Ann Althouse: Born to Blog (December 02, 2008)
Ann is a natural-born blogger. Her interview in connection with the ABA Journal 100 is short, but it reminds me... (Category: Blogs and Blawgs)
The Glom Repeats on ABA Journal Blawg 100! (December 02, 2008)
The Conglomerate was again included in the ABA Journal's top 100 best websites by lawyers, and we are very honored.... (Category: Administrative)
The Oil Market (December 01, 2008)
Going to the gas station is such a pleasure these days, which is exactly the wrong way to think about... (Category: Economics)
"We must all stand together to fight out this menace." (December 01, 2008)
Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan’s president, appeals to India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh, not to strike out at Pakistan, even if... (Category: Politics)
"A Scholar's Quest" (November 30, 2008)
On his retirement from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, legendary organizational theorist Jim March addressed his faculty colleagues, reflecting... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering, Legal Scholarship, Teaching)
BYU v. Utah (November 26, 2008)
If you are in any way clued into the rivalry between BYU and the University of Utah, you have to... (Category: Sports)
Bebchuk v. Electronic Arts: Dismissed (November 18, 2008)
Last Thursday Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York dismissed Lucian Bebchuk's complaint against Electronic Arts, which... (Category: Corporate Governance)
Jerry Yang (November 17, 2008)
Jerry Yang is stepping down as Yahoo's CEO. He assumed that role on June 18, 2007, and this is his... (Category: Internet)
"Sooner rather than later, someone was going to identify me, along with a lot of people more or less like me, as a fraud." (November 15, 2008)
That's Michael Lewis, reflecting on his Liar's Poker days. Now he is writing about the end of Wall Street as... (Category: Financial Crisis)
Mamma Mia (November 15, 2008)
Mamma Mia was the film on my direct flight back from New York to Salt Lake City. It's a mind... (Category: Popular Culture)
"He was a beetle before he was an entomologist" (November 15, 2008)
That gem comes from Ron Gilson at the Columbia conference. He was describing Chuck Whitehead, who had substantial practice experience... (Category: Legal Scholarship)
Treasury as Preferred Stockholder (November 14, 2008)
In reading about the bailout, you have seen the references to the preferred stock that the Treasury Department will receive... (Category: Financial Crisis)
Conference on "Bailing Out Failing Institutions" (November 14, 2008)
If the list of participants is accurate, I am the only person from the Mountain time zone at Columbia Law... (Category: Financial Crisis)
Welcome Guest Blogger Michelle Harner (November 10, 2008)
We are thrilled to be welcoming Michelle Harner, Assistant Professor of Law of the University of Nebraska College of Law,... (Category: Administrative)
Our New Financial Regulatory System (November 06, 2008)
When I was an undergraduate, I took a class on taxation in the spring of 1986. At the time, Congress... (Category: Securities)
Google Dumps Yahoo! (November 05, 2008)
We spent a good chunk of the summer following Microsoft's attempt to court Yahoo! In the end, Microsoft was driven... (Category: Internet)
"The most consequential election of their lives" (November 04, 2008)
So says Katharine Q. Seelye, jumping the gun with a video retrospective on the election. In January 2007, after our... (Category: Politics)
Obama Endorses College Football Playoff (November 03, 2008)
Chris Berman offered entertaining interviews of McCain and Obama during halftime of Monday Night Football. I could not have cared... (Category: Politics, Sports)
Directors and Risk-taking (October 28, 2008)
In my continuing effort to explore the connection between the financial crisis and fiduciary duty (see here and here for... (Category: Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Delaware)
Three Models of the New Law School (October 28, 2008)
Yesterday, a legal writing instructor reminded me of this infamous post, in which I suggested that Dean Erwin Chemerinsky avoid... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
The Legacy of the Financial Crisis (October 28, 2008)
Remember my September 14 post about the impending financial crisis leading to a reshaping our regulatory system? When I suggested... (Category: Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Delaware)
Welcome Guest Blogger Shubha Ghosh (October 27, 2008)
We are pleased to welcome Shubha Ghosh, Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School, as a guest... (Category: Administrative)
The Third Law & Entrepreneurship Retreat (October 24, 2008)
I am sitting in a classroom at Drexel University's Earle Mack School of Law, participating in the Third Law &... (Category: Law & Entrepreneurship)
The First-Year Curriculum and The Expendability of Contract Law (October 21, 2008)
As the current chair of my law school's curriculum committee, I have been tasked with investigating various aspects of the... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
On Writing Backwards (October 14, 2008)
A young legal scholar just sent me the following question via email: "I'd love to hear at some point how... (Category: Legal Scholarship)
Academia.edu (October 14, 2008)
Now that I am flush with money again, I have decided to stay in academia, and I have added my... (Category: Internet)
Paul Krugman (October 13, 2008)
Everyone seems to be linking to Tyler Cowen for thoughts on Paul Krugman's Nobel Prize in Economics. Tyler offers a... (Category: Economics)
The Financial Crisis and Delaware (October 13, 2008)
After reading the headlines today, are you wondering, "What financial crisis?" If so, you need to get some perspective. Last... (Category: Financial Crisis)
Welcome Guest Blogger Jeff Lipshaw (October 13, 2008)
We are very pleased to welcome longtime Glom reader and commenter Jeff Lipshaw as a guest blogger for the next... (Category: Administrative)
President Bush's Speech (October 10, 2008)
I just listened to Bush's latest speech on the financial crisis. Has a sitting president ever been so irrelevant in... (Category: Financial Crisis)
Confession (October 10, 2008)
I have no idea how to explain what is happening in markets around the world or how to fix it.... (Category: Financial Crisis)
McCain's Brain (October 09, 2008)
Via Althouse ... I needed a good hearty laugh after yesterday's market news. (Category: Politics)
Welcome Guest Blogger Christiana Ochoa (October 09, 2008)
We are thrilled to welcome Christiana Ochoa, Associate Professor of Law at the Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington... (Category: Administrative)
Welcome Guest Blogger Mike Guttentag (October 08, 2008)
Longtime Glom friend Mike Guttentag has been prompted by the financial crisis to accept our standing invitation to guest blog.... (Category: Administrative)
"Unfreezing" (October 08, 2008)
"Unfreezing" is the hopeful word of the day. Everyone has been talking about a "credit freeze," but the credit markets... (Category: Finance)
The Rate Cut (October 08, 2008)
Central banks around the world -- even China! -- are cutting interest rates. So what exactly is supposed to happen... (Category: Economics)
The Global Financial Services Regulator (October 08, 2008)
While Larry Ribstein is shadow boxing with SOX II, I am looking at today's interest rate cut by central banks... (Category: Finance, Globalization/Trade, Securities)
Dow 100,000? (October 06, 2008)
Remember this book? Sure, bad things will happen now and then, but ultimately the Dow Jones Industrial Average will end... (Category: Securities)
McCain Shows Leadership on Bailout "Rescue" (October 01, 2008)
Since Anna blogged this yesterday, I have been wondering what would be the less charitable word than "farce" to describe... (Category: Politics)
A Partnership Quiz (September 29, 2008)
Question. Answer. (Category: Partnerships)
Welcome Guest Blogger Anna Gelpern (September 29, 2008)
Anna Gelpern joins us as a guest blogger at an auspicious time. Anna is Associate Professor of Law at Rutgers... (Category: Administrative)
The Bailout Vote: Cowardice or Venality? (September 29, 2008)
The story being told about the bailout vote is simple: common folk hate the idea of a bailout, so the... (Category: Politics)
Law School Grading (September 28, 2008)
