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TaxProf Blog

TaxProf Blog

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

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/
  • May 21

    The IRS Scandal, Day 12

    The IRS Scandal, Day 12
    Above the Law: On the IRS Mess and What It Means to be a Lawyer American Spectator: Obama and the IRS: The Smoking Gun? Bloomberg: Obama’s Defense in IRS Case Is Pre-Election Ignorance CBS News: Evidence Emerges that Obama Administration…
  • May 21

    Avi-Yonah and Christians on Yesterday's PPL Decision

    Avi-Yonah and Christians on Yesterday's PPL Decision
    Reuven Avi-Yonah and Allison Christians share their thoughts on yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court decision in PPL Corp. v. Commissioner, No. 12-43 (U.S. May 20, 2013): Reuven Avi Yonah (Irwin I. Cohn Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law…
  • May 21

    Graduation Day

    Graduation Day
    Reed Caron, B.S. Mathematics, Grinnell College: For more on my journey with my son, see: Off to the Ranch (July 1, 2005) Goodbye Sandy (June 6, 2006) Happy 16th Birthday, Reed (June 25, 2006) Opening Day and the Passage of Time (Apr. 2, 2007)…
Rank this Week: 1

Legal Theory Blog

Legal Theory Blog

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

http://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/
  • May 20

    Anwar, Bayer, & Hjalmarsson on Juror Age & Trial Outcome

    Anwar, Bayer, & Hjalmarsson on Juror Age & Trial Outcome
    Shamena Anwar (Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management), Patrick J. Bayer (Duke University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)), & Randi Hjalmarsson (Queen…
  • May 20

    Reynolds & Denning on Magarian on the Second Amendment

    Reynolds & Denning on Magarian on the Second Amendment
    Glenn Harlan Reynolds and Brannon P. Denning (University of Tennessee College of Law and Samford University - Cumberland School of Law) have posted How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Second Amendment: a Reply to Professor Magarian…
  • May 20

    Schraub on the Constitution, Justice, & Theology

    Schraub on the Constitution, Justice, & Theology
    David H. Schraub has posted Our Divine Constitution (44 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 1201 (2013)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The presumption that God is omnibenevolent — inherently just, wise, kind, and merciful — is so…
Rank this Week: 4

Instapundit.com

Instapundit.com

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

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit
Rank this Week: 5

Sentencing Law and Policy

Sentencing Law and Policy

By Moritz College of Law Professor Douglas A. Berman.

http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/
  • May 21

    Guest post on DOJ Report: Victimization of Mentally Ill Prison and Jail Inmate

    Guest post on DOJ Report: Victimization of Mentally Ill Prison and Jail Inmate
    Hello, all. I'm Lea Johnston, and I'd like to thank Doug Berman for inviting me to guest-blog about the new Department of Justice report released last week on sexual victimization in prisons and jails. I write in the area of...
  • May 21

    "Colorado Department of Corrections to Pilot Telemedicine for Prisoners"

    "Colorado Department of Corrections to Pilot Telemedicine for Prisoners"
    The title of this post is the headline of this interesting report, which starts this way: In June, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DoC), in partnership with Denver Health Medical Center, will launch a pilot project designed to treat…
  • May 20

    Notable developments in penalty phase of Jodi Arias' capital trial

    Notable developments in penalty phase of Jodi Arias' capital trial
    As reported in this new USA Today article, the "sentencing hearing for convicted killer Jodi Arias ground to a halt Monday when her lawyers refused to call any witnesses and a judge refused their requests for a mistrial and to...
Rank this Week: 7

Conglomerate

Conglomerate

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

http://www.theconglomerate.org/
Rank this Week: 11

The Volokh Conspiracy

The Volokh Conspiracy

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

http://volokh.com
  • Nov 28

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

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

    New Book on Secession

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

    Stewart Baker Touched a Nerve

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

ImmigrationProf Blog

ImmigrationProf Blog

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

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/
  • May 20

    Increasing H1B Visas: Are Victoria Secret and Facebook in Competition?

