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Legal Ethics Forum

Legal Ethics Forum

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

http://www.legalethicsforum.com/blog/
Rank this Week: 1

Lawfare

Lawfare

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

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

    District Court Denies Preliminary Injunction in Abdullah

    District Court Denies Preliminary Injunction in Abdullah
    In 2010, Yemeni detainee Hani Abdullah had sought a preliminary injunction from the district court.  He argued that the United States had to treat him in accordance with an executive agreement concluded between the United States and…
  • May 24

    D.C. Circuit Affirms Habeas Denial in Al Warafi

    D.C. Circuit Affirms Habeas Denial in Al Warafi
    Judge David Sentelle wrote today’s majority opinion in this long-running habeas case, in which Mukhtar Yahia Naji Al Warafi had claimed (among other things) that even if he was a Taliban member, he served the group as a…
  • May 24

    The President’s Speech: A Quick and Dirty Reaction–Part 4 (Hedging on the Drone Court)

    The President’s Speech: A Quick and Dirty Reaction–Part 4 (Hedging on the Drone Court)
    There are a number of areas in the president’s speech yesterday in which Obama publicly aligns himself with critics of his administration, while promising in hard terms very little. As I described yesterday, he spent a lot of time…
Rank this Week: 13

Antitrust & Competition Policy…

Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog

Edited by Professors D. Daniel Sokol and Shubha Ghosh.

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

    Buyer Power in Conglomerate Acquisition

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

    When the State Harms Competition ― The Role for Competition Law

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

    7th International IMEDIPA Conference on Competition Law and Policy

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

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof…

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog

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

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

    Court Dismissed Request To Split Billion Dollar Charity Fund

    Court Dismissed Request To Split Billion Dollar Charity Fund
    William Davidson, 86, passed away in 2009. He was the owner of NBA basketball team, Detroit Pistons. A conflict has arisen in deciding who is best suited in enacting Mr. Davidson's dream of supporting local charities and Jewish causes.…
  • May 24

    Michael Jackson 60 Minutes Exclusive Detail

    Michael Jackson 60 Minutes Exclusive Detail
    As I have previously discussed, 60 Minutes had an exclusive on Michael Jackson’s estate. The Michael Jackson brand is making more money now that any single artist has made in the past four years. However, it has not been easy....
  • May 24

    Administrative Costs Exceed Half Of Multi- Million Dollar Estate

    Administrative Costs Exceed Half Of Multi- Million Dollar Estate
    After six years of legal battles in Pennsylvania, the estates of Peter Karoly and his wife Lauren Angstadt have racked up $3.74 million dollars in administrative fees. As a result, there is only 3 million left to distribute in the...
Rank this Week: 16

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 23

    Backhouse on Feminist Responses to Sexual Assault

    Backhouse on Feminist Responses to Sexual Assault
    Constance B. Backhouse (University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law (Common Law)) has posted A Feminist Remedy for Sexual Assault: A Quest for Answers (Sexual Assault Law, Practice, and Activism in a Post Jane Doe Era, pp. 725-739, Elizabeth…
  • May 23

    Colares on Foreign Carbon Restrictions & a Binding Emissions Reduction Treaty

    Colares on Foreign Carbon Restrictions & a Binding Emissions Reduction Treaty
    Juscelino F. Colares (Case Western Reserve University School of Law) has posted Paths to Carbon Stabilization: How Foreign Carbon-Restricting Reforms Will Affect US Industry, Climate Policy and the Prospects of a Binding Emissions Reduction…
  • May 23

    Heminway on SEC Reform

    Heminway on SEC Reform
    Joan MacLeod Heminway (University of Tennessee College of Law) has posted Desire, Conservatism, Underfunding, Congressional Meddling, and Study Fatigue: Ingredients for Ongoing Reform at the Securities and Exchange Commission? (University of…
Rank this Week: 17

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: 19

43(B)log

43(B)log

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

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

    Sins of a trademark owner: Rogers applies regardless of intent

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

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

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

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

    economic loss doctrine doesn't bar New Jersey consumer fraud claim
    Francis E. Parker Memorial Home, Inc. v. Georgia-Pacific LLC, --- F. Supp. 2d ----, 2013 WL 2177974 (D.N.J.) Parker sued GP on behalf of a putative class alleging violations of the New Jersey Products Liability Act (PLA); breach of…
Rank this Week: 22

Media Law Prof Blog

Media Law Prof Blog

By Louisiana State University Law Professor Christine A. Corcos.

