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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 25
My Hip Saga and How the Affordable Care Act Squandered Our Best Opportunity to Lower Health Care Cost

My Hip Saga and How the Affordable Care Act Squandered Our Best Opportunity to Lower Health Care Cost

After two years of nagging and increasingly worse hip and leg pain, I learned last August (at age forty) that I have a congenital hip deformity and need to have both hips replaced. In planning for this surgery, I’ve witnessed…
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.…

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Althouse

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

http://althouse.blogspot.com/

May 25
RIP, Alton T. Lemon — the Lemon of the Lemon test.

RIP, Alton T. Lemon — the Lemon of the Lemon test.

"Mr. Lemon’s lawsuit challenged a 1968 Pennsylvania law that reimbursed religious schools for some expenses, including teachers’ salaries and textbooks, so long as they related to instruction on secular subjects also taught in the…
May 25
"The bottom line of a good job is that it makes you feel..."

"The bottom line of a good job is that it makes you feel..."

"... like you have unlimited energy for your work because it’s so fulfilling."
May 25
"Proving that the library is more a monument to Laura’s artful airbrushing than W.’s artless leadership..."

"Proving that the library is more a monument to Laura’s artful airbrushing than W.’s artless leadership..."

"... there’s a swank Café 43 with fancier fare than W.’s cherished PB&J’s, and a gift shop featuring Laura’s favorite books, from Dostoyevsky’s 'Brothers Karamazov' to Truman Capote’s 'Music for…

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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 25
NYU Labor Center Event

NYU Labor Center Event

In addition to the Annual Conference on Labor (focused on Regulation of Compensation) that we posted on earlier, NYU's Center for Labor & Employment Law is holding a conference on "Implications of the Affordable Care Act for…
May 24
Feldblum Nominated to EEOC for Another Term

Feldblum Nominated to EEOC for Another Term

Congratulations to Chai Feldblum (EEOC, Georgetown) for her nomination to the EEOC for a second term. President Obama announced the nomination yesterday along with a group of other positions here. Given her extensive background on…
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...

Rank this Week: 136

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 25
What They Said

What They Said

Some links today. Click through – there’s always lots more goodness waiting. Hullabaloo (Digby), QOTD: Robert Borosage: “There is an idiocy about our current national politics that is simply stupefying. We are sitting idly,…
May 24
A Georgian Grandmother’s Take on the TSA

A Georgian Grandmother’s Take on the TSA

A student I know writes, My grandmother and I have a unique relationship. We talk about the usual family gossip, but we really get into it when we talk about politics. Why is this unique? Because my grandmother is in … Continue reading…
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…

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Start Making Sense

Tax and budget policy by Dan Shaviro

http://danshaviro.blogspot.com/

May 25
Almost done in Stockholm

Almost done in Stockholm

Tomorrow (Sunday) morning, we fly back to the U.S., where by Monday (although it's Memorial Day) I will need to get back in the swing of all the regular TCB. [Aretha Franklin / Respect reference.]Stockholm really grew on me in the…
May 21
Sweden and the Supreme Court's PPL decision (not meant to imply, however, that these two are in any way linked)

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

I am now nearing the end of my second day in Stockholm, and I appear to have conquered the jet lag (subject to sleeping tonight) by dint of staying up on the first day. I've tramped around town a lot, busted knee or not, and have seen…
May 13
Upcoming trip

Upcoming trip

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

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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 25
Disclaimer about CFR Essay

Disclaimer about CFR Essay

As I noted yesterday, I have an essay at CFR on the President’s speech. I don’t write the headlines or the summaries of my pieces, and I was surprised and dismayed when someone at CFR summarized my…
May 25
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post

The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post

The main topic on Lawfare this week was the President’s address at the National Defense University on counterterrorism policy. We previewed the Thursday address in our early week coverage: Jack was the first to note the…
May 25
Ryan Goodman and Sarah Knuckey: Questions About New Targeting Rule

Ryan Goodman and Sarah Knuckey: Questions About New Targeting Rule

Ryan Goodman and Sarah Knuckey maintain that the new targeting framework announced by the President “raises some troubling questions and leaves important older questions completely unanswered.” Their list is long, but here…

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Ratio Juris

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

http://ratiojuris.blogspot.com/

May 25
On the Need for Food Stamp

On the Need for Food Stamp

The case for Food Stamps is made by Christopher D. Cook in light of a current congressional debate.
May 20
Obama’s capitulation to fabulist strategic narratives from the Right

Obama’s capitulation to fabulist strategic narratives from the Right

At his blog, Michael Dorf writes of President Obama’s penchant for or “pattern of preemptive counterproductive appeasement:” [....] “From the moment that the IRS/Tea Party story broke, the President has expressed…
May 19
Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965)

