Month: February 2010

A few days ago, Mitu Gulati (Duke) gave us a guest post on Ecuador’s recent debt restructuring.  Today, I bring you Adam Feibelman (Tulane) with a follow-up to that post.…

Erik Gerding has a nice post up at The Conglomerate discussing Joel Seligman’s recent NY Times op ed, which argues the case for funding the SEC through corporate fees. Currently,…

Today's question (a take-off on an earlier query):   Franklyn Farnum holds the record for appearing in the most Best Picture winners (six).  The films were released in three different…

Move over University of Phoenix.  There's a new kid on the ballparks-named-for-educational-institutions block.  Thomas Cooley Law School has just purchased naming rights to the downtown Lansing, Michigan facility previously known as…

Anna Gelpern (American), who recently did a guest post here at the Lounge on the Greek crisis, is guest blogging over at Credit Slips.   In her first post today, Anna…

Today's question:  name the two Best Picture winners that were based on books that won the Pulitzer Prize.  (I suppose related questions might ask for Best Picture nominees adapted from…

Following up my post on William Gaston's literary addresses at UNC and Princeton, I thought I'd talk a little about the political affiliations of the speakers.  There are thirty-four published…

In an earlier post, The Greek Crisis: Economic Meltdown or Mental One?, I took issue with a recent New York Time’s article which contends that “Wall Street tactics akin to…

Lisa Kloppenberg, who has served two for nine years as dean of the University of Dayton Law School will step down in the summer of 2011.  Her advance planning leaves plenty of time…

Once upon a time, we figured that when Laurence Tribe joined the Federal government, he'd be working for the judiciary.  But time has passed, and the controversial professor is no…