    Increasing H1B Visas: Are Victoria Secret and Facebook in Competition?
    The draft Senate immigration bill includes language that the technology industry has lobbied for: increasing the number of H1B worker visas from 65,000 to 110,000. As the New York Times reported today, however, tech companies are currently…
  • May 20

    The Religious Affiliation of U.S. Immigrants: Majority Christian, Rising Share of Other Faith

    The Religious Affiliation of U.S. Immigrants: Majority Christian, Rising Share of Other Faith
    Over the past 20 years, the United States has granted permanent residency status to an average of about 1 million immigrants each year. These new “green card” recipients qualify for residency in a wide variety of ways – as family...
  • May 20

    Call for Human Rights, Fairness, and Justice in CIR

    Call for Human Rights, Fairness, and Justice in CIR
    From the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights: An Open Letter to the Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Support of Fair and Just Immigration Reform Over 700 groups and individuals call on senators to commit to human...
Rank this Week: 13

Workplace Prof Blog

Workplace Prof Blog

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

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/
Rank this Week: 14

Althouse

Althouse

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

http://althouse.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 16

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof…

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog

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

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/
  • May 20

    IRS Limits Material Participation by Non-Grantor Trust

    IRS Limits Material Participation by Non-Grantor Trust
    In a recent Technical Advice Memorandum (TAM), the IRS limited “the circumstances in which a complex, non-grantor trust can materially participate in the activities of an S corporation.” The IRS concluded that only time spent by a…
  • May 20

    Tips on Having a Successful Family Meeting

    Tips on Having a Successful Family Meeting
    Family meetings are common after a medical crisis, but they can also be invaluable in resolving complicated financial issues as well as legal planning for elderly family members. Here are some tips on starting, and getting the most out of,...
  • May 20

    Same-Sex Couples Face Challenges in Determining Whether Spouses Qualify as Trust Beneficiarie

    Same-Sex Couples Face Challenges in Determining Whether Spouses Qualify as Trust Beneficiarie
    Spouses often use trusts to pass monetary benefits to the other spouse, but the law is often unclear on whether same-sex spouses can become the beneficiary of their partner’s trust. If the Supreme Court finds the Defense Against Marriage…
Rank this Week: 18

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 21

    Entry Level Hiring: The 2013 Report - Final Call for Information (For Real)

    Entry Level Hiring: The 2013 Report - Final Call for Information (For Real)
    This is (honestly) the last call for information for the Entry Level Hiring Report. The data collection will close on Friday, May 24. I am aware that I will miss some hires because of this closing date. C'est la report. (And yes, I am also…
  • May 21

    Helping Oklahoma

    Helping Oklahoma
    Just a quick PSA-type post from this Tuscaloosan: Here are a few sites with suggestions about how to direct your aid for the victims of yesterday's tornado in Oklahoma.
  • May 20

    FSU Law Is Hiring, 2013 edition

    FSU Law Is Hiring, 2013 edition
    Florida State University's appointments committee for the College of Law will be gearing up over the summer and we are looking (principally) for laterals in the following areas: Environmental Law, Torts/Products, Trusts and Estates, Tax,…
Rank this Week: 20

Antitrust & Competition Policy…

Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog

Edited by Professors D. Daniel Sokol and Shubha Ghosh.

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

    'Neutral' Search as a Basis for Antitrust Action?

    'Neutral' Search as a Basis for Antitrust Action?
    Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Marina Lao (Seton Hall) asks 'Neutral' Search as a Basis for Antitrust Action? ABSTRACT: The Federal Trade Commission recently voted unanimously to close its antitrust investigation into Google’s search practices…
Rank this Week: 22

Religion Clause

Religion Clause

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

http://religionclause.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 23

Slaw

Slaw

A Canadian cooperative weblog on all things legal.

http://www.slaw.ca
  • May 20

    Avoid the Unintentional Expansion of Retainer

    Avoid the Unintentional Expansion of Retainer
    Here’s the scenario: A lawyer is retained to assist a client with a tort claim and an accident benefits claim. The client, meanwhile, has been informed that the long-term disability (LTD) benefits provided by her employer’s group…
  • May 20

    Monday's Mix

    Monday's Mix
    Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada's award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from forty-one recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as…
  • May 19

    2013 LawTechCamp

    2013 LawTechCamp
    Technology is the game-changer in the legal field, and yet most lawyers are not very technologically inclined. LawTechCamp seeks to change that, bringing together non-lawyers from the tech sector and the lawyers who are eager to identify the…
Rank this Week: 27

