a month, heat and hot water and gas included, working fireplace, back yard, back deck, large living and dining rooms, eat in…
  • Jul 21

    3 Bedroom Apartment 1 Mile from BCLS

    3 Bedroom Apartment 1 Mile from BCLS
    One mile from BC Law school, on Summit Street in Newton. Brand new, fully renovated open-floor plan unit with Granite kitchen and Marble bathroom. A 3 Bedroom, 1 Bath duplex apt., with Laundry units in the basement. Large open living…
Rank this Week: 2708

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: 308

The Legal Satyricon

The Legal Satyricon

Occasionally irreverent thoughts on the law. By Professor Marc J. Randazza.

http://randazza.wordpress.com
  • May 12

    First Amendment vs. Disabilities Act

    First Amendment vs. Disabilities Act
    (From Charles Platt) Is this a real threat, or just posturing? The ADA has already been extended far beyond the areas in which is was first designed to apply. I can certainly imagine regulations compelling web sites to be “equally…
  • May 11

    Jonas Williams: If you are a process server, you damn well better not lie on your service affidavit

    Jonas Williams: If you are a process server, you damn well better not lie on your service affidavit
    This is, in the grand scheme of things, not a very important case. However, to a lot of people, it might be. There was a process server operating in San Diego by the name of Jonas Williams. Instead of actually serving the people he was asked…
  • May 10

    Rakofsky v. The Internet – LINK FIXED

    Rakofsky v. The Internet – LINK FIXED
    The long saga of Rakofsky v. The Internet is over (at least for now). The Order is here. Stay tuned, I’d imagine that there will be an appeal. The order is a bit soft, but the findings of fact are devastating. Filed under: misc
Rank this Week: 668

The Life of Books

The Life of Books

Explores the idea that 'books are dead. By Professor Richard Leiter.

http://thelifeofbooks.blogspot.com/
  • Jan 29

    Misunderstood: West Publishing as Content Provider

    Misunderstood: West Publishing as Content Provider
    I read with interest this morning, Simon Chester's interesting post on SLAW about Thomson Reuters' Bold Leap to become a software company. It's an interesting piece that gives additional perspective on the announcements TR made at the recent…
  • Jan 22

    The Future of Primary Law

    The Future of Primary Law
    West's (OK, Thomson Reuters, technically, but it will always be West to me) announcement that they are shifting focus on becoming a legal software/services company rather than a being primarily a content "creator," should send a…
  • Oct 14

    Challenges of Mining Case Citations from Law Review Article

    Challenges of Mining Case Citations from Law Review Article
    The previous post was written two weeks ago. And I've been working primarily with Paul Deschner of the HLSL Innovation Lab to design an algorithm that can mine cases from a full text law review database. There are some interesting challenges…
Rank this Week: 5181

The Race to the Bottom

The Race to the Bottom

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

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

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

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

    Two Nominees for the SEC

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

    The Lack of Impartiality in the Proxy Proce

    The Lack of Impartiality in the Proxy Proce
    The vote is in on the contest over whether position of chair and CEO should be divided at JP Morgan Chase.  But a fundamental shift in the traditional dynamics of a proxy contest occurred during the voting process.  Shareholders…
Rank this Week: 65

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/
Rank this Week: 91

The Shout

The Shout

Covers wiretaps, privacy, copyright, and free speech. By Jennifer Granick.

http://www.granick.com/blog
  • Oct 30

    Granick Slate Card: November 6, 2012 Election

    Granick Slate Card: November 6, 2012 Election
    GRANICK SLATE CARD NATIONAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 2012   Friends, Romans, Republicans:  
  • Jul 24

    Catching Up

    Catching Up
    Unfortunately, I haven’t been keeping this site up to date as I’ve been blogging on the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society site.  To that end, here are my most recent posts: The Unintended Consequences of CISPA New…
  • Apr 23

    BCPO Raffle

    BCPO Raffle
    Contact me if you want tickets for this worthy cause! BCPO Raffle 2012 Flyer
Rank this Week: 1666

The Sports Law Professor

The Sports Law Professor

Dedicated to the complete integration of sports and law. By Willamette University College of Law Professor Jeffrey Standen.

http://thesportslawprofessor.blogspot.com/
  • Aug 28

    The Problem with the Red Sox-Dodgers Trade

    The Problem with the Red Sox-Dodgers Trade
    So my favorite team swapped my favorite player (and the team's best) to the Dodgers, along with two other solid players, for a handful of minor league players of various promise. Obviously, in terms of baseball talent, this is a very lopsided…
  • Nov 13

    NBA at the Crossroad

    NBA at the Crossroad
    The NBA and its players appear unable to reach an agreement on the terms and conditions of labor. A number of proposals have been rejected. From available reports, the primary difference appears to center around the division of income. I…
  • Jul 25

    NFL Players Sell the Rookies Short

    NFL Players Sell the Rookies Short
    Although details remain undisclosed, it appears the new NFL/NFLPA collective bargaining agreement will contain a substantial limitation on the terms of rookie salaries, especially at the top of the draft. This development is troublesome to…
Rank this Week: 1193