Today's Legal Headline News... Toyota Motors recalls 8 million Prius cars over sticky gas pedals, Poker lobbyist want to legalize gambling int he US this year, Alan Greenspan says unemployment rates will remain high, Robert Matthews of Faegre & Benson died in a plane crash, Michael Jackson's d ...

Thanks to Ed. at Blawg Review for passing along this (somewhat rambling but well worth watching) lecture at Stanford University by  Deborah Kolb, the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women and Leadership at the Simmons College School of Management.  Hat tip to Guy Kawasaki ...

The subject of antitrust exemptions has been an oft-discussed topic here at TOTM (see, e.g. here and here).  In the latter of those two links I was somewhat critical of the DOJ for taking a neutral stance on the insurance industry exemption, which has now become rather wrapped up in the health care ...

A pretty interesting conversation, via Michael Dorf. Copyright © 2010 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing an infringement of the copyright. (Digit ...

Governor Rendell has nominated Lewis Wood Wetzel, Esquire of Dallas and Joseph Van Jura, Esquire of Kingston to fill the open judgeships on the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas. It is hoped that these nominees will be whisked through the nomination process quickly so they can assist with the bac ...

  FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 8, 2010 – A bust of Justice William E. McAnulty Jr. will be unveiled Thursday, Feb. 11, as part of a tribute to the late justice during the Black History Month program at the Capitol in Frankfort. The event will take place at noon in the Capitol Rotunda and is open to the pu ...

Congrats to my Alma Mater!   PRESS RELEASE February 9, 2010 For Immediate Release Contact David N. Hefner Office of Communications and Marketing Walter F. George School of Law Mercer University 478.301.5000 hefner_dn@law.mercer.edu www.law.mercer.edu   ...

Pat Hewitt, THE CANADIAN PRESS Ontario police spearheading a broad investigation of a military commander facing murder and sexual assault charges said Tuesday they’re fielding calls from other forces and families of victims of crime about so-called cold cases. Col. Russell Williams, 46, is ...

Congratulations to Marty Katz, formerly the interim Dean and now permanent Dean of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.  Dean Katz was selected from a deep pool of extraordinarily talented and accomplished applicants.  The future of the Sturm College of Law looks bright with Dean Katz at t ...

A new study from the University of Calgary has found that wearing a helmet while skiing or snowboarding reduces the risk of head injuries by 35%>. A report in the latest in the latest Canadian Medical Association Journal reported that traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death and seriou ...