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Faculty Blogs: Kudos to the Arbitration Team
Posted on November 19, 2009Our arbitration team, Lily Chan, Jamie Izlar, Brandon Edwards, and Samantha Thomas, competed in the ABA Student Division National Arbitration Competition regionals at Creighton this past weekend. Samantha and Brandon competed twice against Chapman. Chapman is known nationally for the competitiveness of its arbitration teams, and one of its teams won the nationals in the arbitration competition last year...
Faculty Blogs: Oral Arguments in Bilski Case
Posted on November 12, 2009On Monday, November 9, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the Bilski case, which is an appeal dealing with the the question of patentability of business method patents. A friend of mine that is a patent attorney in New York sent me the transcript...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Parallels between Brandeis and Obama
Posted on November 09, 2009It was Brandeis Day for the Louisville Courier-Journal yesterday (November 8th.) In anticipation of his birthday coming up this Friday, they ran three articles about him. First off, Mel Urofsky excerpted material from his new biography that featured Brandeis’ connection with Louisville...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Harlan and Clarence Thomas? Color-Blind Constitution
Posted on November 05, 2009I feel like I’ve been neglecting Harlan in this blog lately. There’s actually a technological reason for that. When I started this blog I created 2 Westclip searches: one for Brandeis and another for Harlan. My email inbox soon started filling up with notices about Brandeis...
Faculty Blogs: The Supreme Court and el Dia de los Muertos
Posted on October 31, 2009Last year I took a class at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft on creating shrines for el dia de los muertos, traditionally celebrated November 2 and 3 in Mexico and parts of the U.S. The class was taught by my friend Suzanne Martino, a gifted assemblage artist...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Urofsky Gives a Talk About His Biography
Posted on October 30, 2009Mel Urofsky visited Brandeis University on September 29 and gave a speech about his new biography Louis D. Brandeis: A Life. He doesn’t read from the book, but he does do a good job covering all of the themes of the book, while throwing in some good anecdotes...
Faculty Blogs: GeoCities, Dead at 15
Posted on October 27, 2009Beloved early Internet icon GeoCities died today at the age of 15, slowly smothered by its adoptive parent Yahoo. Web pioneers fondly remember its rich neighborhoods, from the geeky confines of SiliconValley and Area51 to the bohemian districts of Soho, SouthBeach and SunsetCity...
Faculty Blogs: Current Scholarship - Central States Law Schools Association
Posted on October 26, 2009I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the Central States Law Schools Association's annual conference this past weekend. Attached are abstract and the slides of the presentation that I gave concerning the application of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to the employment relationship...
Faculty Blogs: Carpe Diem: Privacy Protection in Employment Act
Posted on October 02, 2009A first draft of my article Carpe Diem: Privacy Protection in Employment Act forthcoming in Akron Law Review is now available. Here's the abstract.Scholars generally agree that the law in the United States fails to adequately protect employees from technological monitoring by their employers...
Faculty Blogs: Legal Ethics in the Employment Law Context: Who is the Client?
Posted on October 02, 2009The first draft of my article Legal Ethics in the Employment Law Context: Who is the Client? forthcoming in 37 Northern Kentucky Law Review, Issue 1, is now available. Here's the abstract.The question is: Who is the client? Many ethical decisions attorneys must make emanate from this basic question...
Faculty Blogs: Industrial Justice: Privacy Protection for the Employed - final draft
Posted on October 02, 2009The final draft of my article Industrial Justice: Privacy Protection for the Employed is now available. Here's the abstract.As the nineteenth century drew to a close, Samuel Warren & Louis D. Brandeis proclaimed that technological change necessitated new protections for the right to privacy...
Faculty Blogs: Review of Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Posted on October 02, 2009The final draft of my book review is now available. Here's the abstract.Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life is a must-read for lawyers and legal scholars in the areas of food law, environmental law, agricultural law, and education law...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Brandeis and Insurance Reform
Posted on October 02, 2009I just finished the chapter in Melvin Urofsky’s biography of Brandeis on Brandeis’ creation of Savings Bank Life Insurance. What I thought would be a dry chapter instead had a number of interesting parallels to today’s fight over health insurance...
Faculty Blogs: New British Supreme Court Sworn In
Posted on October 01, 2009Marking one of the more dramatic reforms in the British legal system, the new Supreme Court was sworn in yesterday. Replacing the Law Lords on their ridiculously high benches, the new high court is more eye level but no less grand in gold trimmed robes and their £60 million new courtroom in the old Middlesex Guildhall...
Faculty Blogs: Departing Hyphens
Posted on September 30, 2009The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary has eliminated thousands of hyphens, Reuters reports. A new edition of the dictionary has combined some formerly hyphenated words into single words (bumblebee and chickpea) and others into two-word phrases (ice cream and test tube)...
Faculty Blogs: Works In Progress of Interest to Labor and Employment Practitioners
Posted on September 28, 2009I had the great pleasure of attending the Fourth Annual Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor and Employment Law, hosted by Seton Hall University School of Law, this past weekend. I heard a number of excellent presentations on works in progress...
Faculty Blogs: FREEdom to Read
Posted on September 28, 2009The American Libraries Association has designated September 26-October 3, 2009 as Banned Books Week. The annual celebration is designed to celebrate and show support for intellectual freedom, the First Amendment, and free and open access to information...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Constitution Day 2009
Posted on September 25, 2009Mike Wilkins, Preamble (1987). Featured in the University of Louisville School of Law's Constitution Day Picture Gallery. The Law School celebrated Constitution Day on September 17. We take great pride in presenting an annual commemoration of Constitution Day on behalf of the entire University of Louisville...
Faculty Blogs: Elyn Saks
Posted on September 22, 2009Professor Elyn R. Saks of the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California, who spoke at a Diversity Program at the Law School last October, has been named a MacArthur Foundation fellow in recognition of past and future accomplishments...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: New York Times reviews the new Brandeis biography
Posted on September 22, 2009Just a reminder that Mel Urofsky’s new biography Louis D. Brandeis: A Life is released today. The New York Times ran a favorable review of it this last Sunday.
Faculty Blogs: Enhancing Roadmap Paragraphs -- Legal Writing Tip
Posted on September 21, 2009Last week my seminar discussed roadmap paragraphs. Most of you (who read this blog) are probably already familiar with a roadmap paragraph, one that sets out the points that will be discussed in more depth in the sections or sub-sections to follow. It is vital that an introduction contain such a paragraph because legal readers are busy individuals who like to see the conclusion and supporting points up-front...
Faculty Blogs: "Money Doesn't Talk, It Swears"
Posted on September 18, 2009Last week, the United States Supreme Court called a special session and heard oral arguments in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. This case has grave implications for the continuing influence of money in politics under the guise of First Amendment free speech rights for corporations and unions...
Faculty Blogs: The Brandeis Stamp is Almost Out! September 22!
Posted on September 17, 2009On September 22, the United States Postal Service will release a series of four new postage stamps commemmorating great United States Supreme Court Justices, including one featuring our namesake Louis D. Brandeis. The other honorees are William Brennan, Felix Frankfurter, and Joseph Story...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Brandeis gets his own stamp
Posted on September 17, 2009According to the Legal Times blog, Brandeis will soon be joining the august company of Abraham Lincoln, Edgar Allen Poe, Richard Wright, Gary Cooper, Elvis Presley and Bart Simpson. Yes, that’s right: he is getting his own postage stamp. Actually the USPS is releasing stamps for 4 justices at once: Brandeis himself, Brandeis’ protege Felix Frankfurter (who the USPS describes as “enigmatic and controversial”), Joseph Story and William J...
The Cardinal Lawyer: The Law School flood relief fund
Posted on September 15, 2009tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.law.louisville.edu/cardinallawyer/node/224'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly'; tweetmeme_source = 'chenx064'; Many people in the Law School community were affected by the campus flood on August 4th. Among those who lost their belongings in the disaster, one student lost all of his books for the fall semester...
The Cardinal Lawyer: I know what you did last summer
Posted on September 10, 2009The Law School openly acknowledges that preparing for a lifetime of economically gainful employment is a prime goal — arguably the prime goal — of legal education. Summer provides the perfect opportunity for exploring potential work settings...
Faculty Blogs: Setting Up a Mandatory Arbitration System
Posted on September 09, 2009This semester I have the distinct pleasure of teaching a writing seminar on advanced labor and employment issues to a small group of students. As in past semesters, I hope to provide useful information from my class to practitioners via this blog. We are using Eugene Volokh's Academic Legal Writing as our text book...
Faculty Blogs: Uof L Commission on Status of Women Fall 2009 Film Series
Posted on September 05, 2009Join the Women & Global Issues Committee of the U of L Commission on the Status of Women for a Fall 2009 Film Series Chao Auditorium (Ekstrom Library) Rape in the Congo Presented by Dr. Jennie E. Burnet Department of Anthropology MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH AT 4:00 P...