Leiter Reports: A Group Blog

Leiter Reports: A Group Blog

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

http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/
Rank this Week: 28

Concurring Opinions

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.
Rank this Week: 32

Michael Geist's Blog

Michael Geist's Blog

Covers technology and DRM. By Michael Geist.

http://www.michaelgeist.ca
  • May 15

    Why Creators and Consumers Should Welcome the "Netflix Threat"

    Why Creators and Consumers Should Welcome the "Netflix Threat"
    The examination of the proposed Bell acquisition of Astral Communications took place last week in Montreal with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission hearing from a wide range of supporters and opponents of a deal…
  • May 12

    The Copyright Pentalogy: Technological Neutrality

    The Copyright Pentalogy: Technological Neutrality
    Last month, the University of Ottawa Press published The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law, an effort by many of Canada's leading copyright…
  • May 7

    Canadian Government Establishes Two-Tier Approach for Trade Talks: Insiders and Everyone Else

    Canadian Government Establishes Two-Tier Approach for Trade Talks: Insiders and Everyone Else
    As the future of the proposed Canada - European Union Trade Agreement becomes increasingly uncertain - the EU has been unwilling to compromise on the remaining contentious issues leaving the Canadian government with a deal…
Rank this Week: 34

White Collar Crime Prof Blog

White Collar Crime Prof Blog

By Stetson University Law Professor Ellen S. Podgor.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/whitecollarcrime_blog/
  • May 17

    NACDL White Collar Crime Conference

    NACDL White Collar Crime Conference
    NACDL's 3rd Annual West Coast White Collar Conference, titled “Turning the Tables on the Government will be held at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort on June 6-7, 2013. (esp)
  • May 14

    Discretion At It's Worst - IRS Targeting

    Discretion At It's Worst - IRS Targeting
    The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Office of Audit report and its highlights tell the story of how "Early in Calendar Year 2010, the IRS began using inappropriate criteria to identify organizations applying for…
  • May 14

    Upcoming Conference

    Upcoming Conference
    New York City Bar - Second Annual White Collar Crime Institute - here ABA Securities Fraud 2013, Oct. 24-25, New Orleans - here Georgia's Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) - International Business Crimes: Foreign Corrupt…
Rank this Week: 35

Legal Ethics Forum

Legal Ethics Forum

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

http://www.legalethicsforum.com/blog/
Rank this Week: 37

Truth on the Market

Truth on the Market

Academic commentary on law, business and economics. Thom Lambert, Geoffrey Manne, Keith Sharfman, William K. Sjostrom, Jr., and Joshua D. Wright.

http://www.truthonthemarket.com
  • May 7

    Zeke Emanuel on the ACA’s Adverse Selection Problem and Solutions to It

    Zeke Emanuel on the ACA’s Adverse Selection Problem and Solutions to It
    Ezekiel Emanuel, Rahm’s brother and former health care adviser to President Obama, acknowledges in today’s Wall Street Journal that adverse selection may prove to be a “bump in the road” in the implementation of the…
  • Apr 22

    Behavioral Merger Remedies and the Hippocratic Principle

    Behavioral Merger Remedies and the Hippocratic Principle
    Last Thursday, the FTC settled a challenge to a company’s acquisitions of two key rivals. The two acquisitions, each of which failed to meet the threshold for required reporting under Hart Scott Rodino, occurred in 2005 and 2008.…
  • Apr 16

    Commissioner Wright lays down the gauntlet on Section 5

    Commissioner Wright lays down the gauntlet on Section 5
    As Thom noted (here and here), Josh’s speech at the ABA Spring Meeting was fantastic.  In laying out his agenda at the FTC, Josh highlighted two areas on which he intends to focus: Section 5 and public restraints on trade.…
Rank this Week: 38

Adjunct Law Prof Blog

Adjunct Law Prof Blog

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

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

    Supreme Court Takes Government Prayer Case

    Supreme Court Takes Government Prayer Case
    Thirty years ago in Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783 (1983), the Supreme Court held in a divided opinion that opening legislative sessions with prayer did not violate the Establishment Clause. But can the government open such legislative…
  • May 20

    Former Chairman Liebman Supports Senate Action on NLRB Nominee

    Former Chairman Liebman Supports Senate Action on NLRB Nominee
    Former NLRB Chairman Liebman recently wrote an opt ed piece calling for the Senate to take action on the 5 nominees to the NLRB. That article can be found here. Chairman Liebman states in part: Mitchell H. Rubinstein
  • May 19

    Employers must use the revised federal Employment Eligibility Verification Form (Form I-9) after May 7, 2013.

