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Instapundit.com

Online magazine of opinion. By University of Tennessee College of Law professor Glenn Reynolds.

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/

Apr 20
WAR: UAE forces intercept Iranian drone carrying explosives intended for Yemen targets….

WAR: UAE forces intercept Iranian drone carrying explosives intended for Yemen targets….

WAR: UAE forces intercept Iranian drone carrying explosives intended for Yemen targets.
Apr 20
NOT THE ONION: Democratic Party files suit alleging Russia, the Trump campaign, and WikiLeaks conspi…

NOT THE ONION: Democratic Party files suit alleging Russia, the Trump campaign, and WikiLeaks conspi…

NOT THE ONION: Democratic Party files suit alleging Russia, the Trump campaign, and WikiLeaks conspired to disrupt the 2016 election. Someone must think this is good for fundraising.
Apr 20
JIM GERAGHTY: James Comey’s Stellar Windiness. Comey mentions that the New York Times editorial…

JIM GERAGHTY: James Comey’s Stellar Windiness. Comey mentions that the New York Times editorial…

JIM GERAGHTY: James Comey’s Stellar Windiness. Comey mentions that the New York Times editorial board called Bill Clinton’s pardon of Rich “a shocking abuse of federal power,” and he adds that Clinton’s pardon of…

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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://www.volokh.com/

Apr 20
[Eugene Volokh] Caniformia

[Eugene Volokh] Caniformia

I learned this from my brother Sasha some time ago, but I was reminded of it on our Galapagos trip, where the sea lions reminded my boys of our dog. The order Carnivora -- which includes many but not all carnivorous (and some omnivorous)…
Apr 20
[Jonathan H. Adler] Seventh Circuit Upholds Injunction in Sanctuary City Case

[Jonathan H. Adler] Seventh Circuit Upholds Injunction in Sanctuary City Case

Last night, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the district court injunction against the Department of Justice's effort to deny federal funding to so-called "sanctuary cities" -- those local jurisdictions that refuse to…
Apr 19
[Eugene Volokh] "D.C. lawmaker who said Jews control the weather visits Holocaust Museum but leaves early"

[Eugene Volokh] "D.C. lawmaker who said Jews control the weather visits Holocaust Museum but leaves early"

The Washington Post (Peter Jameson) has the headline, and the story (for more on the Council member's earlier "Rothschilds controlling the climate" "to own the cities" incident, see here): The photo, taken in 1935, depicts a woman in a dark…

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Antitrust & Competition Policy…

Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog

Edited by D. Daniel Sokol and Shubha Ghosh.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/

Apr 20
Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim Delivers Keynote Address at the University of Chicago's Antitrust and Competition Conference Chicago, IL ~ Thursday, April 19, 2018

Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim Delivers Keynote Address at the University of Chicago's Antitrust and Competition Conference Chicago, IL ~ Thursday, April 19, 2018

Delrahim's comments are here. Below I extract some of the key points: Outside the realm of naked horizontal restraints such as price fixing, bid rigging, and market allocation, antitrust demands evidence of harm or likely harm to competition,…
Apr 20
European Competition Law Procedural Reform

European Competition Law Procedural Reform

Francisco Enrique González Díaz, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, and Álvaro Fomperosa Rivero, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP describe European Competition Law Procedural Reform. ABSTRACT: Since the entry into force of…
Apr 20
CCP 14th Annual Conference 2018 Competition Policy & Industrial Policy: Is there a need for a new balance? 7-8 June 2018

CCP 14th Annual Conference 2018 Competition Policy & Industrial Policy: Is there a need for a new balance? 7-8 June 2018

CCP 14th Annual Conference 2018 Competition Policy & Industrial Policy: Is there a need for a new balance? 7-8 June 2018 The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ Keynote speaker Gert Jan Koopman, European…

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Althouse

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

http://althouse.blogspot.com/

Apr 20
"The Democratic Party on Friday sued President Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the Russian government and the Wikileaks group, claiming a broad illegal conspiracy to help Trump win the 2016 election."

"The Democratic Party on Friday sued President Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the Russian government and the Wikileaks group, claiming a broad illegal conspiracy to help Trump win the 2016 election."

"The multi-million-dollar lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court says that 'In the Trump campaign, Russia found a willing and active partner in this effort' to mount 'a brazen attack on American Democracy,' which included Russian…
Apr 20
"Orthodox and other dox."

"Orthodox and other dox."

The word "dox" came up in the comments, here, so I looked it up in the Oxford English Dictionary, which was useless in defining the present-day verb, but amusing on the subject of the old noun (click to enlarge):
Apr 20
At the Bobblehead Café...

At the Bobblehead Café...

... you can say what you want.And use the Althouse Portal to Amazon.

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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/

Apr 20
Chinn on "The Politics of Resentment" by Cramer

Chinn on "The Politics of Resentment" by Cramer

Stuart Chinn (University of Oregon School of Law) has posted Disagreement and Resentment in Contemporary American Politics (53 Tulsa Law Review 219 (2018)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This is a book review essay on Katherine J. Cramer,…
Apr 20
Crowe on Functions, Contexts, & Constitutional Value

Crowe on Functions, Contexts, & Constitutional Value

Jonathan Crowe (Bond University - School of Law) has posted Functions, Context and Constitutional Values (in Rosalind Dixon (ed.), Australian Constitutional Values (Hart, 2018)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: What are constitutional values…
Apr 19
Murphree on Schools & Transgender Student

Murphree on Schools & Transgender Student

Patrick Murphree has posted Schools in the Middle: Resolving Schools' Conflicting Duties to Transgender Students and Their Parents (86 UMKC L. Rev. 405) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article explores the dilemma facing a school when a…

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TaxProf Blog

By Paul L. Caron.

