I don’t know how I missed this article when it first came out in 2002. The article describes the Slinky manufacturing, distribution and retailing process, beginning with the processing of scrap metal at a junked car lot in Florida and…
I maintain a page on being a vegetarian in Milwaukee. On that page, I discuss a local natural foods grocery chain, the Outpost, and the eagerly-anticipated arrival of Whole Foods. I wrote: “When Whole Foods gets here, I don’t know…
Rodriguez v. West Publishing Corp., No. 05 CV 3222 (C.D. Calif. class certified May 16, 2006). My initial post on the case. Plaintiffs’ counsel in the Rodriguez case has announced that its class has been certified, clearing a major hurdle…
At the Bloggership conference, a few of us discussed tools to track citations to our blogs or articles. It quickly became apparent that I ranked high on the vanity-o-meter due to my extensive knowledge on this topic. So, at the…
On Sunday I sent out a mass email to 300+ of my closest friends letting them know that I was switching jobs. The resulting email frenzy was predictable. I got lots of emails from friends and colleagues back, and this…
Regular readers may recall that I’ve occasionally blogged about the Bar/Bri antitrust lawsuits. See, e.g., here and here and here and here. (And, FWIW, there’s now another one: Park v. Thomson Corp. in the SDNY). I was also quoted in…
In January, we had a roundtable at Marquette to discuss the steps we can take to increase readership/awareness of the articles we publish. This blog post summarizes some of our discussions. Traditionally, law professor authors marketed their articles rather passively….
If you’re interested in blog law, you might check out my paper called “Co-Blogging Law.” In it, I discuss the legal implications of joint/group blogging and guest blogging. I wrote this paper for the Bloggership Symposium at Harvard Law School;…
There are many reasons why being a Dean must be frustrating. Among other reasons, the Dean is the guardian of the school’s brand, but Deans have little control over brand perceptions in the short run. Instead, brand perceptions are largely…
Steven H. Levy, a lawyer in Torrington, CT, received a public reprimand under Rule 4.4 (using “means that have no substantial purpose other than to embarrass, delay, or burden a third person”) for improper humming (registration required). In a contentious…