Legal Commentary

The Bloody Old Britain of O.G.S. Crawford as seen by Kitty Hauser : Book Reviews

Posted on June 07, 2008
Current Archaeology, in reviewing a new book on O.G.S. (Osbert Guy Stanhope) Crawford, known as "Ogs", titled Bloody Old Britain by Kitty Hauser, calls Crawford "one of the greatest figures of 20th century Archaeology" and writes next to a photo of Crawford as follows:"Crawford on his bike...

A Vision of Change and the Need for Argument in America : Gerry Spence Says that Without It Our Land is a Wasteland

Posted on June 07, 2008
Gerry Spence, a legend of our time, has just won his last jury trial and is retiring at age 79 as undefeated in his criminal trials.Gerry Spence, known as "America's Finest Trial Lawyer", writes in his book How to Argue and Win Every Time as follows about the American nation:"The art of arguing is the art of living...

ABA Journal Latest Legal News Widget Added to LawPundit

Posted on June 05, 2008
Pursuant to our previous posting we have in the right column now added the ABA Journal Latest Legal News Widget to LawPundit.

American Bar Association (ABA) Journal Blawg Search, News Widget, Twitter Feed, Facebook Page and Webby People's Voice Award

Posted on May 30, 2008
The American Bar Assocition (ABA) Journal is on the ball, which is more than can be said for Microsoft Windows Live MSN Hotmail, which erroneously put the following important and obviously non-spam email from Edward A. Adams, Editor and Publisher, American Bar Association Journal, into our spambox...

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Where to Dine in New York City : Top 10 Restaurants by Zagat

Posted on May 27, 2008
The Sunday Telegraph of April 20, 2008 had a highly palatable article by Douglas Rogers in the Travel section, Critic's Choice: Tim Zagat's Gourmet Tour of New York, who (nearly) toured the New York top ten restaurants in one day with Zagat, "who knows them better than anyone"...

Vilnius, Lithuania to be European Capital of Culture in 2009

Posted on May 27, 2008
Via ViaMichelin.com, we pass on to our readers interested in the Baltic, that Vilnius in Lithuania will be the European Capital of Culture in 2009. An interesting program is planned, so it looks like a potential New Year's destination for international travelers...

Private Equity Joint Bids ("Club Deals") and the WatchGuard Case Revisited : The Amended Complaint Claims Directors' Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Posted on May 20, 2008
We posted previously at LawPundit in our posting A Private Equity Joint Bid ("Club Deal") for Acquisition of a Target Company held Not per se Illegal under the Sherman Act about "a private equity antitrust class action collusion suit (Pennsylvania Avenue Funds v...

World Politics and the New Political Divide : An Iron Curtain of Autocracy is Arising In the Developing Nations

Posted on May 19, 2008
At the New York Times Sunday Book Review of May 18, 2008, David E. Sanger in Democracy, Limited reviews Robert Kagan's new book, THE RETURN OF HISTORY AND THE END OF DREAMS, 116 pp, Alfred A. Knopf, $19.95, writing inter alia:"?Growing national wealth and autocracy have proven compatible, after all,? Kagan notes...

J.K. Rowling Rightly Wins Child Privacy Case in the United Kingdom Pursuant to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

Posted on May 09, 2008
"J.K. Rowling didn't need the Dark Arts to make the paparazzi go poof", writes Gina Serpe at Yahoo! TV.We have previously posted on the J.K. Rowling copyright infringement case, taking the opposing side, so it is only fair that we post about this litigated privacy case which Rowling (using her real name Joanne Murray) has now won in the United Kingdom, rightly so in our opinion...

Global Warming Is Probably Not Man-Made but Rather Caused by a Solar Cycle : Also the Solar System is Experiencing Global Warming

Posted on May 07, 2008
The Foundation for the Study of Cycles, founded by Edward R. Dewey, of which we were a contributing member* many years ago, studied long-term and short-term cycles of all kinds, including solar cycles, which we - already 30 years ago - saw as a key to understanding various cyclic fluctuations in nature and in human society...

A New Husker : Mount Union Cornerbacks Coach Ross Watson Joins Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Program as a Graduate Assistant on Defense

Posted on May 07, 2008
If you are a Husker football fan, as we are, you have to love this.Ross Watson, who was the cornerbacks coach for the fabled Mount Union football team the past two years, joined the Nebraska football program in March, 2008 as a graduate assistant on defense...