    Employers must use the revised federal Employment Eligibility Verification Form (Form I-9) after May 7, 2013.
    The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, advises employers that after May 7, 2013*only the newly revised federal Employment Eligibility Verification Form (Form I-9)** may be used New York State…
Rank this Week: 43

CrimProf Blog

CrimProf Blog

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

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/
  • May 20

    "Statutory Rape of 15-Year-Old by 18-Year-Old"

    "Statutory Rape of 15-Year-Old by 18-Year-Old"
    Eugene Volokh has this post at The Volokh Conspiracy discussing the controversy over prosecution in a same-sex relationship. In part: The story alleges that the 15-year-old girl’s parents are upset about the same-sex nature of the…
  • May 20

    Goosen on Imminence and Battered Women

    Goosen on Imminence and Battered Women
    Samantha Goosen (University of KwaZulu-Natal - University Of KwaZulu-Natal) has posted Battered Women and the Requirement of Imminence in Self-Defence (Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2013) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:…
  • May 20

    Today's criminal law/procedure cert grant

    Today's criminal law/procedure cert grant
    Issue summary from ScotusBlog, which will also link to papers when available: Fernandez v. California: whether a co-occupant of a home must be on hand to object to a police search, when the other occupant has agreed to let the...
Rank this Week: 44

Legal Profession Blog

Legal Profession Blog

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

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

    Dirty Laundry

    Dirty Laundry
    The Wisconsin Suprteme Court has ordered a suspension of two years of an attorney convicted of money laundering. The attorney's misconduct involved money due to a client pursuant to a marital settlement agreement. The attorney held payments…
  • May 21

    Inside Out

    Inside Out
    The Georgia Supreme Court accepted the voluntary license surrender of an attorney who was employed as in-house counsel for a corporation that allowed him to do outside work as long as he did not do so on company time and...
  • May 21

    General Denial

    General Denial
    Last week, we posted charges filed by the Illinois Administrator arising out of an attorney's double murder conviction. The attorney's handwritten from prison answer has now been posted. He denies a sexual relationship with the adult victim,…
Rank this Week: 48

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: 50

Legal History Blog

Legal History Blog

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

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

    The U.S. Legal History Survey Revisited: III -- Methods of Evaluation

    The U.S. Legal History Survey Revisited: III -- Methods of Evaluation
    This is another installment of my series of posts on teaching the U.S. Legal History survey. (Earlier posts are here and here.) Having just finished grading, the question of how to evaluate student learning is on my mind. I decided to give my…
  • May 20

    Kornhauser, "The Consistency of Conservative Tax Policy"

    Kornhauser, "The Consistency of Conservative Tax Policy"
    Marjorie E. Kornhauser (Tulane University School of Law) has posted "The Consistency of Conservative Tax Policy." It is forthcoming in the Northwestern University Law Review. Here's the abstract:Modern American tax policy is in a state of…
  • May 19

    New Release: Beever, "Forgotten Justice"

    New Release: Beever, "Forgotten Justice"
    New from Oxford University Press: Allan Beever, Forgotten Justice: Forms of Justice in the History of Legal and Political Theory (2013). Here's a description from the Press:Throughout much of the history of political philosophy, many of the …
Rank this Week: 57

IntLawGrrls

IntLawGrrls

Features voices on international law, policy and practice.

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

    We've revived!