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

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

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

    Joe Francis Apologizes For Rant Against Jury Member

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

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

    EU Parliament, Member States Want "Culture Exception" in Upcoming EU/US Trade Talk
    The EU Parliament has indicated it wants the area of culture exempted from upcoming trade talks with the United States. France, an EU member states, agrees, and is vocal about backing a cultural exception for French films, for example.…
Rank this Week: 28

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 24

    CrImmigration provisions of Senate comprehensive immigration bill

    CrImmigration provisions of Senate comprehensive immigration bill
    Professor César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández on the crImmigration blog summarizes the various immigration provisions of the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013. Professor Jennifer Chacón…
  • May 24

    House Speaker: Senate Immigration Bill Off the Table

    House Speaker: Senate Immigration Bill Off the Table
    The Washington Times reports that House Speaker John A. Boehner on Thursday flatly ruled out chances of the House passing the Senate’s immigration bill, saying his chamber will debate its own bill instead. The Ohio Republican and his other…
  • May 24

    Immigration Article of the Day: Defining American: DREAMers, Immigration Reform and Citizenship by Elizabeth Keye

    Immigration Article of the Day: Defining American: DREAMers, Immigration Reform and Citizenship by Elizabeth Keye
    Defining American: DREAMers, Immigration Reform and Citizenship by Elizabeth Keyes University of Baltimore - School of Law April 18, 2013 Nevada Law Journal, Forthcoming Abstract: The grassroots movement propelling the DREAM Act and…
Rank this Week: 29

Althouse

Althouse

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

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

    At the Hosta Hotel...

    At the Hosta Hotel...
    ... it's not too early to settle in for the night.
  • May 23

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

    TPM says "Obama Declares End To Global War On Terror."
    That's the headline on the front page, linking to an article with the headline "Obama Defends Drone Strikes But Says No Cure-All." So what the hell just happened? A big deal or almost nothing? I assume Obama wanted to appease the doves, but…
  • May 23

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

    "As frustratingly late as it was — Mr. Obama could and should have said years ago much of what he said today..."
    "... there is no underestimating the importance of that statement."So say the editors of The New York Times. No underestimating?! What? So if I say Obama's speech is the least significant thing ever said in the history of mankind, I'm still…
Rank this Week: 30

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: 31

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: 33

Legal Profession Blog

Legal Profession Blog

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

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

    A Concrete Answer Gets Attorney Disbarred

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

    Court Remands Fee Award Of Over $15.8 Million

    Court Remands Fee Award Of Over $15.8 Million
    The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department has remanded a matter involving legal fees charged to and gifts received from a wealthy widow in an estate matter: Beginning in 1983, defendant law firm represented the family…
  • May 24

    Overpaid Judge Censured

    Overpaid Judge Censured
    A judge who was paid in excess of the statutory cap on salary paid to judges employed by more than one municipality has been censured by the Utah Supreme Court. The payments were made over the period from 2009 to...
Rank this Week: 35

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: 37

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: 38

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: 42

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: 46

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: 49

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: 53

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 23

    DC Circuit Reverses Board In Campaign Threat Case

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

    Texas: Facebook "Friendship" Alone Does Not Require Recusal

    Texas: Facebook "Friendship" Alone Does Not Require Recusal
    The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals of Texas, located in Dallas, held last week that a trial judge's undisclosed Facebook "friendship" with the victim's father in a criminal prosecution alone does not establish grounds for recusal or…
  • May 22

    Campbell Law Review Call for Paper

    Campbell Law Review Call for Paper
    From the Campbell Law Review website: The Campbell Law Review is pleased to announce a call for papers for its National Edition, which will be focused broadly around Internet Law and related themes. The Internet and associated technologies…
Rank this Week: 55