The Harry Potter Legal Saga : To Whom Do the Characters Truly Belong?

Posted on May 04, 2008
We have been in England and Scotland for several weeks, including a visit to Alnwick (pronounced "Anick" in England), the location inter alia of the Alnwick Garden and the Alnwick Castle, a Harry Potter film location.Speaking of Harry Potter, the current issue of Law@Stanford writes:""POTTER TRIAL: ON LAST DAY, DEFENSE OUTSHINES ROWLING"The Harry Potter Lexicon trial, in which the law school's Fair Use Project (FUP) defended a book publisher against a copyright lawsuit brought by J...

Patent Webinar on May 13, 2008 with the U.S. Commissioner for Patents

Posted on May 04, 2008
Philip Brooks' Patent Infringement Updates alerts us to an upcoming patent webinar on May 13, 2008 with the U.S. Commissioner for Patents, John J. Doll.

European Union Lisbon Reform Treaty : Consolidated EU Version in All Official Languages

Posted on May 04, 2008
EU Law Blog has a posting linking to the newly released consolidated European Union Treaty which incorporates the amendments made by the Lisbon Reform-Treaty (.pdf and Word formats).

Give Me Back My Love by Maywood and Other Great Songs : Late at Night, Rio, I'm in Love for the Very First Time : Dynamic Music Sung in Fabulous Voice

Posted on April 15, 2008
We heard the wonderful song Give Me Back My Love on the radio this week for the first time ever, listening by chance to a schmalzy station that we generally ignore (SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz), and were knocked over by the music and the voice of this fantastic song...

The Upcoming 2008 NFL Draft : Top Football Players from Smaller Schools May Be Surprisingly High Draft Picks

Posted on April 15, 2008
In the upcoming 2008 NFL Draft, the players from small schools that we would consider as potential high draft picks are:1. Tyrell Johnson, Strong Safety, Arkansas State.Johnson has great strength and agility, excellent speed, and is one of those players who has the instinct and desire which puts them in the right place at the right time in critical game situations...

Obama Clinton McCain : President and Senators : Not Everyone is a Natural Leader : Barack Obama IS : Hillary Clinton IS NOT : John McCain IS NOT

Posted on April 14, 2008
David Brooks at the New York Times has it right at The Obama-Clinton Issue.A President is different than a Senator. Great leaders are not groupies.Almost everyone who views the world realistically, and especially people with any kind of experience in organizations, will surely agree with our observation that leadership potential varies among human beings...

Globalization, The Changing World and Legal Order, Private International Law, Territorial Legal Systems, Cyberspace, Choice of Law

Posted on April 14, 2008
Conflict of Laws blog, in association with the Journal of Private International Law and sponsored by Clifford Chance LLP, carries a short article on Reshaping Private International Law in a Changing World by Horatia Muir-Watt, Professor of Private International and Comparative Law at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)...

NCAA Basketball Championship Game 2008 : Prediction of Winner between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Memphis Tigers

Posted on April 06, 2008
This is just for fun. We disclaim any liability for the consequences of anyone relying on these predictions for any purpose.Using our beta AKBPSYS (AK Basketball Prediction System), we correctly called the Kansas win over North Carolina and the Memphis win over UCLA...

Who in America really wants "more of the same"? 19%

Posted on April 05, 2008
In a recent post at LawPundit we wrote:"Who in America really wants "more of the same"? Surely not the majority."Just two days later, on April 4 2008, the New York Times carried an article by David Leonhardt and Marjorie Connelly the title of which says it all:81% in Poll Say Nation Is Headed on Wrong TrackWhat that means is that the vast majority of the American nation, even those who voted for Clinton or McCain in the primaries, confirm that Obama's message of change is ringing loud and true...

The Phenomenal Impact of Barack Obama on America's Youth

Posted on April 04, 2008
The current Presidential election campaign is already an event without precedent, as Barack Obama, win or lose, is exerting an incredibly positive influence on the youth of the country, which will last far beyond this election, with surely unforseeable but beneficial consequences for the United States and the rest of the world...