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

    All good thing

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

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

    Go 'Grrl! Diane Marie Amann is Special Adviser to ICC Prosecutor on Children in Armed Conflict
    Exciting news!International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has appointed our own Diane Marie Amann, IntLawGrrls founder and editor-in-chief, to be her Special Adviser on Children in and affected by Armed Conflict. Bensouda announced…
Rank this Week: 59

Discourse.net

Discourse.net

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

http://www.discourse.net/
  • May 20

    Crawford on Telco Monopolie

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

    EFF Is Accepting Bitcoins Again

    EFF Is Accepting Bitcoins Again
    EFF Will Accept Bitcoins to Support Digital Liberty. This follows a 2-year moratorium. One key difference from past practice: EFF will liquidate any Bitcoins it receives as soon as it gets them. EFF’s announcement pointed me to this…
  • May 15

    The Red Lionfish of Politic

    The Red Lionfish of Politic
    How can this be? Most people are now familiar with President’s Obama’s proposal to cut Social Security by reducing the annual cost of living adjustment. While the final formula is somewhat convoluted, the net effect is to reduce…
Rank this Week: 60

Media Law Prof Blog

Media Law Prof Blog

By Louisiana State University Law Professor Christine A. Corcos.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/
  • May 20

    FCC Acting Chair Mignon Clyburn Releases Statement To Staff

    FCC Acting Chair Mignon Clyburn Releases Statement To Staff
    STATEMENT FROM FCC ACTING CHAIRWOMAN MIGNON CLYBURN TO STAFF “By now you may have heard, that President Obama has asked me to serve as Acting Chair of the FCC, pending the confirmation of Tom Wheeler. I wish to express my...
  • May 15

    Professor Arthur Miller To Moderate June 8th Panel on Privacy For Concord Law School

    Professor Arthur Miller To Moderate June 8th Panel on Privacy For Concord Law School
    From Sara J. Berman, Assistant Dean for Bar Support Programs & Professor of Law, Concord Law School, an announcement of an upcoming panel on individual privacy in today's environment led by Professor Arthur R. Miller. Other panelists…
  • May 15

    Copyright Protection and Information Flow

    Copyright Protection and Information Flow
    Guy Pessach, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law; Yale University of Law School, is publishing Deconstructing Disintermediation - A Skeptical Copyright Perspective in the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal. Here is the…
Rank this Week: 61

43(B)log

43(B)log

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

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

    consumer who knows truth lacks standing for injunctive relief

    consumer who knows truth lacks standing for injunctive relief
    Mason v. Nature's Innovation, Inc., 2013 WL 1969957 (S.D. Cal.) Mason sued NI based on his purchase of Naturasil skin tag remover, based on representations on the label and website that Naturasil was an exclusive and 100% natural formula that…
  • May 21

    court parses Lanham Act standing on statement by statement basi

    court parses Lanham Act standing on statement by statement basi
    FieldTurf USA Inc. v. TenCate Thiolon Middle East, 2013 WL 1963918 (N.D. Ga.) While this was mainly a breach of contract action, the court had occasion to resolve various Lanham Act false advertising/trademark and business tort issues. …
  • May 21

    restitution for deception is the same as restitution for the underlying unfair practice

    restitution for deception is the same as restitution for the underlying unfair practice
    Gutierrez v. Wells Fargo Bank, No. 3:07-cv-05923 (N.D. Cal. May 14, 2013) Previous coverage here (9th Circuit) and here (earlier district court opinion).  Plaintiffs challenged Wells Fargo’s “high-to-low” posting…
Rank this Week: 64

International Law Reporter

International Law Reporter

Edited by Professor Jacob Katz Cogan.

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

    New Issue: International Human Rights Law Review

    New Issue: International Human Rights Law Review
    The latest issue of the International Human Rights Law Review (Vol. 2, no. 1, 2013) is out. Contents include:Ilias Bantekas, Christos Kypraios, & Kebreab Isaac, Outsourcing Law Reform in Developing Countries to Private Contractors: A…
  • May 20

    Webb: International Judicial Integration and Fragmentation

    Webb: International Judicial Integration and Fragmentation
    Philippa Webb (King's College London - Law) has published International Judicial Integration and Fragmentation (Oxford Univ. Press 2013). Here's the abstract:Fragmentation is one of the major debates within international law, but no detailed…
  • May 20

    Hale, Held, & Young: Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is Failing when We Need It Most

    Hale, Held, & Young: Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is Failing when We Need It Most
    Thomas Hale (Univ. of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government), David Held (Durham Univ. - Politics and International Relations), & Kevin Young (Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst - Political Science) have published Gridlock: Why Global…
Rank this Week: 65

