Miscellaneous

This, just because Duke beat Baylor yesterday
Mark Osler from Baylor to St. Thomas (Minnesota) Mark Osler, Professor of Law at Baylor University School of Law, has accepted a tenured position at St. Thomas Law School in Minneapolis...

Mark Osler on Capital Punishment
"Jesus Christ, Capital Defendant," is the title of his latest essay on Huffington Post. Osler is a professor at Baylor Law and a former prosecutor. In the Fall of 2000, I moved from Detroit to Waco, Texas, leaving a job...

Osler on Ethics, Art, and Principles
The faculty here at Chase had the distinct pleasure Friday of attending a presentation by Mark Osler (Baylor) on "Ethics, Art, and Principles." Mark showed us how he uses art in his classroom to illustrate important principles that he wants...

10 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Starting Law Teaching
Is there a professional job in the world that requires less formal training than law teaching? Perhaps because so much of the hiring process focuses on scholarship, new hires are often placed in front of an auditorium full of law students with little or no teaching experience or formal training...

Texas Supreme Court Orders & Opinions 11/14/08
The Texas Supreme Court decided seven new cases with this week's orders.  For details, please see Osler McCarthy's case summaries, which I have made available here.

Tiger Woods hires a criminal defense lawyer
Tiger Woods lawyers up, on DUIAttorney.com. Every public figure should have one of us on retainer.

Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill
Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill>

FDA Issues Update on Safety Review Orlistat
Orlistat FDA Issues Update on Safety Review

Chattanooga, TN
Seven months in back pay resolves pepper spray dispute.

UPDATE 1: Caraco Digoxin Recall

Student Loan Xpress Settles Class Action with Students
Student Loan Xpress Settles Class Action with Students

Deja Vu
Exotic Dancers file class action claiming back wages