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: 58

CrimProf Blog

CrimProf Blog

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

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

    Sheehy on Sexual Assault of Unconscious Women

    Sheehy on Sexual Assault of Unconscious Women
    Elizabeth A. Sheehy (University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law (Common Law)) has posted Judges and the Reasonable Steps Requirement: The Judicial Stance on Perpetration Against Unconscious Women (Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and…
  • May 23

    Metze on Enforcing the Right to Counsel at Trial

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

    Moliterno on Client Confidences and Wrongful Conviction

    Moliterno on Client Confidences and Wrongful Conviction
    James E. Moliterno (Washington and Lee University - School of Law) has posted Rectifying Wrongful Convictions: May a Lawyer Reveal Her Client’s Confidences to Rectify the Wrongful Conviction of Another? (Hastings Constitutional Law…
Rank this Week: 59

Legal History Blog

Legal History Blog

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

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

    The Founders' Twitter Feed

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

    Signposts for an Alternative History of Human Right

    Signposts for an Alternative History of Human Right
    Recently published is the collection of essays, Human Rights from a Third World Perspective:Critique, History and International Law, ed. José-Manuel Barreto (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013).  Part II, “Signposts for an…
  • May 24

    Lamb and Nye on the FHA's Resistance to Truman's Race Policy

    Lamb and Nye on the FHA's Resistance to Truman's Race Policy
    Charles M. Lamb and Adam W. Nye, SUNY at Buffalo, Political Science, have posted Do Presidents Control Bureaucracy? The Federal Housing Administration During the Truman-Eisenhower Era, which appears in Political Science Quarterly 127 (2012):…
Rank this Week: 62

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: 65

International Law Reporter

International Law Reporter

Edited by Professor Jacob Katz Cogan.

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

    Schabas, McDermott, & Hayes: The Ashgate Research Companion to International Criminal Law: Critical Perspective

    Schabas, McDermott, & Hayes: The Ashgate Research Companion to International Criminal Law: Critical Perspective
    William A. Schabas (Middlesex Univ.), Yvonne McDermott (Bangor Univ.), & Niamh Hayes (Institute for International Criminal Investigations) have published The Ashgate Research Companion to International Criminal Law: Critical Perspectives…
  • May 23

    New Issue: Journal of World Intellectual Property

    New Issue: Journal of World Intellectual Property
    The latest issue of the Journal of World Intellectual Property (Vol. 16, nos. 1-2, March 2013) is out. Contents include:The ATRIP Essay Competition Begoña Gonzalez Otero, Compelling to Disclose Software Interoperable Information: A…
  • May 23

    Call for Submissions: Revue Québécoise de Droit International

    Call for Submissions: Revue Québécoise de Droit International
    The Revue Québécoise de Droit International has issued a call for submissions for its upcoming issues. Here's the call: Call for Submissions The Québec Journal of International Law (RQDI : Revue québécoise…
Rank this Week: 69

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: 68

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: 72

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: 75

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: 76

Lewis & Clark Law School…

Lewis & Clark Law School Podcast

Lewis & Clark Law School Podcast of events and speakers.

http://lawlib.lclark.edu/podcast
Rank this Week: 80

M & A Law Prof Blog

M & A Law Prof Blog

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

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

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

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

    Delaware arbitration argument

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

    Delaware arbitration update

    Delaware arbitration update
    As I noted yesterday, the Delaware Coalition for Open Government and the Chancery Court were before a panel of the Third Circuit arguing the merits of Delaware's arbitration procedure. Tom Hals of Reuters was there and he thinks the…
Rank this Week: 90

Aviation Law Prof Blog

Aviation Law Prof Blog

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

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

    Progess is Slow in ICAO Emissions Talk

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

    Futurism, Technological Change and Air Space Regulation

    Futurism, Technological Change and Air Space Regulation
    When teaching international aviation law, one of the themes I like to introduce early in the semester is the interaction between technology and law. How does society and the state respond to disruptive technological change? Given the…
  • May 21

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

    U.S. Supreme Court to Revisit Field Preemption in Aviation
    The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the case of Northwest Airlines v. Ginsberg.The plaintiffs allege that Northwest Airlines committed a breach of contract under Minnesota state law when the airline expelled the…
Rank this Week: 101