The legal blogosphere is all atwitter with the news that Harvard is following Stanford and Yale into the realm of... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering, Teaching)
WaMu's Demise (September 25, 2008)
The quick and dirty: "In what is by far the largest bank failure in U.S. history, federal regulators seized Washington... (Category: Finance)
The President's Speech: Expect a Deal Later Today (September 25, 2008)
I listened to President Bush's speech, and I was surprised by the dire forecasts in this portion of the speech:... (Category: Politics)
The Opportunity Cost of the Bailout (September 23, 2008)
Apparently, the U.S. government has access to $700,000,000,000 that isn't already claimed by this program or that. After recovering from... (Category: Politics)
Trusting Paulson (September 23, 2008)
No one likes The Paulson Plan. If you don't enjoy CSPAN, you won't think much of the following video of... (Category: Finance)
Jazz on the Alpenhorn (September 22, 2008)
Intrigued by a WSJ story, I found this video of Eliana Burki using the Alpenhorn as a jazz instrument. Pretty... (Category: Music)
Welcome Guest Blogger Karl Okamoto (September 22, 2008)
We are very excited to welcome Karl Okamoto to The Conglomerate for the next two weeks. Karl is Associate Professor... (Category: Administrative)
The New New Deal in Financial Regulation? (September 19, 2008)
For those who scoffed at my suggestion last Sunday that the regulatory response to recent events on Wall Street would... (Category: Finance)
Was AIG an emergency? (September 16, 2008)
In his excellent post on the (il)legality of the AIG takeover, David suggests a last-ditch argument to legitimize the U.S.... (Category: Finance)
Ronan Tynan (September 16, 2008)
In an otherwise hectic day, I was able to enjoy my weekly ritual of trekking to the Marriott Center for... (Category: Music)
Shareholder proposals: what are corporate managers afraid of? (September 15, 2008)
Bebchuk v. Electronic Arts is the latest battle in Lucian Bebchuk's war on behalf of shareholder participation in corporate governance.... (Category: Corporate Governance)
Welcome Guest Blogger Christian Johnson (September 15, 2008)
My good friend Christian Johnson is joining us as a guest blogger for the next two weeks. Christian recently moved... (Category: Administrative)
Monday? (September 14, 2008)
This news about Lehman and AIG and Merrill is all more than a bit disorienting. "Chaos" is the word of... (Category: Securities)
BYU Football (September 13, 2008)
I almost feel like I should get a refund on the price of my tickets to today's game between BYU... (Category: Sports)
Bebchuk v. Electronic Arts (September 11, 2008)
Bebchuk v. Electronic Arts is potentially another important case relating to the SEC's Rule 14a-8 and, thus, the role of... (Category: Corporate Governance)
The Shocking Contents of My iPod (September 10, 2008)
On Labor Day our family staged a 50-mile bicycle ride to support my 12-year-old sons in their quest to earn... (Category: Popular Culture)
HARO (September 10, 2008)
Yesterday I received a call from a reporter doing a story on trends in corporate governance. When reporters call, I... (Category: Marketing)
"How much does hair weigh?" (September 09, 2008)
This is another one of my weight loss posts, so don't bother clicking through if that's not what you want... (Category: Food)
Business Ethics (September 09, 2008)
Should law students care about business ethics? How about legal scholars? Many of us here have written and taught about... (Category: Business Ethics)
Syndicating The Conglomerate (September 09, 2008)
RSS may be the single greatest invention of the Internet age. I have been using Google Reader since "Going Google"... (Category: Administrative)
Welcome Guest Blogger Ned Snow (September 08, 2008)
The hits just keep on coming this week as we welcome Ned Snow from the University of Arkansas School of... (Category: Administrative)
The Present and Prepared System (September 06, 2008)
In prior posts on teaching, I have mentioned the "present and prepared" system. (See my syllabus for a description.) This... (Category: Teaching)
Why PowerPoint Slides? (September 05, 2008)
In a prior post, I was bragging about moving my PowerPoint lectures outside of the classroom by creating presentations with... (Category: Teaching)
What Students Want (September 04, 2008)
Another professor recently told me that education is the only product that consumers want less than they paid for. Maybe... (Category: Teaching)
"If my hypothesis appeared initially plausible, it would certainly be false" (September 03, 2008)
That is from Chapter 1 ("A Disquieting Suggestion") of Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue, which is this semester's book in the... (Category: Books)
Chancery Denies Interlocutory Appeal on Ryan v. Lyondell (September 02, 2008)
Ryan v. Lyondell generated a whole lot of consternation in the blogosphere (some of which is collected here), but in... (Category: Corporate Law, Delaware)
College Football's First Weekend (September 01, 2008)
I am not sure how much you can tell from the first weekend of college football, other than the fact... (Category: Sports)
Adobe Presenter (August 30, 2008)
One of the most important aspects my course re-design project this summer was my strategy to move my PowerPoint lectures... (Category: Teaching)
We have no bananas? (August 27, 2008)
So I was listening to Kai Ryssdal's interview with Peter Chapman, author of Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped... (Category: Food)
"Communities of learning" in "classrooms of competition"? (August 26, 2008)
Inspired by various posts on teaching around the legal blogosphere, Jerome M. Organ, Professor of Law and Associate Dean of... (Category: Teaching)
As I head off to bed ... (August 25, 2008)
Two tidbits from the CNN story about sleep and productivity: The evidence that sleep matters is irrefutable and constantly growing.... (Category: Productivity)
Class Participation and the Importance of Teams (August 25, 2008)
Teaching has become all the rage in the legal blogosphere over the past week, and Eugene Volokh adds an important... (Category: Teaching)
Welcome Guest Blogger J.W. Verret (August 25, 2008)
We are very pleased to have J.W. Verret as a guest blogger for the next two weeks. J.W. is a... (Category: Administrative Law)
Interacting With Students: On Defensiveness (August 21, 2008)
A few weeks ago, I sent my syllabus to the students enrolled in my Business Associations course this fall. I... (Category: Teaching)
The Classroom Quality Circle (August 21, 2008)
In response to yesterday's post on teaching, Matt Bodie expressed an interest in knowing more about what was behind this... (Category: Teaching)
"Imagine Socrates with Tourette syndrome" (August 20, 2008)
Steve Bainbridge describes one of his teachers at the University of Virginia Law School. Then Steve writes about his own... (Category: Teaching)
Comment Preview (August 20, 2008)
Pardon the interruption for an administrative announcement ... If you use the "Comment Preview" feature, you will have notice that... (Category: Administrative)
The Legal Drinking Age (August 19, 2008)
Jonathan Adler just pointed to a statement released by The Amethyst Initiative ("chancellors and presidents of universities and colleges across... (Category: Miscellany)
Steve Bainbridge on Section 102(b)(7) (August 19, 2008)
Steve Bainbridge has a long and important post on Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Steve is responding... (Category: Corporate Law, Delaware)
Larry Ribstein on Corporations and Uncorporations (August 19, 2008)
If you have been reading Larry Ribstein, you know that he has been promoting "uncorporations" for years. Yesterday, he offered... (Category: Corporate Law)
The AALS Boycott (August 19, 2008)
Paul has the roundup on TaxProf Blog. I didn't participate in the initial wave of blog commentary on the proposed... (Category: AALS)
Welcome, Usha Rodrigues! (August 18, 2008)
On behalf of all of the bloggers here at The Conglomerate, I am pleased to announce that Usha Rodrigues is... (Category: Administrative)
Welcome Guest Blogger Rob Illig (August 18, 2008)
We are pleased to announce that Rob Illig of the University of Oregon School of Law will join us as... (Category: Administrative)
My Lucky Day (August 16, 2008)
So I was going through my usual Saturday ritual of grocery shopping with my oldest son ... this is one... (Category: Life in Madison)
