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Faculty Blogs: Employee Free Choice Act

Posted on March 26, 2009
Two students, Allison Currey and Dustin Bell, and I have an op-ed on the Employee Free Choice Act in the Courier-Journal today. 

The Cardinal Lawyer: Memorial run/walk for Andrew Young

Posted on March 26, 2009
The Cardinal Lawyer wishes to announce an additional event in memory of Andrew Young: Andrew's classmates will stage a memorial run/walk in Andrew's memory at noon on Sunday, March 29. The run/walk will take place in the oval in front of the Law School...

Jennifer Martin's Blog: Subscribe to the NYT Online? Another Fun Mixed Goods Case

Posted on March 25, 2009
Another lively case from the forthcoming ABA Sales Survey is Wall Street Network, Ltd. V. New York Times Co., 66 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d. (West) 261 (Cal. Ct. Appeals 2008). The court considered a breach of contract claim arising out of an Internet marketing agreement between New York Times Co...

Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Brandeis and His Clerks

Posted on March 23, 2009
The latest issue of the Journal of Supreme Court History (v. 34, no. 1) has yet another article about Brandeis. (Too bad these articles aren’t being posted on the web.) This one is about his relations with his law clerks. Author Todd C. Peppers used unpublished interviews with the clerks, letters written by Brandeis and other reminiscences to recreate what it was like to clerk for the judge...

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Jennifer Martin's Blog: The Power of the Sequel: TARP II

Posted on March 23, 2009
Christine Hurt over at The Conglomerate recently gave a thumbs up to Race to Witch Mountain (See Family Fun Blogging: Race to Witch Mountain). And who doesn't like a good sequel? I've not seen it myself, but with three little kids in my house, it is sure to be in my future (from Christine's post, the movie may frighten the younger ones)...

Faculty Blogs: Moot Court and "Mock Judicial Readings"

Posted on March 22, 2009
"Practice makes perfect."  This week my students will practice their oral arguments with moot court board members, with me, and with classmates.  Like many students across the nation, they will do so to prepare for their appellate oral argument in front of three practitioner judges...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Andrew Franklin Young

Posted on March 20, 2009
The Law School is very saddened to report that Andrew Franklin Young, a third-year student, died March 19, 2009. The entire Law School community extends its deepest sympathies to Mr. Young's family. Visitation for Mr. Young will take place Sunday, March 22, from 3 p...

The Cardinal Lawyer: The 2008-09 issue of our alumni magazine

Posted on March 18, 2009
The 2008-09 issue of University of Louisville | Law, our alumni magazine, is on its way to graduates and friends everywhere: This year's theme is "Success. It starts here." You may download your own electronic copy. I also invite you to visit our dedicated alumni magazine page...

Jennifer Martin's Blog: Ben Bernanke on 60 Minutes

Posted on March 18, 2009
Loads of good stuff this week. Ben Bernanke appeared on 60 Minutes (Scott Pelley interviewing), saying that things should begin to level off by the end of the year. Happily, Bernanke does not think we are headed to another Great Depression. That said, the wealth of American families fell 18% in 2008...

Jennifer Martin's Blog: Jon Stewart v. Jim Cramer

Posted on March 18, 2009
In case you missed all the "dust-up" between Jon Stewart (Daily Show) and Jim Cramer (from Mad Money), there are a couple of videos you might want to watch. Jon Stewart hit Cramer pretty hard for his part in the news business putting entertainment over accuracy...

Peter Scott Campbell's blog: A look at John Marshall Harlan?s Library

Posted on March 17, 2009
Among the Harlan papers collected by the Library of Congress is a listing of his father’s personal effects at the time of his death. Harlan’s father, James Harlan, was a former Kentucky Attorney General and Congressman as well as an avid book collector...

The Cardinal Lawyer: One tournament down, one more to go

Posted on March 16, 2009
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The Cardinal Lawyer: Peachy

Posted on March 16, 2009
»  Reprinted from the March 2009 issue of Louisville Bar Briefs   « The truth, at its coldest, is stark and undeniable. These are hard times, not just in the legal profession and higher education, but in our Commonwealth, the United States, and the world at large...

Faculty Blogs: Manic Depressive and Depressive Association of Louisville, Inc.

Posted on March 16, 2009
I am now a Member of the Board of Directors and Vice President of the Manic Depressive and Depressive Association of Louisville, Inc.  I remain a co-facilitator of that organization.