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

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

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Legal Ethics Forum

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

http://www.legalethicsforum.com/blog/

May 25
In-house counsel disapppointed in technical competencies of lawyer

In-house counsel disapppointed in technical competencies of lawyer

Law.com has an interesting story about a corporate GC who audits the technical competencies of lawyers at outside law firms -- and finds the skill set lacking (and hence expensive to the client). (h/t: TaxProf Blog)
May 25
IRS scandal round-up (and link to list of IRS's false statements to Congress and the public)

IRS scandal round-up (and link to list of IRS's false statements to Congress and the public)

Tax Law Prof Blog has another round-up. FactCheck.org has a nice round-up of all the times the IRS misled or lied to Congress and to the public.
May 25
Connecticut court reaffirms lawyers' (partial) immunity for arguments made in court

Connecticut court reaffirms lawyers' (partial) immunity for arguments made in court

Insurance Journal. The news article says that the Connecticut court held that lawyers are immune from suits for fraud, but it appears to be a re-affirmance of the traditional rule that for most statements within the litigation proceeding,…

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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/

May 25
"The Silent Death of the American Left"

"The Silent Death of the American Left"

Sadly apt.
May 25
CUNY's Sibyl Schwarzenbach interviewed...

CUNY's Sibyl Schwarzenbach interviewed...

...at 3AM.
May 24
UK Philosophy Students: the druggiest of all!

UK Philosophy Students: the druggiest of all!

This is a curious item (and not exactly a rigorous survey of student practices). (Thanks to Michael Richards for the pointer.)

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ataxingmatter

Tax law and economics by Linda Beale

http://ataxingmatter.blogs.com/tax/

May 25
The 'ignorance is bliss'/'ride'em cowboy' mentality of today's GOP

The 'ignorance is bliss'/'ride'em cowboy' mentality of today's GOP

Today's GOP is dominated by the Tea Party types that are a cross between an ostrich with its head stuck in the sand-- the "ignorance is bliss" philosophy-- and a 1860s cowboy as depicted in the 1960s western-mania TV shows--...
May 23
Does Apple's Cook Cook the (U.S. tax) Books?

Does Apple's Cook Cook the (U.S. tax) Books?

Apple's CEO was apparently all smiling and charming in his testimony on Apple's international tax gimmicks. Not surprisingly, he claimed that Apple pays tax on all its US profits and doesn't shift US profits offshore. See, e.g., Michael…
May 22
Citizen for Tax Justice's Bob McIntyre on Apple's offshore profit-hoarding

Citizen for Tax Justice's Bob McIntyre on Apple's offshore profit-hoarding

Bob McIntyre is the Director of Citizens for Tax Justice, a liberal-leaning group that has produced a lot of very good studies on tax developments over the years. He appeared on CNBC to discuss the news story about Apple's ability...

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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 25
Memorial Day and Captured Ordnance

Memorial Day and Captured Ordnance

I think you'll enjoy this Radio Times podcast of Richard Rubin's interview on his book The Last of the Doughboys. And speaking of World War I -- and in honor of Memorial Day -- I have a picture of a...
May 24
CFP for Law, Peace, Violence, March 14, 2014

CFP for Law, Peace, Violence, March 14, 2014

Yxta Maya Murray at Loyola Law School has passed along a call for papers for a conference on Law, Peace, and Violence: Jurisprudence and the Possibilities of Peace next March at Seattle University's law school. Cribbing now a little from...
May 24
Reflections of a Re-Identification Target, Part I: Some Information Doesn’t Want To Be Free

Reflections of a Re-Identification Target, Part I: Some Information Doesn’t Want To Be Free

[This post is part of the online symposium I've organized over at Bill of Health on the Law, Ethics, and Science and Re-Identification Demonstrations. Background on the symposium is here, and you can call up all of the symposium…

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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 25
Is a picture worth 1,000 words in a law school class? My experiment with visual aid

Is a picture worth 1,000 words in a law school class? My experiment with visual aid

In my year-long visit at Yale Law School this Fall and Spring, I felt free to experiment with new teaching ideas. If they fell flat, I have skipped town in just a few months, my reputation (such as it is) intact at my home institution. If it…
May 25
Curves in the upper level

Curves in the upper level

Jessie raises some good issues about the use of curves. I agree with the commenters who argue that grades are inherently comparative and relative, so I am generally good with using curves. I want to ask a slightly different question about…
May 24
"Sport as Speech" and Non-sport as Speech

"Sport as Speech" and Non-sport as Speech

I just finished reading Sport as Speech, a new paper by Genevieve Lakier (currently a law clerk on the Sixth Circuit); Lakier argues that spectator sports are expressive activities entitled to First Amendment protection (or at least First…

