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January 14, 2012, 9:43 am, 941765
If you are interested in serving as an editor of Business Law Prof Blog for the Law Professor Blogs Network, please contact Paul Caron and Joe Hodnicki by email.
January 8, 2012, 1:43 pm, 939348
Starting tomorrow, Steve Bradford, Eric Chaffee, Josh Fershee, Anne Tucker, and I will no longer be blogging here at the BLPB. It's been a great ride, and I think I speak for all of us when I say "Thank you!"...
January 7, 2012, 7:43 pm, 939199
Over at the Glom, Gordon Smith recounts some of the discussion from the recent Business Associations Section meeting at the AALS Annual Meeting this past Thursday. Like Gordon, I was particularly struck by the remarks of Delaware Chancery Court Vice...
January 6, 2012, 11:43 am, 938874
Long ago, Ben Franklin warned, "Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed." Unfortunately, following massive environmental disasters (and financial disasters) legislators and regulators tend to respond to public outcry by seeking better ways to "put the bums...
January 5, 2012, 1:43 am, 938210
The Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law is accepting applications for the Lowell Milken Institute Law Teaching Fellowship. The Institute describes the fellowship as follows: This fellowship is a full-time, year-round, one or...
January 4, 2012, 7:43 pm, 938159
As a courtesy to our friends at Texas Tech -- please find the following announcement. They say that "business/securities/corporate courses" are their priority: Texas Tech University School of Law is seeking applications for one- and two-semester (full time) visitors during...
January 4, 2012, 5:43 pm, 938128
The Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog has posted Noteworthy 2011 Corporate and Commercial Decisions from Delaware’s Supreme Court and Court of Chancery. As always, they provide useful and insightful information about Delaware cases, and the post and the blog...
January 4, 2012, 11:43 am, 937956
The headline reads: Montana High Court Says 'Citizens United' Does Not Apply In Big Sky State. I have not had a chance to read the entire 80-page decision, but I did want to share some thoughts that struck me when...
January 3, 2012, 1:43 pm, 937594
Last month, there was something of a squabble with Professors Ribstein, Romano, and Bainbridge on one side and Professor Coffee on the other. The squabble highlighted some differences in views among some of the truly elite business law scholars --...
January 1, 2012, 1:43 pm, 937049
If you want to spend a little time looking back at 2011, you might try going over to The Race to the Bottom and checking out Jay Brown's overview of Delaware's worst shareholder decisions for 2011. SJP