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

Apr 20
February Bar Exam Performance Hits Record Low

February Bar Exam Performance Hits Record Low

Law.com, February Bar Exam Performance Hits Record Low: A decline in the average MBE score from the February 2018 bar exam does not bode well for pass rates, which are beginning to trickle out. Performance of law graduates taking the attorney…
Apr 20
Tax Day In The Age Of Trump: Read Thoreau

Tax Day In The Age Of Trump: Read Thoreau

New York Times op-ed: It’s Tax Day. Don’t Forget to Read Thoreau., by Sarah Vowell: Henry David Thoreau delivered a lecture on “resistance to civil government” that would acquire the post-mortem title “Civil Disobedience.” He…
Apr 20
Second Law Prof Whistleblower Suit Against InfiLaw Unsealed

Second Law Prof Whistleblower Suit Against InfiLaw Unsealed

Law.com, Second Law Prof Whistleblower Suit Against InfiLaw Unsealed: A newly unsealed whistleblower lawsuit filed by two former professors at Arizona Summit Law School alleges that the school and its owner, InfiLaw Corp., violated federal…

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Religion Clause

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

http://religionclause.blogspot.com/

Apr 20
New Study Says Government Services and Religiosity Are Inversely Related

New Study Says Government Services and Religiosity Are Inversely Related

An interesting new study has been published: Miron Zuckerman, Chen Li & Ed Diener, Religion as an Exchange System: The Interchangeability of God and Government in a Provider Role, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (SAGE)…
Apr 20
Settlement Order Entered In Chabad's Dispute With New Jersey Town

Settlement Order Entered In Chabad's Dispute With New Jersey Town

After lengthy mediation, a settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed in 2016 by Chabad Jewish Center of Toms River, New Jersey and Rabbi Moshe Gourarie challenging Toms River's refusal to allow a Chabad Center to operate out of a large…
Apr 19
6th Circuit: Ohio's Cutoff of Non-Abortion Funding To Planned Parenthood Is Unconstitutional

6th Circuit: Ohio's Cutoff of Non-Abortion Funding To Planned Parenthood Is Unconstitutional

In Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, Inc. v. Himes, (6th Cir., April 18, 2018), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held unconstitutional a 2016 Ohio law aimed at Planned Parenthood. ORC §3701.34 prohibits the Ohio…

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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof…

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog

By Gerry W. Beyer.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/

Apr 20
Live from the "Exploring Unsupervised Probate" Symposium at Quinnipiac School of Law

Live from the "Exploring Unsupervised Probate" Symposium at Quinnipiac School of Law

Professor Mary F. Radford of the Georgia State University School of Law is now providing an Introduction to the Uniform Probate Code and the Probate Process in Georgia. She is now addressing audience questions and concerns. After a brief…
Apr 20
Live from the "Exploring Unsupervised Probate" Symposium at Quinnipiac School of Law

Live from the "Exploring Unsupervised Probate" Symposium at Quinnipiac School of Law

Today, The Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Fellows and The Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal are sponsoring a symposium entitled Exploring Unsupervised Probate at the Quinnipiac School of Law. A crowd of approximately 150 probate…
Apr 19
Article on Due Process of Lawmaking Revisited

Article on Due Process of Lawmaking Revisited

Stephen Gardbaum published an Article entitled, Due Process of Lawmaking Revisited, Wills, Trusts, & Estates Law eJournal (2018). Provided below is an abstract of the Article: Due to the role of ultra-wealthy party donors in its…

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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/

Apr 20
An Essay Collection on Blackstone and His Critic

An Essay Collection on Blackstone and His Critic

Just out from Hart is Blackstone and His Critics, edited by Anthony Page, University of Tasmania, and Wilfrid Prest, emeritus, University of Adelaide:William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-69) is perhaps the most…
Apr 19
Malka on "Policing Baltimore in the Age of Slavery and Emancipation"

Malka on "Policing Baltimore in the Age of Slavery and Emancipation"

New from the University of North Carolina Press: The Men of Mobtown: Policing Baltimore in the Age of Slavery and Emancipation (March 2018), by Adam Malka (University at Buffalo, SUNY). A description from the Press: What if racialized…
Apr 19
Alexandrowicz on international law

Alexandrowicz on international law

David Armitage, Harvard University and Jennifer Pitts, University of Chicago, have co-edited C. H. Alexandrowicz's The Law of Nations in Global History, published with Oxford University Press. From the publisher:The history and theory of…

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International Law Reporter

Edited by Professor Jacob Katz Cogan.

http://ilreports.blogspot.com/

Apr 19
New Additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law

New Additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law

The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added new lectures to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. They were given by Charles C. Jalloh on “The Sierra Leone Special Court and Its Legacy: The…
Apr 19
New Volume: Czech Yearbook of Public & Private International Law

New Volume: Czech Yearbook of Public & Private International Law

The latest volume of the Czech Yearbook of Public & Private International Law (Vol. 8, 2017) is out. Contents include:Symposium: Law of International ResponsibilityPavel Šturma, Introduction to Section “Symposium: Law of…
Apr 19
Call for Papers: Transnationalization of Anti-Corruption Law

Call for Papers: Transnationalization of Anti-Corruption Law

The Anti-Corruption Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law, Sciences Po Law School, and the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania have issued a call for…

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ImmigrationProf Blog

By Kevin R. Johnson, Bill O. Hing and Rose Cuison Villazor.

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

Apr 20
The Beat Goes On: Trump Administration Loses Another "Sanctuary" Case

The Beat Goes On: Trump Administration Loses Another "Sanctuary" Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the district court injunction against the Department of Justice's effort to deny federal funding to so-called "sanctuary cities" -- those local jurisdictions that refuse to…
Apr 20
Immigration Court Cases Now Involve More Long-Time Residents, Change from Obama Year

Immigration Court Cases Now Involve More Long-Time Residents, Change from Obama Year

TRAC Immigration reports that the latest available data from the Immigration Court reveals a sharp uptick in the proportion of cases involving immigrants who have been living in the U.S. for years. During March 2018, for example, court…
Apr 20
ICE Raid Makes Some Conservative Voters Rethink Trump’s Immigration Agenda

ICE Raid Makes Some Conservative Voters Rethink Trump’s Immigration Agenda

Immigrant families, faith leaders, and community members led a procession through Morristown, Tennessee, on April 12th, to express solidarity with those affected by the raid. Photograph courtesy Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights…

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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/

Apr 20
UF Privacy & Media Conference

UF Privacy & Media Conference

I’m at the University of Florida’s Technology, Media & Privacy Law Conference today, speaking on a panel on “Anonymity in the New Media Landscape: Free Speech or Invasion of Privacy & Defamation?”. The whole…
Apr 18
Law School Course Selection Advice

Law School Course Selection Advice

I have updated my page on law school course selection advice. Primarily aimed at UMiami Law, but comments from any quarter welcomed. The post Law School Course Selection Advice appeared first on Discourse.net.
Apr 16
Briefly Quoted

Briefly Quoted

David Ingram’s Reuters article, Facebook fuels broad privacy debate by tracking non-users concludes with a short quote from yours truly. The post Briefly Quoted appeared first on Discourse.net.

