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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/
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May 24
BA Summer Reading: Independent director
BA Summer Reading: Independent directorSome 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 SECCongratulations 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 9For 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
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/
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May 23
The IMF is Not/Not - NOT- Reviving Its Sovereign Bankruptcy Proposal
The IMF is Not/Not - NOT- Reviving Its Sovereign Bankruptcy ProposalFor all the hopers, dreamers, and scaredy-cats out there--Relax. The long-awaited IMF overview paper on sovereign debt restructuring is here, the first since 2005. And it does not revive the Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism (SDRM)… -
May 23
Equitable Mootness and Forum Shopping
Equitable Mootness and Forum ShoppingA 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 11FAC 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…
Rank this Week: 148
Law & Econ Prof Blog
Law & Econ Prof Blog
By Professors Jagdeep Bhandari and Thomas S. Ulen.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_econ/
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Aug 16
About Law & Econ Prof Blog
About Law & Econ Prof BlogThe Law Professor Blogs Network has ceased publication of this blog. -
Jun 17
Markets and Moral
Markets and MoralI very highly recommend Al Roth's summary of Michael Sandel's BBC Reith Lectures on "Markets and Morality" -- available here. TSU -
Jun 10
Caperton v. Massey
Caperton v. MasseyEarlier this week the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Clapton v. Massey. The decision was 5 - 4, with Justice Kennedy writing the majority opinion, and Chief Justice Roberts, a dissent. Here is the front matter from...
Rank this Week: 4507
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/
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May 25
Legal Theory Bookworm
Legal Theory BookwormThe 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 WeekThe 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 CaseCharles 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…
Rank this Week: 24
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/
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Nov 27
Chairman Schapiro's Troubled Tenure at the SEC
Chairman Schapiro's Troubled Tenure at the SECChairman 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 StoryThe 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 QuandaryThere 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: 21
Sexual Orientation and the Law…
Sexual Orientation and the Law Blog
By Professors Sara R. Benson and William B. Turner.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/lgbtlaw/
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Jan 28
About Sexual Orientation and the Law Blog
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Oct 25
Feminist Legal Theory
Feminist Legal TheoryFeminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, June 5-8, 2011 Invitation and Call for Papers Dear friends and colleagues, As many of you know, the Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research… -
Jun 29
Obama and same-sex marriage: the lawyerly straddle continue
Obama and same-sex marriage: the lawyerly straddle continueRepublished from the University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog. President Obama's remarks last week to a gay/lesbian fundraising event must have disappointed his supporters who have grown tired of straddling and rhetorical games on the…
Rank this Week: 3133