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"A Much Better Dealfor the Cuban People and for the United States": The 45th President Announces a New Policy on Cuba--How Much is the President Willing to Pay for Regime Change in Cuba and Which Sectors of the American Economy Have been Asked to Pay for It?

16 Jun 2017, 2:31 pm

I guess it worked, right? [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

New HMDA Regs Require Banks to Collect Lots of Data...That They Already Have

15 Jun 2017, 7:54 pm by Adam Levitin

Around half the fields are new, so we're looking at around $8,650 annually in additional costs for small banks as the high-end estimate. [read post]

Credit Slips - http://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/

Rossdale Group LLC v. Walton (Cal. Ct. App. - June 15, 2017)

15 Jun 2017, 1:25 pm

When you're dealing with admittedly fictional entities like corporations and LLCs, that's maybe not so easy to tell.So that's an issue. [read post]

California Appellate Report - http://calapp.blogspot.com/

Weil v. Elliot (9th Cir. - June 14, 2017)

14 Jun 2017, 1:44 pm

The debtor didn't raise that defense at the time, so we're (thankfully) empowered to do the right thing and deny the guy a discharge.Yep. [read post]

California Appellate Report - http://calapp.blogspot.com/

Here’s to You, Future Plaintiff in Lawsuit Against Axe-Throwing Business

14 Jun 2017, 11:17 am by Kevin

You’re out there somewhere. [read post]

Lowering the Bar - http://www.loweringthebar.net/

Long review: of land (and other) registration

14 Jun 2017, 8:41 am by Rebecca Tushnet

But Arruñada, in classic libertarian mode, tells us that registries have inherent limits because they’re run by public organizations (he advocates performance-based pay to combat this tendency, which seems odd given his acknowledgement of the role played by private short-termism in the 2008 crisis), and because they reduce transaction costs, thus threatening the livelihoods of lawyers, notaries, and other people involved in the conveyance process, who often succeed in… [read post]

43(B)log - http://tushnet.blogspot.com/

People v. Sperling (Cal. Ct. App. - June 8, 2017)

12 Jun 2017, 2:00 pm

" Uh, okay, I guess. [read post]

California Appellate Report - http://calapp.blogspot.com/

"For the first time, Jamie’s getting irrational criticism from her fellow liberals, who think that if you represent anyone associated with the other side, you must be a Republican in hiding."

12 Jun 2017, 4:08 am

You think you're pretty but you are really ugly. [read post]

Althouse - http://althouse.blogspot.com/

On Bad Lawyering in Presidential Scandals Past and Present

11 Jun 2017, 12:44 pm by Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin Wittes

” He also reportedly represents a bunch of clients with, you guessed it, ties to the Kremlin. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

French Special Forces Targeting French Citizens Fighting for ISIS in Iraq

9 Jun 2017, 10:55 am by Kenneth Anderson

It’s one thing to accept the general principle, and another to have adopted a legal view, not just in general, but specifically on legal topic x (IHRL re right to life) in relation to legal topic y (LOAC re law of targeting), in highly specific factual circumstances z. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

“The Originalist” Q&A with playwright John Strand 2.0

9 Jun 2017, 7:19 am by Edith Roberts

JS: My guess is that he would have looked at it dispassionately and textually. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Building Word-of-Mouth Referrals

9 Jun 2017, 4:00 am by Margaret McCaffery

For example, if you practice Wills & Estates and find you’re not getting much work from financial planners or accountants, guess where your marketing efforts should be focussed? [read post]

Slaw - http://www.slaw.ca

Can you fire an employee for off-duty misconduct? You betcha!

9 Jun 2017, 3:12 am by Robin Shea

Actually, I guess it’s more accurate to say that Ms. [read post]

Employment & Labor Insider - http://www.employmentandlaborinsider.com/

Let's read the Comey transcript.

8 Jun 2017, 6:03 pm

You're strong. [read post]

Althouse - http://althouse.blogspot.com/

On the “Nature of the Person”: Initial Thoughts on James Comey’s Testimony

8 Jun 2017, 4:50 pm by Benjamin Wittes

We’re going to see disputes over facts. [read post]