Rank this Week: 116

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 25
June 12: Paralegal eLearning Session on Specific Assets in Planning and Administration

June 12: Paralegal eLearning Session on Specific Assets in Planning and Administration

On June 12, the ABA Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law and the ABA Standing Committee on Paralegals is hosting a 60-minute webinar session on specific assets in planning and administration. This session is part of the…
May 25
Gandhi Memorabilia Collection Sold at Auction

Gandhi Memorabilia Collection Sold at Auction

Over 50 items of Mahatma Gandhi memorabilia were recently sold by Mullock’s, a British auction house in Ludlow, Shropshire. Among the most valuable items sold were Gandhi’s last will and testament and the size eight sandals he wore in…
May 25
Charitable Lead Trust - A Tool That Would Benefit From Low Interest Rate

Charitable Lead Trust - A Tool That Would Benefit From Low Interest Rate

Interest rates are at an all time low. This is good news for charitable donors who are hoping to give assets to their beneficiaries without having to worry about federal estate or generation transfer taxes. Recently, the IRS released a...

Rank this Week: 8

Faculty Blog

The Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog

http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/

May 25
If You Build It . . .

If You Build It . . .

The paths followed by crime and incarceration in the United States have been mirror images of one another over the past two decades. This can be clearly seen in the graph below, which I prepared for an upcoming conference presentation.…
May 23
The Eighth Amendment and Life Without Parole for Adult

The Eighth Amendment and Life Without Parole for Adult

My new article, “Not Just Kid Stuff? Extending Graham and Miller to Adults,” is now available on SSRN. Here’s the abstract: The United States Supreme Court has recently recognized new constitutional limitations on the use of…
May 21
Life in the Digital Age: Is There Such a Thing as a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy?

Life in the Digital Age: Is There Such a Thing as a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy?

A few weeks ago, I presented a webinar about the Fourth Amendment in the digital age. In preparation, I tried to find out as much as I can about the different ways law enforcement uses technology in investigations and if and when those uses…

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TaxProf Blog

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

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/

May 25
Jason Jones on the IRS Scandal

Jason Jones on the IRS Scandal

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May 25
Pittsburgh Dean Discusses His School's Decline From #69 to #91 in the U.S. News Ranking

Pittsburgh Dean Discusses His School's Decline From #69 to #91 in the U.S. News Ranking

Pittsburgh Dean William M. Carter, Jr. discusses his school's decline in the U.S. News rankings from #69 in 2013 to #91 in 2014 (Pittsburgh ranked 67-73 in 2009-2012): (Hat Tip: Brian Leiter.)
May 25
The IRS Scandal, Day 16

The IRS Scandal, Day 16

ABA Journal: IRS Official Took Fifth in House Testimony, But Did She Waive Right to Do So? Bloomberg: IRS Safeguards Toothless in Tea Party Nonprofit Cases Daily Beast: Former NPR CEO Ken Stern: The IRS Had the Right Idea The Economist: Why…

Rank this Week: 62

Health Law Prof Blog

By University of Cincinnati Law Professor S. Elizabeth Malloy.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/healthlawprof_blog/

May 25
Lessons About Medical Error Learned Watching I Love Lucy.

Lessons About Medical Error Learned Watching I Love Lucy.

It's no secret that the night staff of a hospital are both over-worked and over-tired. Nor is it any secret that many medical errors occur at night. But until we look at the totality of the human factors making up...
May 24
Guest Bloggers Mary Ann Chirba and Alice A. Noble - A Decade's Quest for Safer Drugs: Congressional Committee Green Lights Regulation of Drug Supply Chains and Compounding Manufacturer

Guest Bloggers Mary Ann Chirba and Alice A. Noble - A Decade's Quest for Safer Drugs: Congressional Committee Green Lights Regulation of Drug Supply Chains and Compounding Manufacturer

On May 22. 2013, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions unanimously approved S.959, “The Pharmaceutical Compounding Quality and Accountability Act,” and S.957, “The Drug Supply and Security Act,” ( now incorporated into S.…
May 17
Evidenced Based Practice: When will Law Catch up with Medicine?

Evidenced Based Practice: When will Law Catch up with Medicine?