Faculty Blogs: 2009 Update of the 1994 Task Force Report on the Status of Women
Posted on September 05, 2009I am pleased to let you know the Commission on the Status of Women (COSW) has finished its update of the 1994 Task Force Report on the Status of Women. You can locate it at https://louisville.edu/cosw/task-force-report/task-force-report.html/. This has been a multi-year project for the Commission and has involved the hard work of many people...
Faculty Blogs: Blog tip: Circuit Splits
Posted on August 27, 2009I?ve been so busy lately with dealing with the law library flood, prepping for my legal research class, and winding up some writing projects, I?ve been a little blank on blog topics. However, a discussion of the federal court system in my LR class today recalled a really cool (to law geeks at least) blog I discovered this summer, Circuit Splits <splitcircuits...
Faculty Blogs: Innovation and Communications Law Conference
Posted on August 25, 2009From today's Daily Docket: The Second Annual Conference on Innovation and Communication Law, hosted this year by the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, came to a successful close on Saturday, August 22. The two-day conference featured over 50 speakers from four different continents around the world and from local law firms, discussing the role intellectual property and communications law play in the dissemination of information...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Friday's incident at the Law Library: A summary
Posted on August 24, 2009These stories summarize Friday's incident at the Law Library: UofL Police arrest former employee on campus Emergency procedures at the University of Louisville read more
The Cardinal Lawyer: The second annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law
Posted on August 21, 2009The University of Louisville proudly welcomes the second annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law: August 21, 2009, 8:00am – August 22, 2009, 5:00pmLouisville Marriott DowntownRegistration cost: $100 · Register online The University of Louisville will host the second annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law on August 21 and 22, 2009...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Further observations on the Law Library incident
Posted on August 21, 2009Once again The Cardinal Lawyer wishes to thank the Law School personnel and University of Louisville Police for their swift and safe resolution of this morning's incident in the Law Library. In the immediate aftermath of the campus shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, the University of Louisville convened a working group on emergency prevention, preparedness, and response...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Trespasser apprehended for carrying weapons into the Law Library
Posted on August 21, 2009Note: The following announcement has been issued by the University of Louisville. The University and the Law School will provide more information as it becomes available. I hasten to add my thanks to those expressed below by Provost Willihnganz. Quick, clear thinking and action by Law School personnel and UofL Police kept our community safe today...
Faculty Blogs: New Dean's Guidebook (more)
Posted on August 18, 2009In a prior blog entry, I began creating the "New Dean's Guidebook" in which I articulated rules for new deans to live by. In this blog entry, I continue that effort. Recall the initial two rules:Rule # 1: Never forget that this is all about you...
Faculty Blogs: I.P., AP & the Fourth Estate
Posted on August 18, 2009In consideration of the upcoming Conference on Innovation and Communication Law, today's post focuses on intellectual property, the Associated Press' new plan for "reclaiming news content online" and the dissemination of news information.Last week, an AP memo leaked to the public...
The Cardinal Lawyer: This season's final Red Barn Summerfest concert will benefit flood victims
Posted on August 13, 2009Many have asked about ways to deliver aid to individual victims of the August 4 flood. The University has just announced a benefit concert that addresses this very need: ? The final Red Barn SummerFest Concert will be a fundraiser for faculty and staff who suffered losses in last week's flooding...
Faculty Blogs: Take Time to Teach New Attorneys About Those Who Practice in the Field
Posted on August 13, 2009As the school year starts, professors and attorneys may be interested in reading Frank Tuerkheimer's short two-page piece (available to Westlaw subscribers only) in 58 Journal of Legal Education 531 (2008). Tuerkheimer laments the editing out of attorneys' names in casebooks...
Faculty Blogs: SEC New Media Policy Gets Sacked
Posted on August 11, 2009Today, we begin and end with college football. Within days after releasing its new media policy, the Southeastern Conference announced it will consider some revisions to the policy. Associate Commissioner Charles Bloom stated that the SEC already received complaints from 35-40 media members about the restrictions imposed by the policy...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Orientation 2009
Posted on August 11, 2009Law School orientation 2009 is in full swing. We began this morning with a special welcome that included two of the Law School's most distinguished alumnae: The Honorable Sara Walter Combs, chief judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals (pictured at right)...
The Cardinal Lawyer: The Andrew Franklin Young Writing Award and Memorial Fund
Posted on August 09, 2009» Reprinted from the July 2009 issue of Kentucky Bench & Bar « Andrew Franklin Young died tragically on March 19, 2009. In the weeks that followed, his classmates, friends, and family members contributed money to the University of Louisville School of Law to honor his memory...
The Cardinal Lawyer: A message from President Ramsey and Provost Willihnganz
Posted on August 08, 2009This message was distributed Friday, August 7, to members of the University of Louisville community. In the interest of reaching friends of the UofL and its Law School who do not hold l@ouisville.edu e-mail addresses, The Cardinal Lawyer is reprinting this message from President James Ramsey and Provost Shirley Willihnganz...
The Cardinal Lawyer: The Law School will be OPEN on Friday, August 7
Posted on August 06, 2009The Law School will be open on Friday, August 7. All faculty and staff should report according to the normal schedule. Some basement areas, especially in the library, may remain inaccessible. Please observe posted signs regarding access. On behalf of the Law School, I thank the University of Louisville workers who have labored tirelessly to bring our campus back from Tuesday's storm...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Come high water
Posted on August 05, 2009The Cardinal Lawyer thanks the quick thinking and tireless work of Law School and University of Louisville employees that helped our people evacuate the Belknap campus during today's torrential rainstorms. UofL physical plant and public safety personnel performed most heroically of all...
Faculty Blogs: Kent School Talk Correspondence Received
Posted on August 03, 2009Today I received the following: Dear Jim,We have wrapped up the semester, and I wanted you to know that in our last class, the students repeatedly talked about how helpful your talk was to them; understanding the impact of illness at a personal level really helped them understand in a way a text or lecture never could...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Correspondence from Todd Horstmeyer and the Kentucky Bar Foundation
Posted on July 30, 2009July 28, 2009 Dear Dean Chen: Enclosed is a picture of the Kentucky Bar Foundation Secretary-Treasurer, John R. Martin, Jr., presenting your law school?s scholarship check at the Fellows and Partners For Justice Society Luncheon during the KBA Convention last month in Covington...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Agriculture = Applied environmental protection
Posted on July 25, 2009Professor Andy Kleinschmidt of Ohio State University Extension, also known as @akleinschmidt on Twitter, has honored me in a way that is as flattering as it is unusual. During a recent #foodchat session on Twitter (which alternates with the related #agchat series), I remarked: "Q7: I try to describe agriculture as applied environmental protection, just as agricultural economics is now 'applied economics...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: More Rarities Found in Library
Posted on July 21, 2009More sping cleaning, more rarities: While going through our collection of uncataloged antiques, I found 4 previously unknown (at least to the current staff) books owned John Marshall Harlan. Here’s a screenshot of the title page of one of them: John Marshall Harlan's opy of the Law of Infancy (I love the subject matter of some of these 19th century treatises...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Rare Pierce Butler Letter Found In Library Book
Posted on July 19, 2009The things you find when cleaning house… The Law Library here at the University of Louisville has had a collection of donated books that have sat neglected, unloved, and worst of all, uncataloged in our attic for who knows how many decades. This summer, I started going through the books and officially adding them to our collection...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Reception benefiting the KLEO Summer Institute
Posted on July 15, 2009I encourage readers of The Cardinal Lawyer to join me at a reception benefiting the Kentucky Legal Education Opportunity (KLEO) Summer Institute: Thursday, July 16, 2009 5 p.m. Louisville Bar Center 600 West Main Street Suite 110 Louisville, KY 40202 read more
Faculty Blogs: Forecastle Goes Forth and Inspires
Posted on July 14, 2009This past weekend, I volunteered at the Forecastle Festival, an annual event that is equal parts music, art, and activism. The festival was founded in Louisville by JK McKnight eight years ago and has grown from a small crowd at Tyler Park to a large gathering of several thousand people at the Belvedere...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Wall Street Journal Republishes Brandeis Confirmation Articles
Posted on July 13, 2009Every time there are confirmation hearings for a new Supreme Court justice, there is renewed interest (at least on the media’s part) in the confirmation hearings of Brandeis. The Brandeis nomination set the standard for contentious confirmation hearings...