NCAA 2008 Basketball Semifinal Championship Game Predictions

Posted on April 04, 2008
This is just for fun. We disclaim any liability for the consequences of anyone relying on these predictions for any purpose.Sagarin's ratings have North Carolina 1st, Kansas 2nd, Memphis 3rd and UCLA 4th.Sagarin's predictor (pure points) would have Kansas 1st, North Carolina 2nd, UCLA 3rd and Memphis 4th...

The Obama Campaign is Operating in the Black : The Clinton and McCain Campaigns are in the Red : Leadership Begins BEFORE One Gets in the White House

Posted on April 02, 2008
Judging by the ability to raise money for the Presidential election campaign and consequently the capability to operate on a sound fiscal basis, Barack Obama has left Hillary Clinton and John McCain in the dust. See the Kenneth P. Vogel article at CBS at Cash-Strapped Clinton Fails To Pay Bills, where Vogel writes:"Hillary Rodham Clinton?s cash-strapped presidential campaign has been putting off paying hundreds of bills for months...

LawPundit Link at the New York Times brings New Visitors to LawPundit

Posted on April 02, 2008
We greet all new visitors from the New York Times.Over at The Caucus, the New York Times politics blog, LawPundit is linked at From Around the Web at the blog posting Clinton Bowls Over Media, and this is bringing some new visitors to LawPundit.Enjoy...

LawPundit and the Golf Side of Business : All Work and No Play Makes for a Dull Day : Time to Get to the Links

Posted on April 02, 2008
Dear Readers,This posting will be of interest mostly to those of you who know me personally. Our posting activity here at LawPundit will decline substantially now as the golf season has begun, and we have some pictures to show you why - fresh air, fun and exercise...

Where do the Poor People Live? Obama-Clinton Presidential Ticket Likely : John McCain Unlikely to Win because of State of U.S. Economy

Posted on April 02, 2008
Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have toned down their campaigns against each other, which we think is a sign that a Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton presidential ticket is in the offing, which would heal the acrimonious party division caused by the primary campaigns, and which would virtually guarantee the Democrats the election - and that after all, is the main thing, recovering government power and making the changes that need to be made...

April Fools' Day Jokes are not Exempted from the Legal Dangers of Libel and Defamation

Posted on April 01, 2008
It is April Fools' Day, but be careful what you write or say, as the attempt to be funny or to play a practical joke on others or at the expense of others does not protect the writer or speaker from libel and defamation suits. Read attorney Michael Hiestand at the National Scholastic Press Association in Don't be the punchline of an April Fools' mistake...

A Theory on Harvard Law School Alumnus Leonid Rozhetskin's Disappearance in Jurmala (near Riga) Latvia : Kidnapping

Posted on March 30, 2008
Criminal law was always the most interesting of all legal studies, so that detective stories always catch our attention.We posted on the Rozhetskin case previously here and after reading the most recent news accounts worldwide, we have a theory about the case, for which we initially developed an interest only because Rozhetskin disappeared from Jurmala, a great Latvian beach and villa resort on the Baltic Sea which we have ourselves visited and liked immensely, and so we thought it was a shame that this wonderful leisure and recreation area near Riga was now burdened with this kind of negative notoriety...

The Financial Times Interviews Russian President-elect Dmitry Medvedev who Plans to Strengthen the Rule of Law and the Independence of the Courts

Posted on March 29, 2008
The Moscow Times carried an AP story at Medvedev Sits Down With FT which indicates that President-elect Dmitry Medvedev of Russia plans to strengthen the rule of law and the independence of the courts.We found a more extensive presentation of Medvedev's interview with the Financial Times at the Voice of America article by Peter Fedynsky, Medvedev Calls for Rule of Law in Russia, where Fedynsky writes:"Dmitry Medvedev told the Financial Times the challenge facing Russia is to translate its recent economic success into social programs, including housing, healthcare, and education...

The Qatar Doha Debates at BBC World Highlight World Political Issues in an Arabic Setting : The Next Debate is April 1, 2008

Posted on March 28, 2008
One very interesting and highly viewed Middle East forum (estimated audience up to now is about 300 million, but not well known in the United States, as far as we can tell) is found at The Doha Debates from Qatar which are transmitted via BBC World and sponsored by the Qatar Foundation...

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