The economy during the past few years has not been kind to legal education. We have noted numerous times the critiques of, cuts and trends in, and future of legal education. And yesterday, we asked the question, “should one go to law school?,” and linked to a Business Insider video analyzing the topic.
There has been another type of cut in legal education over the past few years—i.e., a cut in the median LSAT scores of incoming students. This was the subject of a recent Inside Higher Ed article—
Posted on: January 31, 2015
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Tag: Legal Industry
Posted on: January 30, 2015
Business Insider analyzes a controversial and sensitive topic by utlizing a sensational and intentionally provocative headline: "Why Law School Is A Waste Of Money Unless You Get Into A Top School." One might well disagree with the sentiment or the conclusions, but the statistics provided in support are disheartening, and certainly worth bearing in mind.
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Tag: Legal Industry
Posted on: January 30, 2015
In Stanford Social Innovation Review, Kate Cooney, Justin Koushyar, Matthew Lee, & Haskell Murray have published a study on new forms of business entities entitled "Benefit Corporation and L3C Adoption: A Survey."
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Tag: Alternative Business Entities, Corporations, Fiduciary Duties, Legal Theory, Securities, Social Entrepreneurship
Posted on: January 29, 2015
For over a century, Delaware has been a popular domicile for business entities of all types. I discussed a number of reasons for this popularity in my interview last year with Family BusinessCast entitled "Advantages of Starting a Business in Delaware", including:
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Tag: Alternative Business Entities, Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Comparative Law, Corporations, Equity / Chancery, Fiduciary Duties, Legal History, Legal Industry, Legal Theory, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Securities, Social Entrepreneurship, Structured Finance
Posted on: January 23, 2015
Berger Harris partner and Business Law Basics co-blogger Chris Messa has published a piece in Business Law Today entitled "Delaware Supreme Court Holds Secured Party Accountable for Filing of UCC Forms," which is introduced as follows:
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Tag: Commercial Litigation, Creditor / Debtor Law, Equity / Chancery, Structured Finance, Uniform Commercial Code
Posted on: January 22, 2015
At the New York Business Divorce blog, Peter Mahler discusses the concept of “jerk insurance” and a recent federal court decision in the Southern District of New York:
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Tag: Alternative Business Entities, Commercial Litigation, Contracts, Corporations, Fiduciary Duties, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers and Acquisitions, Partnerships