LinkedIn (August 16, 2008)
Two years ago, I blogged about LinkedIn in response to Seth Godin's Web 2.0 Traffic Watch List: "Perhaps the most... (Category: Social Networks)
The Sidebar Experiments and "Thinking by Writing" (August 16, 2008)
Last month we launched our new blog design, which included a couple of sidebar experiments. Having used Twitter since then,... (Category: Twitter)
Julius Getman, In the Company of Scholars (August 15, 2008)
After reading Bill Henderson's post on school-specific capital and writing some of my own thoughts on the subject, I became... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
Lyondell Directors Appeal (August 15, 2008)
If you are following the Ryan case, which I blogged about below, you will be interested to read the "Defendants'... (Category: Corporate Law, Delaware)
Joy in Legal Academe (August 15, 2008)
I love being a law professor. Love it. Many days, I wish I could be better at it. Some days,... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
Boosters of "The Fiduciary Duty of Good Faith" Rejoice (August 13, 2008)
In Ryan v. Lyondell Chemical Co., 2008 WL 2923427 (Del. Ch. 2008), Vice-Chancellor Noble of the Delaware Court of Chancery... (Category: Corporate Law, Delaware)
Zion (August 12, 2008)
Yesterday we took a semi-spontaneous trip to southern Utah to hike The Narrows in Zion National Park. On a day... (Category: Travel)
orgtheory features "Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement" (August 05, 2008)
Our friends at orgtheory are hosting a Book Forum on Steve Teles' Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement. I haven't... (Category: Books)
Welcome Guest Blogger Tina Stark (August 04, 2008)
Tina Stark is a Professor in the Practice of Law and the Executive Director of Emory law School's Center for... (Category: Administrative)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, RIP (August 03, 2008)
My first Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn novel was A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, but I soon assembled a collection... (Category: Books)
Student evaluations: reflective, not reflexive (August 02, 2008)
August is not the time of year when I normally think about student evaluations, but I have been re-designing my... (Category: Teaching)
The New Casebook is Here! (July 31, 2008)
The new edition of my casebook, with my friend and co-author Cindy Williams, arrived via express mail today. If you... (Category: Business Organizations)
Google's VC Fund (July 31, 2008)
From today's W$J, Google is planning to launch a venture capital fund. I was especially interested in this paragraph from... (Category: Google)
"He’s never stepped up to the plate and taken full swings” (July 30, 2008)
That's Richard Epstein describing Barak Obama in an article about Obama's time as a law professor at Chicago. Obama arrived... (Category: Politics)
Timp (July 24, 2008)
We had a wonderful hike on Timpanogos Trail to Emerald Lake today. (Category: Holidays)
Happy Pioneer Day! (July 24, 2008)
Today is a state holiday in Utah. We are commemorating Brigham Young's entry into Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Many... (Category: Holidays)
BYU Law School (July 23, 2008)
Earlier today, Jason Solomon highlighted my law school over on Prawfsblawg under the title, "Just How Good is BYU Law?"... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
The Best Business Books Ever? (July 22, 2008)
This is Joe Nocera's list “in no particular order”: “Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco,” by Bryan... (Category: Books)
Kevin Maney on the "Electronic Requirements of Life" (July 21, 2008)
Inspired by this story, Kevin Maney at Tech Observer has a vision of the future: These days, every hip person... (Category: Popular Culture)
Georges Doriot & DEC (July 21, 2008)
I just started reading Creative Capital: George Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital, on new biography by Spencer E.... (Category: Venture Capital)
Yahoo & Ichan (July 21, 2008)
Carl Icahn and Yahoo have settled their proxy fight. Icahn will join Yahoo's board of directors, and he will get... (Category: M&A)
Productivity (July 20, 2008)
How often do you think about productivity? Lots. How do you measure your own productivity? Hmm ... impressionistically? The measurement... (Category: Productivity)
KPCB (July 19, 2008)
If you don't recognize those initials, I assume you don't pay much attention to venture capital investing. Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield,... (Category: Environment, Venture Capital)
"You’re going to end up making cheese – be careful" (July 16, 2008)
I was just looking at a transcript from my latest round of cheesemaker interviews and this was the warning issued... (Category: Cheese)
The Resurrection of Jerry Yang (July 15, 2008)
That's the picture painted by Andrew Ross Sorkin, who attended Allen & Company’s annual conference in Sun Valley, Idaho with... (Category: M&A)
SEC Certification to Delaware and the Issue of Shareholder Power (July 15, 2008)
Jay Brown has a series of posts, starting on July 1, covering many aspects of the SEC's decision to certify... (Category: Corporate Law, Delaware)
Which language would you choose? (July 15, 2008)
My son has studied German for five years, more or less. I speak that language choppily, but I listen to... (Category: Miscellany)
Recycling Office Paper (July 15, 2008)
This made me laugh: I often work odd hours and so have become familiar with the custodians everywhere I’ve been... (Category: Environment)
"Meet you at the Hummer dealer. Bring your credit card. In fact, bring two." (July 14, 2008)
Kent Greenfield offers a sardonic perspective on the Freddie-Fannie bailout over at Huffington Post: I've discovered the secret to having... (Category: Economics)
Weekend News! (July 14, 2008)
What a weekend ... Anheuser-Busch agreed to be acquired by InBev for about $52 billion (just when we were about... (Category: M&A)
Stage 10 (July 13, 2008)
Let's say you are mildly interested in the Tour de France, but you aren't glued to the television every morning... (Category: Cycling)
From the mountains ... to the oceans white with foam (July 11, 2008)
Earlier this week, I noted that I was spending some time at Camp Steiner in the High Uintas. I returned... (Category: Travel)
Camp Steiner (July 06, 2008)
I am packing for a few days at Camp Steiner with my twins. Camp Steiner is the highest Scout Camp... (Category: Travel)
Experiments (July 06, 2008)
As we developed our new blog design, we decided that we liked our modest, but functional, sidebar. Nevertheless, we have... (Category: Administrative)
downforeveryoneorjustme.com (July 05, 2008)
Just like it sounds, this site allows you to enter a website to see whether it's down. And this part... (Category: Internet)
Versus Ad: "A new stage begins" (July 05, 2008)
Have you seen the new Versus ad for the Tour de France? "A new stage begins" is an in-your-face rejection... (Category: Cycling)
"Christmas in July for U.S. Tour fans" (July 05, 2008)
That's how TDF Blog describes Versus television coverage this year: "Gone is Al Trautwig, who combined bombast and ignorance in... (Category: Cycling)
Stadium of Fire (July 05, 2008)
We just returned from the Stadium of Fire in the Lavell Edwards Stadium. I would have preferred watching football, but... (Category: Holidays)
Our New Look (July 04, 2008)
If you are a regular here at Conglomerate, you will notice some big changes in the look of the front... (Category: Administrative)
Hiking the Y on the Fourth of July (July 04, 2008)
Hiking Y Mountain is popular most summer days, but especially so on the Fourth of July. We arrived at 6:00... (Category: Holidays)
Le Tour de France (July 03, 2008)
On Saturday one of my favorite summer rituals commences. Le Tour de France is laboring under the weight of recent... (Category: Cycling)
What Law Professors Do (July 03, 2008)
Former Glom guest blogger Larry Cunningham is now guest blogging at Co-op, and he has an interesting post about how... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
FLDS.com (July 03, 2008)
I just read Tyler Cowen's post on the Long Tail ("The Long Tail hypothesis is basically true, just don't sell... (Category: Businesses of Note)
Up, Up, and Away ... (July 03, 2008)
Thus begins America's Freedom Festival in Provo ... (Category: Holidays)
