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Weekly Roundup: August 25-31, 2023

1 Sep 2023, 6:30 am

Evidence from a Natural Experiment Posted by Hwanki Brian Kim (Baylor University), Woojin Kim (Seoul National University), and Mathias Kronlund (Tulane University), on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Tags: Corporate cash, investments, natural experiment, payout policy, tax, tax reform, wages Dealing with Activist Hedge Funds and Other Activist Investors Posted by Martin Lipton, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Tags: activist investors, Asset Managers, Mergers &… [read post]

The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog - https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/

Weekly Roundup: August 25-31, 2023

1 Sep 2023, 6:30 am

Evidence from a Natural Experiment Posted by Hwanki Brian Kim (Baylor University), Woojin Kim (Seoul National University), and Mathias Kronlund (Tulane University), on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Tags: Corporate cash, investments, natural experiment, payout policy, tax, tax reform, wages Dealing with Activist Hedge Funds and Other Activist Investors Posted by Martin Lipton, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Tags: activist investors, Asset Managers, Mergers &… [read post]

Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance - https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu

Can You Keep That Engagement Ring?

1 Sep 2023, 5:00 am

In the case of Campbell v. [read post]

Tort Talk - http://www.torttalk.com/

News You Can Use Digest – September 1, 2023

1 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor

The justices faced heightened security risks, Thomas noted, after the leak of the court’s majority opinion to overturn Roe v. [read post]

Lobby Comply Blog - https://stateandfed.com/lobbycomply/feed

[Eugene Volokh] Texas Law Mandating Age Verification for Sexually Themed Sites Violates First Amendment,

31 Aug 2023, 8:58 am by Eugene Volokh

" Defendant argues that Ashcroft v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Law Library: News & Events: Join Us for Constitution Day 2023 – Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan

30 Aug 2023, 4:59 am

Sullivan decision in the context of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. [read post]

Law Library of Congress: News and Events - http://www.loc.gov/law/news/

Celebrating Constitution Day with the Newly Published Constitution Annotated Research Guide

29 Aug 2023, 2:49 pm by Reference Staff

Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsLaw Library of Congress’ Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. [read post]

Washington State Law Library - https://medium.com/walawlibrary

Weekend Roundup

25 Aug 2023, 9:30 pm by ernst

Sullivan.) [read post]

Legal History Blog - http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/

Join Us for Constitution Day 2023 – Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan

25 Aug 2023, 5:30 am by Robert Brammer

Sullivan. [read post]

In Custodia Legis - http://blogs.loc.gov/law

[Stephen Halbrook] Second Amendment Roundup: Looking for Historical Tradition in All the Wrong Places

24 Aug 2023, 7:04 pm by Stephen Halbrook

In Addington v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

ADA retaliation claim is reinstated on appeal: Tafolla Part III.

23 Aug 2023, 5:57 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog

This is part III of my discussion of the Tafolla ruling, issued on August 18.The case is Tafolla v. [read post]

Wait A Second! - http://secondcircuitcivilrights.blogspot.com/

Alec Baldwin’s Trump Defense: A Torts Case Where Imitation Merged With Litigation

23 Aug 2023, 4:47 am by jonathanturley

Sullivan. [read post]

Jonathan Turley - https://jonathanturley.org/

Jury may find DA's office did not accommodate plaintiff's disability: Tafolla Part II.

22 Aug 2023, 6:00 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog

The Court of Appeals has reinstated a disability discrimination claim, holding that a jury may find that the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office failed to reasonably accommodate the plaintiff's disability, a back injury.The case is Tafolla v. [read post]

Wait A Second! - http://secondcircuitcivilrights.blogspot.com/

Court of Appeals reinstates ADA reasonable accommodation claim: Tafolla Part I

21 Aug 2023, 6:00 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog

The case is Tafolla v. [read post]

Wait A Second! - http://secondcircuitcivilrights.blogspot.com/

Foreclosure, Bankruptcy and Legal Malpractice

21 Aug 2023, 4:45 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone

Nor did the terms of the retainer agreement utterly refute the factual allegations of the amended complaint and conclusively establish a defense to the allegations of liability as a matter of law to warrant dismissal pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(1) (see Marinelli v Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo, P.C., 205 AD3d at 715). [read post]

New York Attorney Malpractice Blog - http://blog.bluestonelawfirm.com/

Sullivan & Cromwell Discusses Second Circuit Decision on Class Certification in Securities Fraud Cases

20 Aug 2023, 9:01 pm by renholding

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has represented the defendants throughout this 13-year litigation. [read post]

The CLS Blue Sky Blog - https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/

Legal Theory Bookworm: "Actual Malice" by Barbas

19 Aug 2023, 6:15 am by Lawrence Solum

Sullivan would be superfluous, given the quality of Lewis’s Make No Law and Hall and Urofsky's New York Times v. [read post]

Legal Theory Blog - https://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/

[Eugene Volokh] When Can Knowingly/Recklessly False Political Statements by Lawyers Lead to Discipline?

18 Aug 2023, 6:13 am by Eugene Volokh

Sullivan (1964). [read post]