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Saturday, October 31, 2009

More on John O'Quinn

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His New York Times obituary ( here ). As I read various comments to posts about John's death, I'm struck by two things: first, ho...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

One of the many reasons I like Tim Zinnecker

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See his most recent post over at The Faculty Lounge ( here ). Good job, Tim !
Thursday, October 29, 2009

John O'Quinn killed in car accident

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I'm still in shock after hearing that John O'Quinn was killed in a car crash today (see here ). I got to know him fairly well from...
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You've got to love this kind of contract drafting!

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See today's front-page story in the Wall Street Journal ( here ).
Saturday, October 24, 2009

Don't miss Jon Macey's marvelous op-ed in today's WSJ today

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See here . He's right, as usual.
Friday, October 23, 2009

I don't think garden-variety caps on executive compensation are the way to go--but I don't care if there's a rush to the exits, either.

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Joe Nocera's column in this morning's New York Times ( here ) once again gets it right: it's not about the caps, it's abou...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

I couldn't be happier.

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While enjoying my morning coffee, I read that two of the Yale Law women who were woefully abused by anonymous posts at AutoAdmit a few years...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

See? It is possible to rethink executive compensation without having the government do it.

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Take a look at this article in today's New York Times ( here ).

5th Circuit orders acquittal of Enron's Yeager

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See Mary Flood's Houston Chronicle article here .
Friday, October 16, 2009

Stupid Facebook mistakes, part n

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Hat tip to my buddy Seymour for pointing me to this one. See here .

R.I.P., Judge William Wayne Justice

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His NYTimes obit here .
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Some of the reasons that I love Boyd School of Law (UNLV)

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Check out the video on our admissions webpage ( here ).
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Latest Enron news: USSC to hear Skilling appeal

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See WSJ story here and WSJ Blog post here .
Monday, October 12, 2009

Hat tip to Brad Wendel for another great post on morality

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Over at Legal Ethics Forum : see here . BTW, where did Prof. Wendel get his undergraduate degree? Oh, yes: RICE UNIVERSITY . Happy Rice Day ...

What exactly DO law professors do all day?

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Well, I know what one of us is doing. I'm working on an article studying what happens on appeal when lawyers are sanctioned for bad beh...
Saturday, October 10, 2009

Op-eds and columns in the WSJ and the NYT

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As I get older (which, darnit, I appear to do with some regularity), I find myself looking forward to reading certain columnists: among oth...
Thursday, October 08, 2009

Best moment in PR class today

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I was talking about bar applications today and the fact that I waited until after I passed the California bar to bring my dog-bite case to a...
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Plug for a Boyd law student's band

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Am prepping for class right now, listening to Awakenings, an album by the band Cherry Hill . Seth Floyd, one of the musicians in the band,...

Some nice news about a new ambassador

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See here . Hat tip to my buddy Seymour for pointing this out to me. Now we need to figure out how to fix "don't ask, don't te...
Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Value-maximizing during a jobs crisis, or rankings-management?

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As I read about George Washington Law School's decision to take fewer evening students this year (see here ) in response to a drop in t...
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