Corporate & Securities Law

Writing First Drafts
Writer's block? You'll find a number of tips for writing first drafts in my article "First Drafts Made Easy," originally published in the Illinois Bar Journal.

FEC Considering Alternative Drafts AOs on Coleman Paying His Legal Bills with FEC Funds
See here. It is possible that the FEC will adopt a different position than those in these drafts, or that there could be a deadlock....

Against Double Spacing:
Lots of people distribute drafts double-spaced (i.e., with a blank line between each line of text). Maybe it's just me, but that strikes me as suboptimal:...

Gold ATMs - First In Abu Dhabi, Soon Everywhere: Gold Is Now One Step Closer To Full Currency Status
"Just in case you are worried that all those gold coins you have buried in your back yard will never be accepted as (il)legal tender, here comes Abu Dhabi with a gold ATM machine, making gold-based "currency" transactions one step closer...

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia Discussing License Drafts
Legal experts in the South Caucasus are making major strides in the Creative Commons license porting process with the completion of license drafts from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia...

License drafts from Ecuador & Norway enter public discussion
We are very pleased to announce that the public discussion of localized license drafts has begun in Ecuador and in Norway: http://creativecommons.org/international/ec/ http://creativecommons...

Errors in Nebraska Cornhusker Playcalling : College Football Stats at cfbstats.com permit Playcall Analysis showing Husker Coaching to be Faulty
As an alumnus of the University of Nebraska and of Stanford University, we continue to be great fans of the Stanford football resurgence under head coach Jim Harbaugh and we remain very strong critics of Husker offensive playcalling which we regard to be one of the keys to the mediocrity of the current Cornhusker season...

Posting Drafts of Papers on the New SSRN-Like Service
David Estlund (Brown) writes: I recently received an email about an SSRN-like service for philosophy....I?m writing to you to propose some discussion on your blog of this sort of thing...

Memphis woman accused of fertilizing yard with missing boyfriend
It was the lawnmower man who alerted the authorities -- after the lady told him not to mow that part of the yard because it was where Wayne was buried.

Air Line Bankruptcy
BCI Aircraft Leasing agrees to pay $600,000 settlement related to Delta Air Lines bankruptcy claims.

Merger Agreement Rejected
Finish Line and Genesco reach $175 million settlement in merger dispute.