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Concurring Opinions

Group blog with a broad emphasis on legal topics. By Professors Daniel J. Solove, Kaimipono Wenger, Dave Hoffman, Frank Pasquale, Deven Desai, Danielle Citron, Lawrence Cunningham, Sarah Waldeck, Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Solangel Maldonado and Gerard Magliocca.

http://www.concurringopinions.com

Apr 19
Lynn Stout, RIP, Sparred with Charlie Munger

Lynn Stout, RIP, Sparred with Charlie Munger

Charlie Munger met his match in Lynn Stout. Mr. Munger, Warren Buffett’s best friend since 1959, is a notoriously fierce debater who does not suffer fools gladly. At a symposium on The Essays of Warren Buffett I hosted in 1996 at…
Apr 17
FAN 188 (First Amendment News)UW law profs release letter re applicable law governing security fees on college campuse

FAN 188 (First Amendment News)UW law profs release letter re applicable law governing security fees on college campuse

The protections of the First Amendment are not limited to liberals, or conservatives, or people with good ideas.The principle at issue here is not a new one. Time and again, during the difficult days of the civil rights movement, the…
Apr 17
Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein to be interviewed at Newesum on May 1st, Law Day — Public invited

Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein to be interviewed at Newesum on May 1st, Law Day — Public invited

A Law Day Conversation With Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General of the United States Tuesday, May 1, 2018 / 2:00 p.m. Newseum, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater, Washington, D.C. To commemorate Law Day, the Newseum Institute…

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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 and Venkat Balasubramani.

http://blog.ericgoldman.org/

Apr 20
Court Affirms Stalking and Harassment Conviction for Tagged Tweets–In re AJB

Court Affirms Stalking and Harassment Conviction for Tagged Tweets–In re AJB

This is a stalking and harassment case involving tweets by classmates of the victim. The court recites the facts below: In March 2016, high school students, W.K., B.L., and appellant A.J.B., discussed that M.B., a fellow student who had…
Apr 19
Conference on IP Enforcement at Trade Shows, UNLV, October 4, 2018 (Guest Blog Post)

Conference on IP Enforcement at Trade Shows, UNLV, October 4, 2018 (Guest Blog Post)

by guest blogger Marketa Trimble The practice of IP law fascinates IP law enthusiasts, and it can be stimulating for others as well. The practice has even been considered exciting enough for IP lawyers to be portrayed in a sophisticated…
Apr 18
2H 2017 & Q1 2018 Quick Links, Part 6: Privacy and More

2H 2017 & Q1 2018 Quick Links, Part 6: Privacy and More

Privacy * A string of great articles from Kash Hill: – Roomba’s Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder – The House That Spied on Me – Facebook Figured Out My Family Secrets, And…

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In the News

Faculty news from Berkeley Law.

http://inthenews.berkeleylawblogs.org/

Apr 11
Facebook should be a nonprofit

Facebook should be a nonprofit

Ann Ravel quoted by Bloomberg, April 11, 2018 Ann Ravel … said a company like Facebook could convert to nonprofit status by buying out shareholders and complying with the IRS requirements for 501(c)(3) organizations.
Apr 11
Progressive democrats run California–yet it does more than many states to shield police from scrutiny

Progressive democrats run California–yet it does more than many states to shield police from scrutiny

Franklin Zimring quoted by CALmatters.org, April 11, 2018 “The major force in controlling, or failing to control, police use of force is the police chief,” Zimring said. “What state law can do is… make excessive use…
Apr 11
As Trump vents anger over Russia probe, some senators propose protecting Mueller from getting fired

As Trump vents anger over Russia probe, some senators propose protecting Mueller from getting fired

John Yoo quoted by Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2018 Yoo said Trump could argue that the Justice Department regulation “cannot constrain his constitutional authority — long recognized by Congress and the Supreme Court — to…

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Underbelly: A Journal of Soft…

Underbelly: A Journal of Soft Information

By Professor Jack Ayer.

http://underbelly-buce.blogspot.com/

Jun 16
Shakespeare's Plays: a ranking

Shakespeare's Plays: a ranking

Revived from the dead so I can cross post this with my Facebook page:Tyler Cowen offers his ranking of Shakespeare plays. I take the bait. Not quite a ranking; there are a number of plays that I think are really interesting but…
Nov 12
Guest Contributor

Guest Contributor

Change but a few words and one has a very contemporary document, settingand cycle:"Thirteen years ago we National Socialists were mocked and derided—todayour opponents’ laughter has turned to tears! A faithful community of…
Nov 12
Test again.

Test again.

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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/

Apr 20
Two Columns Defending Randa Jarrar

Two Columns Defending Randa Jarrar

Randa Jarrar is the CSU Fresno professor who created a national controversy by tweeting vile things about Barbara Bush. Following an initial affirmation of the First Amendment, the Fresno State president has now announced an…
Apr 19
Call for Papers: Upcoming Conference on Cooper v. Aaron

Call for Papers: Upcoming Conference on Cooper v. Aaron

Below is a call for papers for an upcoming conference at the University of Arkansas - Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. According to Associate Dean Terri Beiner, "we hope to have some Constitutional Law professors focus on...
Apr 19
Nancy Gertner Schools Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh (and Alan Dershowitz)

Nancy Gertner Schools Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh (and Alan Dershowitz)

Because I do not often watch Fox News, I was unaware of the latest accusations against Special Counsel Robert Mueller. It seems that Sean Hannity, and others, have asserted that Mueller, as the U.S. Attorney in Boston, had been responsible...