Faculty Blogs: Sotomayor Hearings Begin Today
Posted on July 13, 2009Hearings of the Senate Judiciary Committee begin today. The committee will decide whether to recommend that the full Senate confirm President Obama's nomination of U.S. Circuit Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to fill the vacant seat that David Souter held prior to his retirement at the end of the Court's business in June...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: New Brandeis Biography Coming Out Soon
Posted on July 12, 2009Mel Urofsky is unquestionably the premiere Brandeis scholar today. Back in the 1960’s he and David Levy started publishing Brandeis’ correspondence in what became a 7 volume set. Since then he has published numerous articles and books on Zionism, progressivism and other causes Brandeis was involved with...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Provost Willihnganz responds to J. Bruce Miller's attack on the University of Louisville
Posted on July 12, 2009The Cardinal Lawyer: Summersong
Posted on July 10, 2009What gulfs between him and the seraphim! Slave of the wheel of labor, what to him Are Plato and the swing of Pleiades? What the long reaches of the peaks of song, The rift of dawn, the reddening of the rose? — Edwin Markham, The Man with the Hoe (1898) Jean-François Millet, L'homme à la houe (1860-62) » Reprinted from the July 2009 issue of Louisville Bar Briefs « In this summer of disquiet, of economic uncertainty and instability, we may yet redeem this season if we transform poetry into motion and song into resolve...
Faculty Blogs: Kent School Talk
Posted on July 09, 2009Today I spoke to around 20 students in the psychopathology class in the Kent School of Social Work. This was my third time to address a section of this course, and it was as enjoyable as always. I was asked many excellent questions by this highly motivated group.
The Cardinal Lawyer: The Law School's Academic Success Program
Posted on July 09, 2009Kimberly Ballard, director of academic success, has announced important changes in the Law School's Academic Success Program: I am particularly excited about two changes that we will be implementing for the incoming Law School class. First, we are in the process of rebranding the Law School's academic support program...
Faculty Blogs: Law of the Realm of the King of Pop
Posted on July 08, 2009Yesterday's touching memorial service ends one chapter in the story of Michael Jackson, but the story is by no means over. The stage is likely to shift from the Staples Center and Forest Grove to the courts of California. There may be dozens of actions arising in coming months, but for the fan of celebrity law, I think four areas are worth watching: Case 1: X...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Brandeis and the Making of Regulated Competition
Posted on July 06, 2009Cover of Louis D Brandeis and the Making of Regulated Competition A new Brandeis book has just come out: Louis D. Brandeis and the Making of Regulated Competition, 1900-1932 by Gerald Berk. It’s about Brandeis’ belief that it was competition and not monopoly that should be regulated and how that led to the formation of the Federal Trade Commission...
The Cardinal Lawyer: J. Bruce Miller's misleading characterization of the Law School
Posted on July 06, 2009In its July 6, 2009, edition, the Louisville Courier-Journal published letters to the editor that responded to a June 28, 2009, opinion column by J. Bruce Miller, "Louisville's two educational myths." I understand that further responses from the University of Louisville are forthcoming...
Faculty Blogs: Usage - Errors versus Preferences
Posted on July 01, 2009Eugene Volokh's article Correcting Students' Usage Errors Without Making Errors of Our Own, 58 J.L.E. 533 (2008) reminds those of us who have been teaching or practicing for some time of something we probably learned early on when commenting on the writing of a student or new lawyer: there is a difference between an actual usage error and a manner of writing that most lawyers prefer...
Faculty Blogs: For the Fans of Celebrity Probate Law: Michael Jackson's 2002 Will
Posted on July 01, 2009I'm somewhat embarassed to jump on the MJ media blitz, but as a librarian I like primary documents: Last Will of Michael Joseph Jackson The documents of the Michael Jackson Family Trust referenced in the will are not (yet) public, but the beneficiaries are reported to be Jackson's three children and his mother.
Faculty Blogs: Minnesota Supreme Court Rules for Franken in Disputed Senate Race
Posted on June 30, 2009In a per curium decision*, the Minnesota Supreme Court found that Coleman attorneys "did not establish that, by requiring proof that statutory absentee voting standards were satisfied before counting a rejected absentee ballot, the trial court's decision constituted a post-election change in standards that violates substantive due process...
Faculty Blogs: Souter's Last Day at the Court; Decision in Firefighters Case Expected
Posted on June 29, 2009Today is the the last day of the 2009-09 Supreme Court term and a decision is expected in the New Haven firefighters case (Ricci v. DeStephano), a case appealed from Judge Sotomayor's Second Circuit and one that may figure in her nomination hearings. (Two other cases are still unresolved)...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Follow LouisvilleLaw on Twitter
Posted on June 28, 2009Once again The Cardinal Lawyer hails the Twitter revolution.The Law School now has its own
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Brandeis on the Daily Show
Posted on June 26, 2009Jon Stewart used (and mocked!) Brandeis’ most famous quote repeatedly last night on a segment about transperancy in the Obama White House. Here it is for that 1% of the population who doesn’t have basic cable.
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: John Marshall Harlan and an Unsung Civil Rights Case
Posted on June 25, 2009Harlan’s dissents in Plessy v. Ferguson and the Civil Rights Cases are well known, but the June 2009 issue of the ABA Journal has a story about Harlan’s role in another little known, but significant, civil rights case: United States v. Shipp...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Containing the Crisis and Promoting Economic Recovery
Posted on June 24, 2009Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth A. Duke spoke on June 15, 2009 at the Women in Housing and Finance Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on whether the government's actions so far in the economic crisis have been effective. Although Governor Duke believes that the programs have been "broadly successful in relieving stresses in the key credit markets," the job is not complete...
Faculty Blogs: SLA, Part 4: Final Installment
Posted on June 23, 2009On Tuesday morning, members of the Information Technology Division gathered at 7 AM for one last meeting. Having fallen on the heels of the dance party, motions were passed by weary-eyed board members without much discussion. After breakfast, I attended ?Mashups: Future of Changing Content?, led by Nicole Engard, a self-proclaimed open-source evangelist and editor of Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: President Obama Announces Financial Regulation Reform
Posted on June 23, 2009A couple of days late, but better than never! Obama hits all from consumer and financial institution overreaching to the lack of proper regulatory oversight. Obviously, leading to the current financial crisis. Where to go from this mess? Overhaul the financial regulatory system, of course...
The Cardinal Lawyer: The zoo story
Posted on June 22, 2009The Louisville Zoo train derailment The June 1 derailment took place behind the Louisville Zoo's Gorilla Forest exhibit. The train's three cars and its engine were tipped on their sides. The train can carry 40 to 50 people. The Louisville Zoo's train derailed on June 1, 2009...
Faculty Blogs: SLA, Part 3: Onions and Embassies
Posted on June 22, 2009Despite the late night, I awoke rather refreshed and eager to embark on yet another busy day. For the morning?s first session, I dropped in briefly on ?Globalization: Emerging Opportunities for the Library Profession? then moved on to ?Reaching Next-Gen Users with Unified Discovery Services?...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Jim Chen's Bit.ly bookmarks
Posted on June 21, 2009One positive byproduct of my Twitter account (where I write as J.C. Redbird), my Facebook account, and my other adventures in social networking is the record of my URL-shortening activities on Bit.ly. Bit.ly is quite arguably the best and most sophisticated tool for compressing URLs...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: $1.9 Million Verdict for Illegal Music Downloads
Posted on June 21, 2009Friday's news saw the announcement of a $1.9 million verdict against Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a Minnesota mother of four, for illegal music downloads. The woman swapped songs on the Kazaa Internet network. Vivendi S.A. and other music vendors brought the case over 24 specific songs...
Faculty Blogs: Warns Institute Day Two
Posted on June 19, 2009We had another interesting and productive day at the Warns Institute today.The day began with Jeff Calabrese's somewhat depressing but engagingly presented overview of the state of national and Kentucky of unemployment insurance. He noted that the Kentucky fund is bankrupt and concluded with thoughts about what types of measure the state can take to repay federal loans and refinance the fund: cutting benefits, raising unemployment taxes on employers, and implementing a tax on employees...
Faculty Blogs: Warns Institute Day One
Posted on June 18, 2009The day began with David Leightty's review of Kentucky employment law. When I was teaching labor law, we were wondering about the rules governing the racetracks in Kentucky since the NLRA declines jurisdiction over tracks. I learned from the talk that Kentucky has an equivalent protection to Section 7 that applies to the tracks...
Faculty Blogs: SLA, Part 2: You Don't Look Like a Librarian
Posted on June 18, 2009Monday morning began with a 7 AM SLA Legal Division Business Meeting generously sponsored by BNA. I learned that BNA employs 150 reporters to cover the Supreme Court and was informed of its "economic stimulus package", which includes additional tools for SLA members...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Shine-Ola
Posted on June 17, 2009UofL Law alumnus Daniel J. Canon is a civil rights teacher, guitar teacher, and stage actor. His musical talents are most evident in his role as a principal in his band, Shine-Ola. Graced by the voice and guitar-playing of Dan's wife, Laura Ellis, Shine-Ola is a perennial participant in the Law School's annual battle of the bands, Lawlapalooza...