"I blog to forget. No, wait. Never mind." (July 02, 2008)
Kieran responding to Fabio's post, "why i blog." My primary reason for blogging is not on Fabio's list. I blog... (Category: Blogs and Blawgs)
Classified Boards in Transition (July 02, 2008)
Steve Davidoff and Matt Bodie are blogging about a nasty issue of statutory interpretation emanating from the takeover dispute between... (Category: Corporate Law, Delaware)
Credit Reporting Hell (July 02, 2008)
And the incentives (or not) for credit reporting companies to get things right, by Elizabeth Warren: Why should consumers be... (Category: Bankruptcy)
Another Top 100 List (July 02, 2008)
If you don't find some new interesting blogs on this list, you are more plugged in than I am. Or... (Category: Blogs and Blawgs)
Litigation or Transactions? (July 02, 2008)
When I started law school, I was completely focused on litigation. After the better part of two summers of litigation... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
The Cocktail Party Standard (July 01, 2008)
Mike McBride, guest blogging at orgtheory.net, uses the "cocktail party standard" to judge the value of social scientific work: "While... (Category: Legal Scholarship)
Grape Nuts (July 01, 2008)
Somehow I learned to love Grape Nuts when I was a child, and I still eat them from time to... (Category: Food)
Yahoo and Microsoft: We're Not Dead, Yet! (July 01, 2008)
Kara Swisher has the scoop twice over: Microsoft is sweetening the search deal ("The centerpiece of the offer ... would... (Category: M&A)
The New Walmart Logo (July 01, 2008)
We have a category called "Wal-Mart," but it appears that we need to revise that to read "Walmart." Walmart is... (Category: Wal-Mart)
Troy Paredes Confirmed as SEC Commissioner (July 01, 2008)
Former Glom guest blogger, Troy Paredes, was confirmed by the Senate as an SEC Commissioner on Friday. Sorry that I... (Category: Securities)
Apture (June 30, 2008)
Lots of bloggers are talking about Apture. I hope that Apture page loads for you, because you really should see... (Category: Blogs and Blawgs)
"They want the Mormons' money, but they hate to sacrifice the bigot vote?" (June 30, 2008)
Ann asks a piercing question about the McCain camp's deliberations regarding the possibility of selecting Mitt Romney as his Vice-Presidential... (Category: Politics)
Welcome Guest Blogger Usha Rodrigues (June 30, 2008)
We are very pleased to welcome Usha Rodrigues back to Conglomerate for another stint of guest blogging. Lots has happened... (Category: Administrative)
"There is no venture industry if there is no I.P.O. market" (June 30, 2008)
That's Paul Kedrosky talking about this news from the National Venture Capital Association: "In the second quarter of this year... (Category: Venture Capital)
"Any system that requires that many of the country's best minds, and they are the best minds, is too complex" (June 30, 2008)
Justice Scalia on the complexity of the American legal system. I am writing a paper right now on the (unnecessary)... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
"Buying a Prius two or three years ago was the best car buy you could have made" (June 30, 2008)
Brayden went car shopping. I am reminded that I made a poor purchase decision in 2005. Crud. (Category: Miscellany)
Patent Pool (June 30, 2008)
The W$J has an interesting story today about the Allied Security Trust. A response to the recent explosion in patent... (Category: Intellectual Property)
Congrats to Mike O'Neill! (June 25, 2008)
Mike O'Neill, who is currently a professor at George Mason, was recently nominated by President Bush to be United States... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
Welcome to Hong Kong! (June 22, 2008)
I arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday night and promptly took 10 hours of sleep. It's Monday morning, and I... (Category: Travel)
The Two-Year Law School (June 20, 2008)
Last fall I wrote this as part of my advice to Erwin Chemerinsky: Provide all of that improved instruction in... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
American Constitution Society National Convention (June 13, 2008)
Earlier today I appeared on a panel entitled "Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation" at the American Constitution Society National Convention.... (Category: Corporate Governance)
"There is no secret sauce" (June 09, 2008)
Anne Miner is giving the opening remarks at a conference entitled "Technology Entrepreneurship and Institutions: Contemporary and International Research," which... (Category: Entrepreneurship)
Big Brown (June 07, 2008)
Jockey Kent Desormeaux on Big Brown: "He was empty. He didn't have anything left." So do you think the trainer... (Category: Sports)
Think Globally, Spend Locally? (June 07, 2008)
This looks like an idea destined for a free-thinking town near you: local currency. Marketplace ran a story about the... (Category: Globalization/Trade)
Firefox 3.0 (June 07, 2008)
If you aren't using Firefox already, the new Firefox 3.0 may make a convert out of you. Take a look... (Category: Internet)
IFRS (June 06, 2008)
Do you know that acronym? If not, you need to learn it. Moving the US toward the International Financial Reporting... (Category: Accounting, Securities)
Microsoft Finally Completes Transition (June 05, 2008)
The W$J does a nice story on the eight-year transition of power from Bill Gates to Steve Ballmer, which will... (Category: Management)
The McDonald's Dollar Menu (June 05, 2008)
McDonald's continues to supply interesting franchising disputes. The most recent revolves around the Dollar Menu: though the cost of food... (Category: Franchising)
The Debate About Transfer Students (June 04, 2008)
I will not try to summarize the lengthy posts by Larry Ribstein and Bill Henderson, but if you are interested... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
The Amended Complaint in the Yahoo Shareholders Litigation (June 02, 2008)
Even as Yahoo and Microsoft try to hammer out a deal over a round of golf and Carl Icahn clears... (Category: Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Delaware)
European Union Law (May 29, 2008)
This afternoon, I attended an excellent session at the Law & Society Annual Meeting entitled "Integration Through Law in the... (Category: European Union)
Remembering (May 26, 2008)
Last week I met a person about my age whose father was killed in Vietnam. The father never saw his... (Category: Holidays)
"Fail earlier, fail faster" (May 20, 2008)
That's the innovation strategy adopted by A.G. Lafley, CEO of Procter & Gamble. It's a small part of his interview... (Category: Innovation)
Welcome Guest Blogger Julie Hill (May 19, 2008)
Julie Hill is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, where she teaches and researches... (Category: Administrative)
Yahoo: Shareholder Suit or Proxy Contest? (May 15, 2008)
When Yahoo shareholders filed a class action complaint against members of Yahoo's board of directors on February 21, 2008, they... (Category: M&A)
Carl Icahn's Letter to Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock (May 15, 2008)
Just in case Yahoo's board of directors thought Carl Icahn was going to play nice, this is the first sentence... (Category: M&A)
Yahoo's Diminishing Options (May 15, 2008)
Carl Ichan has purchased roughly 50 million Yahoo shares since Microsoft withdrew its offer for Yahoo (no wonder Yahoo's stock... (Category: M&A)
Lemmings (May 13, 2008)
You may remember that my oldest daughter is in BYU's Animation Program. Each year students in the program complete an... (Category: Environment)
"USC should be crushed by the NCAA, the Pacific-10 and its own administration" (May 11, 2008)
Pat Forde lays it on USC's doorstep: "So you take the Bush allegations, add a side of Mayo and ask... (Category: Sports)
I have been a bit out of the blogging loop lately, as I have been trying to meeting some writing... (Category: Miscellany)
The Definition of Great Marketing (May 05, 2008)
From Seth Godin: "Make big promises; overdeliver." (Category: Marketing)
Ballmer's Future at Microsoft (May 05, 2008)
My sense is that it is too early to know how this weekend's events will affect Steve Ballmer's future at... (Category: M&A)
Yahoo Shareholder Suits? (May 04, 2008)
This is from Laura Martin, a senior analyst at Soleil Securities, in eWeek: "I think you'll see a number of... (Category: M&A)
Sky Vegetables (May 04, 2008)