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Conflict of Laws .net

Covers news and discussion on the conflict of laws in private international law cases. Editor is Martin George of the University of Birmingham. Published in association with the Journal of Private International Law.

http://conflictoflaws.net

Apr 20
International Law Association: Biennial Conference in Sydney and Annual Meeting of the German Branch

International Law Association: Biennial Conference in Sydney and Annual Meeting of the German Branch

In 2018, the Australian Branch of the International Law Association (ILA) will be hosting the biennial ILA conference. The conference, which is being held in Sydney, Australia, from 19-24 August 2018, is a major international event that will…
Apr 19
The Hague Judgments Project & The EU: public hearing (24 April 2018)

The Hague Judgments Project & The EU: public hearing (24 April 2018)

The European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs will hold a public hearing on «The Hague Judgments Convention» in Brussels, on 24 April 2018, from 15.00-16.30. The hearing is aimed at bringing together Members of the European…
Apr 19
Université de Lausanne/BIICL Conference on ‘The UK, Switzerland, Norway and the EU: Cross-border Business Relations after Brexit’

Université de Lausanne/BIICL Conference on ‘The UK, Switzerland, Norway and the EU: Cross-border Business Relations after Brexit’

On 17 May, the Centre de droit comparé, européen et international of the University of Lausanne will host a joint conference with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law on ‘The UK, Switzerland, Norway…

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The Race to the Bottom

A faculty-student collaboration on corporate governance. By Professor J. Robert Brown, Jr.

http://www.theracetothebottom.org/

Apr 19
Freidman v. Endo International PLC: Plaintiff’s Third Amended Complaint Dismissed for Failure to Plead Claims of Securities Fraud

Freidman v. Endo International PLC: Plaintiff’s Third Amended Complaint Dismissed for Failure to Plead Claims of Securities Fraud

In Friedman v. Endo International PLC, No. 16-CV-3912 (JMF), 2018 BL 13320 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 16, 2018), Endo International PLC (“Endo”) and its executive officers, Rajiv De Silva, Suketu Upadhyay, and Paul Campanelli…
Apr 19
Perez v. Higher One Holdings, Inc.: Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint Sufficiently Pleads Claims of Securities Fraud

Perez v. Higher One Holdings, Inc.: Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint Sufficiently Pleads Claims of Securities Fraud

In Perez v. Higher One Holdings, Inc., No. 3:14-cv-755 (D. Conn. Sept. 25, 2017), the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut granted in part and denied in part Higher One Holdings, Inc. (“Higher…
Apr 19
No-Action Letter for Qualcomm Permitted Exclusion of Proposal to Allow Simple Majority Vote

No-Action Letter for Qualcomm Permitted Exclusion of Proposal to Allow Simple Majority Vote

In QUALCOMM, Incorporated, 2017 BL 441240 (Dec. 8, 2017), QUALCOMM, Inc. (“QUALCOMM”) asked the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to permit the omission of a proposal submitted by James McRitchie…

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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/

Apr 20
A Digital Fix to Alleviate Some Angsting Stress?

A Digital Fix to Alleviate Some Angsting Stress?

If the number of comments a thread receives is any proxy for interest in a subject, the Prawfsblawg angsting thread has to be one of the most popular semi-annual traditions. I will confess to occasionally checking it, although it rarely…
Apr 19
Gundy and Non-Delegation: Which of Several Non-Delegation Doctrines Should Apply to SORNA?

Gundy and Non-Delegation: Which of Several Non-Delegation Doctrines Should Apply to SORNA?

Marty Lederman recently asked me in a comment to an earlier post on Gorsuch’s concurrence in Dimaya how I thought Gundy v. United States should and would be decided. For those who are not hopeless Non-Delegation Doctrine dorks, SCOTUS…
Apr 19
Must the Law Be as All-or-Nothing as Leo Katz Claims?

Must the Law Be as All-or-Nothing as Leo Katz Claims?

In Leo Katz's characteristically excellent book Why the Law is so Perverse, he argues that the law is often all-or-nothing because many phenomena that appear to stretch along continua, like becoming a person or dying or giving consent, are…

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Legal Profession Blog

Edited by S. Alan Childress, Michael S. Frisch, Jeffrey M. Lipshaw and Nancy B. Rapaport.

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

Apr 20
Attorney's Appeal Gets Six More Months Suspension

Attorney's Appeal Gets Six More Months Suspension

An appeal of a single justice's suspension backfired on an attorney, per the full Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court The respondent, Robert C. Moran, appeals from an order of a single justice of this court, acting on an information filed…
Apr 20
"Disbarment Will Inevitably Follow..."

"Disbarment Will Inevitably Follow..."

The Maryland Court of Appeals issued its opinion disbarring an attorney after entering an order on March 16 This attorney discipline proceeding involves a lawyer who, chief among various forms of serious misconduct, misappropriated funds,…
Apr 20
Reconsidered

Reconsidered

econsideredA stipulated public reprimand imposed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court Attorney Fulkerson has been the subject of professional discipline on one prior occasion. In 2015 she consented to the imposition of a private reprimand for…

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Sentencing Law and Policy

By Douglas A. Berman.

http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/

Apr 19
Alabama completes execution of (record-old) murderer of federal judge

Alabama completes execution of (record-old) murderer of federal judge

As reported here by CNN, "Alabama has executed Walter Leroy Moody, 83, who had been convicted of murder for the mail bombing death of a federal judge in 1989." Here is more: Moody is the oldest person put to death...
Apr 19
Now a full decade after Rita, Gall and Kimbrough, do any Justices still care about reasonableness review?

Now a full decade after Rita, Gall and Kimbrough, do any Justices still care about reasonableness review?

The question in the title of this post is prompted in part by my work, recently and in prior years, on amicus briefs in which I have noted to the US Supreme Court that many judges and many commentators have...
Apr 19
Lots of notable reporting and commentary as federal prison reform tries to move forward

Lots of notable reporting and commentary as federal prison reform tries to move forward

As reported here last week, there was talk of a federal prison reform bill moving forward in the House of Representatives this week. This article from The Hill, headlined "Prison reforms groups battle over strategy," highlights that…

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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/

Apr 17
Andrew Napolitano Explains Attorney-Client Privilege

Andrew Napolitano Explains Attorney-Client Privilege

The former judge and current Fox News legal analyst explains his view of attorney-client privilege as it applies to Michael Cohen:
Apr 13
Too Obvious (again)?