Faculty Blogs: SLA, Part 2: You Don't Look Like a Librarian
Posted on June 17, 2009Monday morning began with a 7 AM SLA Legal Division Business Meeting generously sponsored by BNA. I learned that BNA employs 200 reporters to cover the Supreme Court and was informed of its "economic stimulus package", which includes additional tools for SLA members...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Not with a bang but a tweet
Posted on June 16, 2009Photo: Ben Curtis/Associated Press This is the way revolution begins. This is the way revolution begins. Not with a bang but a tweet. Social networking is fueling the flow of information from and within Iran. It's scooping conventional media to the point that #cnnfail has become a leading Twitter meme...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Feudalism Unmodified / Something Blue
Posted on June 16, 2009The Cardinal Lawyer has often spoken of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and its role in spreading the scholarly work and enhancing the academic reputation of the Law School's faculty. Feature stories such as these — one, two, three, four, and more — have explained why every graduate and friend of UofL Law should bookmark the Law School's SSRN aggregator and subscribe to that aggregator's RSS feed ...
Faculty Blogs: SLA, Part 1: Spies, Beehives and a 4-Star General
Posted on June 15, 2009On Saturday, I arrived in Washington, DC for the annual Special Libraries Association's conference. First order of business after having checked into the hotel was attending the Information Technology Division's board meeting. While there, I reunited with an "old' friend from Hawaii, reacquainted myself with collegues I met at the SLA Leadership Conference in Savannah, and submitted my report as the Webmaster Section Chair...
Faculty Blogs: Attorney General's Opinion on Constitutionality of Video Lottery Terminals
Posted on June 15, 2009The opinion of Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway on whether s. 226 of the Kentucky Constitution prohibits video "slot machines" operated by the Kentucky Lottery Commision was released today. The opinion (co-signed by my law school classmate Jennifer Black Hans, class of '95) is very well-reasoned and is a text-book perfect model for analyzing both a section of the state constitution (the 1891 section 226) and an amendment to the document (current 226(1) adopted in 1992)...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Senator Christopher Dodd, on a roll
Posted on June 14, 2009Senator Christopher J. Dodd, a 1972 law graduate of the University of Louisville, was profiled this weekend in a New York Times column by Gail Collins: Mr. Dodd's Best/Worst Year Big week in Washington, what with final action on the tobacco regulation bill, under the leadership of Senator Christopher Dodd...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Bar none
Posted on June 12, 2009The 2009 convention of the Kentucky Bar Association is now over. I consider this a very good moment to thank the members of the Kentucky bar, especially those who received their legal education at the University of Louisville, for their contributions to the finest, most dedicated group of lawyers I have been privileged to know...
Faculty Blogs: Dangerous Incompetence
Posted on June 10, 2009Fourteen months ago, a man named Warren Stone, age 55, bludgeoned, mutilated, and killed his 78-year old mother in Henry County, Kentucky. In the first hours after the killing, Mr. Stone, who is mentally retarded, sat alone by his mother's dead body...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Least complicated
Posted on June 08, 2009Euler's identity: ei? + 1 = 0 Some long ago when we were taught That for whatever kind of puzzle you got You just stick the right formula in A solution for every fool — Indigo Girls, Least Complicated, Swamp Ophelia (1994) » Reprinted from the June 2009 issue of Louisville Bar Briefs « Before the 2008 campaign season changed history and realigned the American political landscape, I had always regarded Amy Ray and Emily Saliers as the most famous people with whom I shared a college campus in my youth...
The Cardinal Lawyer: All a-Twitter: Looking in, breaking out
Posted on June 05, 2009Regular readers of this forum know that I am a big fan of Twitter. I'm constantly looking for followers for my Twitter page, and my two most recent tweets always appear at the top of this page. Two competing essays published this week predict vastly different fates for Twitter...
Faculty Blogs: CLE materials on Ethics and Organizational Clients and on Arbitration Strategies
Posted on June 04, 2009Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking as part of the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission's CLE seminar at the House Chamber in the Capitol Building.Attached here are the slides of the first presentation on "Ex Parte Communication and Confidentiality Issues with Organizational Clients," and the related article...
The Cardinal Lawyer: UofL Connection (June 2009) and the Warns Institute
Posted on June 04, 2009The June 2009 issue of UofL Connection highlights the 26th Annual Carl A. Warns Jr. Labor and Employment Law Institute, a leading offering in the Law School's CLE programs for fall and summer 2009: Thursday-Friday, June 18-19. 26th Annual Carl A...
Faculty Blogs: Coleman v. Franken: Minnesota Supreme Court Video Oral Argument
Posted on June 03, 2009The oral arguments in the U.S. Senate election dispute between Norm Coleman and Al Franken, justice Alan Page presiding, is now available on the Minnesota Supreme Court website.If you like election law, they are fascinating:Minnesota Supreme Court Video Oral Argumenthttp://www...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Cocktail reception for UofL Law alumni and friends at the KBA Convention
Posted on June 02, 2009Cocktail reception for UofL Law alumni and friends Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:30–9:00 p.m. The Sunset Room at The Waterfront 14 Pete Rose Pier Covington, KY 41011 (859) 581-1414 Just attend. No need to RSVP. Please join Dean Jim Chen at The Waterfront, 14 Pete Rose Pier, Covington, KY 41011, for a cocktail reception honoring alumni and friends of the University of Louisville School of Law during the 2009 convention of the Kentucky Bar Association...
Faculty Blogs: Justice on the Campaign Trail
Posted on June 02, 2009News coverage would suggest that the nomination of U.S. Federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor has unleashed a fire storm of criticism and led to active campaigning for and against her confirmation to the Supreme Court. However, except for the efforts of radio host Rush Limbaughand the new-book hawking Newt Gingrich, the campaign against the nomination has been fairly lukewarm...
The Cardinal Lawyer: The UofL honored its law graduates
Posted on June 01, 2009The Louisville Courier-Journal published the following letter to the editor, under the title U of L honored its law graduates, in its print and online editions of May 31, 2009. The controversy to which my letter alludes was described in greater detail by two other letters to the editor, one by a member of the class of 2009 and another by a member of the law faculty...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Muller v. Oregon
Posted on May 31, 2009The Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville occasionally awards the Brandeis Medal to people who have made significant contributions to individual liberty and public service. The 2003 recipient was Ruth Bader Ginsburg. At the award ceremony, Bader Ginsburg gave the speech “From Brandeis to Breyer: Is There a Jewish Seat?” Unfortunately, I can’t find a copy of the speech online, but it was printed in the Brandeis at 150 book...
Faculty Blogs: Checklist of Workplace Privacy Laws
Posted on May 29, 2009If you are representing clients dealing with workplace privacy issues, you may be interested in Lisa Smith-Butler's article, Workplace Privacy: We'll Be Watching You, 35 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 53 (2009). For those representing an employee who "believes an employer has gone too far and invaded his or her privacy," the article provides a checklist...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: New Brandeis Portrait Unveiled
Posted on May 28, 2009A new portrait of Brandeis has been painted and it had its public unveiling here at the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. Maine artist Rob Shetterly has been painting a series of portraits he calls “Americans Who Tell the Truth...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Small business in action!
Posted on May 28, 2009I wanted to share this "fun" commercial picture of a small businessman in action in Moscow, Russia. This kiosk is right near Red Square, but most of the kiosks were only lightly filled with shoppers. Tourism is certainly down in Moscow with hotels reporting occupancy down around 50%...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: New Investments to the IMF
Posted on May 28, 2009The IMF has been busy helping countries respond to the economic crisis through financing. Lending commitments are at a record $157 billion. One of the changes, though, has been an easing of the loan conditions that often went along with IMF aid. The IMF has often encouraged political policy changes in exchange for money...
Faculty Blogs: Judge Sonia Sotomayor?s Legal Language
Posted on May 27, 2009Judge Sonia Sotomayor 's background has been discussed at length since her nomination for a seat on the Supreme Court. But what about her legal language? In my study of federal judges, Judge Sotomayor received high marks for gender neutrality. She took care to avoid gender-biased male pronouns in framing her case opinions, sometimes by using neutral pairs like "his or her...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Unauthorized Credit Card Charges - Out of Country
Posted on May 26, 2009As some of you know, I am teaching Transactions in Emerging Markets as part of the University of San Diego Moscow Program. Of course, paying for things in Moscow is a fun matter! The currency exchange rate for Rubles right now is $1:33.334 RUB. With the less than stellar exchange rate, the company renting me a flat priced the rental in dollars...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Memorial Day 2009
Posted on May 22, 2009The University of Louisville sends all of you this Memorial Day message from Provost Shirley Willihnganz and urges everyone in the UofL family to remember the sacrifices made by Americans in the service of their country. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document...
Faculty Blogs: The Paper Trail of Judge Wood
Posted on May 21, 2009Still in the midst of its review of Judge Sotomayor, SCOTUSBlog is now beginning a review of U.S. Seventh Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood, the other main candidate for Justice Souter's seat who has a significant record of published opinions. Judge Wood was in DC recently and it has been reported that she met with President Obama...
Faculty Blogs: Bring Me the Opinions of Sonia Sotomayor
Posted on May 20, 2009While the press and many blogs have engaged in widespread speculation (see below) about who President Obama may pick for the Supreme Court, SCOTUSBlog has been methodically analyzing the opinions of the leading candidate, Sonia Sotomayor. The (now) four-part series suggests that she is no radical, and would likely rule in a manner not unlike the person she is replacing, David Souter...
