Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

775 law professors file amici brief in support of Susman Godfrey's battle with federal tyranny

Here.

Seven law professors elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

They are:  Deborah Archer (NYU), Oona Hathaway (Yale), Kenneth Mack (Harvard), Liam Murphy (NYU), Daniel Rodriguez (Northwestern), Edward Rubin (Vanderbilt), and Kevin Washburn (Iowa).

Corporate Practice Commentator's "top 10" corporate & securities articles for 2024

The selected articles are:

Contract Production in M&A Markets, 171 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1881-1924 (2023), Choi, Stephen J; Gulati, Mitu; Jennejohn, Mathew; Scott, Robert E.

Corporate Racial Responsibility, 124 Colum. L. Rev. 361-430 (2024), Fletcher, Gina-Gail S; Lovelace, H. Timothy Jr.

Gender and the Social Structure of Exclusion in U.S. Corporate Law, 90 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1819-1888 (2023), Afsharipour, Afra; Jennejohn, Mathew

Paying for Performance? Attorneys’ Fees in Fraud Class Actions, 21 J. Empirical Legal Stud. 899-926 (2024), Choi, Stephen; Erickson, Jessica M.; Pritchard. A.C.

The Administrative Origins of Mandatory Disclosure, 40 J. Corp. L. 1143-1200 (2024), Platt, Alexander I.

The Lost Promise of Private Ordering, 109 Cornell L. Rev. 1-62 (2023), Hwang, Cathy; Nili, Yaron; McClane, Jeremy

The Making and Meaning of ESG, 14 Harv. Bus. L. Rev. 403-453 (2024), Pollman, Elizabeth

The Rise of Private Equity Continuation Funds, 172 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1601-1666 (2024), Kastiel, Kobi; Nili, Yaron

The Sea Corporation, 108 Cornell L. Rev. 1569-1638 (2023), Anderson, Robert

Voting Rights in Corporate Governance: History and Political Economy, 96 S. Cal. L. Rev. 881-942 (2023), Haan, Sarah C.

 

Advice to law firms in dealing with Trump: do not negotiate!

Sensible advice from Sheila Heen, a professor of practice and negotiation expert at Harvard Law School:   Download Negotiation Strategy Notes for Law Firms Heen April 12 2025.  Good advice for universities too!  

(Thanks to Richard Bales for the pointer.)

Susman Godfrey responds the way all honorable law firms should to Trump's unlawful threats

Here: 

Anyone who knows Susman Godfrey knows we believe in the rule of law, and we take seriously our duty to uphold it. This principle guides us now. There is no question that we will fight this unconstitutional order.

It looks like the "Skadden Fellow" brand is now tarnished after the firm's capitulation to Trump...

...in the opinion of hundreds of former Skadden Fellows.

"Independent Law Journal"

Here.  I was astonished to find my name on a list of "supporters":  I am neither a supporter nor an opponent.  Paul Robinson had emailed me and many others about the idea, and I gave him some advice, and also made clear I had neither the time nor the interest in participating in the undertaking.

UPDATE:  My name has been removed, but others, it turns out, were also listed without their permission.  Not a good start and pretty unprofessional.

ANOTHER:  Jeffrey Seaman, the student EIC of the Independent Law Journal, kindly shared the following:   "The ILJ accidentally copied several names from a list of potential supporters to a list of public supporters when first launching our website. We have corrected the mistake and sincerely apologize for any confusion it caused. We will make sure it does not happen again and are grateful for people’s understanding as we work to get this new journal started.” I

Letter from Harvard Law faculty about the "rule of law"

Here.  Some unsurprising names are absent from the letter (e.g., Adrian Vermeule).