Month: December 2009

Last night I was watching Cold Mountain.  Just when Nicole Kidman's character spoke of the Confederate bonds that he father had purchased, I thought of Mitu Gulati, who's the king…

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I'm working my way through nearly 75 Secured Transactions exams this week (and next week, if necessary).  Long ago I ceased to be shocked by the misspelling of my last…

The Law & Contemporary Problems volume, Show Me The Money: Making Markets in Forbidden Exchange, which I’ve blogged about before (see here and here), was published this week.  Here’s the table…

Our colleague and sometime co-blogger, Eric Chiappanelli, has some news he hasn't yet shared with everyone: he's moving upstairs.  Eric will be joining the university administration in the post of…

Finally.  I have a couple of decent pictures of Vanderbilt University's Confederate Memorial Hall.  They aren't easy to find--especially ones where you can actually read the "Confederate" part.  Also, because…

So, the Golden Globe nominations came out today.  Do they help me with planning my proposed winter movie spree?  Well...Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock each received two nominations - Streep…

At a recent squash match between Dartmouth and Harvard, some Dartmouth students apparently crossed the line between merely heckling the visitors and engaging in inappropriate verbal behavior.For at least 90…

Interesting story from today's Washington Post, reproduced in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.  The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about whether employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy…

Hey Dan, add Washington and Lee to your list of law schools looking for a dean.  Rod Smolla will be leaving the Lexington VA school and moving to Greenville SC…