Too Obvious (again)?
Apr 13
When Presidents Lawyer Up

When Presidents Lawyer Up

Here is my essay on The Conversation (coauthored with Brian McGinty) about Lincoln’s choice of counsel, in comparison to Trump’s: When presidents lawyer up: A brief history April 11, 2018 6.46am EDT President Trump’s…

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IntLawGrrls

Features voices on international law, policy and practice.

http://ilg2.org/

Apr 16
Trump Trade Agenda

Trump Trade Agenda

The Trump trade agenda is in the news. Since January (2018), the Trump Administration has imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, started a trade war with China, and re-negotiated the 6-year old Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS).…
Apr 13
Women and People of Color Also Know Stuff

Women and People of Color Also Know Stuff

The project “Women Also Know Stuff,” which makes it easier for the media to find informed women to speak on public affairs topics, has inspired the creation of a new project: “People of Color also Know Stuff.” …
Apr 12
Syria and the Limits of International Law

Syria and the Limits of International Law

Earlier this week, the Assad regime most likely used chemical weapons against its own population in Syria. Up to 500 people may have been affected by this chemical attack, and approximately 75 individuals may have died. Western media reported…

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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog

Covers abortion, contraception, pregnancy and fetal rights. By Caitlin E. Borgmann.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/reproductive_rights/

Apr 20
A Backward Step for Reproductive Rights in Chile

A Backward Step for Reproductive Rights in Chile

Human Rights Watch (April 16, 2018): A Backward Step for Reproductive Rights in Chile, by José Miguel Vivanco: Last year, under former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, Chile's Congress passed reproducive health reform that lifted a…
Apr 19
Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisi

Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisi

The New York Times Magazine (April 11, 2018): Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis, by Linda Villarosa: Villarosa of The New York Times Magazine profiles several black mothers and their pregnancy, child…
Apr 18
Bringing reproductive health care to Syria’s underserved Al-Tabqa

Bringing reproductive health care to Syria’s underserved Al-Tabqa

ReliefWeb (April 6, 2018): Bringing reproductive health care to Syria’s underserved Al-Tabqa, Report by European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations: Seven months ago, the Syrian…

Rank this Week: 66

Workplace Prof Blog

Covers arbitration, disability, employment discrimination, labor law, public employment law and workplace safety. By Jeffrey M. Hirsch, Marcia L. McCormick, Paul M. Secunda, Charles A. Sullivan and Richard Bales.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/

Apr 19
Registration Now Open - COSELL XIII - South Carolina, Sept. 27-29

Registration Now Open - COSELL XIII - South Carolina, Sept. 27-29

COSELL XIII Registration Now Open: available here!!! Registration is now open for The Thirteenth Annual Colloquium On Scholarship in Employment and Labor Law (COSELL), which will be held at the University of South Carolina School of Law in…
Apr 17
Symposium on Animus, Bill Araiza's book, at Stetson

Symposium on Animus, Bill Araiza's book, at Stetson

Friend-of-the-blog, Jason Bent (Stetson) shared news of a symposium at Stetson this Friday that sounds like it will be of interest to many of our readers: On Friday, April 20, the Stetson Law Review is hosting a symposium exploring the...
Apr 17
Arbitration Panel Takes Wrong Turn on Labor Dispute Arising Under Free Trade Agreement

Arbitration Panel Takes Wrong Turn on Labor Dispute Arising Under Free Trade Agreement

Lance Compa (Cornell ILR) sends us word of a report describing the "wrong turn" taken by an arbitration panel in the first-ever case decided under the labor chapter of a free trade agreement. The case involves worker's rights…

Rank this Week: 67

PropertyProf Blog

Edited by Stephen Clowney and Tanya D. Marsh.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/property/

Apr 15
Widener on Leasing Law and Marijuana-Related Businesse

Widener on Leasing Law and Marijuana-Related Businesse

Friend of the blog and Phoenix lawyer Michael Newton Widener just published a book titled Joint Tenancies: Property Leasing in Cannabis Commerce with ABA Book Publishing and sponsored by the Section of State and Local Government Law. Cribbing…
Apr 13
Property Lawyer Gone Bad

Property Lawyer Gone Bad

It's not often that I can make quitclaim deeds look like a sexy topic in Property. This semester in particular, the conversation about warranty of title (or lack thereof) dragged on for a good bit longer than I had planned....
Apr 10
New Book on Property and Human Flourishing by Alexander

New Book on Property and Human Flourishing by Alexander

Gregory Alexander's (Cornell) latest book, Property and Human Flourishing (Oxford University Press), just hit the shelves. The book continues Greg's scholarship on progressive property by offering an alternative way of understanding the moral…

Rank this Week: 65

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/

Apr 20
Document: DNC Sues Russia, Trump Campaign and WikiLeaks for Election Interference

Document: DNC Sues Russia, Trump Campaign and WikiLeaks for Election Interference

On Friday, the Democratic National Committee filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Russian government, the Trump campaign and associated persons, and WikiLeaks, alleging an illegal…
Apr 20
Ted Cruz vs. Section 230: Misrepresenting the Communications Decency Act

Ted Cruz vs. Section 230: Misrepresenting the Communications Decency Act

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is critical to Facebook’s existence. Under Section 230, the platform is immune from liability that might otherwise be incurred from its users’ posts. Without this immunity, which…
Apr 20
Today's Headlines and Commentary

Today&#039;s Headlines and Commentary

Today’s post is shorter than usual. Our normal Headlines and Commentary coverage will return Monday. The Justice Department inspector general referred Andrew McCabe’s case to federal prosecutors for possible…

Rank this Week: 74

Feminist Law Professors

Covers feminism, sexism, reproductive rights and women's health. By Professors Ann Bartow and Bridget Crawford.

http://feministlawprofessors.com

Apr 19
Haverford College Seeks 1-Yr, Pre-Tenure Visitor for Peace, Justice and Human Rights Program

Haverford College Seeks 1-Yr, Pre-Tenure Visitor for Peace, Justice and Human Rights Program