Two widely reported studies this week about bed rest for women at risk of preterm delivery and reduction of salt consumption in order to promote heart health highlight two things we don’t think about enough—that a lot of standard…

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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 25
Legal Theory Bookworm

Legal Theory Bookworm

The Legal Theory Bookworm recommends The Tragedy of Religious Freedom by Marc O. DeGirolami. Here is a description: When it comes to questions of religion, legal scholars face a predicament. They often expect to resolve dilemmas according to…
May 25
Download of the Week

Download of the Week

The Download of the Week is Drones and the Dilemma of Modern Warfare by Samuel Issacharoff and Richard H. Pildes. Here is the abstract: This essay argues that four commonly repeated concerns surrounding the use of drones to target…
May 24
Reid on Justice Edward Douglas White & the Selective Draft Law Case

Reid on Justice Edward Douglas White & the Selective Draft Law Case

Charles J. Reid Jr. (University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota)) has posted A Louisiana Civilian in the Supreme Court: The Selective Service Cases Revisited (Paola Maffei and Gian Maria Varanini, eds., Honos alit artes: Etudes pour le…

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ImmigrationProf Blog

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

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/

May 25
40 days after Boston bombing

40 days after Boston bombing

My colleague Professor Karima Bennoune has excellent piece in The Guardian entitled "40 days after Boston bombing: we must stop radical jihad We must stop trying to make excuses for the Tsarnaev brothers or jihad. It is wrong. Let's…
May 25
Immigration Article of the Day: Conundrum of an Immigrant: Assimilation versus Cultural Preservation by Joanna Diane Cayta

Immigration Article of the Day: Conundrum of an Immigrant: Assimilation versus Cultural Preservation by Joanna Diane Cayta

Conundrum of an Immigrant: Assimilation versus Cultural Preservation by Joanna Diane Caytas, Columbia University 2012 Journal of Identity and Migration Studies Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 36-54, Autumn/Winter 2012 Abstract: As immigration continues to…
May 24
ADIOS SHERIFF JOSE: Federal Court Rules Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Violated United States Constitution: Court Says Arpaio and His Deputies Have Engaged in Racial Profiling Against Latinos in Maricopa County

ADIOS SHERIFF JOSE: Federal Court Rules Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Violated United States Constitution: Court Says Arpaio and His Deputies Have Engaged in Racial Profiling Against Latinos in Maricopa County

Last summer, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona stood trial for rampant violations of the civil rights of Latinos. The District Court has issued its ruling and Sheriff Joe cannot be happy. Here is the winning team's press…

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Constitutional Law Prof Blog

By Professors Steven D. Schwinn and Ruthann Robson

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

May 25
District Judge Finds Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Office Engaged in Unconstitutional Racial Profiling

District Judge Finds Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Office Engaged in Unconstitutional Racial Profiling

In a 142 page opinion and order in Melendres v. Arpaio, United States District Judge G. Murray Snow found that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office [MCSO] led by Sheriff Arpaio unconstitutionally relied upon "Mexican ancestry" in…
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…

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Dorf on Law

By Cornell Law School Professor Michael Dorf and his friends.

http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

May 25
Two Cheers for President Obama's Speech at the National Defense University

Two Cheers for President Obama's Speech at the National Defense University

By Mike Dorf In commemoration of Memorial Day Weekend, I'd like to (mostly) praise President Obama for his speech late last week at the National Defense University. I'll begin with the praise. Obama is already being criticized by the…
May 24
Schnitzel and Stuff

Schnitzel and Stuff

-- Posted by Neil H. Buchanan In a post last week, I mentioned in passing that I am currently in Austria. In fact, I am the PwC Visiting Professor of Law at Wirtschafts Universitat Wien (the University of Business and Economics in…
May 23
Subsituting Non-IRS for IRS Governance of Federal Activitie

Subsituting Non-IRS for IRS Governance of Federal Activitie

-- Posted by Neil H. Buchanan My new Verdict column today takes a different angle on the non-scandal-scandal involving the IRS. I address the ubiquity of "tax expenditures," which are the "tax cuts" that Congress (on a VERY bipartisan…

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International Law Reporter

Edited by Professor Jacob Katz Cogan.

http://ilreports.blogspot.com/

May 25
Linos: The Democratic Foundations of Policy Diffusion: How Health, Family, and Employment Laws Spread Across Countrie

Linos: The Democratic Foundations of Policy Diffusion: How Health, Family, and Employment Laws Spread Across Countrie

Katerina Linos (Univ. of California, Berkeley - Law) has published The Democratic Foundations of Policy Diffusion: How Health, Family, and Employment Laws Spread Across Countries (Oxford Univ. Press 2013). Here's the abstract:Why do law…
May 24
New Issue: Review of International Studie

New Issue: Review of International Studie

The latest issue of the Review of International Studies (Vol. 39, no. 3, July 2013) is out. Contents include:L.H.M. Ling, Worlds beyond Westphalia: Daoist dialectics and the ‘China threat’ Justin Rosenberg, The…
May 24
Bsumek, Kinkela, & Lawrence: Nation-States and the Global Environment: New Approaches to International Environmental History

Bsumek, Kinkela, & Lawrence: Nation-States and the Global Environment: New Approaches to International Environmental History

