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Blogging about all sorts of things--governance in higher education, in businesses, and in law firms; bankruptcy ethics; popular culture & the law; Enron & other corporate fiascos; professional responsibility generally; movies; ballroom dancing; and anything else that gets my attention.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Thanks again, Faculty Lounge!

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My final post as this month's guest blogger is here .
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Friday, June 26, 2009

Some more details on the Beyond Text conference at the University of Edinburgh.

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See here . My time as a guest blogger at The Faculty Lounge is almost over, and I had a blast!
Thursday, June 25, 2009

My newest guilty pleasure: LawShucks.com

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I'm becoming addicted to LawShucks.com . Lots of great stuff about BigLaw and about big bankruptcies. Enjoy!
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

How I spent last week (in Edinburgh)

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Had a blast at the Beyond Text conference in Edinburgh. For a description, see here . More soon!
Saturday, June 13, 2009

Congratulations, Michael Asimow!

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Michael's newest book, Lawyers in Your Living Room! Law on Television, is now out and available here . Yes, my essay on Shark is in ...
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See my buddy Sara, who's a star, at a big hair show (no, not a show about big hair) in Orlando!

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See here . Sara's incredibly creative, loads of fun, and a joy to watch. YAY, Sara!
Friday, June 12, 2009

Gotta love this one--thanks, Bankruptcy Bill!

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See here .
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

I fear for the next generation of lawyers.

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Not only are they moving into a world that's increasingly precarious (generally) and into a legal world in which the rules of survival a...
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Monday, June 08, 2009

Bravo, Steve Gillers!

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Wonderful speech (see here )!

Latest musings on problems in higher education, over at The Faculty Lounge

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See here . Looking forward to your comments.
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Saturday, June 06, 2009

Well, we're not going to be national champs in college baseball this year....

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We just lost to LSU, which means that I hope that LSU takes the whole smash. I am a very sad Owl tonight. On the other hand, has LSU eve...

A compendium of funny exam (and other) turns of phrase, over at The Faculty Lounge

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See here , and please add your own over at that blog.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Happens everywhere, apparently.

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See here . Personally, I think it happens when (1) some folks don't have enough to do, and (2) senior members of the community don'...
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I'm having fun guest-blogging over at The Faculty Lounge

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Dan Filler has invited me to guest-blog over at The Faculty Lounge this month. (Thanks, Dan!) Here's my first post.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Why I love the blog "Bankruptcy Bill"

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Where else can you get bankruptcy haiku or other fun bankruptcy thoughts? See here . For the conflicts counsel haiku, see here . For my t...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

A Memorial Day thought from our friend David Polyansky

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One of our best friends, David Polyansky , has written this beautiful piece about Memorial Day and what it really means ( here ). My husban...

HELP! Calling all computer gurus!

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Hi, all--have a question for you: I use a MacBook at home and a Windows XP at school. I have an external hard drive, and when I copy thing...
Friday, May 22, 2009

Fun reads--Richard Mendales's Collateralized Explosive Devices: Why Securities Regulation Failed to Prevent the CDO Meltdown, and How to Fix It

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You can download Richard's paper from SSRN ( here ). Richard's got strength in both the commercial (Contracts through Bankruptcy) a...
Thursday, May 21, 2009

NYT is absolutely correct about Yucca Mountain

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One of today's New York Times editorials points out ( here ) correctly that the administration's budget for Yucca Mountain, cut alm...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Three good articles from the WSJ--all on one page....

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Three I-told-you-so moments ( here , here , and here ). Enjoy!
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