Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

A few more court decisions like this one...

...from Italy, and Google might actually have to live up to its motto, "Do no evil," or at least drop the caveat which is the company's actual motto ("Do no evil, unless there is money to be made").   According to the linked article, "During the trial, Google said a guilty verdict could have a chilling effect on the development of the Internet in Italy and, perhaps, more widely across Europe."  Goodness, would Italian or European civilization survive if "the development of the Internet" were slowed?  How could that be possible? 

Smith from Iowa to Wash U/St. Louis

Peggie Smith (employment law, employment discrimination) at the University of Iowa College of Law has accepted a senior offer from the law school at Washington University in St. Louis.

Law Review Circulation Figures--Like Employment Stats in U.S. News?

A work of the imagination? Perhaps.

Morriss from Illinois to Alabama

Andrew Morriss, whose wide-ranging work covers issues in employment law, environmental law, regulatory policy, and empirical legal studies, and who moved only a few years ago from Case Western to the University of Illinois, has now accepted a Chair in the law school at the University of Alabama.  That's a major pick-up for Alabama!

Has the ABA Journal Hired Matt Drudge to Write Article Headlines?

One might think so judging from this:  "Law Student Charged with Contempt for Exposing Daughter to Christianity."  Of course, what really brought the contempt charge was violation of a court order growing out of a divorce and custody dispute.  Really, shouldn't the journal of the legal profession be more responsible?

 

Filler's List of Faculty Moves for 2010

Here.  Note that Professor Filler also posts information about untenured lateral moves.

Pepperdine Law Dean Ken Starr Named President of Baylor U. in Texas

Story here.

(Thanks to Mark Osler for the pointer.)

Waterhouse from Florida International to Indiana/Indianapolis

Carlton Waterhouse (environmental law, critical theory), Associate Professor of Law at Florida International University, has accepted appointment as Professor of Law at Indiana University, Indianapolis.

NYU's Weiler Charged with "Criminal Libel" (!) in France by Author of a Book Unfavorably Reviewed in Journal Weiler Edits

Details of this unbelievable case here.

Risch from West Virginia to Villanova

Michael Risch (patents, intellectual property, Cyberlaw), Associate Professor of Law at West Virginia University, has accepted appointment as Associate Professor of Law at Villanova University for 2010-11.