From the FLP mailbox: Haverford College invites applications for a one-year visiting Assistant Professor in its Peace, Justice and Human Rights Program for AY2018-19. The position is open to scholars at all pre-tenure levels with training in…
Apr 9
@GonzagaLaw Seeks Lecturer for Federal Tax Clinic

@GonzagaLaw Seeks Lecturer for Federal Tax Clinic

From colleagues at Gonzaga: GONZAGA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW seeks applicants for a three-quarter-time Lecturer in its Federal Tax Clinic, with flexibility to serve in other areas as needed by the clinical program. This position is dependent…
Mar 27
Henderson on “The Intersectional Life and Times of Lutie A. Lytle”

Henderson on “The Intersectional Life and Times of Lutie A. Lytle”

Taja-Nia Y. Henderson (Rutgers) has published a new article in the Iowa Law Review: ‘I Shall Talk to My Own People’: The Intersectional Life and Times of Lutie A. Lytle, 102 Iowa L. Rev. 1983 (2017). For those not familiar…

Rank this Week: 81

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/

Apr 18
Shapira v. Lifetech Resources (Cal. Ct. App. - April 17, 2018)

Shapira v. Lifetech Resources (Cal. Ct. App. - April 17, 2018)

Plaintiff has a contract with Defendant, and goes to trial. The trial lasts four full days. Right before the parties make their closing statements, Plaintiff voluntarily dismisses the lawsuit with prejudice. Defendant moves…
Apr 17
U.S. v. Arpaio (9th Cir. - April 17, 2018)

U.S. v. Arpaio (9th Cir. - April 17, 2018)

We're all familiar -- certainly in this day and age -- with a special prosecutor. But one appointed by the Ninth Circuit?! That's certainly a rarity.Yet it happens today.No word yet on the identity of the special prosecutor…
Apr 17
All Green Electric, Inc. v. Security Nt'l Ins. Co. (Cal. Ct. App. - April 17, 2017)

All Green Electric, Inc. v. Security Nt'l Ins. Co. (Cal. Ct. App. - April 17, 2017)

It's just a tiny little loose bolt in an electric cabinet. But it created a magnetic field, which in turn stopped an entire mammography room (including an MRI and an x-ray machine) from working.All from a loose bolt, and when the bolt…

Rank this Week: 79

The Right Coast

Thoughts from San Diego on law, politics, and culture. By Thomas A. Smith.

http://rightcoast.typepad.com/rightcoast/

Apr 20
Collusion, Anyone? | RealClearPolitic

Collusion, Anyone? | RealClearPolitic

As the likelihood that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia seems headed toward zero, the likelihood of proof of a different form of collusion seems headed upward toward certainty. via www.realclearpolitics.com Michael Barone.
Apr 19
Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence: Prediction versus Judgment

Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence: Prediction versus Judgment

via techpolicyinstitute.org
Apr 19
The Key to Everything | by Freeman Dyson | The New York Review of Book

The Key to Everything | by Freeman Dyson | The New York Review of Book

A substantial fraction of the population of Europe and the Middle East in the time between 1000 BC and 1800 AD lived in genetically isolated villages, so that genetic drift may have been the most important factor making intellectual…

Rank this Week: 92

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/

Apr 20
Today in right-wing cyber-storms: Cal State-Fresno professor tweets rude remarks about Barbara Bush...

Today in right-wing cyber-storms: Cal State-Fresno professor tweets rude remarks about Barbara Bush...

...with the utterly predictable results. Legally, this case is as easy as they come: Cal State-Fresno, as a public entity, can not punish her for her constitutionally protected speech on a matter of clear public interest. I assume the…
Apr 19
More than 50% of 2012 philosophy publications were uncited after five years...

More than 50% of 2012 philosophy publications were uncited after five years...

...though the rate of non-citation is even higher in other fields!
Apr 19
Talentless knucklehead and blowhard to write a "book of philosophy"

Talentless knucklehead and blowhard to write a "book of philosophy"

From the department of "you can't make this stuff up."

Rank this Week: 87

CrimProf Blog

Criminal law issues and commentary. Edited by Kevin Cole, Lawrence A. Alexander, Donald A. Dripps, Yale Kamisar, Adam J. Kolber, and Jean Ramirez.

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

Apr 20
Joy & McMunigal on Prosecutors' Use of Subpoena

Joy & McMunigal on Prosecutors' Use of Subpoena

Peter A. Joy and Kevin C. McMunigal (Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and Case Western Reserve University School of Law) have posted Prosecutors and Use of Subpoenas (33 Criminal Justice 44 (Spring 2018)) on SSRN. Here...
Apr 19
"Are Criminal Attempts Bumpy?"

"Are Criminal Attempts Bumpy?"

Adam Kolber has this interesting post at PrawfsBlawg. In part: The law draws hard-to-justify lines around vague words. Those lines can lead to dramatically different consequences. In Smoothing Vague Laws, I argued that problems caused by…
Apr 19
"Will the Supreme Court Rein in Civil Forfeiture?"

"Will the Supreme Court Rein in Civil Forfeiture?"

From The New Republic, via the NACDL news scan: The trial court refused to authorize the seizure. Indiana law only allowed a $10,000 fine for Timbs’s sentence, and the court concluded that seizing a vehicle worth four times as much...

Rank this Week: 103

Slaw

A Canadian cooperative weblog on all things legal.

http://www.slaw.ca

Apr 19
AODA: Improving Accessibility Standards for Employment

AODA: Improving Accessibility Standards for Employment

The Ontario government is updating the accessible employment standards to make employment more accessible to people with disabilities. Consequently, the Employment Standards Development Committee would like to get interested stakeholders and…
Apr 19
Is the Law Society of Ontario Still Donating to Political Parties?

Is the Law Society of Ontario Still Donating to Political Parties?