One of my former Wisconsin law students, Troy Vosseller, reports: "A friend and I recently competed in the Burrill Business... (Category: Businesses of Note)
AALS Section on Business Associations: Call for Papers (May 04, 2008)
AALS SECTION ON BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS Call for Papers JANUARY 2009 ANNUAL MEETING The AALS Section on Business Associations will meet... (Category: AALS)
"I just think it's an unfair market value" (May 04, 2008)
Just catching up with Diana Nyad's commentary on the NFL draft from last Thursday, and I am wondering if I... (Category: Economics)
Microsoft and Yahoo: It's Not Over 'Til It's Over (May 03, 2008)
So if you are a shareholder of Yahoo!, how are you feeling about Jerry Yang right now? This is an... (Category: M&A)
"Suppose that someone walked up to you and said you absolutely had to move from the house you owned ..." (April 23, 2008)
Bob Lawless explores why people don't walk away from homes with underwater mortgages. (Category: Bankruptcy)
The SEC at 75 (April 23, 2008)
This fall the Virginia Law Review is hosting a symposium to mark the 75th anniversary of the SEC. It's an... (Category: Securities)
Webby Awards (April 23, 2008)
In writing that last entry, I noticed that TripIt was nominated for a Webby Award. Take a look around over... (Category: Internet)
Social Networking and Travel (April 23, 2008)
Today on my walk home from work I finished listening to "Social Networking 3.0," a podcast over at the Stanford... (Category: Travel)
Law Student Indebtedness (April 22, 2008)
ATL has some survey numbers. And responses to this question: "How Much Does Your Debt Affect Your Decision To Join,... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
Yale Law Journal Pocket Part: Two Calls for Papers (April 20, 2008)
Sovereign Wealth Funds and Virtual Worlds. Both topics that have been discussed here on more than one occasion. If you... (Category: Legal Scholarship)
Sex and Antitrust (April 20, 2008)
Who would have guessed? (Category: Antitrust)
The FLDS in Your Neighborhood (April 19, 2008)
Catching up with developments among the FLDS in Texas, I found Guy Murray's roundup of mainstream media stories quite helpful.... (Category: Religion)
People in DC (April 18, 2008)
In connection with my attendance at the Georgetown Law Symposium, I have done some touring of the city with my... (Category: Miscellany)
"The Future of the Global Law Firm" (April 18, 2008)
The Georgetown Law Center for the Study of the Legal Profession is hosting a conference entitled "The Future of the... (Category: Conferences, Law Schools/Lawyering)
Internet in the Classroom (April 12, 2008)
Paul Caron links to a story in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin about the University of Chicago Law School's decision... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
"What the Best Law Teachers Do" (April 10, 2008)
Michael Hunter Schwartz is writing a book about law teaching, which is evergreen fashionable. He is only in Phase 1... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
Jim Cramer's New Contract (April 10, 2008)
Michelle Leder has the scoop on Jim Cramer's new contract with TheStreet.com, which includes this wonderful new language: the Company... (Category: Contracts)
Microsoft's Next Move (April 10, 2008)
Yahoo's board of directors is meeting tomorrow. So many options. Or not. Aside from Microsoft's solo bid, Yahoo's directors will... (Category: M&A)
"Freedom of expression is absolutely a human right but there are small limitations" (April 10, 2008)
That's Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, trying to contain the damage. Of course, he can't admit that... (Category: Politics, Sports)
"CBS News, Katie Couric Are Likely to Part Ways" (April 09, 2008)
That's the headline for a story that, but for the fact that I read newspapers, I would have missed completely.... (Category: Television)
Yahoo's Destiny (April 09, 2008)
Lots of activity relating to Microsoft-Yahoo. On the one hand, the NYT is reporting that Microsoft is speaking with News... (Category: M&A)
Bear Stearns Lawsuit Stayed (April 09, 2008)
You may remember that we got all excited when shareholders of Bear Stearns filed a lawsuit in Delaware. Steve Davidoff... (Category: M&A)
Dealing With Air Travel (April 09, 2008)
Better safe than sorry? That's the way American Airlines is pitching the flight cancellations today, but the dramatic action of... (Category: Travel)
Congrats to Kansas Jayhawks ... (April 08, 2008)
and Dean Mundy, who blew away the field in the Conglomerate Blog NCAA Challenge. Dean called Kansas to win, but... (Category: Sports)
"By all accounts Yahoo's Jerry Yang is a nice guy. But he is beginning to bug me." (April 08, 2008)
That's Paul Kedrosky, and he is incensed by this letter from Jerry Yang to Steve Ballmer. Purportedly a calm and... (Category: M&A)
Erwin Chemerinsky's Law School (April 08, 2008)
Deven Desai has organized a moblog over at Madisonian around the question, "What Kind of Institution Do We Want A... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
The World's Largest Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament (April 08, 2008)
In Madison, we participated in the (now) annual World Largest Brat Fest, which served as a fundraiser for local charities.... (Category: Entrepreneurs)
"Social networking shouldn't be so boring" (April 08, 2008)
Type "Facebook Fatigue" into Google, and you get 292,000 results. More or less. Jeff Wurtz at Lymabean sees an opportunity.... (Category: Social Networks)
Tour de Donut (April 07, 2008)
As longtime readers know, I am a big fan of cycling generally and particularly the Tour de France. The old... (Category: Cycling)
B Corporations (April 07, 2008)
You have heard of S Corporations and C Corporations. Meet B Corporations: B Corporations™ are a new type of corporation... (Category: Social Responsibility)
The Call of the Entrepreneur (April 06, 2008)
The Call of the Entrepreneur is a new paean to entrepreneurship from the Acton Institute. The Acton Institute's mission is... (Category: Entrepreneurs)
Tax Time (April 06, 2008)
Have you filed your taxes, yet? Normally, I wait until April 15, but I decided to get on it early... (Category: Taxation)
Charlton Heston, RIP (April 06, 2008)
Charlton Heston was 83 years old. He was great as Moses, but when I was a young boy, that chariot... (Category: Popular Culture)
Microsoft Preparing to Go Hostile (April 06, 2008)
Here's the letter from Steve Ballmer to Yahoo's board of directors: We believe now is the time for our respective... (Category: M&A)
AALS Section on Agency, Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies: Call for Papers (April 06, 2008)
Writing about agency and unincorporated entities? Here's your chance for some exposure ... The Section on Agency, Partnerships and Limited... (Category: AALS)
Hannah Montana (April 05, 2008)
What's your favorite Hannah Montana song? Two days ago, I couldn't have told you the name of anything Hannah Montana... (Category: Popular Culture)
Monitoring Wall Street ... Up Close and Personal (April 03, 2008)
When I speak with my Law & Entrepreneurship students about monitoring in the venture capital context, I always make a... (Category: Securities)
Empirical Studies of Contracts: The Problem of Vapor Contracting (April 03, 2008)
As summer approaches, my mind is slowly turning to the study of contracts. My article describing "Organizational Perspectives on Contracts"... (Category: Contracts)
Second Life ... IBM gets serious (April 02, 2008)
IBM and Linden Lab, creator of Second Life, have entered into an alliance "to create an enterprise-class version of Second... (Category: Internet)
"Specific Performance and the Thirteenth Amendment" (April 02, 2008)
My friend Nate Oman has a new paper on SSRN entitled "Specific Performance and the Thirteenth Amendment." This paper includes... (Category: Contracts)
199! (April 02, 2008)
Earlier this week, I stepped into a Barnes & Noble in Salt Lake City, and the first book I saw... (Category: Miscellany)
Welcome Guest Blogger, Paul Rose (March 31, 2008)
Paul Rose is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Moritz College of Law of The Ohio State University, where... (Category: Administrative)
Was Obama a "Law Professor"? (March 31, 2008)
Ann has the details behind the Clinton campaign's charges of "embellishment" (oh, my!), but calls the issue a "distraction from... (Category: Politics)