Jennifer Martin's Blog: Madoff's Guilty Plea

Posted on March 14, 2009
"Here was a man with all the duties of seeking large money. He concocted a scheme which, on his counsel's admission, did defraud men and women. It will not do to have the world understand that such a scheme as that can be carried out ... without receiving substantial punishment...

Jennifer Martin's Blog: Larry Summers Remarks at the Brookings Institution

Posted on March 13, 2009
Among many other good observations, Larry Summers , Director of the National Economic Council, today stressed to everyone in his speech "Responding to an Historic Economic Crisis: The Obama Program" that there is one thing that is known about every financial crisis: "They all end...

Faculty Blogs: Law Review Announces 2009-2010 Editorial Board

Posted on March 12, 2009
It just occurred to me that this list may not have been announced on a venue outside our intranet. This is an excellent group of students and I have no doubt they will build on the successes of their predeccessors: The University of Louisville Law Review is pleased to announce next year's editorial board:Editor in Chief: Michael Swansburg Senior Articles Editor: Leah Campbell Senior Notes Editor: Adam Stotts Symposium & Alumni Relations Editor: Mari-Elise Gates Executive Editor: David Haney Managing Editor: Andrew Palmer Articles Editors: Chad Propst, Jessica Richards, Ian Richetti Notes Editors: Barry Dunn, Jenna Glasscock Johnston, Trista Moss Associate Editor-Bluebook/ILL: Brian Pollock Associate Editor-Symposium: Brian Stempien  

Jennifer Martin's Blog: If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers . . .

Posted on March 11, 2009
Well maybe this post is not about Peter Piper from the old Mother Goose nursery rhyme, but it is about peppers. Co-blogger Robyn Meadows and I just finished the Sales Survey for the ABA's Business Lawyer that will be out in August 2009. And, it contains a wonderful case about, of course, peppers...

Jennifer Martin's Blog: Declines in university applications?

Posted on March 10, 2009
Bloomberg reported this week that applications are down this year at 7 of 8 top liberal arts colleges, some colleges down as much as 20%. Only Wellesley College was up, about 2%. What about law schools? Early reports are that law school applications are flat overall, but some schools are actually reporting increases...

Faculty Blogs: Filson Historical Society Program on William Marshall Bullitt at Oxmoor, March 15

Posted on March 09, 2009
Former Solicitor General William Marshall Bullitt was a graduate of the UofL Law School and a leading louisville attorney.  His portrait hangs prominantly in the school's stairwell.  Local attorney will discuss Bullitt's life in "Oxmoor?s William Marshall Bullitt" on Sunday, March 15 - 2 p...

Jennifer Martin's Blog: Quality Woodworks' Embezzlement

Posted on March 08, 2009
Annette Yeomans, chief financial officer for California-based Quality Woodworks, Inc. was recently arrested in a classic case of embezzlement of $9.9 million of company funds, causing the company to lay-off workers and restructure operations. The scheme apparently lasted more than seven years and Yeomans used more than $6 million for gambling and other funds for clothing, shoes, home improvements and the like...

Faculty Blogs: Trademark Cases are the Best!

Posted on March 07, 2009
Joe Leitsch, our Technology Support Specialist, and I are both avid iPhone users. He recently pointed me to a trademark dispute bubbling up in the iPhone App industry about the use of the phrase "pull my finger" by the owners of the iFart application, a flatulence sound producer...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Playing out of our heads

Posted on March 07, 2009
The Cardinal Lawyer continues this week's basketball theme. The Cardinals have clinched their first ever Big East regular season title, and University of Louisville partisans everywhere are celebrating. Meanwhile, our rivals in Lexington have probably forced themselves to win four straight games in the SEC tournament in order to make the NCAA tournament...

Faculty Blogs: Issue Statements: Conclusion

Posted on March 06, 2009
  Here are more suggestions based on my study of lawyers' issue statements:      6. A brief's credibility is enhanced where the total number of issues is restricted to a manageable few.  Judges don't like wading through extra verbiage.  Moreover, it's best to focus on your strongest points...

Faculty Blogs: Brandeis Fellow Presentation

Posted on March 04, 2009

The Cardinal Lawyer: Steady stroke

Posted on March 04, 2009

Faculty Blogs: Register for Warns Labor and Employment Law Institute

Posted on March 03, 2009

Faculty Blogs: CIT Training Talk, Nursing School Talk

Posted on March 03, 2009

Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Brandeis and the Current Financial Meltdown

Posted on March 02, 2009

Faculty Blogs: Kentucky General Assembly Flexes Its Muscles

Posted on March 01, 2009

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