Corporate Bankruptcies

In this tough economic climate, it seems that one can’t pick up the daily newspaper without reading a story on another corporate bankruptcy.  Might automaker General Motors be next?  Last…
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Leaving Las Vegas

This story from the Las Vegas Sun discusses lateral moves by three UNLV law professors, with one or more of the departures prompted (at least in part) by recent state…
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Commencement Speakers

The semester is drawing to a close, final exams are about to begin, and graduation ceremonies will be here soon.  Readers are invited to share the names of law school…
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Who Am I?

A current issue of a popular news magazine describes me as "a tweedy, brainy legal scholar who writes brilliant law-review articles that are carefully reasoned, if more or less impenetrable…
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Rasband New Dean At BYU

James Rasband (pictured) is the new dean at the J. Reuben Clark Law School.  BYU's press release is here.  Rasband clerked for Judge Clifford Wallace (9th Circuit) and worked for…
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Obama’s Circuit Court Nominees

In March, President Obama nominated David Hamilton, a federal district judge from the Southern District of Indiana, to a seat on the Seventh Circuit.  (White House press release  here.)  Earlier…
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Obama Nominates Another Prof

Who said that President Obama has a fixation on law professors only at Harvard and Yale? Last Friday, President Obama nominated Larry Echohawk (pictured) to be Assistant Secretary for Indian…
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