The Cardinal Lawyer: The true face and the true meaning of graduation
Posted on May 18, 2009Of all the pictures in the Law School's photo gallery celebrating the graduation of the class of 2009, this group photo is my favorite. Graduation truly is a celebration of our students, their accomplishments, and the lives they will lead. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document...
Faculty Blogs: President Obama's Speech at Notre Dame
Posted on May 17, 2009Lately, I?ve been researching Abraham Lincoln as a writer. I?ve also noticed how President Obama has drawn implicit parallels between Lincoln and himself, for example, by opening his campaign in Springfield, Illinois, where Lincoln practiced law...
Faculty Blogs: Protecting the Privacy of Employees' Personal Information
Posted on May 15, 2009Are you providing advice to employers on maintaining the personal information of employees, such as social security, license, account, or credit card numbers? Or are you advising employees who have lost personal information because of a breach of an employer's system? If so, you may find Joseph J...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Falling Behind on Your Mortgage?
Posted on May 15, 2009For those wondering how exactly did all these people fall behind on their mortgages, take a look at a pretty honest personal story in the New York Times. The author, like many, bought a home he couldn't afford, tried to compensate with credit cards and refinancing and had a spouse lose a job...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Bank Stress Test Skit on SNL
Posted on May 14, 2009In case you missed it:- JSM
The Cardinal Lawyer: Kimberly Ballard joins UofL Law as director of academic support
Posted on May 13, 2009The Law School is delighted to announce that Kimberly K. Ballard will return to her alma mater as director of academic support. Kimberly will design and implement an academic support program to help students develop the skills necessary for success in law school, on the bar exam, and in practice...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Elegy for Andrew Franklin Young
Posted on May 11, 2009» Reprinted from the May 2009 issue of the Louisville Bar Association's Bar Briefs « Andrew Franklin Young, a third-year law student at the University of Louisville, died March 19, 2009, mere hours before the vernal equinox and mere weeks before graduation...
The Cardinal Lawyer: True north
Posted on May 07, 2009Fifty candidates attempted the Alaska bar exam in February 2009. Among these candidates, 26 passed. One of them was Mitchi McNabb, an August 2008 law graduate of the University of Louisville. Congratulations! var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Inflation Affects a Brandeis Tradition
Posted on May 06, 2009It’s the week after finals here at the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and the place is still recovering from the previous two weeks. Professors are scrambling to get their exams graded by the deadline while everyone else works to get the place back in shape...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Congratulations to the University of Louisville's newest members of the Kentucky bar
Posted on May 04, 2009At the Kentucky Supreme Court's annual Law Day celebration on May 1, 2009, the University of Louisville's newest members of the Kentucky bar took their oaths as attorneys: Tammy Renee Baker Stephen Luis Buchenberger Natalie Marie Etienne Stacy Anne Hoehle Patrick James Kilburn Joseph Harry Kraus III Alison Baliff Levine Brooke Morgan Montgomery Claire Elizabeth Parsons Matthew Tyler Reynolds Josh Peter Schneider Leslie N...
Faculty Blogs: Obama's Word Choice: "Stand with"
Posted on May 01, 2009President Obama recently chastised investment funds that would not compromise to keep Chrysler out of bankruptcy. "I don't stand with them," he said. "I stand with Chrysler's employees and their families and communities. I stand with Chrysler's management, its dealers, and its suppliers...
Faculty Blogs: Mr. Souter Leaves Washington
Posted on May 01, 2009While nothing about David Souter should surprise anyone--the concept of surprise contains an assumption of predictably, something that the shy and intensely private associate justice has never engendered--the news that he is leaving the Court is interesting because it offers President Obama his first chance to to put a mark on the court...
Faculty Blogs: Screening Job Applicants Using Internet Information
Posted on April 30, 2009If you are advising someone who is applying for a job or an employer who is selecting among applicants, Robert Sprague's article Rethinking Information Privacy in an Age of Online Transparency, 25 Hofstra Lab. & Emp. L.J. 395 (2008) may be of interest...
The Cardinal Lawyer: The Law School's federal clerks are featured in UofL Magazine
Posted on April 30, 2009Four members of the class of 2009 — Caroline Pieroni, Megan Renwick, Jennifer K. Weinhold, and Sarah Mikowski — are headed to federal clerkships after graduation. These graduates, previously profiled on The Cardinal Lawyer, are now the subject of in-depth coverage in the spring 2009 issue of UofL Magazine...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Exam week relaxation: A special service of The Cardinal Lawyer
Posted on April 28, 2009Here at The Cardinal Lawyer, we love our birds. And while the bird at left is hardly a cardinal, it does have a decided sense of music and rhythm. As a service to students, professors, and staff members during the final days of the 2008-09 academic year, The Cardinal Lawyer presents a classic video of a cockatoo grooving to Ray Charles...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on Financial Innovation and Consumer Protection!
Posted on April 28, 2009Since I've been busy for a few weeks with exams and all, there is much to catch up on. Chairman Bernanke spoke on April 17, 2009 at the Federal Reserve System's Sixth Biennial Community Affairs Research Conference, Washington, D.C. Bernanke commented "financial innovation, it seems, has fallen on hard times" in that it is often now seen as the problem (for a transcript, see the Federal Reserve website)...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Creamskimming and competition
Posted on April 27, 2009Herewith my latest contribution to SSRN and the Law School's legal studies series, a paper called Creamskimming and Competition:
The Cardinal Lawyer: Correspondence regarding Lisa Nicholson from Lisa Fairfax of Maryland Law
Posted on April 27, 2009It gives me great pleasure to share correspondence from Lisa Fairfax of the University of Maryland School of Law about Louisville's own Lisa Nicholson: Dear Professor Nicholson Lisa, I would like to thank you very much for taking the time to participate in the University of Maryland School of Law's Roundtable on Corporate Governance and Securities Law Responses to the Financial Crisis...
Faculty Blogs: Don't Panic: Facts versus Rumor Regarding the Swine Flu
Posted on April 27, 2009With the 24-hour news media in full-lather and the #swineflu hashtag trending to the top of Twitter Search, as a information professional I feel impelled to rap my ruler sharply on the table and tell everyone to calm down and get the facts! Luckily, there is a place for this, the CDC Swine Flu page at the website of the federally-funded Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Seton Hall Call for Papers
Posted on April 27, 2009Seton Hall Law Review SymposiumOctober 30, 2009Seton Hall Law SchoolNewark, NJSecurities Regulation and the Global Economic Crisis: What Does the Future Hold?CALL FOR PAPERSThe Seton Hall Law Review will be hosting a Symposium on October 30, 2009, at Seton Hall Law School in Newark, NJ, to address the role of securities regulation in the current global financial crisis...
Faculty Blogs: Workplace Privacy Laws Abroad
Posted on April 23, 2009If you are advising a company on employee relations issues and the company is working with foreign companies, William Herbert's article Workplace Electronic Privacy Protections Abroad: The Whole Wide World is Watching, 19 U. Fla. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 379 (2008) might be a helpful resource...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Additional pictures from Chief Justice Roberts's visit
Posted on April 22, 2009The University of Louisville's news service has posted additional pictures commemorating the April 17-18, 2009, visit of Chief Justice John Roberts. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl...
Faculty Blogs: Not for Profit Status
Posted on April 21, 2009A 501c3 must be organized and operate according to the standards for a not for profit corp. The 3 requirements for organization are:1. that is will operate for the charitable purpose stated in the articles of incorporation, 2. that it will not operate contrary to the non for profit status, and 3...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: 2009 AALS Workshop on Transactional Law
Posted on April 20, 2009Workshop on Transactional LawWhy Attend"Transactional law" refers to the various substantive legal rules that influenceor constrain planning, negotiating, and document drafting in connection with business transactions, as well as the "law of the deal" (i...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Chief Justice John Roberts speaks at the University of Louisville
Posted on April 19, 2009The Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, spoke at the University of Louisville on Saturday, April 18. Attending Chief Justice Roberts's speech were many students, graduates, faculty, staff, and friends of the Law School...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Brandeis and Harlan in the New York Times Part 2
Posted on April 19, 2009Earlier in this blog I mentioned how the NY Times had posted their articles that had fallen in the public domain and how that was a good resource for contemporary newspaper articles on the two justices. Now that research has gotten even easier. CQ Press has just released The New York Times on the Supreme Court 1857-2008, a compendium of articles, editorials and analyses of Supreme Court decisions...
Faculty Blogs: Law Clinic Work Winding Down for the Semester
Posted on April 19, 2009As the first semester of operation of the University of Louisville Law Clinic winds down, I want to congratulate the six students that worked in the clinic this semester for a job well done. They provided legal assistance to over 40 low-income clients with eviction cases, referred to the clinic by the Legal Aid Society...
