On the Design of Legal Rules: Balancing Versus Structured Decision Procedures
Found this article on the Harvard Law Review and found it sparking some interesting conversations about the balancing vs. structured decision procedures and which option might be best. Important doctrines in diverse areas of law employ structured decision procedures requiring, Read more…
How should we interpret legal instruments? How do we identify the law they create? Current approaches largely fall into two broad camps. The standard picture of interpretation is focused on language, using various linguistic conventions to discover a document’s meaning Read more…
How to build and leverage your legal brand on LinkedIn The digital age has transformed the way lawyers do business and market themselves in a job search. Having graduated law school in 2003, the pre-LinkedIn era, the requirements for Read more…
According to The Legal Executive Institute’s 2018 State of Corporate Law Departments: Innovation, Data and Collaboration Drive Optimal Results, one goal of a modern and proactive corporate legal team should be “to maximize shareholder value by driving up the effectiveness and Read more…
The recent paradigm slip into pseudo-contract raises a complex blend of linguistic, factual, conceptual, practical, normative, and doctrinal problems. Under the mantle of “contract,” the problems of pseudo-contract have remained largely hidden. In this Article we expose these problems and Read more…
Recent research indicates that labor market power has contributed to wage inequality and economic stagnation. Although the antitrust laws prohibit firms from restricting competition in labor markets as in product markets, the government does little to address the labor market Read more…
Let’s Talk About You, Your Colleagues and Your Clients It takes a lot of different people to make your firm run smoothly. That’s why Tabs3 has created billing, practice management, and financial software that fits the needs of a lot Read more…
Last month, we learned of the death of Paul Rawlinson, global chairman of Baker McKenzie. At 56, Rawlinson took a medical leave six months ago, citing health concerns related to exhaustion. This news comes on the heels of several high-profile suicides and a Read more…
According to The Legal Executive Institute’s 2018 State of Corporate Law Departments: Innovation, Data and Collaboration Drive Optimal Results, one goal of a modern and proactive corporate legal team should be “to maximize shareholder value by driving up the effectiveness and Read more…
This Article explores a basic question of precedent formation: When a majority of the Supreme Court cannot agree on a rule of decision, can the Court nonetheless create a precedent? Under the Marks rule, the answer is yes: a fragmented Court decision Read more…