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The trouble with law reviews
I’m finally catching up with this NLJ article about Hofstra law prof Richard Neumann’s estimate that the cost of a law review article written by a tenured professor at a top law school is around $100,000 ($25-$42,000 for assistant professors at lower-paying law schools). The estimate includes the professor’s salary, benefits and research grants and ... The trouble with law reviews
Google Book Project
Google’s efforts to make out of print books available online has run into a major stumbling block. Judge Chin ordered that books can only be digitized by Google if the author opts in; the agreement which he through out called for opt out. This is an shame and a highly inefficient result. As reported, the ... Google Book Project
Privacy and Tracking
First I would like to thank Geoff Manne for inviting me to join this blog. I know most of my fellow bloggers and it is a group I am proud to be associated with. For my first few posts I am going to write about privacy. This is a hot topic. Senators McCain and Kerry ... Privacy and Tracking
The iPad 2 and the E2
Professor B says: In the last week I used my iPad to: Watch QI on Youtube. Watch TV shows, movies, and music videos from my iTunes library. Online banking. Online shopping. Web access. WSJ. BBC. Dinner reservations over Open Table. Deer Hunter. Online poker. Document access via Dropbox. Document editing via Quick Office. IMDB. Twitter ... The iPad 2 and the E2
An update on the evolving e-book market: Kindle edition (pun intended)
[UPDATE: Josh links to a WSJ article telling us that EU antitrust enforcers raided several (unnamed) e-book publishers as part of an apparent antitrust investigation into the agency model and whether it is “improperly restrictive.” Whatever that means. Key grafs: At issue for antitrust regulators is whether agency models are improperly restrictive. Europe, in particular, ... An update on the evolving e-book market: Kindle edition (pun intended)
Schools for Misrule
Walter Olson journeyed to Illinois yesterday to discuss his new book Schools for Misrule. There was a good turnout and a lot of deserved buzz for this very interesting book. Walter describes law schools as essentially the hatcheries of bad ideas that have led to the sort of excessive litigation that Olson has chronicled in ... Schools for Misrule
Revisiting the Theory and Evidence on State CPAs and FTC Act Section 5 Follow-ons
One of the most fundamental issues in the ongoing debate concerning the costs and benefits of expanded FTC Section 5 enforcement is the extent to which one must be concerned with its collateral consequences. A central claim of proponents of a broad interpretation of Section 5 coupled with its aggressive enforcement is that concerns with ... Revisiting the Theory and Evidence on State CPAs and FTC Act Section 5 Follow-ons
Borders’s lessons for lawyers
So Borders is headed to bankruptcy. According to the WSJ: Borders’s finances crumbled amid declining interest in bricks-and-mortar booksellers, a broad cultural trend for which it offered no answers. * * * Its online struggles proved critical as consumers became accustomed to getting books mailed to their doorsteps or downloaded to handheld electronic devices. * ... Borders’s lessons for lawyers
Pay gaps as big law’s death rattle
Today’s WSJ reports on more evidence of the death of big law under the headline “Pay Gap Widens at Big Law Firms as Partners Chase Star Attorneys.”: Some of the biggest law firms are paying outsize salaries to star attorneys, in some cases 10 times what they give other partners, in a strategy that is ... Pay gaps as big law’s death rattle
The SEC’s accounting problems
The SEC is charged with the responsibility of making sure that companies that are raising money tell the whole truth about their finances. But the NYT reports that the SEC, which is seeking money from Congress, is having problems with disclosing its own finances: Last November, the G.A.O. said that the commission’s books were in ... The SEC’s accounting problems
Death of a big law?
The Recorder (HT ATL) asks (concerning W & S’s rolling takeover of Howrey): Among the unknowns: What will be left of Howrey once lawyers have made up their mind about Winston, and what will happen with Howrey’s debt if most partners who receive offers accept them and no formal merger with Winston is completed? (In ... Death of a big law?
Delaware uncorporate law evolves an escape from Dodd-Frank
It’s been interesting to watch uncorporations (particularly LLCs and limited partnerships) evolve over the last twenty years or so. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this evolution is what’s been happening in Delaware regarding contracting over fiduciary duties. This is particularly intriguing because it concerns a key area of difference between corporations and uncorporations — ... Delaware uncorporate law evolves an escape from Dodd-Frank
