Month: November 2009

I've blogged previously on BYU law professor Michael Goldsmith, his courageous battle with ALS, and his work with Major League Baseball to raise awareness of the disease.  See here and…

I've posted previously on the Justice Department and the IRS and their attempts to enforce disclosure laws concerning offshore financial accounts.  Of particular interest have been accounts maintained with banking…

I've posted the following at The Conglomerate for their inaugural masters forum on Jones v. Harris.  Several good guest bloggers have already posted on the case, and more will do…

This is the life-changing week so many have waited for:  the arrival of the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference.  Dance cards are filled, research agendas have been polished, questions are being…

Today marks the grand opening of the new online Journal of Things We Like (Lots) - or JOTWELL - edited by Michael Froomkin of the University of Miami School of…

Just to give those on the entry level market some more food for thought, it might be helpful for those being interviewed to give some thought to the scenario where…

From Wednesday’s FT, swine flu contracts are trading on the Iowa Electronic Markets, run by Iowa University’s Henry B. Tippie College of Business. The IEM has operated flu futures markets since…

It's been a tough year for DePaul University in Chicago.  A few months ago we watched a nasty flame out over at the law school.  When Dean Glenn Weissenberger concluded that the…

The Conglomerate is holding its inaugural masters forum, coinciding with tomorrow’s Supreme Court oral arguments in Jones v. Harris.  The Forum will feature commentary from several guest posters, including yours…

Eric Posner (here and here) and Henry Farrell continue to argue over international law. Linda McLean on the death of Michelle Triola Marvin as an opportunity to consider Marvin v. Marvin…