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Published: 2005/11/14
by Rob Johnson
Papa Mali Comes Full Circle
One of the great joys of Bonnaroo is the Thursday night shows. The perfect warmup to a weekend of insanity, over the past few years these shows have been a kind of coming out party for lot of acts to the jamband scene. Most of these acts are fairly unknown when they hit the stage, but by the time the night is over, new stars are born.
In 2004 Thursday's set by Papa Mali, a joyful explosion of soulful, funky grooves and bluesy, screaming slide guitar, introduced him to the scene in a big way. Even after sets by bigger names like the Dead, Bonnaroovians were still buzzing about Mali's tasty gumbo of Texas blues and New Orleans funk. Since then, the singer/guitarist has been riding that buzz and working his magic in clubs across the country.
Wherever they go, the trio has been leaving a trail of blown minds and soothed souls, and the legend of Papa Mali himself continues to grow. Very few live acts on the scene today can generate the kind of power that the PM trio does on a nightly basis.
The first thing that struck me that night at Bonnaroo was the soulfulness in Papa Mali's voice and guitar playing. Very few musicians on the scene today are better at communicating directly from their spirit to yours. You get the impression that Mali was born to play this music, and you'd probably be right.
However, for most of his adult life Mali played in a successful reggae band. That gig paid the bills until a tragedy close to home inspired him to get back in touch with his roots. Now that he has reconnected with the source of his mojo, the music world had better get hip, or get out of the way.
Papa Mali was born Malcolm Welbourne in Shreveport, Louisiana, and his current band plays the kind of blues/funk music that you would expect from a Louisiana artist. However, he has traveled a long and winding path with many detours since then, only to arrive back where he began, playing the music of his childhood.
"I had the distinct advantage of soaking up a lot of great music in New Orleans," Mali says. Seeing The Meters during Mardi Gras made an impression, and he also raves about the primal power of the Mardi Gras Indians. In recent years, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Wild Magnolias has become a friend and collaborator, and he will appear on Mali's next studio album.
Another formative musical experience was the time young Malcolm had tickets to see Jimi Hendrix at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium. However, he was grounded and missed the show after he was busted for shoplifting firecrackers on the 4th of July. His friends went to the show, and afterwards they went to Hendrix's hotel room and lay on the ground outside his window, their bodies forming a peace sign. Jimi was so impressed that he invited them up to the room, where he carved up a big watermelon and distributed it to the revelers.
"I would have been eating watermelon with Hendrix if I hadn't stolen those firecrackers," he says now, and there is still a tinge of regret in his voice.
Another early influence was the Allman Brothers, particularly Duane. "It was Duane Allman that made me want to play slide," says Mali, "That's the truth."
As a young man he saw the Brothers shortly after Duane passed away in 1972, with opening act Dr. John the Night Tripper. The swamp voodoo vibe of his current band owes a lot to the good Doctor, and they even play some of his songs. Also, the ABB played an indirect role in introducing Mali to John Campbell, a local blues legend who would become his teacher and mentor. His current sound melds those two influences into a seamless stew of funky goodness.
"John Campbell taught me to play bottleneck when I was 13, 14. I had gone to see him play at a party my brother threw," Papa says, setting the scene. "John came by my house, probably to get paid (laughs) for the party, and I was upstairs practicing to Fillmore East, trying to learn Stormy Monday.' He sticks his head in the bedroom and said That sounds pretty good, but you need to listen to the guys they listen to.'"
Soon Malcolm was introduced to Elmore James, Charlie Patton, and all the other greats of the blues canon. He expresses deep gratitude to Campbell for taking him under his wing and schooling him in the ways of the blues. By the time he was 17, he was playing professionally, and music has been his life ever since.
For most of his adult life Mali was part of the Killer Bees, one of the first American bands to play the legendary Reggae Sunsplash festival in Jamaica. They toured with reggae legend Burning Spear, among others, and became one of the most popular reggae bands in the US. Mali's soulful guitar playing was a crucial part of their sound.
"Caribbean music and culture is so similar to New Orleans music and culture, and that's what drew me to reggae," says Mali today.
Of course, there are unique challenges to being a white guy from Louisiana trying to make it in the reggae world. Ironically, within a scene that often denounces racism, Mali struggled against prejudice. Once when someone was giving Papa a hard time about being a white boy playing reggae music, Burning Spear himself intervened and proclaimed "Excuse me, this man is from New Orleans, and we were listening to New Orleans music before reggae was even invented!"
