January 18, 2016
The Golden Rule of Conduct
In honor of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., a quotation from Mahatma Gandhi, one of his heroes: The golden rule of conduct…is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall see Truth in fragments … Continue reading
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January 13, 2016
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Civil Forfeiture and the Constitution, Caleb Nelson, Yale Law Journal, Forthcoming; Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2. Cohabitants, Choice, and the Public Interest, Robert Leckey, Philosophical Foundations of Children’s and Family Law (OUP), Elizabeth Brake and … Continue reading
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January 11, 2016
Hefner’s Life “Estate”
Fox News quoted me in Playboy Mansion for Sale — With One Tenant for Life. It reads, in part, We called it: In October, we revealed that the Playboy mansion — home to Hugh Hefner and the site of epic … Continue reading
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January 6, 2016
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
House Prices and Job Losses, Gabor Pinter, Bank of England Working Paper No. 569. The Dynamics of Adjustable-Rate Subprime Mortgage Default: A Structural Estimation, Hanming Fang, You Suk Kim & Wenli Li, PIER Working Paper No. 041. High and Low … Continue reading
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January 4, 2016
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed suit against Trump Village Section IV in Brooklyn for allegedly violating the Fair Housing Act by not allowing emotional support dogs to live with their owners who suffered from disabilities. Ocwen Financial Corp. … Continue reading
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January 1, 2016
Auld Lang Syne
To commemorate 2015, Robert Burns’ Old Lange Syne, translated into modern English, (thank you, Wikipedia!): Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne? CHORUS: For auld lang syne, my … Continue reading
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December 30, 2015
Craziest Real Estate Windfalls
Realtor.com quoted me in A Brief History of Crazy Real Estate Windfalls. It opens, Real estate is one of those things where it’s hard to differentiate between a once-in-a-lifetime deal or an epic bomb without the benefit of hindsight. Want proof? Let’s … Continue reading
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