April 22, 2013 at 11:19 am
This article nicely summarizes the many legal issues presented by the investigation and prosecution of the Marathon bomber. We covered most of these issues in class, but in case you want some further reading. It sounds like the federal defender’s office will be representing him — this is an office of government lawyers that act […]
April 17, 2013 at 4:46 pm
I am currently boring my husband by obsessing over a recent insider trading case brought against a partner at KPMG. Many of you probably have heard of KPMG, a large audit firm with a strong reputation. Scott London was a 29-year veteran of the company, and was a senior partner. Despite all this success, he […]
April 17, 2013 at 7:46 am
The news is full of bad things right now. I have a bunch of articles that my students have sent me recently (so much interest! so engaged!) that I want to share, but I am having trouble finding it appropriate. I grew up in New York, and now consider myself a Bostonian after living here […]
April 10, 2013 at 6:28 pm
Imagine if I not only knew whether you did the assigned reading for class, but which passages in the book you paid attention to, and which you skimmed. I would have complete knowledge of who is prepared, every day. The horror! Interestingly, many professors are starting to use an e-book coupled with software that compiles […]
April 8, 2013 at 10:38 am
In what may be one of the greatest generational gaps of our time, I find it completely creepy that websites like Facebook and Google collect information about me and my life, and use it to sell me stuff. And my students don’t seem to care one tiny bit. Or they just don’t want to talk […]
April 5, 2013 at 10:03 am
All my students know that I hold cell phone and cable companies in a special place of dishonor because of the apparent unfairness of the contracts that we all sign with these companies. It seems half my paycheck goes to pay for my cell phone and TV, but like the rest of you, I could […]