Even though he enjoyed the respect of his fellow reggae musicians, over time Mali grew weary of playing music that was devoted to "repatriation and African pride and other things that I couldn't really participate in. I never meant for the band to last 15, 20 years, you know? It just lasted that long because it was so successful."
Mali sounds disappointed by recent changes in the reggae scene, and that may have also played a part in his change of path. "At that time it seemed like it was talking about unity and bringing people together, and love, and peace through music. Then the dancehall thing started happening, and now it's like gangsta rap," he says disdainfully.
Having decided to return to his roots, Papa made a clean break. Even though the occasional Killer Bees fan would show up at his shows expecting reggae songs, he was militant about not doing so.
"I've made a conscious decision to get away from reggae," he explains, "because I was so identified with it that it was getting in the way of doing what I want to do now."
What he wants to do now is play a swampy combination of blues and funk that could only come from New Orleans, with a little Texas thrown in for good measure. Mali currently calls Austin home, and you can hear the influence of Texas blues masters like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Elmore James in his playing.
In the year 2000, Papa Mali announced his new direction with the excellent album Thunder Chicken. Drawn from a deep sense of place, songs like "Cottonfields and Bayous" were deeply personal tales of the world that Mali grew up in, and the world that he was returning to after years in a sort of musical exile.
One song from that disc that lit the crowd up at Bonnaroo last year was the anthemic "Keep Happy," a churning piece of funk-rock that elicited praise from one of the founding fathers of New Orleans funk.
"Yeah, Zigaboo Modeliste (drummer for the Meters) heard that song and contacted me to let me know how much he liked it," says Mali with pride.
The whole album is chock full of Crescent City flavor, from the off-kilter parade beat and amusing lyrics of "If I Ever Get Right" to an eerie and sinister version of "Walk on Gilded Splinters." The good-time party vibe of "Let the Bon Temps Roule" could start a dead man to dancing the second line.
One of the treasures of the album is "South Austin Lullaby," a beautiful ballad that pays homage to his second home in Texas. The emotion in this tune is so strong and the guitar playing is delicate and beautiful.
Mali is currently recording his second album for Swampland Records with producer Dan Prothero, featuring guests from Cyril Neville to Big Chief Monk Boudreaux. If the strong new material live audiences have been seeing lately is any indication, this could be the record that breaks Papa Mali in a big way.
BB King has Lucille. Stevie Ray Vaughan had his signature "SRV" Strat. In much the same way, Papa Mali has a special bond with his iridescent 1958 Harmony, which he has nicknamed BlueDoo. From a distance it looks like a smaller Les Paul, but on closer inspection the Harmony turns out to be a strange hybrid that is perfectly suited for slide guitar.
"It's like a lap steel," says Mali. "It's on a shorter scale, the action is really high, the pickup is really hot, and it's made out of one piece of wood. It has that infinite sustain to it."
That it does. BlueDoo wails and screams under Mali's practiced hands, creating strange overtones and harmonics. When he's really working it, BlueDoo seems to be channeling alien frequencies from the planet Neptune, totally different sounds than what you usually hear coming out of a guitar. Part of the reason is that he frets behind the slide, a practice often associated with another Louisiana slide master, Sonny Landreth.
"I'd never really checked out Sonny Landreth, but I had heard that his style was similar to mine. When I saw him the first time, I was worried that it was going to look like I was copying him," Mali confides. "The way I do it is so much rawer, it's totally different, so I was like Whew!'"
Another slide player that Mali expresses admiration for is Derek Trucks, with whom he recently toured.
"Jammin' with Derek was really cool, his vibe is so relaxed it makes everyone feel at ease instantly," says Mali with great respect. "Derek himself is so kind, unassuming and enlightened…and I stand by my assessment that there is not a better living slide guitarist anywhere…at least that I have heard. His taste, tone and technique (the 3 Ts ) are superb!"
It may be hard to believe when you see how possessed he can be onstage, but once Papa Mali is offstage, he becomes Malcolm Welbourne, family man. He was originally given his nickname by Burning Spear's band back in the reggae days because of his 6 children, and his family still comes first for him.