Faculty Blogs: Covenant Not To Compete Clauses in Physician Contracts
Posted on April 18, 2009Originally, because of the corporate practice of medicine doctrine, these covenants were not enforceable. Now they are enforced if reasonable in time and scope (i.e., 1 year within a 50 mile radius of the previous practice location). Courts may make an exception and not enforce the covenant if the physician's specialty is not otherwise available in the area and patients would be left without any access to this needed service.
Faculty Blogs: Physician Assisted Suicide
Posted on April 18, 2009The court will recognize an asserted right as being of fundamental importance only if that right is deeply rooted in tradition. There is no history of a right to physician assisted suicide; to the contrary, suicide is a criminal offense. Therefore, the ban on physician assisted suicide only has to be rationally related to a legitimate government interest...
Faculty Blogs: Modifications to Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct
Posted on April 17, 2009The Kentucky Supreme Court has approved modifications to the Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct, which will be effective July 15, 2009. Included are the modifications to the rules discussed in the footnotes of my paper, Legal Ethics in the Employment Law Context: Who is the Client? The paper discusses the rules that govern confidentiality and ex parte communications, Rules 1...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: ?Other People?s Money? and the Current Banking Crisis
Posted on April 14, 2009Brandeis scholar Mel Urofsky had an op-ed piece in the February 6, 2009 New York Times talking about how Brandeis’ book Other People’s Money relates to the current banking crisis. You can read it here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/opinion/07urofsky...
Faculty Blogs: UPDATE ON CLINIC SCHEDULING
Posted on April 14, 2009Prof. Santry has told me that she doesn't want students to worry too much about scheduling conflicts. She emailed me the following note: "In gathering information from family court, I have learned that the family court now stagger their dockets. Mondays are still very heavy in 5 courtrooms but hearings are now on Tuesdays for 3 other courtrooms and Wednesday and Thursday have a EPO docket each for the two remaining courts...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Law school deans' blogs: The view from Arkansas
Posted on April 14, 2009Relatively few law school deans maintain blogs. One who does, and with extraordinary grace, is Cyndi Nance of Arkansas. Her blog, called simply The Dean's Blog, documented this informal gathering of law school deans of color at Sanctuary Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona, in January 2009...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Follow J.C. Redbird on Twitter
Posted on April 13, 2009Twitter is a lightweight online platform that blends blogging and social networking. Its users "tweet" by answering a simple question: "What are you doing?" All answers are limited to 140 characters — the length of an SMS text message. My Twitter handle is J...
The Cardinal Lawyer: February 2009 Kentucky bar exam results
Posted on April 13, 2009The Kentucky Office of Bar Admissions has released its list of successful candidates on the February 2009 administration of the Kentucky bar exam. Twenty-four law graduates of the University of Louisville attempted the exam; 15 passed. The Cardinal Lawyer congratulates the UofL's newest members of the bar...
Faculty Blogs: Burial Rights Article
Posted on April 13, 2009My new article entitled Body, Body, Who Gets the Body? The Resolution of Bodily Remains Cases appeared today in the Wealth Strategies Journal. It can be viewed online at http://www.wealthstrategiesjournal.com/articles/2009/04/-72-1024x768-normal-0.html ...
Faculty Blogs: Drafting Clear Contracts and Abrogating Individual Rights
Posted on April 12, 2009A lot has been said about the Supreme Court's decision in 14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett, which came down on April Fools day. And I have little to add. (The Court held that "a provision in a collective-bargaining agreement that clearly and unmistakably requires union members to arbitrate claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act" is enforceable...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Fun With Statistics
Posted on April 10, 2009HeinOnline is a legal database that among other things has an extensive database of court opinions and legal journal articles. Recently thay began posting citation analysis to the articles and opinions in their database. They also have a blog in which they occasionally publish interesting findings from their collection...
Faculty Blogs: Yet More Legal Ephemera: The Future Justice and the Broadway Actress
Posted on April 09, 2009This item is a Senate chamber gallery pass issued by Sen. Hugo Black (D-Ala), a future senator, to a Miss Mary Orr, who may be the future author of a story that became an Oscar-winning movie.* These passes are not extremely rare, as they were issued frequently and most, including this one, had a stamped signature, not an autograph...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Going green
Posted on April 09, 2009I am pleased to announce a green initiative for all friends of the Law School. The message and several options for viewing, embedding, and sharing it are available at LawTube, the Law School's multimedia portal. Download the audio file of Dean Jim Chen's green initiative...
The Cardinal Lawyer: The Law Clinic Six
Posted on April 08, 2009The inaugural class of students in the University of Louisville Law Clinic: Dustin Thacker, Becca O'Neill, Chad Reid, Christopher McDavid, Caroline Lynch Pieroni, and Amy Jay. Photo credit: Robert Pieroni. According to the immediate assessment of those in attendance, the open house and reception celebrating the University of Louisville Law Clinic was one of the most successful events of its kind in the history of the Law School...
The Cardinal Lawyer: University of Louisville CLE offerings, spring 2009
Posted on April 07, 2009University of Louisville CLE, spring 2009 The Law School's office for continuing legal education proudly presents three programs this spring. The table below describes each of the programs and enables you either to download the program brochure or to register online...
The Cardinal Lawyer: An invitation to students from the ABA's Health Law Section
Posted on April 06, 2009Herewith an invitation to University of Louisville law students from the American Bar Association's Health Law Section: Dear Dean Chen: The Council members of the American Bar Association Health Law Section will be hosting a reception honoring Louisville Section members on Friday, April 24th, from 6:00 p...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Memories and musings on a manic Monday
Posted on April 05, 2009The image at right was posted on Facebook by Randy Blazak, a college classmate of mine who is now a member of a the sociology faculty at Portland State University. The picture is almost exactly a quarter-century old. It comes from the 1984-85 school year, when Randy was a senior and I was a sophomore at Emory University...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Geithner on Face the Nation
Posted on April 05, 2009Today, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appeared on CBS' Face the Nation in an interview with Bob Schieffer. Schieffer had plenty of questions for Geithner, including whether the government was trying to force General Motors into a managed bankruptcy...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Ben Basil wins the inaugural 1L Oral Advocacy Competition
Posted on April 03, 2009Ben Basil wins the inaugural 1L Oral Advocacy Competition. Congratulations to him, runner-up Courtney Phelps, and all the students who organized and participated in this competition. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Closer to the cure
Posted on April 03, 2009On the evening of April 2, 2009, I attended "Closer to the Cure," an educational event sponsored by the Louisville chapter of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Dr. Marianne H. Alciati provided up-to-date information on breast cancer research, treatment, and prevention...
Faculty Blogs: Green Acres Is the Place To Be: Iowa Supreme Court Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban
Posted on April 03, 2009In an unaminous decsion, the Iowa Supreme Court today struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage on the grounds that it "violates the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution" by "exclud[ing] a class of Iowans [gay and lesbian couples] from civil marriage...
Faculty Blogs: How to Sign Up for the Clinic for Fall 2009
Posted on April 02, 2009As I discussed at the presentation today, Professor Shelley Santry is the new permanent director of the law clinic. She has 16 years legal experience in the Louisville legal community, as an attorney with Legal Aid, and most recently as an assistant county attorney...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Law Clinic open house and reception, April 7
Posted on April 02, 2009I invite all readers of The Cardinal Lawyer to attend a special open house and reception for the University of Louisville Law Clinic on April 7: University of Louisville Law Clinic Open House and Reception April 7, 2009 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Open house (from 5:30 p...
The Cardinal Lawyer: ¡Adelante! Hispanic Achievers
Posted on April 01, 2009UofL Law graduate Ellie Kerstetter staged ¡Adelante! Hispanic Achievers' annual mock trial event at the University of Louisville on March 14, 2009. Though the event took place in Ekstrom Library rather than its traditional venue in the Law School's Allen Courtroom, this group of outstanding high school students and their parents enjoyed a glimpse of law and the legal system...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Sam Marcosson receives a Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
Posted on April 01, 2009Professor Sam Marcosson has been selected by the University of Louisville for a 2009 Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching in the category of full-time teaching. He will be honored on Monday, April 20, at a University-wide Celebration of Faculty Excellence, which honors UofL faculty's commitment to teaching, service, scholarship, research, and creative activity...
The Cardinal Lawyer: The inaugural 1L Oral Argument Competition
Posted on April 01, 2009The Cardinal men's basketball team finished a great season in the Elite Eight. The Cardinal women are headed to St. Louis for their first Final Four. The bracket that has the Law School really excited, though, is the new 1L Oral Argument Competition...
The Cardinal Lawyer: First pitch, University of Louisville baseball versus Ball State
Posted on April 01, 2009I threw the first pitch at the University of Louisville's first night baseball game of 2009. I didn't want to bounce it as I did in 2008. I threw a two-seamer. It was a strike. It even tailed away from a hypothetical right-handed batter and hit the outside corner at the knees...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Harlan, Brandeis & the ?100 Most Creative Moments in American Law?