Credit Slips

Credit Slips

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

http://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/
  • May 17

    MLEA at the University of Illinoi

    MLEA at the University of Illinoi
    On October 11 & 12, the University of Illinois College of Law will host the 12th annual Midwestern Law & Economics Association conference. The event consists of law professors and economists presenting papers with varying degrees of…
  • May 10

    On the Valuation of Hedge Funds (or Hedge Fund Managers)

    On the Valuation of Hedge Funds (or Hedge Fund Managers)
    So Felix Salmon has taken a justifiable swipe at some oddish Bloomberg articles on Citibank's spinoff of its internal hedge fund, as required by the Volcker Rule. But in doing so, it seems as though he may have hit his...
  • May 9

    Cries for Relief from the Hungarian Financial Crisi

    Cries for Relief from the Hungarian Financial Crisi
    No, not that Hungarian financial crisis. Now that the country seems to have more or less righted itself, its citizens are still struggling with their own debts. Reuters reports that the Managing Director of the National Bank of Hungary has...
Rank this Week: 68

Balkinization

Balkinization

By Yale Law School Professor Jack M. Balkin.

http://balkin.blogspot.com/
  • May 16

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

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

    David Ignatius can't connect the dots, either

    David Ignatius can't connect the dots, either
    David Ignatius is simply the latest leading pundit who demonstrates an incapaity to connect the dots relevant to his own analysis.  In a column in the May 16 Washington Post, he says many altogether correct things.  Writing of the…
  • May 14

    Meaningless Arithmetic

    Meaningless Arithmetic
    At today's press briefing by Jay Carney at the White House, one reporter stated, in a tone suggesting that he was making an important point, that "This administration has prosecuted twice as many leak cases as all previous presidents…
Rank this Week: 70

Jack Bog's Blog

Jack Bog's Blog

Law and other thoughts by Lewis & Clark Law School Professor Jack Bogdanski.

http://bojack.org/
  • Apr 5

    Have a great weekend

    Have a great weekend
  • Apr 5

    Pay a compliment, then apologize

    Pay a compliment, then apologize
    This country is cutting out its own soul in the name of correctness.
  • Apr 5

    Drive in from the Couv, *and* deal with MAX?

    Drive in from the Couv, *and* deal with MAX?
    We're intrigued by the reference, in this article about the CRoCk, to "Portland’s whizzy light-rail system, which many Vancouverites drive across the river to use." How many do you think is "many"?
Rank this Week: 72

Business Law Prof Blog

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
    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 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: 75

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 20

    Federal Judge Temporarily Enjoins Arkansas' 12-Week Abortion Ban

    Federal Judge Temporarily Enjoins Arkansas' 12-Week Abortion Ban
    The New York Times: Abortion Law in Arkansas Is Blocked by U.S. Judge, by Erik Eckholm: A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked enforcement of one of the country’s most stringent abortion laws, an Arkansas ban on the procedure at...
  • May 20

    In Midst of Plan B Uproar, Availability of Condoms Isn't Questioned

    In Midst of Plan B Uproar, Availability of Condoms Isn't Questioned
    The Los Angeles Times - op-ed: A birth control double standard, by Meg Waite Clayton: Condoms are readily available without identification. Why not Plan B? In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available…
  • May 20

    Democrats in Congress Seek to Stop Deceptive Advertising by "Crisis Pregnancy Centers"

    Democrats in Congress Seek to Stop Deceptive Advertising by "Crisis Pregnancy Centers"
    The Hill - Floor Action Blog: Dems look to crack down on anti-abortion 'crisis pregnancy centers', by Peter Kasperowicz: Democrats in the House and Senate are looking to stop what they say are deceptive advertising practices by anti-abortion…
Rank this Week: 76

Lawfare

Lawfare

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

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

    What the President Could Say in His Speech

    What the President Could Say in His Speech
    On Thursday, President Obama will be giving a major address on national security and counterterrorism, styled as a companion to the 2009 National Archives address.  That 2009 speech adopted a pragmatic approach blending a renewed…
  • May 21

    Gmail and the CIA … and China! … and Fox News!

