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23 Nov 6:35 am
Myriam E. Gilles (Cardozo Law School) has posted Class Dismissed: Contemporary Judicial Hostility to Small-Claims Consumer Class Actions to SSRN. Abstract: I start from the view
that small-value consumer claims are a primary reason that class actions exist, and that...
8 May 10:45 am
... the exam, the path he followed to get into the patent field and some of his successes as a research scientist. Gilles was kind enough to agree to this interview, which is
reproduced below. He also gives some tips to those, like him, ... fun in your life." While many might not understand how science and patent law can be fun, I certainly share
Gilles' enthusiasm for this area. Related posts: An Interview with the Acting Commissioner for PatentsJust over two weeks ago I wrote an article explaining ...
20 Feb 8:36 am
... has called for a review of the system of solicitor advocates representing people in court. The Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Gill, yesterday
heard the appeal of a convicted killer over the conduct of his defence at his trial at the High Court in Glasgow in ... of his duty". He said Woodside's appeal raised concerns over
practice among solicitor advocates in the courts. Lord Gill said: "This appeal has highlighted problems of rights of audience that seem not to
be unique to this case. I think it would ...
27 Apr 6:27 am
... was firmly rejected by their representative organisation at an extraordinary general meeting held in Edinburgh last week. Lord Gill's
comments, made in the wake of the Woodside case, questioned the ability of solicitor advocates to act independently for clients ... qualified to act in a particular case. During a
lively meeting, the Society of Solicitor Advocates dismissed Lord Gill's criticisms and reaffirmed its members' commitment to act in the best
interests of clients. And responding to concerns ...
17 Jun, 2008 5:53 pm
... who is demanding £19 million in compensation for work-place bullying faked a nervous breakdown to secure a larger payout, an employment tribunal was told. Gill Switalski, 51, the former head of legal affairs at Foreign & Colonial (F&C), an asset management company, pretended that her ... the £19 million.
Or at least £12 million, the equivalent in British pounds of what a top American actress might earn per picture. Lawyer Gill Switalski 'faked
nervous breakdown to claim £19m' [Times - U.K.]
16 May 2:19 pm
The Lord President Lord Hamilton & the Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Gill appeared before the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee to
discuss, and criticise some of the plans contained ... You can read our earlier report on the debate HERE Watch the testimony of Lord Hamilton & Lord Gill here (be careful your veins don't drain of life while watching - Ed) Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V (I thought the best bit was when Lord
Gill called the whole thing a quango - Ed) Lord Gill sums it all ...
9 May, 2007 9:33 am
... Police, Race and Crime in 1950s Chicago: Monroe v. Pape as Legal Noir (CIVIL RIGHTS STORIES, Risa Goluboff and Myriam Gilles, eds., Fall 2007) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This essay will appear in Civil Rights Stories (Risa Goluboff and Myriam Gilles eds.), forthcoming Fall 2007. In it, I've tried to provide an historical background against which
to understand the watershed civil rights case of Monroe v. Pape, where the Supreme Court ...
26 Jun 11:00 am
06/26/09 hunter of justice: Georgetown University Law Professor Nan Hunter comments on Gill v. OPM, a lawsuit that challenges section 3 of the
federal DOMA. She expresses her hope that the expected due date for the Department of Justice's brief will give the DOJ time "to think throught its arguments and do the right thing."
27 Nov, 2006 9:59 am
WNYC interviewed Bob Gill, logo designer, and author of 'Logomania.' (podcast should be available here Tuesday). Mr. Gill discusses his process for coming up with successful logos.
