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.
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:
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."
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.
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.