Credit Slips

Credit Slips

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

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

    Equitable Mootness and Forum Shopping

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

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

    Ice Cube Bonds: New Paper on 363 Sales and Chapter 11
    FAC UT ARDEAT, begins The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner. It means "made to burn," the narrator learns (from that "gasbag . . . Chesil Jones"). Whether your preferred hurry-up 363 sale metaphor involves flames, ice, or a…
  • May 21

    Non-exempt Exempt IRAs and Undercompensated Chapter 7 Trustee

    Non-exempt Exempt IRAs and Undercompensated Chapter 7 Trustee
    Some chapter 7 trustees have found a problem that could affect thousands of IRAs, leading to the first post in a two-post series on unintended consequences. A better reading of the law is that these IRAs should remain exempt from...
Rank this Week: 104

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: 108

Administrative Law Prof Blog

Administrative Law Prof Blog

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

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

    The future of regulatory drafting?

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

    Good class discussion

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

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

    Types of regulatory strategies, and does the third type work?
    RegBlog summarizes a new paper by Anil Doshi (Harvard Business School), Glen Dowell (Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management), and Michael W. Toffel (Harvard Business School), "How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure". The…
Rank this Week: 113

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: 114

Constitutional Law Prof Blog

Constitutional Law Prof Blog

By Professors Steven D. Schwinn and Ruthann Robson

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

    President Obama on Drones, Guantanamo

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

    Marcia Coyle on the Roberts Court

    Marcia Coyle on the Roberts Court
    Marcia Coyle, Chief Washington Correspondent for the National Law Journal, was kind enough to talk with me last week about her new book, The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution. The book tells the full stories (including the…
  • May 20

    Third Circuit Invalidates President Obama's NLRB Recess Appointment

    Third Circuit Invalidates President Obama's NLRB Recess Appointment
    A divided three-judge panel of the Third Circuit last week invalidated President Obama's recess appointment of Craig Becker as a member of the National Labor Relations Board. The ruling, National Labor Relations Board v. New Vista Nursing and…
Rank this Week: 120

Workplace Prof Blog

Workplace Prof Blog

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

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

    Comparative Unjust Dismissal Law

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

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

    Call for Papers for International Comparative Sciences Symposium in Sofia, Bulgaria
    From friend of the blog, Dara Chernyeva, please consider the following international conference which touches on labor and employment law topics: I'm writing to you to share the call for papers for a International Comparative Sciences…
  • May 23

    Senate HELP Committee Approves NLRB Nomination

    Senate HELP Committee Approves NLRB Nomination
    Yesterday, the Senate HELP Committee approved all five NLRB nominees. The Republican nominees (Johnson and Miscimarra) got unanimous support; Chairman Pearce (a Dem) had four Republicans vote against him; and Members Block and Griffin (Dems)…
Rank this Week: 122

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: 137

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: 138

Law at the End of the Day

Law at the End of the Day

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

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

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

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

    Chinese SOEs in Latin America--CSR and Culture

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

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

    Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund Excludes Makers of Reconstituted Tobacco Leaf in the U.S. and China
    On May 8, 2013, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance published its decision to exclude the American company Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc. and the Chinese company Huabao International Holdings Limited from the investment universe of the …
Rank this Week: 145

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: 147

The Faculty Lounge

The Faculty Lounge

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

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

ContractsProf Blog

ContractsProf Blog

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

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

    Dollar Rent a Car and the Borat Problem

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

    Atlantis Blue v. Atlantic Blue: Substantial Impairment?

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

    New In Print (Bonus Edition)

    New In Print (Bonus Edition)
    In keeping with our Boilerplate theme, it seemed timely to notify our readers of this recent publication: James Gibson, Vertical Boilerplate, 70 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 161 (2013). Here is the author's summary: The article’s main…
Rank this Week: 168

JURIST - Forum

JURIST - Forum

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

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

    Arizona Legalizes Racial Profiling

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

    The Iraqi High Court's Understated Rise to Legitimacy

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

    Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?

    Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?
    JURIST Guest Columnist Sallie Sanford of the University of Washington School of Law says that although challenges to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are valuable for inspiring dialogue within and…
Rank this Week: 173