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Faculty Blogs: Warns Institute Day One

Posted on June 18, 2009
The day began with David Leightty's review of Kentucky employment law.  When I was teaching labor law, we were wondering about the rules governing the racetracks in Kentucky since the NLRA declines jurisdiction over tracks.  I learned from the talk that Kentucky has an equivalent protection to Section 7 that applies to the tracks...

Faculty Blogs: SLA, Part 2: You Don't Look Like a Librarian

Posted on June 18, 2009
Monday morning began with a 7 AM SLA Legal Division Business Meeting generously sponsored by BNA. I learned that BNA employs 150 reporters to cover the Supreme Court and was informed of its "economic stimulus package", which includes additional tools for SLA members...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Shine-Ola

Posted on June 17, 2009
UofL Law alumnus Daniel J. Canon is a civil rights teacher, guitar teacher, and stage actor. His musical talents are most evident in his role as a principal in his band, Shine-Ola. Graced by the voice and guitar-playing of Dan's wife, Laura Ellis, Shine-Ola is a perennial participant in the Law School's annual battle of the bands, Lawlapalooza...

Faculty Blogs: SLA, Part 2: You Don't Look Like a Librarian

Posted on June 17, 2009
Monday morning began with a 7 AM SLA Legal Division Business Meeting generously sponsored by BNA. I learned that BNA employs 200 reporters to cover the Supreme Court and was informed of its "economic stimulus package", which includes additional tools for SLA members...

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The Cardinal Lawyer: Not with a bang but a tweet

Posted on June 16, 2009
Photo: Ben Curtis/Associated Press This is the way revolution begins. This is the way revolution begins. Not with a bang but a tweet. Social networking is fueling the flow of information from and within Iran. It's scooping conventional media to the point that #cnnfail has become a leading Twitter meme...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Feudalism Unmodified / Something Blue

Posted on June 16, 2009
The Cardinal Lawyer has often spoken of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and its role in spreading the scholarly work and enhancing the academic reputation of the Law School's faculty. Feature stories such as these — one, two, three, four, and more — have explained why every graduate and friend of UofL Law should bookmark the Law School's SSRN aggregator and subscribe to that aggregator's RSS feed ...

Faculty Blogs: SLA, Part 1: Spies, Beehives and a 4-Star General

Posted on June 15, 2009
On Saturday, I arrived in Washington, DC for the annual Special Libraries Association's conference. First order of business after having checked into the hotel was attending the Information Technology Division's board meeting. While there, I reunited with an "old' friend from Hawaii, reacquainted myself with collegues I met at the SLA Leadership Conference in Savannah, and submitted my report as the Webmaster Section Chair...

Faculty Blogs: Attorney General's Opinion on Constitutionality of Video Lottery Terminals

Posted on June 15, 2009
The opinion of Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway on whether s. 226 of the Kentucky Constitution prohibits video "slot machines" operated by the Kentucky Lottery Commision was released today.  The opinion (co-signed by my law school classmate Jennifer Black Hans, class of '95) is very well-reasoned and is a text-book perfect model for analyzing both a section of the state constitution (the 1891 section 226) and an amendment to the document (current 226(1) adopted in 1992)...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Senator Christopher Dodd, on a roll

Posted on June 14, 2009
Senator Christopher J. Dodd, a 1972 law graduate of the University of Louisville, was profiled this weekend in a New York Times column by Gail Collins: Mr. Dodd's Best/Worst Year Big week in Washington, what with final action on the tobacco regulation bill, under the leadership of Senator Christopher Dodd...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Bar none

Posted on June 12, 2009
The 2009 convention of the Kentucky Bar Association is now over. I consider this a very good moment to thank the members of the Kentucky bar, especially those who received their legal education at the University of Louisville, for their contributions to the finest, most dedicated group of lawyers I have been privileged to know...

Faculty Blogs: Dangerous Incompetence

Posted on June 10, 2009
Fourteen months ago, a man named Warren Stone, age 55, bludgeoned, mutilated, and killed his 78-year old mother in Henry County, Kentucky.  In the first hours after the killing, Mr. Stone, who is mentally retarded, sat alone by his mother's dead body...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Least complicated

Posted on June 08, 2009
Euler's identity: ei? + 1 = 0   Some long ago when we were taught That for whatever kind of puzzle you got You just stick the right formula in A solution for every fool — Indigo Girls, Least Complicated, Swamp Ophelia (1994) »  Reprinted from the June 2009 issue of Louisville Bar Briefs   « Before the 2008 campaign season changed history and realigned the American political landscape, I had always regarded Amy Ray and Emily Saliers as the most famous people with whom I shared a college campus in my youth...

The Cardinal Lawyer: All a-Twitter: Looking in, breaking out

Posted on June 05, 2009
Regular readers of this forum know that I am a big fan of Twitter. I'm constantly looking for followers for my Twitter page, and my two most recent tweets always appear at the top of this page. Two competing essays published this week predict vastly different fates for Twitter...

Faculty Blogs: CLE materials on Ethics and Organizational Clients and on Arbitration Strategies

Posted on June 04, 2009
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking as part of the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission's CLE seminar at the House Chamber in the Capitol Building.Attached here are the slides of the first presentation on "Ex Parte Communication and Confidentiality Issues with Organizational Clients," and the related article...

The Cardinal Lawyer: UofL Connection (June 2009) and the Warns Institute

Posted on June 04, 2009
The June 2009 issue of UofL Connection highlights the 26th Annual Carl A. Warns Jr. Labor and Employment Law Institute, a leading offering in the Law School's CLE programs for fall and summer 2009: Thursday-Friday, June 18-19. 26th Annual Carl A...

