Jonathan Rauch has released an expanded edition of his 1993 classic, Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought. Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing editor of National Journal and The Atlantic. The original edition of Kindly Inquisitors was a much needed voice during the rise of campus speech codes that began in the late 1980s.
Posted on: February 2, 2014
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Tag: Constitutional Law, Legal Theory
Posted on: January 30, 2014
Above the Law has a roundup of articles discussing the controversial issue of whether the time has come to lift the ban on non-lawyer investment in law firms. The ban derives from the American Bar Association's Model Rule of Professional Conduct 5.4, which states:
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Tag: Legal Ethics, Legal Industry
Posted on: January 30, 2014
Eugene Volokh reports on a recent decision that addressed the propriety of a judge presiding over a case in which one of the attorneys is his or her Facebook "friend."
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Tag: Appeals, Courts, Legal Ethics, Social Media, Technology & Law
Posted on: January 29, 2014
Delaware Law Weekly is reporting that the Honorable Leo Strine has been confirmed by the Delaware General Assembly as the next Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.
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Tag: Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Commercial Litigation, Contracts, Corporations, Courts, Creditor / Debtor Law, Criminal Law, Equity / Chancery, Evidence, Fiduciary Duties, Labor and Employment, Legal Ethics, Legal Industry, Legal Theory, Legislation, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers and Acquisitions, Partnerships, Professional News, Real Estate / Real Property, Securities, Structured Finance, Torts, Trust Law, Uniform Commercial Code, Wills & Estates
Posted on: January 28, 2014
Berger Harris partner and Business Law Basics co-author Brian Gottesman was interviewed by Tibor Dani of Family BusinessCast on the issue of operating agreements/governing instruments for closely-held (particularly family-owned) businesses.
Family BusinessCast, a production of Family Business Media LLC, is a resource that provides information on legal, accounting, and investment issues to family-owned businesses.
The interview may be found here.
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Tag: Alternative Business Entities, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business Ethics, Comparative Law, Contracts, Corporations, Creditor / Debtor Law, Equity / Chancery, Fiduciary Duties, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers and Acquisitions, Partnerships, Social Media, Wills & Estates