Blog Roundup: The
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Knowing The Details
Courts can be skeptical about statements from confidential witnesses. One way to express that skepticism is to wonder why, if the witness knows so much about what went on at the company, he or she is unable to provide details...
Vivendi Verdict
The big news today is the plaintiffs' victory in the Vivendi trial. A few key points about the verdict have already emerged: (1) The jury agreed with the plaintiffs that Vivendi made 57 false or misleading statements concerning its financial...
NAB Developments
A couple of items related to the National Australia Bank case. The case is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court and concerns the extraterritorial application of the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. Oral argument has been scheduled for...
Around The Web
A few items of interest from around the web. (1) CFO.com examines whether the new year will bring regulatory reforms that could reverse the recent drop in securities class action filings. (2) One entity that may have an effect on...
Vivendi Alert
There have been only seven securities class actions tried to a verdict where the conduct at issue took place after the passage of the PLSRA in 1995. Are we about to see one more added to the list? The American...
ADR Prof Blog
ADR Prof Blog
2010 Works-In-Progress, October in Oregon
The University of Oregon School of Law is pleased to host this year’s installment of the ADR Works-in-Progress Conference. We’ll be gathering in Eugene, Oregon, October 15-16, 2010.
Lots more information soon. (No, Andrea, no details yet on precisely which local wines we’ll be serving.)
For now, please mark the dates on your calendars and plan to [...]
Cert Petition Filed Raising FAA Preemption — Concepcion
Today, AT&T filed a petition for certiorari in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, raising the question “[w]hether the FAA preempts States from conditioning the enforcement of an arbitration agreement on the availability of particular procedures–here, class-wide arbitration–when those procedures are not necessary to ensure that the parties to the arbitration agreement are able to vindicate [...]
Football, Diplomacy, and The Onion
Surely there are fewer better proxies for legitimacy than to be the target of The Onion.
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/saints_colts_hoping_to_resolve
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Saints, Colts Hoping To Resolve Super Bowl Through Diplomacy
JANUARY 29, 2010 | ONION SPORTS
MIAMI—Team officials from the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts emerged from a tense, 12-hour negotiating session Thursday and told reporters that, while they had yet to [...]
Educators for the UCLA (no, not that UCLA)
A document was recently submitted to the ABA House of Delegates in support of the Uniform Collaborative Law Act.
The letter was signed by about fifty prominent law professors and deans nationwide (along with some riff-raff from Oregon).
If I could figure out how to attach it to this post, or if I could find a link [...]
Mediation, Texas Tech & Mike Leach
I had imagined that I might take some months off from the idea of saying anything about college football. (Yes, yes. I sent filberts to Sarah Cole after the Rose Bowl.) But ESPN today ran a story about the prospect of the dispute between Texas Tech and recently dismissed football coach Mike Leach being resolve [...]
Law Professor Blogs Jack Litman - One of a Kind - 1943-2010 White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 16 days ago Jack Litman, a former and long-time member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (..
Upcoming Conferences White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 16 days ago ABA 24th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, February 24-26, 2010, Miami Beach, Florida..
In the News & Around the Blogosphere White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 18 days ago GT (Greenberg Traurig) Alert - SEC Announces New Enforcement Initiatives - Download GTAlert_SEC New ..
Government Response to Discovery Violations White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 25 days ago A DOJ Press Release reports on the appointment of Andrew Goldsmith as the new national coordinator f..
New Report on DPAs White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 25 days ago GAO issued a third report on Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPA) and Non-Prosecution Agreements (N..
New SEC Rules - Commentary White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 25 days ago The SEC has instituted a new initiative to provide for greater cooperation in hopes of encouraging i..
New DOJ Discovery Policies Fall Short White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 35 days ago In the wake of recent events that demonstrate discovery violations (see here), DOJ has issued three ..
The Passing of Bill Olis White Collar Crime Prof Blog, 35 days ago I could not have said it better than Tom Kirkendall at Houston Clear Thinkers here. I, for one, will..
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