9 May, 2007 1:34 am
Myriam E. Gilles, Cardozo Law School, has posted a new essay, Police, Race and Crime in 1950s Chicago: Monroe v. Pape as Legal Noir, forthcoming in CIVIL RIGHTS STORIES, Risa
Goluboff and Myriam Gilles, eds., Fall 2007. She writes: Writ large, Monroe v. Pape is equal parts Richard Wright and Raymond Chandler. Or maybe, To Kill a Mockingbird meets
Dirty Harry. A hard-boiled hero cop runs headlong
2 Jul, 2007 6:40 am
Credit Slips is pleased to welcome Professor Oren Bar-Gill as a guest blogger. Professor Bar-Gill
works out of the law & economics school and studies problems of behavioral economics. He has an impressive body of work on the law & economics of contract and contracting, where
takes a more nuanced approach than the simple assumption that humans rationally act to maximize utility all the time. He has turned these insights to the consumer credit area. In
"Seduction by Plastic," 98 ...
6 Dec, 2007 10:34 pm
Oren Bar-Gill (New York University - School of Law) has posted Informing Consumers About Themselves on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Consumers
make mistakes. Imperfect information and imperfect rationality lead to misperception of benefits and costs associated ... . With a non-standardized good the information obtained by one
consumer might not be relevant to another consumer who purchased a different version of the non-standard good.19 Another very interesting paper from Bar-Gill. Highly recommended.
11 Dec, 2008 3:02 pm
Here is the AP headline at ESPN: "Buffalo's Gill on wish list for Syracuse, Auburn after unlikely MAC title BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Buffalo coach
Turner Gill, fresh off an improbable Mid-American Conference title, is a candidate for coaching vacancies at Syracuse and Auburn." Here is what
we wrote in September 2006 (three football seasons ago) at SportPundit: "This posting is especially geared to all
3 Apr 6:49 am
The Society of Solicitor Advocates are claiming strong support for its approach to Lord Gill's recent criticisms of the lack of regulation
& standards maintained by some in the profession. The claims come amid confidence building, and ... Advocates has claimed strong support for its principled approach in responding to
the criticisms of the court in the recent case of Woodside. Lord Gill, in the recent case of Woodside, has questioned the way in which all
solicitor advocates operate, and has ...
12 Jun 9:40 am
... of Proposition 8 does nothing to confer standing on Plaintiffs. Finally, the Chronicle fails to identify the much more credible challenge to Section 3 of the federal DOMA,
Gill et al. v. Office of Personnel Management et al. (D. Mass. filed Mar. 3, 2009). DOJ's motion may afford insight on how it will respond to
Gill's formidable equal protection challenge. 06/12/09 AP: LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gay rights groups expressed dismay with the Obama ...
19 Sep 2:14 pm
The U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, has filed its motion to dismiss in Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, Case No.
1:09-cv-10309 (JLT) (U.S.Dist.Ct., D. Mass.), the constitutional ... challenge to Section 2 of DOMA, relieving states of any obligation to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages, and
that section is not involved in the Gill case in Boston. This time out, DOJ does make some narrowly-focused standing arguments concerning some
of GLAD's plaintiffs, but they are almost ...
3 Aug, 2006 11:07 am
I'm showing Gill Wagner the power of blogs.
4 Jun, 2007 9:35 am
See this story from Virginia, which begins: "After hours of deliberation about overvotes cast in the Prince William County Republican Party's convention, Faisal Gill was declared the party's nominee for the 51st House of Delegates seat, getting just eight votes...
20 Jun, 2007 6:24 am
"Gill drops bid to block Rabner for chief justice; Meeting with senator clears way": The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger today contains an article
that begins, "As mysteriously as it began, a state senator's opposition to the nomination of Attorney General Stuart Rabner as chief justice of the state Supreme Court came to an end
yesterday, clearing the way for a confirmation vote tomorrow." And The New York Times reports today that "Senator Drops Objections to Corzine Court Nominee."
1 Jul, 2008 12:55 am
Oren Bar-Gill of NYU and Richard A. Epstein of Chicago and Stanford's Hoover Institute have each contributed a piece to "Consumer Contracts:
Behavioral Economics vs. Neoclassical Economics," 92 Minnesota Law Review (2007-2008). Here's the abstract: In the past decade behavioral economics has established itself as a contender
to the throne of neoclassical economics in the economic analysis of law. The pros and cons of behavioral as compared to neoclassical economics have been vigorously debated ...
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