One benefit of being a regular Slaw columnist is the ability to revisit previous columns. Roughly four years ago, I wrote a column titled “Why Is the Law Society Donating to Political Parties?: Some Answers and Questions” where I…
Apr 18
PIPEDA Privacy Breach Notification Coming Nov 1

PIPEDA Privacy Breach Notification Coming Nov 1

Effective Nov 1, 2018, businesses that have a privacy breach must give notice of the breach under PIPEDA – the privacy legislation affecting the private sector in most Canadian provinces. The final regulations containing the details are…

Rank this Week: 101

ProfessorBainbridge.com

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

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

Apr 17
Thoughts on the Passing of a Friend and Colleague

Thoughts on the Passing of a Friend and Colleague

Lynn Stout’s passing has got me thinking about my own mortality. She was just about 18 months older than I am, after all. I can’t help wondering if she was ready for eternity (not mine to judge, of... [[ This is a content summary…
Apr 16
Catholic Social Thought and Criminal Justice Reform

Catholic Social Thought and Criminal Justice Reform

Always glad to see somebody deploying CST to study the law: Professor Cassidy examines the criminal justice reform movement in the United States through the lens of Catholic social thought. In... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my…
Apr 16
RIP, Lynn Stout

RIP, Lynn Stout

Stunning news comes in an email from UCLA Law Dean Jennifer Mnookin: Dear Colleagues; I am so sorry to share the extremely sad news that our former colleague, Lynn Stout, who had been diagnosed with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit…

Rank this Week: 102

Jack Bog's Blog

Law and other thoughts by Lewis & Clark Law School Professor Jack Bogdanski.

http://bojack.org/

Apr 5
Have a great weekend

Have a great weekend
Apr 5
Pay a compliment, then apologize

Pay a compliment, then apologize

This country is cutting out its own soul in the name of correctness.
Apr 5
Drive in from the Couv, *and* deal with MAX?

Drive in from the Couv, *and* deal with MAX?

We're intrigued by the reference, in this article about the CRoCk, to "Portland’s whizzy light-rail system, which many Vancouverites drive across the river to use." How many do you think is "many"?

Rank this Week: 105

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/

Apr 16
Lynn Stout

Lynn Stout

Shocked and terribly sad to learn that Lynn Stout has died. Stephen Bainbridge shares emails from the UCLA and Cornell...
Apr 3
CFP: Corporate & Securities Litigation Workshop

CFP: Corporate & Securities Litigation Workshop

Corporate & Securities Litigation Workshop: Call for Papers The University of Richmond School of Law, in conjunction with Boston University...
Oct 13
CFP: National Business Law Scholars Conference

CFP: National Business Law Scholars Conference

National Business Law Scholars Conference Thursday & Friday, June 21-22, 2018 Call for Papers The National Business Law Scholars Conference...

Rank this Week: 137

M & A Law Prof Blog

Edited by Brian J.M. Quinn, Afra Afsharipour, and Michael A. Woronoff.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mergers/

Apr 2
Corporate & Securities Litigation Workshop - Call for Paper

Corporate & Securities Litigation Workshop - Call for Paper

From our friends at the Workshop for Corporate & Securities Litigation: The University of Richmond School of Law, in conjunction with Boston University School of Law, University of Illinois College of Law, and UCLA School of Law, invites…
Aug 18
Faculty Position - Richmond

Faculty Position - Richmond

Richmond is seeking to fill slots in the corporate area. See notice below: The University of Richmond School of Law seeks to fill three tenure-track positions for the 2018-2019 academic year, including one in corporate/securities law.…
Apr 21
Call for Papers: Access to the Courts in the Transactional Setting

Call for Papers: Access to the Courts in the Transactional Setting

CALL FOR PAPERS AALS Section on Transactional Law and Skills Access to the Courts in the Transactional Setting 2018 AALS Annual Meeting San Diego, CA This call for papers solicits unpublished papers that analyze the question of access to…

Rank this Week: 136

Family Law Prof Blog

By Andrea B. Carrol and Margaret Ryznar.

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

Apr 20
Why The #MeToo Movement Skipped Russia

Why The #MeToo Movement Skipped Russia

From Business Insider: When Russia decriminalized domestic violence in February 2017, civil servants tasked with protecting women in the country's far east were dismayed by the new vulnerability of their wards. Yet few officials opposed the…
Apr 19
Making Attorney Cell Phone Numbers Public

Making Attorney Cell Phone Numbers Public

From the Indiana Lawyer: The practice of law can be dangerous, especially when attorneys represent parties in emotionally charged cases. But lawyers have long found solace in their homes — havens they say could be violated by a proposed…
Apr 18
Syrian Refugees Leaving Germany Over Family Reunification Policy

Syrian Refugees Leaving Germany Over Family Reunification Policy

From Deutsche Welle: Syrians granted limited asylum but denied the right to fetch relatives are departing Germany for Turkey by using smugglers, say German media. The cases, if confirmed, bizarrely reverse the "Balkan route" drama…

Rank this Week: 151

Civil Procedure & Federal Courts…

Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog

By Robin Effron, Cynthia L. Fountaine, Patricia Hatamyar Moore and Adam Steinman.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/

Apr 19
Seventh Circuit Affirms Nationwide Injunction in "Sanctuary Cities" Case

Seventh Circuit Affirms Nationwide Injunction in "Sanctuary Cities" Case

Today the Seventh Circuit issued its decision in City of Chicago v. Sessions. The court upheld an injunction blocking the Trump administration from imposing restrictions on recipients of federal public safety grants. Those restrictions…
Apr 18
FRAP 42 and the Monkey Selfie

FRAP 42 and the Monkey Selfie

Last week the Ninth Circuit issued an order denying a joint motion to dismiss the appeal in NARUTO, a Crested Macaque, by and through his Next Friends, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc., v. DAVID JOHN SLATER (a.k.a....
Apr 17
McPeak on Disappearing Data and the Implications for Discovery

McPeak on Disappearing Data and the Implications for Discovery

Agnieszka McPeak (Toledo Law) has published an article entitled Disappearing Data at 2018 Wis. L.R. 17, which considers the discovery implications of ephemeral social media platforms like Snapchat. Here's the abstract: “Ephemeral”…

Rank this Week: 149

Business Law Prof Blog

Edited by C. Steven Bradford, Joshua P. Fershee, J. Haskell Murray, Marcia L. Narine, Stefan J. Padfield and Anne Tucker.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/business_law/

