Month: March 2009

Texas is a state that elects its judges, so political affiliation and money can have a significant impact on the outcome.Wallace Jefferson (pictured), Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court,…

South Texas College of Law has named Donald J. Guter as its tenth dean (and president).  He is a law professor at Duquesne and its former dean.  Congrats, Professor Guter,…

1. ?2. ? 3. "Fear is often our best weapon."4. ?5. ?6. ?7. ?8. ?9. "We may be a government agency, but that doesn't mean your data's safe."10. ?For the…

According to a breaking story in Philadelphia's Legal Intelligencer, Wolf Block - or WolfBlock, if you take their PR seriously - is about to dissolve.  If this story proves correct,…

To take my mind off the spring law review submission season, I've been reading "Born Digital" by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser - a very good book particularly if you're…

... on this date in 1980?I'm guessing that most of us who are over 40 were witnesses to one of the most talked-about attempted murders in history. J.R. Ewing was ...

Actually, the sky is NOT falling.  But as Dan notes in his post immediately below this one, housing values are.One of the cover stories in this morning’s Houston Chronicle reports…

The unemployment rate in the nation's largest state soared .4% in a month, hitting an excrutiating 10.5% for February.  It's the highest jobless rate there since 1983, and the job loss…

Earlier this week NHL goalie Martin Brodeur set a new record for career wins.Today a New Jersey appeals court slid one past him.  Story here.

I was born on this date in 1891 in Los Angeles.My father was murdered.I played the clarinet in my high school band.I flunked a course in Greek as an undergraduate ...