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19 Jun, 2007 5:15 am
... of an American Wine Dynasty." As the title suggests, the book essentially chronicles the ousting of the Mondavi family from Robert Mondavi, Inc. What makes the article
particularly interesting is that the Company had a dual class capitalization, with the ... illustrates the important role of independent directors, something enhanced in the aftermath
of Enron and Worldcom. Nasdaq, where Robert Mondavi was traded, requires a board with a majority of independent directors. See IM-4350-4. Nasdaq also ...
19 Dec, 2008 12:12 am
... of Criminal Appeals, Chris Souza. Mr. Souza wrote an excellent brief with a simple request- uphold the law. Facts- Roberts shot and killed
a woman in her apartment. The woman was pregnant with an embryo. The embryo died. The state's medical ... that you could not tell this woman was pregnant by looking at her. The
defendant did not know the woman was pregnant. Roberts was convicted of capital murder for the intentional killing of two people. Issue- There
are many ways to commit capital murder. In ...
22 Aug, 2007 9:54 am
... under Rule 10b-5. We have also speculated that, with the recusal of Justices Roberts and Breyer, the key vote will be Justice Alito. We
have come to learn from ... not do much to alter the outcome. Justice Breyer is likely to side with investors, Justice Roberts is likely to
come out the other way. This still leaves Justice Alito as the key ... cases. Having said all of that, rather than induce Justices Breyer and Roberts to tamper with their investments, the best way to get all nine Justices to hear ...
11 Jul, 2007 5:00 am
... United States Supreme Court Justices--in American constitutional democracy? Our new Chief Justice, the Honorable John Roberts, relies on
the idea of an umpire to explain the role of federal judges. In his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary ... in poetry or modern art, but it certainly is required if law is
to function in the spirit of Chief Justice Roberts' model. Without consensus, at least with respect to constitutional controversies, the
constitutional strike zone will remain a ...
7 Oct, 2008 4:43 pm
Don't miss this wisdom from the Chief Justice on how not to search: "Roberts called computer-based legal tools "powerful," but Roberts suggested lawyers still need to be able to think for themselves to develop their arguments. "There is, I believe, a lot of value in thinking outside
the box, but the key word is thinking," Roberts said. "...You cannot think effectively outside the box if you don't know where the box is."
Tip: Slaw
23 Feb, 2007 8:38 am
Robert Mugabe, the one-time Marxist leader of Zimbabwe must be commended for his anti-colonial struggle. When he came to power in 1980, he was all about hope, cooperation, and
understanding. Since then he's betrayed his own vision. Now he should be ashamed of himself. Mr. Mugabe has, following his fellow Marxist, Fidel Castro, become an authoritarian dictator
brutally reigning over a poverty-stricken people. Neither tyrant possesses the wisdom to understand that those who lead revolutions to ...
24 Sep, 2007 10:33 am
Two justices, Breyer and Roberts, had indicated that they would not participate in Stoneridge. The speculation was that it had something to do
with stock ownership by the justices in various parties in the case. There had been ... is possible that one of the two sides will probably obtain a majority, something enhanced by the
regularity with which Alito and Roberts vote together. Moreover, at this point, the guess would have to be that both will side with the 8th
Circuit and affirm the decision. The ...
15 Jan, 2008 6:04 pm
BET's Robert Johnson is revealing Consider the following report: "Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson says he was talking about Sen. Barack Obama's work
as a community organizer -- not about the senator's admitted drug use as a youth -- when he said this yesterday at a rally for rival Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton: 'As an African American, I am frankly insulted that the Obama campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Hillary ...
31 Jan, 2007 12:32 pm
Well before I ever arrived as a student at Boston College Law School, the Rev. Robert F. Drinan had left his post there as dean to run for Congress, where he served five terms in
the U.S. House of Representatives...
6 Feb, 2007 5:22 am
Chief Justice John Roberts has revealed his position on term limits for federal judges. He opposes them. When asked about term limits in an
address last week at Northwestern University on "humility" in Supreme Court litigation, the Chief Justice said "Some of our professors say that." (Yes, perhaps some professors in that
very audience) "Um, you know, I'm not in favor of term limits for judges." Surprise! Surprise! The address counseled members of the Supreme Court Bar to acknowledge in their ...
4 Sep, 2007 1:33 pm
Writer Robert Draper reportedly received "unusual cooperation" from the White House in preparing his book, Dead Certain: The Presidency of George Bush, which hits bookstores
today. So it caused quite a stir when the front page of the Washington Post...
20 Sep, 2007 1:02 pm
In Chief Justice John Roberts' speech yesterday at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, he was expected to
offer some lessons about free speech. Instead, he may have learned a lesson or two about speaking freely,...
10 Oct, 2007 10:15 am
Robert Prentice, the Ed & Molly Smith Centennial Professor of Business Law, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, has made an appearance on this Blog
before. He writes often in the corporate area, often with a pro-shareholder, pro-SOX outlook. His latest piece is no different. Titled SCHEME LIABILITY, FEDERAL SECURITIES FRAUD, AND
JOHN WAYNE'S i-POD, the piece is a thorough examination of the issues in Stoneridge, the primary liability case currently pending at the ...
17 Feb 4:42 am
Just when some influential scholars are championing the idea that not all the members of the Court should be lawyers, Chief Justice Roberts
embraces the view that it would be good for all the members of the Court to be former federal appellate judges. For the first time in American history all Supreme Court Justices [...]
15 Apr 7:00 pm
One of the more fascinating documents in Robert Jackson's files on West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette is an undated memo from "JFC"-Jackson's first law clerk
brought over from the Department of Justice, John F. Costelloe.One idea suggested by Costelloe involves when courts ought to permit an individual a First Amendment exemption from an
otherwise valid law. Costelloe wonders how
24 Apr 3:26 am
On June 3, 1940, then-Attorney General Robert Jackson authored a memo to President Franklin Roosevelt, as was his practice, discussing the various Supreme Court decisions in
which the United States had an interest. Jackson singled out Minersville School District v. Gobitis, even though the United States filed no brief in that case.He wrote:Among the
decisions of the Court in non-Governemnt
21 Nov 10:27 am
FROM 1952: POPULAR MECHANICS looks at Robert Heinlein's new house. (Via reader Robert Racansky, who saw it at Jerry Pournelle's.).
24 Nov 9:31 pm
Robert Pozen is currently chairman of MFS Investment Management and is also a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School. Pozen was President and Vice Chairman of Fidelity
Investments until 2001. He served as a Democratic appointee to President ... , the committee made several actionable recommendations to improve the U.S. financial reporting system, many
of which have been implemented. Robert Pozen's Response Follows: Let me begin by thanking Jay and Satya for their thoughtful reviews of my book. I ...
24 Nov 9:25 pm
... me to participate in this book club. I've been reading with great interest posts here for a while, but find the book club posts to be among the most interesting. Let's hope I don't
drag down the team average too far. Robert Pozen's new book Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System begins with the usual rigamarole of pre-textual text. After the
obligatory Foreword and Acknowledgements, Pozen inserts an instructive but slightly weird parable about the financial crisis. It's unusual ...
21 Nov 6:53 am
POLITICAL ADVICE FROM ROBERT HEINLEIN: Your object… is to win elections, not arguments. If you will always remember that, you can't go far wrong. The second thing to remember is
that elections are won with votes; those votes are out in the precincts, not down in the politico-financial district, not in political clubs, not at political rallies. The third thing
to remember is that a vote for your side never becomes a reality unless you see to it that the holder thereof gets down to the polls and ...
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