Erika Marie Bsumek (Univ. of Texas, Austin - History), David Kinkela (State Univ. of New York, Fredonia -History), & Mark Atwood Lawrence (Univ. of Texas, Austin - History) have published Nation-States and the Global Environment: New…

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Family Law Prof Blog

By Professor Andrea B. Carrol of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University, and Margaret Ryznar.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/family_law/

May 25
Child Abuse

Child Abuse

From Dawn Post, writing for City Limits: April was child abuse awareness month, dedicated to increasing public awareness of the need to ensure the safety and welfare of children. As a result, child abuse and neglect awareness activities were…
May 24
Guest Post: Family law-definition and working

Guest Post: Family law-definition and working

Family law is that branch of law which has to deal with the family related issues and also domestic relationships. These relations can be between two people, unions, partners etc. The domain of family law works with: Civil unions, domestic...
May 23
Pimentel: "Criminal Child Neglect and the 'Free Range Kid': Is Overprotective Parenting the New Standard of Care?"

Pimentel: "Criminal Child Neglect and the 'Free Range Kid': Is Overprotective Parenting the New Standard of Care?"

David Pimentel (Ohio Northern University - Ohio Northern University College of Law; Florida Coastal School of Law) has posted his article Criminal Child Neglect and the 'Free Range Kid': Is Overprotective Parenting the New Standard of Care?,…

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Legal History Blog

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

http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/

May 25
Weekend Roundup

Weekend Roundup

We've previously noted the publication of Mrs. Shipley's Ghost, by Jeffrey Kahn. A (gated) review in the Chronicle of Higher Education is here.From History News Network: "How Did the IRS Get Investigatory Authority, Anyway?" Douglas M.…
May 24
Pfander and Nazemi Revise Frankfurter on the Anti-Injuncton Act of 1789

Pfander and Nazemi Revise Frankfurter on the Anti-Injuncton Act of 1789

We have previously noted the posting by James E. Pfander and Nassim Nazemi, Northwestern University School of Law, of Morris v. Allen and the Lost History of the Anti-Injunction Act of 1793. They now return with The Anti-Injunction Act…
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…

Rank this Week: 89

Faculty Blog - Faculty of Law,…

Faculty Blog - Faculty of Law, University of Alberta

By Barbara Billingsley, Cameron Hutchison, Daniel Mol, David Cheifetz, Eran Kaplinsky, Eric Adam, Erin Nelson, James Muir, Lewis Klar, Q.C., Mark Amman, Moin A Yahya, Peter Carver, Russ Brown, Steven Penney

http://ualbertalaw.typepad.com/faculty/

May 24
Say no to cocaine

Say no to cocaine

With all the news buzzing about the centre of the universe's mayor of Toronto and his crack cocaine issues, you would be excused for not hearing about the other cocaine affected public official, a state judge who was charged with...
May 23
Concert Review & Recommendation

Concert Review & Recommendation

No major shark news to report. But, I did attend the Mumford & Sons concert last night and I am happy to report that it was a really fun show. Upright bass, banjo, harmony, catchy tunes... what is not to...
May 19
Harvard and Academic Freedom

Harvard and Academic Freedom

It is bad enough that Canadian universities are slowly turning their back on the notion of academic freedom, but when Harvard University starts down that path, things are looking bleak for the West's future.

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Opinio Juris

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

http://opiniojuris.org

May 24
Weekend Roundup: May 18-24, 2013

Weekend Roundup: May 18-24, 2013

by An Hertogen by An Hertogen This week on Opinio Juris, drone strikes unsurprisingly took center stage. In anticipation of President Obama’s speech, Jonathan Horowitz contributed a guest post on their human rights…
May 24
The US’s Retreat from IHL (or, the Triumph of Ryan Goodman)

The US’s Retreat from IHL (or, the Triumph of Ryan Goodman)

by Kevin Jon Heller In previous posts (here and here), I discussed the reasons why Obama will never actually enforce the "near certainty" standard regarding civilian casualties and noted that the standard is vastly more restrictive…
May 24
One of the Things We Learned About Targeting

One of the Things We Learned About Targeting

by Deborah Pearlstein by Deborah Pearlstein There is now a set of important new documents regarding its targeted killing operations: (1) a letter from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to members of Congress describing the decision to target…

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Aviation Law Prof Blog

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

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

May 24
Friday Link Roundup

Friday Link Roundup

News of note before beginning your Memorial Day weekend: Qatar appears to have backed off its attempt to lure ICAO headquarters away from Canada. The European Commission has accepted the conditions proposed by Lufthansa, Air Canada and United…
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…

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Nonprofit Law Prof Blog

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

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/nonprofit/

May 24
Should the state of New York be concerned about nonprofits incorporating outside state lines?