Financial Services Regulation: Treasury Secretary Paulson Wants a Do-over (March 30, 2008)
Henry Paulson is proposing to reconstruct our financial regulatory institutions from scratch. According to the executive summary, this report has... (Category: Securities)
HDR Photos on Flickr (March 29, 2008)
Last fall, I received an invitation to teach a class in Barcelona this summer. In a fit of madness, I... (Category: Art & Culture)
Earth Hour (March 29, 2008)
What are you doing during Earth Hour? I'm blogging in the dark. (Category: Environment)
Local Eats: Pizzeria Seven Twelve (March 29, 2008)
Good restaurants are scarce in Utah Valley, but I discovered one tonight, thanks to a tip from my colleague, Fred... (Category: Food)
So You Know It's Not a Fluke ... (March 28, 2008)
Two hours until game time, and I am calling Wisconsin BIG over Davidson tonight. Davidson hotshot Stephan Curry will get... (Category: Sports)
"Pajama Gladiator" (March 27, 2008)
When we lived in Wisconsin, I noticed occasional announcements in my alumni magazine about the BYU Animation Program, which has... (Category: BYU)
Rankings Talk (March 26, 2008)
As noted below (and on every other law blog, it seems), this year's law school rankings by U.S. News have... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
Delaware Litigation Against Bear Stearns-JP Morgan Deal Commences (March 26, 2008)
Here we go ... the Wayne County Employees' Retirement System of Michigan and the Police and Fire Retirement System of... (Category: Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Delaware, M&A)
"What’s so bad about bankruptcy?" (March 25, 2008)
Jonathan Lipson asks about Bear Stearns. Here and here. (Category: M&A)
How to Lose Weight: Publish U.S. News Law School Rankings (March 25, 2008)
So I was reading the ABA Journal's rehash of all things problematic with the U.S. News rankings of law schools,... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
Brian Greene (March 25, 2008)
On my bookshelf is a book that I have been wanting to read for a long time, but it never... (Category: Science)
The Morgan Guarantee (March 24, 2008)
Did JP Morgan or its lawyers make a mistake in drafting the original agreements with Bear Stearns? More specifically, did... (Category: M&A)
39.5%? (March 24, 2008)
By now you have heard about the new deal between Bear Stearns and JP Morgan, and you may have been... (Category: Corporate Law, Delaware, M&A)
Bear Stearns: A Lack of Confidence (March 23, 2008)
Last week, I wondered whether Bear Stearns' CEO Alan Schwartz was telling the truth when he assured the markets that... (Category: Securities)
Calculating Easter (March 23, 2008)
I had no idea it was this complicated. (Category: Holidays)
The Funded (March 23, 2008)
Last fall I blogged about The Funded, a website on which entrepreneurs post candid reviews of their experiences with venture... (Category: Venture Capital)
Luxim's Incredible Light (March 23, 2008)
Check out this new device by Silicon Valley company Luxim, which ZD Net describes as "a lightbulb the size of... (Category: Technology)
Peeps Show (March 23, 2008)
Easter is a religious holiday around our house, but I enjoyed WaPo's Peep Show 2. This was not the most... (Category: Holidays)
Bill Richardson's Facial Hair (March 21, 2008)
Last month, at the Wisconsin Contracts Conference, a few of us independently concluded that Bill Richardson would be the VP... (Category: Politics)
My Pick to Win It All (March 19, 2008)
Thanks to those of you who have entered a bracket in our annual NCAA challenge. Christine and I were talking... (Category: Sports)
What Standard Would Apply to the Bear Stearns Case in Delaware? (March 19, 2008)
Earlier today, Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog called to talk about the Bear Stearns transaction, and we discussed... (Category: Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Delaware)
"Cub Scout Splittists" (March 19, 2008)
Yesterday evening, I attended a Court of Honor for my twin sons, Christian and Conrad, who are avid Boy Scouts.... (Category: Politics)
About Bear Stearns' Stock Price ... (March 18, 2008)
Yesterday while I was freaking out about the apparent abdication of responsibility by Bear Stearns' directors, Larry Ribstein was observing... (Category: Securities)
Welcome Guest Blogger Bill Bratton (March 18, 2008)
We are thrilled to welcome Bill Bratton as a guest blogger for the next two weeks. Bill is Professor of... (Category: Administrative)
Bear Stearns' Decision to Sell (March 17, 2008)
Wow! Bear Stearns is being sold at $2/share to JP Morgan. Below is the stock chart for Bear Stearns over... (Category: Securities)
The Media Shield Law (March 17, 2008)
Since writing a law review comment on the free speech rights of public employees, I have shied away from scholarly... (Category: Constitutional Law)
The Brackets are Out (March 16, 2008)
The best sporting event of the year is about to start. If you would like to join us in the... (Category: Sports)
Your Brain and the Rest of You (March 16, 2008)
In May I will be presenting in a forum that is foreign to me. More about that later, but I... (Category: Technology)
YouTube Ads of the Future? (March 16, 2008)
Google is the assignee of this patent, filed last week: At a client, a video is received. The video includes... (Category: Google, Intellectual Property, Internet)
The Class Action Complaint Against the RIAA (March 16, 2008)
We have mentioned Tanya Andersen and her extended fight with the Recording Industry Association of America. If you are interested... (Category: )
Food Fight (March 16, 2008)
This is quite astonishing: An abridged history of American-centric warfare, from WWII to present day, told through the foods of... (Category: Miscellany)
Dancing in the Streets (March 15, 2008)
Yesterday I attended BYU Law School's annual Awards Banquet & Barrister's Ball. In addition to being the sort of person... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
Jeffrey Rosen on Business Cases Before the Supreme Court (March 15, 2008)
Jeffrey Rosen has turned his attention to the Supreme Court's business docket. Looking at business cases from last term, Rosen... (Category: Supreme Court)
Chrysler's Closure (March 13, 2008)
When Cerberus Capital Management purchased control over Chrysler Holdings LLC, we wondered how the management of the company would change.... (Category: Corporate Governance)
"AOL still enjoys many advantages that most companies can only dream about" (March 12, 2008)
According to the NYT, one of those supposed advantages: "a prestigious brand name." What pops to mind when you hear... (Category: Internet)
2008 Conglomerate Blog NCAA Basketball Challenge (March 12, 2008)
The brackets won't be available until next week, but we are making preparations early this year. Last year, I made... (Category: Sports)
My Second Favorite Podcast (March 12, 2008)
Aside from my daily dose of Marketplace, which I listen to while walking to work each morning, my favorite podcast... (Category: Podcasting)
Marketplace in the Middle East (March 12, 2008)
Marketplace is spending the week in the Middle East and is focusing on Dubai. Extraordinary stuff. (Category: Globalization/Trade)
Negroponte in 1984 (March 11, 2008)
TED has posted excerpts from a fascinating talk by Nicholas Negroponte from the first TED conference in 1984. That was... (Category: Technology)
"New Sins" (March 10, 2008)
If you are keeping track, the traditional seven deadly sins are Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed, Sloth. Their counterparts,... (Category: Religion)
The "Inside Outsider" CEO (March 10, 2008)
I don't believe anyone who claims that "insiders make the best CEOs" or "outsiders make the best CEOs." I believe... (Category: Corporate Governance)
How Much Does Yahoo Hate Microsoft? (March 04, 2008)
Yahoo would rather merge with AOL than be acquired by Microsoft! Correction: Yahoo's managers hate Microsoft. What do Yahoo's shareholders... (Category: M&A)
Predictability (March 04, 2008)
A group of faculty at BYU has been working through The Canon of American Legal Thought one article at a... (Category: Legal Theory)
Cheese Videos (March 04, 2008)
Just for fun, three cheese videos ... Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling The Cheese Trap Cheese And Onions (Category: Cheese)
Unconferencing (March 03, 2008)
For years people have been trying to promote more substance at the AALS Annual Meeting, and I think that some... (Category: AALS)