    Gmail and the CIA … and China! … and Fox News!
    When I wrote, last week, about the insecurity of Gmail, I was intending to gently mock the idea that the CIA might have such a bad sense of how Gmail works (and the Terms of Service under which it … Read more »
  • May 21

    Thoughts on a Blue-Sky Overhaul of Surveillance Laws: Conclusion

    Thoughts on a Blue-Sky Overhaul of Surveillance Laws: Conclusion
    [Editor's Note: below you'll find a fourth and final post in our series by David Kris, on possible reforms to surveillance statutes.  The first post, an introduction, can be found here; two posts, on current challenges and a ……
Rank this Week: 80

Constitutional Law Prof Blog

Constitutional Law Prof Blog

By Professors Steven D. Schwinn and Ruthann Robson

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/conlaw/
  • 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…
  • May 19

    AP CEO Gary Pruitt Explains Why Justice Probe Violates First Amendment

    AP CEO Gary Pruitt Explains Why Justice Probe Violates First Amendment
    Associated Press CEO (and former First Amendment lawyer for McClatchy newspapers) Gary Pruitt gave his first television interview today to Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation and blasted the Justice Department seizure of AP phone records as…
Rank this Week: 81

PropertyProf Blog

PropertyProf Blog

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

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

    Poverty Moves to the Suburb

    Poverty Moves to the Suburb
    Emily Badger reports: [O]ver the last decade, suburbs have increasingly become home to America's poor. Between 2000 and 2011, the population living in American cities below the poverty line increased by 29 percent. During that same time,…
  • May 21

    Map of the Day: Most Popular Baby Name by State

    Map of the Day: Most Popular Baby Name by State
    Steve Clowney
  • May 21

    Arlen and Tontrup on the Endowment Effect

    Arlen and Tontrup on the Endowment Effect
    Jennifer Arlen (NYU) and Stephan Tontrup (Max Planck Institute) have posted A Process Account of the Endowment Effect: Voluntary Debiasing Through Agents and Markets on SSRN. Here's the abstract: We contest the loss aversion theory of the…
Rank this Week: 87

The Right Coast

The Right Coast

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

http://rightcoast.typepad.com/rightcoast/
  • May 20

    Future's so bright we have to wear shades: Column

    Future's so bright we have to wear shades: Column
    But as Bennett and Lotus note, the problems of America 2.0 are all soluble, and, in what they call America 3.0, they will be solved. The solutions will be as different from America 2.0 as America 2.0 was from America...
  • May 20

    Peggy Noonan's Opinion Blog

    Peggy Noonan's Opinion Blog
    It actually is shocking that the IRS appears to have become political and ideological in a way that is systemic. It is shocking that the president claimed he read about the targeting of conservatives just last Friday, in the newspapers,...
  • May 20

    Paul Ryan on scandals <br>Tom Smith<br>

    Paul Ryan on scandals &lt;br&gt;Tom Smith&lt;br&gt;
Rank this Week: 88

Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

Covers campaigns & elections, education, energy & environment, faith & family, foreign affairs, immigration and more. By Chapman University law professor Hugh Hewitt.

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/
  • Apr 9

    Tests and Tiger Mom

    Tests and Tiger Mom
    New York City's Stuyvesant High School is one of those all too rare public schools for intellectually outstanding students. Such students are often bored to death in schools where the work is geared to the lowest common...
  • Apr 8

    'Proportional' Response

    'Proportional' Response
    Since when has it been considered smart to tell your enemies what your plans are?Yet there on the front page of the April 8th New York Times was a story about how unnamed "American officials" were planning a...
  • Apr 2

    Middle East 'Democracy'

    Middle East 'Democracy'
    The Obama administration treated the creation of "democracy" in the Middle East as a Good Thing. Ironically, those who created the United States of America viewed democracy with fear-- and created a Constitutional...
Rank this Week: 89

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 21

    SEC's Walter: No Review of Mandatory Arbitration Before 2014

    SEC's Walter: No Review of Mandatory Arbitration Before 2014
    SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter personally thinks that the SEC should take a hard look at mandatory arbitration of investors disputes with their broker-dealers and financial advisers, but says that the SEC will not have time to undertake a…
  • May 21

    FINRA Fines LPL for Systemic Email Failures & Misstatements to FINRA

    FINRA Fines LPL for Systemic Email Failures &amp; Misstatements to FINRA
    FINRA fined LPL Financial LLC (LPL) $7.5 million for 35 separate, significant email system failures, which prevented LPL from accessing hundreds of millions of emails and reviewing tens of millions of other emails. Additionally, LPL made…
  • May 20

