March 2, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
Morgan Stanley agrees to pay the DOJ $2.6 billion to end investigation about its mortgage-backed securities deals during the financial crisis. MetLife settles with DOJ for $123.5 million for issuing mortgages that did not meet underwriting standards. Settlement Agreement. Statement … Continue reading
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February 18, 2015
Hockett on Postliberal Finance
Bob Hockett has posted Preliberal Autonomy and Postliberal Finance to SSRN. The abstract reads, Even American Founders whose views diverged as dramatically as those of Jefferson and Hamilton shared a view of finance and of enterprise that one might call … Continue reading
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February 16, 2015
Washington’s Farewell
President Washington had this to say in his farewell address: The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your … Continue reading
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February 2, 2015
Enhanced REFinblog — in Beta
REFinblog.com is adding new content, Mondays through Fridays. Brooklyn Law School student fellows will post links to important real estate documents each day at 9:30am on the following topics: Monday: Adjudications (Court & Administrative Decisions) Tuesday: Regulatory Updates Wednesday: Research … Continue reading
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January 19, 2015
MLK and Agape
Martin Luther King, Jr., at the YMCA and YWCA at the University at Berkeley, June 4, 1957: The Greek language uses three words for love. It talks about eros. Eros is a sort of aesthetic love. It has come to … Continue reading
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January 5, 2015
Reiss En Español
Telemundo quoted me in Consejos para Ahorrar Dinero Este 2015. It opens, Recibos. ¿Llegó la cuenta del agua o la luz más alto este mes? ¡No lo ignores! Según David Reiss, investigador del Centro de emprendimiento de Negocios Urbanos y … Continue reading
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January 1, 2015
New Year’s Morning
New Year’s Morning Helen Hunt Jackson Only a night from old to new! Only a night, and so much wrought! The Old Year’s heart all weary grew, But said: “The New Year rest has brought.” The Old Year’s hopes its … Continue reading
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