The promotion committee at Western New England University School of Law recently voted to promote Jeanne Kaiser and Harris Freeman to the status of full Professor of Legal Research and Writing.In addition, the committee voted to promote Myra Olren to
State OK’s Springfield Biomass Plant
As reported here, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources recently proposed new rules (pdf) regulating large wood-burning power plants. These rules call for stringent efficiency standards, notably the encouragement of co-generation (the productive use of waste heat). The impetus for the new
Ibanez Foreclosure Decision a Concern for Massachusetts Lenders
In a widely-covered slip opinion issued late last week, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts denied two securitization trustees’ requests to quiet title with respect to a pair of foreclosed homes. Press reaction was fast and perhaps a touch too
Going Mano-a-Monorail: Tort Liability for Bum Design Advice
You may recall, as Blawgletter fondly does, a Simpsons episode featuring a monorail that an itinerant huckster — Lyle Lanley — convinced the good people of Springfield to buy for $3 million. The money came from a fine the town
. . . I hear the rolling contract . . .
Interesting contract question came up lthe other night in a Sheraton hotel in Springfield, Mass. The hotel, guests are informed when they register, is nonsmoking. But once in the room, the guest is presented with a little card labeled “breathe clean air”
Disturbing Behavior Alleged
The Illinois Administrator has filed a complaint charging a lawyer with inappropriate actions towards clients. As usual, the complaint is pled in great and specific detail. One charge:..[the client] went to Respondent’s Springfield home and signed the paperwork hiring Respondent’s firm
Some Data Points On Coffee
Last week’s guest post from Michael Rustad discussed (among other things) the infamous Liebeck v. McDonald’s case, triggering a response from Ted Frank (in the comments) and an additional post from Rustad.I start my Torts class with asking students what
BREAKING NEWS: HOMER SIMPSON JOINS THE MINUTEMEN — I MEAN THE STAR-SPANGLED GOOFBALLS!
Do not miss The Simpsons Season Finale tonight! In the episode “Coming To Homerica,” Homer and his buds Carl and Lenny don “Star-Spangled Goofball” t-shirts and patrol the Springfield border to protect the city from “alien invaders” who are stealing jobs from Springfieldians. Here
Jason Krebs of Springfield Injury Law Blog: LexBlog Q&A
Even if your blog focuses on one geographic area, like a city or part of a state, that does not mean you can’t address national issues in your blog posts. As Springfield, Missouri personal injury lawyer Jason Krebs shows in