    NASAA Releases Report on IA Switch

    NASAA Releases Report on IA Switch
    NASAA released a report on the regulatory transfer of more than 2100 investment advisers from federal to state oversight, IA Switch Report, The IA Switch: A Successful Collaboration to Enhance Investor Protection. According to NASAA, the IA…
Rank this Week: 90

Opinio Juris

Opinio Juris

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

http://opiniojuris.org
  • May 21

    The First Serious Defense China’s Position on the Philippines UNCLOS Arbitration

    The First Serious Defense China’s Position on the Philippines UNCLOS Arbitration
    by Julian Ku by Julian Ku Professor Stefan Talmon of the University of Bonn and St. Anne’s College in Oxford offers one of the first serious attempts to defend China’s position on the UNCLOS arbitration brought by the Philippines.…
  • May 21

    Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, May 21, 2013

    Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
    by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey In the latest twist on the case, Guatemala’s highest court has overturned the May 10th genocide conviction against former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and reset his trial back to when a dispute…
  • May 20

    Guest Post: The Human Rights Impact of Drone Strike

    Guest Post: The Human Rights Impact of Drone Strike
    by Jonathan Horowitz [Jonathan Horowitz is writing in his personal capacity. He is the Associate Legal Officer at the Open Society Justice Initiative’s National Security and Counterterrorism Program.] When assessing the legality of…
Rank this Week: 91

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/
  • May 21

    Justice

    Justice
    Karen Tani at the Legal History Blog has drawn attention to Allan Beever's new book, Forgotten Justice: The Forms of Justice in the History of Legal and Political Theory (OUP, 2013). The argument fron the publisher: Throughout much of the...
  • May 20

    Two Tax Professors Laud Former IRS Chief's Work in Innocent Spouse Case

    Two Tax Professors Laud Former IRS Chief's Work in Innocent Spouse Case
    Professor Carlton Smith (Cardozo) and Professor Keith Fogg (Villanova) published a letter to the editor in today's Tax Notes. They write: We were saddened to hear that acting Commissioner Steven Miller will no longer be at the IRS. Regardless…
  • May 20

    Stephanie Lindquist Leaving Texas, Heading Georgia School of Public Affair

    Stephanie Lindquist Leaving Texas, Heading Georgia School of Public Affair
    University of Texas School of Law professor and associate dean (and former interim dean) Stephanie Lindquist is leaving Austin for Athens. She has been named the new dean of the University of Georgia Schoolof Public and International Affairs.…
Rank this Week: 92

Feminist Law Professors

Feminist Law Professors

Covers feminism, sexism, reproductive rights and women's health. By Professors Ann Bartow and Bridget Crawford.

http://feministlawprofessors.com
Rank this Week: 94

Empirical Legal Studies

Empirical Legal Studies

Covers emerging empirical legal scholarship, conference updates and empirical claims. Edited by Professors Michael Heise, Theodore Eisenberg, William Ford, Sara Benesh, William Henderson, Frank Cross, Carolyn Shapiro, anbd Christopher Zorn

http://www.elsblog.org/the_empirical_legal_studi/
  • May 19

    Call For Papers: Midwest Law & Economics Association

    Call For Papers: Midwest Law &amp; Economics Association
    Bob Lawless (Ill.) asked me to post the following Call for Papers for the 2013 MLEA, and I am delighted to do so. University of Illinois College of Law will host the conference and the deadline for proposals is August...
  • May 10

    Empirical Legal Scholars and "Special" Responsibilitie

    Empirical Legal Scholars and &quot;Special&quot; Responsibilitie
    A recent post by David Schwartz (Chicago-Kent)--wondering whether empirical legal scholars should shoulder "special ethical responsibilities"--ignited a fascinating (and timely) discussion over at Concurring Opinions. Two reasons…
  • May 3

    Helpful Reminders on How To Minimize Errors in Empirical Research

    Helpful Reminders on How To Minimize Errors in Empirical Research
    Responding to the recent debacle involving a grad student uncovering a blundering error in a paper by noted Harvard economists (here), Betsey Stevenson (Mich.) and Justin Wolfers (Mich.) initiated a (now growing) list of suggestions on how to…
Rank this Week: 96