Apr 19
The SEC's Fiduciary Rulemaking

The SEC's Fiduciary Rulemaking

Yesterday, the SEC announced three different proposals related to financial advice for retail customers. The SEC's press release summarized the proposals: Under proposed Regulation Best Interest, a broker-dealer would be required to act in…
Apr 18
ICYMI: #corpgov Midweek Roundup (Apr. 18, 2018)

ICYMI: #corpgov Midweek Roundup (Apr. 18, 2018)

Is "the Chinese government ... using its control over ... Chinese steel producers to ,,, [gain] effective surveillance and control over the almost the entire worldwide supply chain for steel products"? https://t.co/N7pPjBH7dJ…
Apr 17
LLCs Are Not Corporations & You Can't Have A Parent-Subsidiary Relationship When There is Only One Entity

LLCs Are Not Corporations & You Can't Have A Parent-Subsidiary Relationship When There is Only One Entity

Oh boy. A 2010 case just came through on my "limited liability corporation" WESTLAW alert (that I get every day). This one is a mess. Recall that LLCs are limited liability companies, which are a separate entity from partnership…

Rank this Week: 179

Media Law Prof Blog

By Christine A. Corcos.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/

Apr 18
McPeak on Disappearing Data @socmediaJD

McPeak on Disappearing Data @socmediaJD

Agnieszka McPeak, University of Toledo College of Law, has published Disappearing Data at 2018 Wisconsin Law Review 17. Here is the abstract. “Ephemeral” applications like Snapchat facilitate social interaction in a format that mimics the…
Apr 17
Boyden on Daly v. Palmer, or the Melodramatic Origins of the Ordinary Observer @BruceBoyden

Boyden on Daly v. Palmer, or the Melodramatic Origins of the Ordinary Observer @BruceBoyden

Bruce E. Boyden, Marquette University Law School, is publishing Daly v. Palmer, or the Melodramatic Origins of the Ordinary Observer in volume 68 of the Syracuse Law Review (2018). Here is the abstract. Daly v. Palmer, decided in 1868,…
Apr 13
EU Commissioner For Justice May Suggest Regulation For Facebook, Other Social Media, To Control Hate Speech

EU Commissioner For Justice May Suggest Regulation For Facebook, Other Social Media, To Control Hate Speech

The Guardian reports that the EU Commissioner for Justice and Consumers is displeased with news of Cambridge Analytica's use of data obtained from Facebook and may propose that the EU abandon its voluntary code of conduct concerning online…

Rank this Week: 171

Opinio Juris

Covers international law and international relations.

http://opiniojuris.org

Apr 16
Escalation of Violence in Bangui: Has MINUSCA Become Party to a Conflict in CAR, and What Would That Mean?

Escalation of Violence in Bangui: Has MINUSCA Become Party to a Conflict in CAR, and What Would That Mean?

by Bianca Maganza by Bianca Maganza [Bianca Maganza is a PhD candidate in International Law and a Teaching Assistant at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.] Some days ago, the United Nations…
Apr 15
A Letter to Israel About Its Plans to Forcibly Deport African

A Letter to Israel About Its Plans to Forcibly Deport African

by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller Opinio Juris readers might be interested in this letter from GLAN Legal — the Global Legal Action Network — to the Presidents and Attorneys General of Israel and Uganda. It was written by…
Apr 12
The Departed: Implications of the Philippines’ Withdrawal from the ICC

The Departed: Implications of the Philippines’ Withdrawal from the ICC

by Jennifer Tridgell by Jennifer Tridgell [Jennifer Tridgell is a Legal Intern at the International Criminal Court. She has previously worked at the Philippines Commission on Human Rights and the High Court of Hong Kong. The views expressed…

Rank this Week: 178

Mass Tort Litigation Blog

By Professors Byron G. Stier, Howard M. Erichson, Alexandra D. Lahav, Elizabeth Chamblee Burch and Sergio J. Campos.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mass_tort_litigation/

Mar 26
Conference Announcement: Pricing Litigation Risk -- April 27, 2018

Conference Announcement: Pricing Litigation Risk -- April 27, 2018

The University of Connecticut School of Law and Insurance Law Center invite you to a conference on “Pricing Litigation Risk in the 21st Century” Friday, April 27, 2018 from 9 to 2 Please join us for a first of its...
Mar 6
Fourth Annual Civil Procedure Workshop - Call for Paper

Fourth Annual Civil Procedure Workshop - Call for Paper

The Fourth Annual Civil Procedure Workshop will be held on November 9-10, 2018 at Stanford Law School. Here's the blurb from its tireless organizers: We are excited to announce the fourth annual Civil Procedure Workshop, to be held Stanford…
Feb 21
Fifty Years of Class Actions - A Global Perspective

Fifty Years of Class Actions - A Global Perspective

Theoretical Inquiries in Law has just published a symposium volume on FiftyYears of Class Actions - A Global Perspective. It's chock full of interesting ideas and features a keynote from Professor Arthur Miller (NYU). Here's the table of…

Rank this Week: 185

CYB3RCRIM3

Features observations on technology, law and lawlessness. By University of Dayton Susan Brenner.

http://cyb3rcrim3.blogspot.com/

Sep 29
The University Computer Lab, the Pro Se Complaint and False Arrest

The University Computer Lab, the Pro Se Complaint and False Arrest

This post examines a recent decision from a federal District Court Judge who sits in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee: Molthan, v. Vanderbilt University, 2017 WL 1489099. The judge begins the opinion by explaining…
Sep 27
Child Sex Trafficking and Bypassing Security on a Tablet Computer

Child Sex Trafficking and Bypassing Security on a Tablet Computer

This post examines a recent opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit: U.S. v. Blake, 868 F.3d 960 (2017). The court begins the opinion by explaining that[a]fter a nine-day trial, a jury found Dontavious Blake and Tara…
Sep 22
Forgery, Theft by Unlawful Taking and Tamper with/Fabricate Physical Evidence

Forgery, Theft by Unlawful Taking and Tamper with/Fabricate Physical Evidence

This post examines a recent decision from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania: Commonwealth v. Aponte, 2017 WL 4118438 (2017). The court begins the opinion by explaining how and why the prosecution was brought:Appellant, Luz Enid Aponte,…

Rank this Week: 170

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