Michigan Law Junior Scholars Conference (November 30, 2018)

The University of Michigan Law School invites junior scholars to attend the 5th Annual Junior Scholars Conference, which will be... (Category: Administrative)

Corpus Linguistics in the US Supreme Court (again) (November 21, 2018)

Corpus linguistics made its debut in federal court in February 2018 when Judge Dabney L. Friedrich cited COHA in an... (Category: Corpus Linguistics)

Law and Entrepreneurship Association - Call for Papers (November 18, 2018)

The 13th annual meeting of the Law and Entrepreneurship Association (LEA) will be held on April 5, 2019 at Boston... (Category: )

Call for Papers: Ethics in Business Transactions (July 05, 2016)

The AALS Section on Transactional Law and Skills is seeking paper proposals for its program on "Ethics in Business Transactions"... (Category: AALS, Administrative, Transactional Law)

Michigan Supreme Court Embraces Corpus Linguistics (June 28, 2016)

In the case of People v. Harris, the Michigan Supreme Court became the first state supreme court in the United... (Category: Corpus Linguistics)

The 2016 Texas Legal Scholars Workshop (April 08, 2016)

The Southern Methodist University (SMU) Dedman School of Law and the University of Houston Law Center are sponsoring The 2016... (Category: Conferences)

Firms and Fiduciaries (February 12, 2016)

Scholarship on fiduciary law is enjoying a new burst of energy in the U.S., and I am grateful to be... (Category: Fiduciary Law)

AALS Section Meetings (January 07, 2016)

It was an eventful first day at AALS, including some unscripted excitement at the Securities Regulation panel. When I scooted... (Category: AALS)

Teaching Transactional Law and Skills (December 03, 2015)

Emory Law School is hosting a conference on June 10-11, 2016 entitled "Method in the Madness: The Art and Science... (Category: Conferences, Transactional Law)

Jennejohn on "Multivalent Contracting" (November 03, 2015)

My colleague, Matt Jennejohn, has just posted to SSRN an excellent paper on innovation and contract design. The Private Order... (Category: Contracts, Economics, Empirical Legal Studies, Innovation)

Lisa Fairfax to the SEC (October 20, 2015)

Our own Lisa Fairfax has been nominated to fill an opening on the Securities and Exchange Commission. Congratulations, Lisa! Well... (Category: Administrative, Securities)

Announcing New "Fiduciary Law" eJournal from SSRN (September 29, 2015)

I am very pleased to be editing the new "Fiduciary Law" eJournal on SSRN. You can see a first cut... (Category: Fiduciary Law)

Conference: Contract, Status, and Fiduciary Law (September 28, 2015)

I am very pleased to be writing a paper for this conference: The McGill University Faculty of Law is pleased... (Category: Fiduciary Law)

Law and Entrepreneurship Association Call for Papers (September 28, 2015)

The tenth annual meeting of the Law and Entrepreneurship Association (LEA) will occur on January 22-23, 2016 at the University... (Category: Law & Entrepreneurship)

Hypocrisy and Ashley Madison (August 22, 2015)

I don't recall ever hearing of Ashley Madison prior to news of of the recent hack, but since that happened,... (Category: Miscellany)