Posted on March 31, 2009I realize I’m arriving a little late to this party, but I just found out about this article. Last year, Valparaiso professor Robert Blomquist published “Thinking About Law and Creativity: on the 100 Most Creative Moments in American Law” in 30 Whittier Law Review (2008) 119...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Ford says no to auto bailout
Posted on March 31, 2009In an interesting twist, Ford executive Mark Fields went on American Morning to say that they have been restructuring for three years now and are making progress. And, no bailout needed or expected. Fields said that consumer confidence is the biggest issue facing Ford...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Revised Article 2 Finally Adopted!
Posted on March 31, 2009Today's news included an announcement that all states have finally agreed to adopt the Revised Article 2, which many thought to be pretty much a dead letter at this point. As you might expect, consumer groups are thrilled and the Business Roundtable is irked commenting:"While the Roundtable supports uniform drafting efforts, clearly this isthe result of mischief...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Wagoner Steps Down and Obama Grants GM/Chrysler More Time
Posted on March 30, 2009Over the weekend, the announcement came that Rick Wagoner, CEO of General Motors, was stepping down amid government pressure. Apparently, Washington wasn't too thrilled with the reorganization plans for either GM or Chrysler. President Obama spoke regarding the restructuring plans for the companies that fell short of expectations:And so today I'm announcing that my administration will offer GM and Chrysler a limited additional period of time to work with creditors, unions, and other stakeholders to fundamentally restructure in a way that would justify an investment of additional taxpayer dollars...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Money for Madoff Victims?
Posted on March 29, 2009So, now that Madoff is off to prison, what happens to the victims of the fraud? Apparently, there is about $2.6 billion in assets so far recovered by the trustee, Irving Picard. The losses in the ponzi scheme are estimated at about $65 billion. Picard recently commented ?I have confidence there is sufficient money at SIPC to satisfy all claims...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Runners and walkers honor Andrew Young
Posted on March 29, 2009A crowd came to honor Andrew Young by running and walking in the rain on Sunday, March 29: Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Parrish Court
Posted on March 27, 2009With apologies to Walt Whitman: When jonquils first in the courtyard bloomed, And the great star slowly drooped in the western sky late by day, I yearned — and yet shall yearn with ever-returning spring. At left: Parrish Court, Belknap Campus, University of Louisville...
Faculty Blogs: Employee Free Choice Act
Posted on March 26, 2009Two students, Allison Currey and Dustin Bell, and I have an op-ed on the Employee Free Choice Act in the Courier-Journal today.
The Cardinal Lawyer: Memorial run/walk for Andrew Young
Posted on March 26, 2009The Cardinal Lawyer wishes to announce an additional event in memory of Andrew Young: Andrew's classmates will stage a memorial run/walk in Andrew's memory at noon on Sunday, March 29. The run/walk will take place in the oval in front of the Law School...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Subscribe to the NYT Online? Another Fun Mixed Goods Case
Posted on March 25, 2009Another lively case from the forthcoming ABA Sales Survey is Wall Street Network, Ltd. V. New York Times Co., 66 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d. (West) 261 (Cal. Ct. Appeals 2008). The court considered a breach of contract claim arising out of an Internet marketing agreement between New York Times Co...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Brandeis and His Clerks
Posted on March 23, 2009The latest issue of the Journal of Supreme Court History (v. 34, no. 1) has yet another article about Brandeis. (Too bad these articles aren’t being posted on the web.) This one is about his relations with his law clerks. Author Todd C. Peppers used unpublished interviews with the clerks, letters written by Brandeis and other reminiscences to recreate what it was like to clerk for the judge...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: The Power of the Sequel: TARP II
Posted on March 23, 2009Christine Hurt over at The Conglomerate recently gave a thumbs up to Race to Witch Mountain (See Family Fun Blogging: Race to Witch Mountain). And who doesn't like a good sequel? I've not seen it myself, but with three little kids in my house, it is sure to be in my future (from Christine's post, the movie may frighten the younger ones)...
Faculty Blogs: Moot Court and "Mock Judicial Readings"
Posted on March 22, 2009"Practice makes perfect." This week my students will practice their oral arguments with moot court board members, with me, and with classmates. Like many students across the nation, they will do so to prepare for their appellate oral argument in front of three practitioner judges...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Andrew Franklin Young
Posted on March 20, 2009The Law School is very saddened to report that Andrew Franklin Young, a third-year student, died March 19, 2009. The entire Law School community extends its deepest sympathies to Mr. Young's family. Visitation for Mr. Young will take place Sunday, March 22, from 3 p...
The Cardinal Lawyer: The 2008-09 issue of our alumni magazine
Posted on March 18, 2009The 2008-09 issue of University of Louisville | Law, our alumni magazine, is on its way to graduates and friends everywhere: This year's theme is "Success. It starts here." You may download your own electronic copy. I also invite you to visit our dedicated alumni magazine page...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Ben Bernanke on 60 Minutes
Posted on March 18, 2009Loads of good stuff this week. Ben Bernanke appeared on 60 Minutes (Scott Pelley interviewing), saying that things should begin to level off by the end of the year. Happily, Bernanke does not think we are headed to another Great Depression. That said, the wealth of American families fell 18% in 2008...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Jon Stewart v. Jim Cramer
Posted on March 18, 2009In case you missed all the "dust-up" between Jon Stewart (Daily Show) and Jim Cramer (from Mad Money), there are a couple of videos you might want to watch. Jon Stewart hit Cramer pretty hard for his part in the news business putting entertainment over accuracy...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: A look at John Marshall Harlan?s Library
Posted on March 17, 2009Among the Harlan papers collected by the Library of Congress is a listing of his father’s personal effects at the time of his death. Harlan’s father, James Harlan, was a former Kentucky Attorney General and Congressman as well as an avid book collector...
The Cardinal Lawyer: One tournament down, one more to go
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The Cardinal Lawyer: Peachy
Posted on March 16, 2009» Reprinted from the March 2009 issue of Louisville Bar Briefs « The truth, at its coldest, is stark and undeniable. These are hard times, not just in the legal profession and higher education, but in our Commonwealth, the United States, and the world at large...
Faculty Blogs: Manic Depressive and Depressive Association of Louisville, Inc.
Posted on March 16, 2009I am now a Member of the Board of Directors and Vice President of the Manic Depressive and Depressive Association of Louisville, Inc. I remain a co-facilitator of that organization.
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Madoff's Guilty Plea
Posted on March 14, 2009"Here was a man with all the duties of seeking large money. He concocted a scheme which, on his counsel's admission, did defraud men and women. It will not do to have the world understand that such a scheme as that can be carried out ... without receiving substantial punishment...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Larry Summers Remarks at the Brookings Institution
Posted on March 13, 2009Among many other good observations, Larry Summers , Director of the National Economic Council, today stressed to everyone in his speech "Responding to an Historic Economic Crisis: The Obama Program" that there is one thing that is known about every financial crisis: "They all end...
Faculty Blogs: Law Review Announces 2009-2010 Editorial Board
Posted on March 12, 2009It just occurred to me that this list may not have been announced on a venue outside our intranet. This is an excellent group of students and I have no doubt they will build on the successes of their predeccessors: The University of Louisville Law Review is pleased to announce next year's editorial board:Editor in Chief: Michael Swansburg Senior Articles Editor: Leah Campbell Senior Notes Editor: Adam Stotts Symposium & Alumni Relations Editor: Mari-Elise Gates Executive Editor: David Haney Managing Editor: Andrew Palmer Articles Editors: Chad Propst, Jessica Richards, Ian Richetti Notes Editors: Barry Dunn, Jenna Glasscock Johnston, Trista Moss Associate Editor-Bluebook/ILL: Brian Pollock Associate Editor-Symposium: Brian Stempien
Jennifer Martin's Blog: If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers . . .
Posted on March 11, 2009Well maybe this post is not about Peter Piper from the old Mother Goose nursery rhyme, but it is about peppers. Co-blogger Robyn Meadows and I just finished the Sales Survey for the ABA's Business Lawyer that will be out in August 2009. And, it contains a wonderful case about, of course, peppers...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Declines in university applications?
Posted on March 10, 2009Bloomberg reported this week that applications are down this year at 7 of 8 top liberal arts colleges, some colleges down as much as 20%. Only Wellesley College was up, about 2%. What about law schools? Early reports are that law school applications are flat overall, but some schools are actually reporting increases...
Faculty Blogs: Filson Historical Society Program on William Marshall Bullitt at Oxmoor, March 15
Posted on March 09, 2009Former Solicitor General William Marshall Bullitt was a graduate of the UofL Law School and a leading louisville attorney. His portrait hangs prominantly in the school's stairwell. Local attorney will discuss Bullitt's life in "Oxmoor?s William Marshall Bullitt" on Sunday, March 15 - 2 p...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Quality Woodworks' Embezzlement
Posted on March 08, 2009Annette Yeomans, chief financial officer for California-based Quality Woodworks, Inc. was recently arrested in a classic case of embezzlement of $9.9 million of company funds, causing the company to lay-off workers and restructure operations. The scheme apparently lasted more than seven years and Yeomans used more than $6 million for gambling and other funds for clothing, shoes, home improvements and the like...
