New Law Blogs

The Renaissance common-sense test
Robert Frey, formerly of Renaissance Technologies, has a new Fund of Hedge Funds, and good for him. He also lifts the kimono ever so slightly on how Renaissance works:

Mergers: Commission approves proposed acquisition of Arysta by Permira
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the Japanese company Arysta LifeScience Corporation by Permira Holdings Limited of the Channel Islands...

Permira: Kam, sah und nahm
Der Fall Hugo Boss bietet Anschauungsmaterial für betriebswirtschaftliche Lehrbücher. Da ließe sich eindrücklich erklären, dass die Rendite auf das Eigenkapital viel höher wäre, wenn das Eigenkapital geringer und das Fremdkapital höher wäre, zumal man Kredite zu niedrigen Zinsen kriegen kann...

A Renaissance
Prof. John Sonsteng recently published A Legal Education Renaissance. You can download the paper and join a conversation about the project and its recommendations here. The abstract follows...

A Legal Education Renaissance: A Practical Approach for the Twenty-First Century
John O. Sonsteng (William Mitchell) has published A Legal Education Renaissance: A Practical Approach for the Twenty-First Century, 34 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 303 (2007). Here is the abstract: This article presents the history of legal education, criticisms, research, learning...

Cash Out Refinancing Hits All Time Low, Cash In Hits High
The share of refinancing involving cash-out fell to its lowest point since Freddie Mac began analyzing such data back in 1985. During the fourth quarter of 2009, just 27 percent of borrowers who refinanced increased their loan balance by five percent of more; the previous lowest cash-out refinance share was 33 percent during the second quarter [...