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: The Race to the BottomTheRacetotheBottom and the Addition of Harry Gerla
By J. Robert Brown
We are pleased to add as a contributor to the RacetotheBottom, Harry S. Gerla, Professor of Law at the University of Dayton School of Law. Professor Gerla clerked for John C. Godbold, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and is an alum of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Division of Market Regulation). He has been teaching in the areas of Business Organizations and Securities Regulation for more than 25 years and has authored numerous articles in the areas of Antitrust Law, Securities Regulation and Torts.
Professor Gerla has already been a participant on this blog, often writing comments. His first post on Caremark -- the Failed Revolution, appears below.
Full post as published by The Race to the Bottom on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).
Gerla on Caremark
Over at the Race to the Bottom, Harry Gerla has had several posts on the failed Caremark revolution. The premise is that the famous 1995 Delaware Chancery Court case has had little impact because its standards for liability are so lax that it is extremely difficult for plaintiffs to succeed in a Caremark claim...
Harry Potter
Scholastic, the U.S. publisher of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, said a record 6.9 million copies of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" were sold in the first 24 hours in the U...
Yesterday's Harry Potter Testimony
Steven VanderArk testified yesterday in the Harry Potter lawsuit, and was apparently quite emotional on the stand, according to New York Times reporter Anemona Hartocollis. Meanwhile, the blogosphere abounds with Potterisms, or at least titles: Harry Potter and the Supernatural...
Happy to be back
Thank you, Conglomerate Borg-like entity, for having me back, and thanks Vic for the welcome post which reminds me how long we've known each other now in "old law professor years...
Harry Potter and the Amazing Lawsuit
That J. K. Rowling lawsuit over Steven VanArk's encyclopedia of everything Harry Potter, based on his website, is set to begin in a New York courtroom tomorrow. Ms. Rowling, the author of the fabulously famous and bestselling Harry Potter books,...
Harry Potter: Feminist Friend or Foe
It was only a matter of time until a book like Harry Potter: Feminist Friend or Foe? hit the presses. I have an affinity for feminist perspectives and a tolerance for “Law &” just about anything...
Harry Potter Bookends
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