Should the state of New York be concerned about nonprofits incorporating outside state lines?

New York lawmakers are currently in the process of reforming the state’s Not-For-Profit Corporation Law. Key players in the reformation process explain that they are trying to reconcile the differences in S3755 and S5198. The current New…
May 23
MOOC accreditation

MOOC accreditation

“MOOC” stands for massive open online courses and just last year the New York Times named 2012 “the year of the MOOC.” Additionally, several of the nation’s most prestigious schools have partnered with nonprofit educational…
May 22
Schervish on wealth transfer and philanthropy

Schervish on wealth transfer and philanthropy

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

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Slaw

A Canadian cooperative weblog on all things legal.

http://www.slaw.ca

May 24
CPSR Wraps It Up

CPSR Wraps It Up

The Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (known as CPSR) has decided to wind up, having pushed for responsible – and notably peaceful – uses of information technology for over 30 years. As they say in their notice,…
May 24
Judicial Copying in Reasons for Judgment Isn't Wrong of Itself

Judicial Copying in Reasons for Judgment Isn't Wrong of Itself

In fact, it's necessary for the efficient functioning of the legal system. Merits and appearances matter. Cojocaru British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, 2013 SCC 30 [CanLII link here], released today, holds,…
May 24
The Friday Fillip: Good Noise

The Friday Fillip: Good Noise

Noise. Some like it, some don't. I go back and forth myself, donning a pair of noise-cancelling earphones when I have to fly but keeping the radio tuned to a classical station when I'm working. But, unlike a lot of people, I don't plug into…

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CrimProf Blog

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

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/

May 24
Saglibene on the U.K. Bribery Act and U.S. Law Reform

Saglibene on the U.K. Bribery Act and U.S. Law Reform

Dominic Saglibene has posted The U.K. Bribery Act: A Benchmark for Anticorruption Reform in the U.S. (Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, Vol. 23, 2014 (Forthcoming)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Note will argue that the…
May 24
Creel on Counsel for Indians in Tribal Court

Creel on Counsel for Indians in Tribal Court

Barbara Creel (University of New Mexico School of Law) has posted The Right to Counsel for Indians Accused of Crime: A Tribal and Congressional Imperative (Michigan Journal of Race & Law, Vol. 18, p. 317, Spring 2013) on SSRN. Here...
May 24
Westen on Transferred Intent

Westen on Transferred Intent

Peter K. Westen (University of Michigan Law School) has posted The Significance of Transferred Intent (Criminal Law and Philosophy, vol. 7, pp. 321-50 (2013)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The doctrine of transferred intent (or…

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ProfessorBainbridge.com

Commentary on law, business, economics and culture. By UCLA School of Law Professor Stephen Bainbridge.

http://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/

May 24
Any list of the top 101 restaurants in Los Angeles ...

Any list of the top 101 restaurants in Los Angeles ...

... that doesn't include In and Out Burger is obviously a bad joke. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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…

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Tillers on Evidence and Inference

The evidence blog of Professor Peter Tillers of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.

http://tillerstillers.blogspot.com/

May 24
Role of Hypothesis in Investigation

Role of Hypothesis in Investigation

The following passage has implications for investigation in legal settings: "The mark of a good theory is that it makes unexpected predictions that can be put to the test. If the predictions are incorrect you throw out the theory.…
May 23
A True Profile in Courage

A True Profile in Courage

Barack Obama: a genuine profile in courage. I have had reservations about some of Obama's policies. But he has now won me over 100%. That's because President Obama has just proclaimed again his determination to close Guantanamo and reduce…
May 17
Those Blinking (Messy) Declarations!

Those Blinking (Messy) Declarations!

Ah, real-world evidence problems are so messy! Consider the case in which the victim of a homicide - before his death - allegedly identified his killer by blinking his eyes three times. See Lisa Cornwell (AP reporter), Ohioan to appeal…

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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 24
Europe’s Lost Keynesians by Kenneth Rogoff - Project Syndicate

Europe’s Lost Keynesians by Kenneth Rogoff - Project Syndicate

CAMBRIDGE – There is no magic Keynesian bullet for the eurozone’s woes. But the spectacularly muddle-headed argument nowadays that too much austerity is killing Europe is not surprising. Commentators are consumed by politics,…
May 24
Roger Ailes seizes moral high ground over Obama White House - baltimoresun.com

Roger Ailes seizes moral high ground over Obama White House - baltimoresun.com

I have been holding my powder on this, because I didn't want to relive the misery I experienced in 2009 and 2011 when I dared to criticize the executive branch for not understanding and/or respecting the role the founders of...
May 24
California Fudges the Math on Obamacare - Bloomberg

