I’m helping to organize a roundtable discussion for blawgers (scheduled for March 28, 6-8pm at SCU–please email me if you’re interested in coming). This got me thinking about topics I’d like to explore with other blawgers. My list: General *…
There are brewing concerns about the intrusiveness of the proposals floating around in the California legislature, sparked most visibly by the proposal to ban parental spanking of children. Some critics are calling some of these proposals “Nanny Bills” because they…
It’s relatively rare to get public access to a major law firm’s partnership agreement. Courtesy of a plaintiff, here is a copy of the 1994 Sullivan & Cromwell partnership agreement (starting on page 27) [warning: 3MB file]. I didn’t see…
Using a fun little tool called Zlio, I quickly created my own store to sell slinkies (also called magic springs and coil spring toys). I only have 5 products in it so far, but I get a lot of questions…
From Law.com: West and Kaplan are proposing to settling the antitrust lawsuit over Bar/Bri for a total of $49M, of which $37M would go to class members (the rest goes to attorneys), or about $125/class member. If class members really…
I realize that I’m biased, but I just think this is too cute. Make sure your sound is loud enough to hear Dina.
Why is the National Pork Board, an extension of the US government, buying the trademark “the other white meat” for $60M? One economist speculates that it’s because the seller, the National Pork Producers Council, is a private actor, which means…
NY Lawyer (free registration req’d) republishes an NLJ article about law professors establishing “of counsel” relationships with law firms, giving the examples of Laurence Tribe at Akin Gump and Kathleen Sullivan at Quinn Emanuel. According to a Quinn Emanuel partner,…
Franklin v. Chavis, Opinion No. 26251 (SC Sup. Ct. Jan. 22, 2007) An insurance agent helped a 91 year old woman prepare a will using Quicken lawyer. Some relatives who got less than they thought they deserved challenged the will,…
My decision to join Epinions was motivated significantly by ideology. Simply put, I was sold that it was better to make decisions predicated on the collective wisdom of multiple trusted contributors than on the guidance of any single product reviewer….