Just One Little Change to the Contract…

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly ran an interesting but cryptic story–unfortunately I couldn’t find any more info online, so I’m working from my hard copy writeup. Joseph Cloonan was in-house counsel. He was leaving the company’s employ for unclear reasons. The HR…

eBay/Shopping.com Merger Clears FTC

The eBay acquisition of Shopping.com cleared the Federal Trade Commission’s Hart-Scott-Rodino review. This probably isn’t all that surprising, but still it removes one potential snag.

Will Poodle Burgers Be Next?

A New Zealand restaurant offers “Mr. Ed is Dead,” a meal made from char-grilled horse steaks. The restaurant received a number of complaining calls that were “pretty lively and disgusting and not comforting for the staff.” Nevertheless, the restaurant sold…

Resources for New Law Students

It’s the season where bloggers gtve advice to new law students about how to prepare for the Big Event. I’m going to join this discussion but only for a limited purpose: to call attention to two wonderful resources put together…

Kerr and Madison on Law Faculty Appointments

Orin Kerr is guest-blogging at Prawfsblawg and has promised to blog on the law faculty appointments process. This is a perennial favorite topic, and when I did a nine-part series on this topic in February and March (scroll down to…

What Happened to Toby the Rabbit?

You may remember the silly story of Toby, a cute bunny featured on the website SaveToby.com. The owners threatened to kill and eat Toby if they did not get $50,000 in donations by June 30. I’m sure you’re as shocked…

Optimal Organization of Blogs

Brian Leiter’s Leiter Reports is one of the most popular law professor blogs around. I’ve been a reader/subscriber for some time but always with mixed emotions. His blog contains the best gossip about the legal education community, but it is…

Like Serving Poodle Burgers at a Dog Show…

Karin Robertson, manager of PETA’s “Fish Empathy Project,” has asked the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA to stop serving fish in its cafeteria.. She claims “serving fish at an aquarium is like serving poodle burgers at a…

Life as a University In-House Counsel

Fascinating article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about life as an in-house university counsel. Among the legal issues that an in-house counsel encountered: · What should I do if an alligator hiding in an on-campus lake devours a poodle?…

Wisconsin Legislature Passes Anti-Internet Hunting Law

The Wisconsin Senate has passed AB 179, the anti-Internet hunting law that had previously passed the Assembly. The law is going to Gov. Doyle, who has said he plans to sign it (although he thinks cat hunting is a bad…