California Fudges the Math on Obamacare - Bloomberg

The only way Covered California's experts arrive at their conclusion is to compare apples to oranges -- that is, comparing next year’s individual premiums to this year’s small employer premiums. via www.bloomberg.com

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Religion Clause

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

http://religionclause.blogspot.com/

May 24
Full 10th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Hobby Lobby Case

Full 10th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Hobby Lobby Case

Yesterday, in the most prominent of the many cases filed by small businesses challenging the Affordable Care Act contraceptive coverage mandate, an 8-judge en banc panel of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments…
May 24
Muslim School Can Maintain RLUIPA Substantial Burden and Establishment Clause Claim

Muslim School Can Maintain RLUIPA Substantial Burden and Establishment Clause Claim

Muslim Community Association of Ann Arbor v. Pittsfield Charter Township, (ED MI, May 22, 2013), is a suit by a pre-K -12 Islamic school challenging the refusal of a township board to approve a rezoning request to allow it to use…
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…

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California Appellate Report

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

http://calapp.blogspot.com/

May 24
Heyen & Bluford v. Safeway (Cal. Ct. App. - May 23 & 24, 2013)

Heyen & Bluford v. Safeway (Cal. Ct. App. - May 23 & 24, 2013)

It's not been a good couple of days if you're Safeway.Yesterday, Safeway lost Heyen, an individual wage-and-hour case that Safeway lost at trial to the tune of around $24,000 and in which the Court of Appeal took little time in…
May 23
Rybicki v. Carlson (Cal. Ct. App. - May 22, 2013)

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

My interest in cases like this one has definitely increased during the past month or so.The Court of Appeal gets it right. Moreover, it does so concisely, in an opinion that takes less than eight double-spaced…
May 22
People v. Timothy N. (Cal. Ct. App. - May 22, 2013)

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

When you are a repeat player in the justice system, you've got to do better than this.If you are the California Attorney General, there are so many better vehicles for getting your point across rather than taking this particular…

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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/

May 24
Court Denies Restraining Order Against Ex-Boyfriend Who Threatened to Post Revenge Porn -- EC v. CBT

Court Denies Restraining Order Against Ex-Boyfriend Who Threatened to Post Revenge Porn -- EC v. CBT

[Post by Venkat Balasubramani] E.C. v. C.B.T., SR., A-1185-12T2 (N.J. Ct. App. May 6, 2013) Plaintiff and defendant lived together...
May 23
Talk on Designing Optimal Safe Harbors and Immunitie

Talk on Designing Optimal Safe Harbors and Immunitie

By Eric Goldman Recently, I posted a Forbes article entitled "Designing Optimal Safe Harbors and immunities." Based on the feedback...
May 21
Google Crushes Home Decor Center’s Trademark Challenge to AdWord

Google Crushes Home Decor Center’s Trademark Challenge to AdWord

By Eric Goldman Home Decor Center, Inc. v. Google, Inc., 2:12-cv-05706-GW-SH (C.D. Cal. May 9, 2013) Home Decor Center sued...

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Conglomerate

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

http://www.theconglomerate.org/

May 24
BA Summer Reading: Independent director

BA Summer Reading: Independent director

Some interesting cases on the duties of independent directors coming out of Delaware...I have yet to read either of them,...
May 24
Michael Piwowar To Take Over For Troy Paredes At The SEC

Michael Piwowar To Take Over For Troy Paredes At The SEC

Congratulations to Michael Piwowar and Kara Stein, the two senate staffers nominated to the SEC today, but we at the...
May 24
LSA Happy Hour - at the Sheraton on Saturday at 9

LSA Happy Hour - at the Sheraton on Saturday at 9

For those going to Law and Society, there's a Saturday happy hour, co-organized by Prawfsblawg, at the Sheraton hotel bar...

Rank this Week: 119

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 24
SEC Charges Dallas Trader with Front-Running

SEC Charges Dallas Trader with Front-Running

The SEC announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against Daniel Bergin, a senior equity trader at Cushing MLP Asset Management, a Dallas-based investment advisory firm, who allegedly profited by placing his own trades before executing…
May 24
Obama Nominates Piwowar and Stein to SEC

Obama Nominates Piwowar and Stein to SEC

The White House announced that it is nominating two individuals to seats on the SEC: Michael Sean Piwowar, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2018, vice Troy A....
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…

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Neuroethics & Law Blog

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

http://kolber.typepad.com/ethics_law_blog/

May 24
A Tetrachromat Has Been Found

A Tetrachromat Has Been Found

She can see colors that you can't. Philosophers, start your engines.
May 24
PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)

Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Dancing with the Devil, The Neuroethics Blog In The Popular Press Consciousness: The what, why and how, New Scientist Is it okay to use smart drugs?, Wellcome Trust Is Ketamine the Next Big Depression…
May 24
"Australian University Students’ Attitudes Towards the Acceptability and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals to Improve Academic Performance"

"Australian University Students’ Attitudes Towards the Acceptability and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals to Improve Academic Performance"

Australian University Students’ Attitudes Towards the Acceptability and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals to Improve Academic Performance by Stephanie Bell, Brad Partridge, Jayne Lucke and Wayne Hall has been published in the most recent…

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Ideas

By Professor David Friedman.

http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/

May 24
Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism

Via xkcd.
May 23
Hard Line Natural Rights: Alternatives To

Hard Line Natural Rights: Alternatives To

The version of libertarianism that I refer to as the hard line natural rights position holds that individuals have an absolute right to themselves and their property, hence that any violation for any purpose is wrong. Obvious implications are…
May 22
What's Wrong With Mushy?

What's Wrong With Mushy?

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

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Innocence Blog

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

http://www.innocenceproject.org/news/Blog.php

May 24
Apple Seeds for Justice

Apple Seeds for Justice

By Fernando BermudezBermudez spent more than 18 years in prison for the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy in New York City. He was freed in 2009 after it was proven that police and prosecutors manipulated the eyewitness evidence against…
May 23
DNA Testing Leads to Overturned Rape Conviction for Wisconsin Man

DNA Testing Leads to Overturned Rape Conviction for Wisconsin Man

A Wisconsin man's 1994 rape conviction was overturned in a Winnebago County Circuit Court Wednesday based on DNA testing pointing to another man. Wisconsin Innocence Project client Joseph Frey was convicted of a 1991 rape based on the…
May 23
Science News - May 23, 2013

Science News - May 23, 2013

An independent review of the New York City medical examiner's office suggests a management change, legislation in Minnesota attempts to require accreditation for crime labs, and Ohio law enforcement addresses a backlog of DNA cases. Here is…

Rank this Week: 641

religiousleftlaw

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

http://www.religiousleftlaw.com/

May 24
"The Case for Food Stamps"

"The Case for Food Stamps"

“The Case for Food Stamps” By Christopher D. Cook for the Los Angeles Times (May 24, 2013) Slashing food aid makes no sense in humanitarian, economic or public health terms. “To hear Republicans — and some Democrats…
May 21
Christians Must Confront Scientific Illiteracy

Christians Must Confront Scientific Illiteracy

Where science is concerned, responsible Christians are caught in the vice grip of two extremes. On the one hand, there is the defiant and willful ignorance of persons like Congressman Paul Broun (R-Ga.), who famously declared during last…
May 20
For God's Sake, Mr. President, Recover Your Spine.

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

Both Patrick's recent post marking the birthday of Malcom X, and Steve's post before it questioning just how 'scandalous' the IRS pseudoscandal really is, invite some reflection on President Obama's reaction to the mentioned pseudoscandal…

Rank this Week: 295

Legal Profession Blog

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

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legal_profession/

May 24
Suspension Set Aside For Attorney Who Brought Contraband To Incarcerated Husband

Suspension Set Aside For Attorney Who Brought Contraband To Incarcerated Husband

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ordered that an interim suspension of an attorney who entered a no contest plea to bringing contraband into a penal institution be set aside. The matter is terminated without further disciplinary proceedings.…
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…

Rank this Week: 36

White Collar Crime Prof Blog

By Stetson University Law Professor Ellen S. Podgor.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/whitecollarcrime_blog/

May 24
Did Lois Lerner Waive the Fifth?

Did Lois Lerner Waive the Fifth?

Most witnesses with potential criminal exposure who are called to testify before Congressional hearings take the stand, with their lawyers behind them, and repeat the incantation "I respectfully decline to answer the question based on my…
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…

Rank this Week: 415

ADR Prof Blog

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

http://www.indisputably.org

May 24
SEC Won’t Have Time to Tackle Issue of Mandatory Securities Arbitration

SEC Won’t Have Time to Tackle Issue of Mandatory Securities Arbitration

Despite increasing pressure on the SEC to exercise its Dodd-Frank-granted explicit authority to ban mandatory securities arbitration, SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter stated earlier this week, according to a report in Reuters, that the…
May 21
Call for Papers – Psychology and Lawyering: Coalescing the Field

Call for Papers – Psychology and Lawyering: Coalescing the Field

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

Schwab removes class action waiver from customer agreement

Responding to substantial pressure from regulators and the investing public, the brokerage firm Charles Schwab reversed itself and eliminated the class action waiver clause from its pre-dispute arbitration clause in its customer account…

Rank this Week: 378

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…

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