Faculty Blogs: Trademark Cases are the Best!
Posted on March 07, 2009Joe Leitsch, our Technology Support Specialist, and I are both avid iPhone users. He recently pointed me to a trademark dispute bubbling up in the iPhone App industry about the use of the phrase "pull my finger" by the owners of the iFart application, a flatulence sound producer...
The Cardinal Lawyer: Playing out of our heads
Posted on March 07, 2009The Cardinal Lawyer continues this week's basketball theme. The Cardinals have clinched their first ever Big East regular season title, and University of Louisville partisans everywhere are celebrating. Meanwhile, our rivals in Lexington have probably forced themselves to win four straight games in the SEC tournament in order to make the NCAA tournament...
Faculty Blogs: Issue Statements: Conclusion
Posted on March 06, 2009Here are more suggestions based on my study of lawyers' issue statements: 6. A brief's credibility is enhanced where the total number of issues is restricted to a manageable few. Judges don't like wading through extra verbiage. Moreover, it's best to focus on your strongest points...
The Cardinal Lawyer: The economic impact of the University of Louisville
Posted on February 27, 2009Faculty Blogs: A Forgotten Dean? Thomas R. Gordon
Posted on February 26, 2009As many know, the current University of Louisville has absorbed the history, alumni and traditions of the many Louisville institutions that it merged with over the years. Among these institutions was the Jefferson School of Law, which was founded in 1905 to provide legal education at night and weekends to working-class Louisvillians...
Peter Scott Campbell's blog: A conversation with Brandeis
Posted on February 26, 2009Going through the collection this week, I stumbled upon a small gem I hadn’t seen before. It’s a typed transcription of a conversation held between Brandeis, his wife Alice, British economist Redvers Opie, and one of Brandeis’ nieces, presumably Fannie (who typed the transcription...
Faculty Blogs: Obama Commerce Secretary, 3.0: Another Lawyer, Perhaps?
Posted on February 23, 2009I hesitate to write on yet another possible commerce secretary, but CNN is reporting that President Obama is planning to appoint yet another lawyer to the post, former Washington Governor Gary Locke, a 1975 graduate of the Boston University School of Law...
Faculty Blogs: More about Issue Statements
Posted on February 23, 2009The lawyers' issue statements in my study of recent briefs were written in several formats. Most individual issues consisted of a single "sentence." These appeared in three basic formats: 1. The interrogative format...
Faculty Blogs: Nursing School Talk
Posted on February 23, 2009Today I spoke to the Mental Health Nursing class at the School of Nursing of the University of Louisville. The talk was very well-received by roughly 80 nursing students. This was my twentieth program since I first spoke at the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California last March.
Faculty Blogs: "Blogging While Publicly Employed"
Posted on February 20, 2009I enjoyed spending the day at the Louisville Law Review Symposium on Free Speech and the Challenge of Advancing Technology. The speakers were great and raised a range of timely and important topics. One presentation would be of particular interest to those who practice labor and employment law...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Other Consumer Financial Transactions
Posted on February 20, 2009At the University of Memphis Symposium, a panel on consumer financial transactions addressed a number of issues, including how consumer issues are related to crisis containment and general regulatory reforms. The panel was moderated by Professor Adam Feibelman, University of North Carolina School of Law...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Keynote Speech by John Dearie of Financial Services Forum
Posted on February 20, 2009Over at University of Memphis' Symposium on Financial Services Reform, John Dearie of the Financial Services Forum gave the keynote speech. Mr. Dearie agreed with earlier presenters that we must first decide what is to be regulated and, second, determine what is the point of regulation...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: University of Memphis Symposium on Financial Services Reform
Posted on February 19, 2009Today I am at the University of Memphis Symposium on Financial Services Reform. One of the early speakers was Professor Saule Omarova, from University of North Carolina School of Law. Her paper, co-authored with Professor Adam Feibelman, also from UNC, "Risks, Rules and Institutions" takes up the Treasury Blueprint's proposals for reforming our regulatory structure...
Faculty Blogs: Please Support or Attend the Annual Charity Auction
Posted on February 19, 2009The Student Bar Foundation will host its Annual Charity Auction on March 11th, 2009 from 5:00-8:00. We will have a live and silent auction, drinks, entertainment and hors d'oeuvres to raise money for legal, public service fellowships. We are currently soliciting donations and would love to have your donated items or in kind donations (dinner with a Professor, law books, hornbooks, etc...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: New Rules Proposed For Debit Cards
Posted on February 17, 2009In a temporary break from all the financial crisis, how about an update on overdraft fees charged by banks on debit card transactions (See Citizens Bank - Not Your Typical Bank, But Typical Overdraft Fees Apply)? According to the Consumer Federation of America, the average national overdraft fee on at the top ten banks is $34...
Faculty Blogs: Clinic Update: We've Got Clients
Posted on February 16, 2009Things at the clinic are moving along. This semester the clinic is working with the Legal Aid Society in representing Legal Aid clients in eviction cases. All of the clinic students have had matters to work on, and most of them have been to district court on a forcible detainer case...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Tax Break for Auto Purchases
Posted on February 13, 2009The proposed stimulus plan includes some incentives for new car purchases by giving a tax deduction for the sales and excise taxes on the vehicle as an above-the -line deduction (Stimulus: How It May Affect Your Wallet). There is a phase out for those making more than $75,000 per year ($150,000 for dual income couples)...
Faculty Blogs: More Guidelines for Writing Issue Statements
Posted on February 12, 2009Here are two more guidelines based on my review of issue statements from lawyers' briefs:3. Unless the question is purely one of law or court rules direct otherwise, it is effective to include some legally relevant facts to put the issue in context, as in this example: Whether the United States satisfied the notice requirements of the Due Process Clause by sending a federal prisoner notice of an administrative forfeiture proceeding by certified mail addressed to the prisoner at the prison where he was incarcerated...
Faculty Blogs: Legal Writing Tip - Write and Edit Just a Little Bit
Posted on February 11, 2009To those interested in improving their writing, Bryan Garner recommends not only just a little bit of reading but also just a little bit of writing and just a little bit of editing. Two of his especially innovative and useful ideas are to keep a daily journal and to form a writing group...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Bernanke Testifies on Federal Reserve Programs
Posted on February 10, 2009Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman, testified today before the House Financial Services Committee about the Federal Reserve's emergency assistance to the financial markets. Stressing the difficulties to policy makers around the world, Bernanke warned in his opening statement that "[a]lthough the provision of ample liquidity by the central bank to financial institutions is a time-tested approach to reducing financial strains, it is no panacea...
Faculty Blogs: RALE 1.2: Alan Page, Tackling the Big Cases
Posted on February 08, 2009With the ProBowl underway it is appropriate to post a 1978 trading-card for Hall of Fame defensive tackle Alan Page. Page is (with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron ?Whizzer? White) perhaps one of the two great ?two-sport? (football and law) players to ride a judicial bench...
Faculty Blogs: Repository of American Legal Ephemera, vol. 1., no.1.
Posted on February 05, 2009This is the first issue of an occasional feature I call the Repository of American Legal Ephemera, where I?ll pull an item from my motley of legally oriented artifacts, mostly printed but once and a while something more three-dimensional, and show it along with a few sentences (or more) about its context...
Faculty Blogs: Guidelines for Writing Issue Statements
Posted on February 04, 2009Recently, I examined issue statements (sometimes called "Questions Presented") in briefs filed in six states' highest courts. I found that lawyers use a variety of formats for writing them. For example, some follow the traditional guideline to express each issue in a single sentence, while others write multi-sentence issue statements...
Faculty Blogs: Judd Gregg, a L.L.M. in Tax, Named to Obama Cabinet; Hope His Taxes Are in Order
Posted on February 03, 2009The watch for lawyers in the Obama administration appears to never end. Just when I'm ready to post that Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.),who received his J.D. in 1972 and a L.L.M. in tax law in 1975 from Boston University Law School, has accepted an nomination as Secretary of Commerce, former Sen...
Faculty Blogs: CIT Training Talk
Posted on February 03, 2009Today I spoke to the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department's newest Crisis Intervention Team training class about how those with severe mental illness can be successful professionals. The very important CIT program which NAMI Louisville helps present teaches police officers how to deal with those with mental illess so that hospitalization rather than incarceration occurs, and potentially violent confrontations are deescalated to avoid tragic results...
Jennifer Martin's Blog: Problems for Secondary Lenders?
Posted on February 03, 2009I received a call today asking whether a local company in Louisville should be worried that its secondary lender on its real estate filed a lawsuit to foreclosure due to default. In some ways an odd question, but perhaps not. Imagine this, Company X owns real property worth $750,000 at the time of financing...
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