Faculty Blogs: Coleman v. Franken: Minnesota Supreme Court Video Oral Argument

Posted on June 03, 2009
The oral arguments in the U.S. Senate election dispute between Norm Coleman and Al Franken, justice Alan Page presiding,  is now available on the Minnesota Supreme Court website.If you like election law, they are fascinating:Minnesota Supreme Court Video Oral Argumenthttp://www...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Cocktail reception for UofL Law alumni and friends at the KBA Convention

Posted on June 02, 2009
Cocktail reception for UofL Law alumni and friends Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:30–9:00 p.m. The Sunset Room at The Waterfront 14 Pete Rose Pier Covington, KY 41011 (859) 581-1414 Just attend. No need to RSVP. Please join Dean Jim Chen at The Waterfront, 14 Pete Rose Pier, Covington, KY 41011, for a cocktail reception honoring alumni and friends of the University of Louisville School of Law during the 2009 convention of the Kentucky Bar Association...

Faculty Blogs: Justice on the Campaign Trail

Posted on June 02, 2009
News coverage would suggest that the nomination of U.S. Federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor has unleashed a fire storm of criticism and led to active campaigning for and against her confirmation to the Supreme Court.  However, except for the efforts of radio host Rush Limbaughand the new-book hawking Newt Gingrich, the campaign against the nomination has been fairly lukewarm...

The Cardinal Lawyer: The UofL honored its law graduates

Posted on June 01, 2009
The Louisville Courier-Journal published the following letter to the editor, under the title U of L honored its law graduates, in its print and online editions of May 31, 2009. The controversy to which my letter alludes was described in greater detail by two other letters to the editor, one by a member of the class of 2009 and another by a member of the law faculty...

Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Muller v. Oregon

Posted on May 31, 2009
The Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville occasionally awards the Brandeis Medal to people who have made significant contributions to individual liberty and public service. The 2003 recipient was Ruth Bader Ginsburg. At the award ceremony, Bader Ginsburg gave the speech “From Brandeis to Breyer: Is There a Jewish Seat?” Unfortunately, I can’t find a copy of the speech online, but it was printed in the Brandeis at 150 book...

Faculty Blogs: Checklist of Workplace Privacy Laws

Posted on May 29, 2009
If you are representing clients dealing with workplace privacy issues, you may be interested in Lisa Smith-Butler's article, Workplace Privacy:  We'll Be Watching You, 35 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 53 (2009).  For those representing an employee who "believes an employer has gone too far and invaded his or her privacy," the article provides a checklist...

Peter Scott Campbell's blog: New Brandeis Portrait Unveiled

Posted on May 28, 2009
A new portrait of Brandeis has been painted and it had its public unveiling here at the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. Maine artist Rob Shetterly has been painting a series of portraits he calls “Americans Who Tell the Truth...

Jennifer Martin's Blog: Small business in action!

Posted on May 28, 2009
I wanted to share this "fun" commercial picture of a small businessman in action in Moscow, Russia. This kiosk is right near Red Square, but most of the kiosks were only lightly filled with shoppers. Tourism is certainly down in Moscow with hotels reporting occupancy down around 50%...

Jennifer Martin's Blog: New Investments to the IMF

Posted on May 28, 2009
The IMF has been busy helping countries respond to the economic crisis through financing. Lending commitments are at a record $157 billion. One of the changes, though, has been an easing of the loan conditions that often went along with IMF aid. The IMF has often encouraged political policy changes in exchange for money...

Faculty Blogs: Judge Sonia Sotomayor?s Legal Language

Posted on May 27, 2009
  Judge Sonia Sotomayor 's background has been discussed at length since her nomination for a seat on the Supreme Court.  But what about her legal language?  In my study of federal judges, Judge Sotomayor received high marks for gender neutrality.  She took care to avoid gender-biased male pronouns in framing her case opinions, sometimes by using neutral pairs like "his or her...

Jennifer Martin's Blog: Unauthorized Credit Card Charges - Out of Country

Posted on May 26, 2009
As some of you know, I am teaching Transactions in Emerging Markets as part of the University of San Diego Moscow Program. Of course, paying for things in Moscow is a fun matter! The currency exchange rate for Rubles right now is $1:33.334 RUB. With the less than stellar exchange rate, the company renting me a flat priced the rental in dollars...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Memorial Day 2009

Posted on May 22, 2009
The University of Louisville sends all of you this Memorial Day message from Provost Shirley Willihnganz and urges everyone in the UofL family to remember the sacrifices made by Americans in the service of their country. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document...

Faculty Blogs: The Paper Trail of Judge Wood

Posted on May 21, 2009
Still in the midst of its review of Judge Sotomayor, SCOTUSBlog is now beginning a review of U.S. Seventh Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood, the other main candidate for Justice Souter's seat who has a significant record of published opinions.  Judge Wood was in DC recently and it has been reported that she met with President Obama...

Faculty Blogs: Bring Me the Opinions of Sonia Sotomayor

Posted on May 20, 2009
While the press and many blogs have engaged in widespread speculation (see below) about who President Obama may pick for the Supreme Court, SCOTUSBlog has been methodically analyzing the opinions of the leading candidate, Sonia Sotomayor.  The (now) four-part series suggests that she is no radical, and would likely rule in a manner not unlike the person she is replacing, David Souter...

The Cardinal Lawyer: The true face and the true meaning of graduation

Posted on May 18, 2009
Of all the pictures in the Law School's photo gallery celebrating the graduation of the class of 2009, this group photo is my favorite. Graduation truly is a celebration of our students, their accomplishments, and the lives they will lead. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document...

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