Legal Research

Giving gifts to the Gatekeeper
The man, who has equipped himself with many things for his journey, spends everything, no matter how valuable, to win over the gatekeeper. The latter takes it all but, as he does so, says, ?I am taking this only so that you do not think you have failed to do anything...

Holmes: The Tax Lawyer as Gatekeeper
Rachelle Y. Holmes (George Mason), The Tax Lawyer as Gatekeeper, 49 U. Louisville L. Rev. 185 (2010): How much duty and loyalty does the tax lawyer owe to her client versus that which is owed to the IRS and tax system as a whole? In this Article, I argue that...

Hannes on Gatekeeper Incentive Compensation
Gatekeeper Incentive Compensation, by Sharon Hannes, Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law; Northwestern University - School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A massive wave of corporate fraud at the beginning of the...

San Diego ACLU partners with Mexican non-profit on challenging border policy
The San Diego chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and Mexico's Commission on Human Rights announced they are teaming up in June to challenge the U.S. government's border enforcement policy, Operation Gatekeeper...

"Kafka 'Before the Law' has a door and a doorkeeper refusing admittance. Moral: Don't believe doorkeepers."
Says rhhardin in the comments to my post about resisting the doorkeepers. Before the law sits a gatekeeper. To this gatekeeper comes a man from the country who asks to gain entry into the law...

The In-House Counsel as Corporate Gatekeeper
In a recent talk, UCLA School of Law professor Stephen Bainbridge closely examined "the role in-house counsel play as corporate gatekeepers."InhouseBlog.com