Motions in limine are flying in Utah like snowflakes in a winter storm, filed by both parties in SCO v. Novell. But there are a lot more from Novell than from SCO. Novell has filed 19 more motions in limine, all filed on February 8, for a total of 20, as well as motions for a Daubert hearing t ...

Motions in limine are flying in Utah like snowflakes in a winter storm, filed by both parties in SCO v. Novell. But there are a lot more from Novell than from SCO. Novell has filed 19 more motions in limine, all filed on February 8, for a total of 20, as well as motions for a Daubert hearing t ...

Grant Morris of the University of San Diego Law School argues that in all those lists of great legal movies one great law related movie never rates a mention. It's for that elephant in the room, Dumbo. See Grant A. Morris, The Greatest Legal Movie of All Time: Proclaiming the Real Winner, volume 47 ...

The Amazon vs. Macmillan controversy has been beaten to a pulp in the blogosphere.  See Megan McArdle, John Scalzi, Joshua Gans, Virginia Postrel, Lynne Kiesling, Lynne Kielsing and Lynne Kiesling, among others.  Pulp or no (get it? Its a book/e-book pun), I havent seen anyone hit squarely on what I ...

Senator Dodd just announced that efforts to broker a bipartisan reform bill in the Senate have sputtered and the Democrats will go it alone.  Does this mean that the Democrats will try to push a populist bill through by summer and paint Republicans as obstructionist and protecting Wall Street?  My g ...

I had the opportunity to present Treasury Inc.: How the Bailout Reshapes Corporate Theory and Practice at the American Association of Law Schools conference session on Business Associations in January.  It was an engaging experience that I found particularly fun as I am from Louisiana and used to li ...

Anlässlich des internationalen Tages gegen weibliche Genitalverstümmelung am 06.02.2010 fordert auch die bayerische Staatsministerin für Arbeit und Sozialordnung, Familie und Frauen Christine Haderthauer, dass für die genitale Verstümmelung von Frauen, als eine der brutalsten Menschenrechtsverletzun ...

Ms. JD is thrilled to announce the 2010 Writers in Residence! This accomplished group of women will tackle a variety of issues in thought-proving monthly columns. From finding balance to the finding the perfect interview suit, from advice for making partner to advice for working in a small legal com ...

Geoff recently highlighted AAG Christine Varneys closing remarks at the Horizontal Merger Guidelines workshop and was fairly critical.   Thom intervened to suggest that we at TOTM, while fairly critical of the agencies from time to time, also give credit where it is due highlighting AAG Varneys RPM ...

My wife, Christine, and I have recently become devotees of the AMC Original Series, Mad Men. For those of you not familiar the shows follows the personal and business life of a Madison Avenue creative who goes by the name of Don Draper in the early 1960s. Small spoiler alert if you are pla ...