What We Want in a President ... (March 03, 2008)
is exactly the attribute that is most difficult to assess in advance: "the ability to successfully cope with the uncertain... (Category: Politics)
Quest Net: A Pyramid Scheme for Developing Countries (March 03, 2008)
Modern pyramid schemes often are quite sophisticated in hiding the ball from the participants, mainly by focusing on the mystical... (Category: Economics)
Can Athletes Win Lawsuits Over Rescinded Scholarship Offers? (March 02, 2008)
SI describes the plight of Daniel Smith (no relation), a young man from Boise who orally accepted an offer of... (Category: Contracts, Sports)
"Commercial Law" (February 28, 2008)
Check out the new blog from Jennifer Martin, Kristen David Adams, Robyn Meadows, Marie Reilly, and Keith Rowley called Commercial... (Category: Blogs and Blawgs)
William F. Buckley, RIP (February 27, 2008)
Busy day today, but I couldn't let it pass without some acknowledgment of William F. Buckley's death. I read a... (Category: Politics)
Pa-Pa-Pa ... Pa-Parmigiano (February 26, 2008)
[UPDATED] In our continuing effort to keep you apprised of developments on the frontiers of law and cheese, I note... (Category: Cheese, Intellectual Property)
Bonsai Organizations (February 26, 2008)
Charles Handy is commenting again over on Marketplace. You may remember Handy's interesting views on markets, which we discussed here.... (Category: Economics, Organizational Theory)
The U-shaped Life Cycle of Happiness (February 20, 2008)
As I was driving (safely) around the Wisconsin backroads this afternoon, I heard an interesting discussion on NPR's Talk of... (Category: Miscellany)
Baumgartner's Cheese Store and Tavern (February 19, 2008)
Today I visited Wisconsin's cheese mecca, Monroe, home to the Monroe High School Cheesemakers. I stopped for lunch in Baumgartner's... (Category: Food)
The Cheesemaker Study (February 19, 2008)
A few years ago, while I was still at the University of Wisconsin, I started investigating the business of cheesemaking.... (Category: Business Organizations, Cheese, Law & Economics, Law & Entrepreneurship, Law & Society)
Jerome Kerviel's Employment (February 16, 2008)
Over the past few weeks, I have heard several condemnations of French employment law prompted by the well-publicized inability of... (Category: Employees, Entrepreneurs, Law & Entrepreneurship)
"Gap Studies" (February 16, 2008)
Bob Gordon of Yale is speaking at the Wisconsin Contracts Conference about "Teaching with Stories." In surveying the reasons for... (Category: Law & Society)
"Sampson is gone" (February 16, 2008)
That's Mark Schlabach on ESPN. From where I sit, the baffling thing about the Kelvin Sampson affair is that Indiana... (Category: Sports)
Revisiting Dodge v. Ford Motor (February 16, 2008)
Steve Bainbridge provides excerpts from two recent papers examining this old chestnut, and Steve is kind enough to cite my... (Category: Corporate Law)
Wisconsin Contracts (February 15, 2008)
I arrived in Madison today for the Wisconsin Contracts Conference, which started this afternoon and continues tomorrow. As my flight... (Category: Life in Madison)
Going Hostile (February 10, 2008)
It's hard to tell whether FT has a scoop or is just speculating, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist... (Category: M&A)
"They're out here taking craps in the middle of the highway because there's no place to go" (February 10, 2008)
I used to make fun of places like Tennessee, Delaware, and Oregon for their inability to cope with winter weather.... (Category: Life in Madison)
Greetings from the International Conference on Contracts (February 08, 2008)
Fred Tung and I will be presenting papers at the Fourth International Conference on Contracts tomorrow morning. Today is the... (Category: Conferences, Contracts)
Fixing Mail, Helping the Environment, Improving Public Safety ... A No-Brainer Proposal (February 07, 2008)
I just finished shredding today's credit card offers. My family receives an average of about three per day, and they... (Category: Miscellany)
Currywurst and Champagne (February 05, 2008)
If you have been to Berlin, I assume that you have sampled Currywurst. I prefer Bosner (or Bosna) Wurst, which... (Category: Food, Intellectual Property)
Charles Handy on "The Market" (February 05, 2008)
Marketplace launched what promises to be an interesting series of commentaries yesterday by Charles Handy, founder of the London Business... (Category: Economics)
Flickr Users Protest Microsoft's Yahoo! Bid (February 04, 2008)
Flickr users are not taking the Microsoft bid for Flickr-parent Yahoo! lying down. They are doing what Flickr users do... (Category: M&A)
Welcome Guest Blogger Donald Clarke (February 04, 2008)
Don Clarke is Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School, where he specializes in Chinese law. You... (Category: Administrative)
Best Super Bowl Ads (February 04, 2008)
I didn't watch the game, but the ads are available here. The top five, in my humble opinion, below the... (Category: Marketing)
Klondike (February 02, 2008)
Yesterday I drove into the Uinta National Forest, not far from here, for a Boy Scout winter camp, which insiders... (Category: Travel)
The Writers' Strike Over? (February 02, 2008)
Not quite, but close. According to the NYT, one issue remains unresolved: A final sticking point had been compensation for... (Category: Television)
Microsoft & Yahoo! (February 01, 2008)
So many questions ... How does Yahoo! feel about this proposal? The companies have been talking about a deal for... (Category: M&A)
Gordon B. Hinckley, RIP (January 27, 2008)
Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died this evening at the age of... (Category: Religion)
Subprime Explained (January 25, 2008)
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Plateaus (January 22, 2008)
If you haven't heard, StickK is now live and accepting contracts. StickK founder and Yale economist Dean Karlan suggested that... (Category: Miscellany)
Welcome Guest Blogger Renee Jones (January 22, 2008)
Renee Jones, Associate Professor at Boston College Law School and veteran blogger at Corporate Law and Democracy, will join us... (Category: )
"What does the board do?" (January 22, 2008)
Tom Perkins asks, then answers: You meet at 8:30am and planes have to be caught around 1pm. An audit committee... (Category: Corporate Governance)
How Low Can You Go? (January 21, 2008)
That's what everyone is wondering about Tuesday's stock market. Asia and Europe are down big again. The Dow Jones Stock... (Category: Securities)
Meg Whitman to Leave eBay (January 21, 2008)
The W$J is reporting that Meg Whitman is about to step down as CEO of eBay. Speculation about Whitman's potential... (Category: eBay)
Time to Panic! (January 21, 2008)
While US markets rest for MLK Day, stock markets around the world are tumbling over fears of a U.S. recession.... (Category: Securities)
Bobby Fisher: Too Disturbed For This World (January 18, 2008)
Bobby Fischer is dead. Fischer-Spassky was a phenomenon, but Fischer was a sick man. Sad story. (Category: Popular Culture)
Irish Entrepreneurship (January 17, 2008)
The NYT suggests that Ireland's recent entrepreneurial success is the "culmination of nearly four decades of government policies." Here's the... (Category: Entrepreneurship)
Welcome Guest Blogger Garry Jenkins (January 14, 2008)
Garry Jenkins, Assistant Professor of Law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, is joining Danny Sokol as... (Category: Administrative)
Welcome Guest Blogger, Daniel Sokol (January 07, 2008)
We are very pleased to welcome my friend, Danny Sokol, Visiting Associate Professor of Law at the University of Missouri... (Category: Administrative)
AALS Section on Business Associations (January 03, 2008)
The Section on Business Associations will meet today from 2:00-5:00 pm in Murray Hill A, Second Floor, Hilton New York.... (Category: AALS)
Conglomerate Meetup @ AALS (January 03, 2008)
The Conglomerate bloggers will be hanging out in the CALI booth in the AALS Exhibit Hall at 10 am today.... (Category: AALS)
New Year's Resolutions (December 29, 2007)
I usually make New Year's Resolutions. But why? Justin Wolfers offers some possible explanations. Two of his suggestions resonated with... (Category: Economics)
StickK.com (December 29, 2007)
Have you seen StickK.com? If not, this story from the Yale Daily News offers a nice description of the concept:... (Category: Economics)
Surrogacy Contracts (December 29, 2007)
I don't teach the Baby M case in Contracts, but this story from Marketplace about surrogacy in India and the... (Category: Contracts)
Running to the Temptations (December 29, 2007)
Speaking of losing weight, about halfway through the past semester, I started running for the first time in my life.... (Category: Miscellany)
Lateral Hiring in Law Schools (December 27, 2007)
Michael O'Hear is wondering about lateral hiring of law school faculty. He senses an upswing in lateral hiring and wonders... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
W$J Pick "Best of Ads, Worst of Ads" for 2007 (December 26, 2007)
Here. Some of the Best ... Well, that was fun, but are you more likely to buy the products after... (Category: Marketing)
It's Official: I'm "Overweight"! (December 26, 2007)
Regular readers of Conglomerate know that I have been working to reduce my weight. When I initially disclosed my plan... (Category: Food)
When Fake Steve Job's Cries Wolf, Is He Really In Distress? (December 23, 2007)
Is Daniel Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs, pulling our legs? Take a look at his posts from Saturday about a... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
Whew! (December 22, 2007)
We were screaming in the Smith household when BYU defensive tackle Eathyn Manumaleuna got a hand on a field goal... (Category: Sports)
Americans on Globalization and Immigration (December 19, 2007)
A recent W$J poll on globalization and immigration ... (Category: Globalization/Trade)
User Reviews (December 19, 2007)
I just purchased a new mobile phone. The last time I did this, I asked for advice from readers, and... (Category: Marketing)
The Beatles' Ashram (December 19, 2007)
Today's WaPo has an article about the dilapidated state of the ashram in northern India where the Beatles studied with... (Category: Popular Culture)
Domino's: "You Got 30 Minutes" (December 17, 2007)
It's not a 30-minute guarantee, exactly, but Domino's wants us to remember the golden days. The problem with the old... (Category: Agency Law, Marketing)
The CEO Model in Higher Education (December 17, 2007)
John Wiley, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently announced his decision to step down next year. The debate over... (Category: )
Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp on "A Mormon President?" (December 17, 2007)
Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp is not a Mormon. She is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies at the... (Category: Religion)
Gregory Mark on Lawrence Mitchell, The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry (December 16, 2007)
Gregory Mark of Rutgers School of Law has been kind enough to contribute another review of Larry Mitchell's book, The... (Category: Book Club)
Ouch! (December 16, 2007)
By the way, no foul was called on this play. (Category: Sports)
Some a cappella Christmas cheer (December 16, 2007)
Earlier this semester, I saw a performance of BYU's outstanding men's a cappella group, Vocal Point, whose version of Thriller... (Category: Music)
The Vistaprint-Businessmax Scam (December 14, 2007)
The first time this entry appeared on my Discovercard bill, I assumed that my wife had purchased some office supplies... (Category: Internet)
Marrying for Money (December 14, 2007)
Robert Frank has an interesting column in the WSJ today, reporting a survey by Prince & Associates, a Connecticut-based wealth-research... (Category: Economics)
The Most Amazing Thing About This Play ... (December 13, 2007)
... is not that Trent Plaisted is 6' 11" and still has that sort of leaping ability. No. The most... (Category: Sports)
The Glen L. Farr Professor of Law (December 13, 2007)
The Dean had a very nice surprise for me yesterday, as he bestowed an endowed professorship. I don't know much... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
The Mitchell Report (December 13, 2007)
George Mitchell's report on the use of performance enhancing drugs is now available. As expected, the list of players is... (Category: )
The AALS Workshop on Transactional Law (December 13, 2007)
This past May I blogged about a proposal to the Professional Development Committee of the Association of American Law Schools... (Category: AALS, Contracts, Transactional Law)
Gordon Smith on Larry Mitchell, The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry (December 10, 2007)
Like the other reviewers, I quite enjoyed Larry's detailed description of the "formative era of American corporate capitalism" from 1897-1919.... (Category: Book Club)
Steven Bank on Lawrence Mitchell, The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry (December 10, 2007)
Welcome to the Conglomerate Book Club! As we announced in October, we will be focusing today on Larry Mitchell's new... (Category: Book Club)
The Coaches Poll (December 03, 2007)
Have you ever been asked to complete the US News survey that is used to rank law schools? Do you... (Category: Sports)
Welcome Guest Blogger, Troy Paredes (December 03, 2007)
We are thrilled to have Troy Paredes joining Jennifer O'Hare as a current guest blogger. Troy is a professor at... (Category: Administrative)
The National Championship Fetish (December 02, 2007)
Gene Wojciechowski rails against the BCS (again), but he is all about who should be in the so-called "national championship."... (Category: Sports)
The Brouhaha Over Faculty Citation Analysis (November 28, 2007)
Brian Leiter's law faculty citation analysis is meeting plenty of resistance, to which Brian ably responds. As usual, Paul Caron... (Category: Legal Scholarship)
ABA Journal Blawg 100 (November 28, 2007)
We made the list of the "100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers, as chosen by the editors of... (Category: Administrative)
RE<C (November 27, 2007)
That's Google's new formula, which means "electricity from renewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricity produced from coal."... (Category: Google)
Welcome Guest Blogger, Jennifer O'Hare (November 26, 2007)
Jennifer O'Hare is Professor of Law at the Villanova University School of Law, where she teaches Business Organizations and several... (Category: Administrative)
Why Are There No Right Answers in Law School? (November 16, 2007)
Describing how legal reasoning is distinctive is no easy task, but my former colleague from Wisconsin, Beth Mertz, does a... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)
Birthday Door (November 16, 2007)
Today is my birthday, and when I arrived at the office, I was greeted by this colorful door, courtesy of... (Category: Miscellany)
Entrepreneurs on Horseback (November 16, 2007)
Last spring a group of young scholars gathered in Madison, Wisconsin for the Law and Entrepreneurship Retreat. Some members of... (Category: Law & Entrepreneurship)
Bloggership (November 16, 2007)
Paul Caron has all the relevant links: I am delighted that the papers from our symposium on Bloggership: How Blogs... (Category: Blogs and Blawgs, Legal Scholarship)
Consumed (November 12, 2007)
Someone at Marketplace is way into sustainability, and my favorite podcast is doing a weeklong feature on the consumer economy... (Category: Miscellany)
"Find the crow and I'll eat it" (November 12, 2007)
With Christine blogging about college football, I was feeling a bit left out. So here is an update on happenings... (Category: Sports)
Nancy Nord's Theory of Regulation (November 07, 2007)
Have you been following the controversy over the Consumer Product Safety Commission? In the wake of various reports of toxic... (Category: Retailing)
"Bad Mom Confessions" (November 06, 2007)
A couple of hours ago, people starting showing up at Conglomerate after following a search for "Bad Mom Confessions" on... (Category: Administrative)
The World's First Trillion Dollar Company (November 06, 2007)
That's what Marketplace is calling PetroChina. But the company is substantially overvalued, according to commentators. Here's the story: Chinese investors... (Category: Securities)
"The Devastating Obsoleteness of Legal Education" (October 30, 2007)
Earlier today, I discovered Lawrence Friedman's Contract Law in America: A Social and Economic Case Study, written while Friedman was... (Category: Contracts)
If you thought the World Series was boring, try this ... (October 28, 2007)
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