That same respect for family and roots is what brought him back to the music of his childhood, despite a long and successful career playing reggae. A recent family crisis forced him to put a lot of things into perspective, and he decided that if he was going to play music for a living, he wanted to play this music.
"This is the music I grew up with," he says calmly and confidently, "and I'll probably be playing it for the rest of my life."
With the recent tragedy in New Orleans, people are more aware than ever before that the music and culture of the Crescent City are unique and precious. Papa Mali is living proof of that, and to hear him wailing away on a song like "Walk On Gilded Splinters" is to witness a kind of invocation of the spirit of New Orleans, a voodoo ritual that summons up the essence of that enchanted piece of swamp. He recently hosted a benefit for New Orleans musicians who were victims of Katrina during the Austin City Limits festival, and the Big Easy is never far from his mind.
The most interesting journeys are never easy, and usually don't take the most direct path. After a long and winding road, Papa Mali has come full circle back to his roots, and the rest of us are lucky to have him back where he belongs.


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Ingrid Gillespie, the director of the Lower Fairfield County Regional Action Council, recently spoke to New Canaan's Kiwanis Club about the agency's efforts to educate and prevent misuse of drugs and alcohol.
"Our goal is to work with as many organizations as we can, including youth services, behavioral health providers and advocate, and law enforcement, in order to strengthen local efforts to reduce substance misuse from youth through older adults, including those living with mental illness," Gillespie said.
Also joining Gillespie to explain the local efforts to help the community fight substance abuse were New Canaan Police Sgt. Carol Ogrinc, LFCRAC Assistant Director Kathy Brown and New Canaan Cares' Meg Domino.
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NEW YORK — Black Friday traffic and sales indications appeared to be topping expectations, giving an encouraging note that consumers may be more willing to loosen their purse strings as retailers kick off their biggest selling season of the year.
At Macy's Inc.'s flagship in New York's Herald Square, 7,000 shoppers, compared with 5,000 last year, had waited outside before the store opened its doors at 4 a.m., an hour earlier than last year, Chief Executive Terry Lundgren said in an interview with MarketWatch.
In another encouraging sign, while women used to dominate early-morning Black Friday shopping, many younger people and male shoppers have joined the fray, he said. Shoppers also were splurging on items for themselves, buying beyond what's being promoted on items including watches, fragrance and women's boots, he said.
"We are seeing both self-purchases and gift purchases," Lundgren told MarketWatch. Black Friday "is a good indicator if business is good, (and) so far it looks good. If (the flagship) store is an indication of the rest, it looks very good."
Macy's is not alone. Retailers including Target Corp. and Staples Inc. and mall owners such as Taubman said they have seen higher traffic or sales at stores and properties surveyed Friday morning.
At Target, for instance, lines of more than 1,000 were reported at 4 a.m. as shoppers snatched morning specials such as a Westinghouse 40-inch flat-panel TV for $298.
"Our general tone comment — bullish," Stifel Nicolaus & Co. analyst David Schick reported after early-store visits in three states. "It seems consumers are out and ready to spend."
The analyst said that might translate to a 4 percent or 5 percent holiday-spending increase this year from a year ago, which would be at the top end of the range of mainstream holiday estimates. Trade group National Retail Federation, for instance, forecast holiday sales to rise 2.3 percent.
It also looks to be shaping up as an encouraging start to the online sphere's holiday season. According to online payment processor PayPal, a division of EBay Inc., payment volume jumped 25 percent on Thanksgiving Day, with more retailers offering their "door-buster" specials to Web shoppers on Thursday.
Retailers "realize that online gives them a jump" on sales, said Amanda Pires, a senior director at PayPal, in an interview. "Every brand name is encouraging people to shop online."
Echoing what's been in evidence in physical stores, PayPal has seen more shoppers opening up their wallets for toys, gadgets and "more frivolous" gifts, compared with the more conservative and practical purchases such as winter garb and accessories that predominated last year, she said.
While consumer spending remains uneven and is not back to prerecession levels, various surveys and forecasts have pointed to this holiday season as the potentially best in at least three years.
At Walmart stores, long lines also were reported, with hot sellers such as a 15.6-inch Hewlett-Packard laptop for $298.
At New York's 34th Street and Broadway intersection early Friday, throngs of shoppers were seen toting bags from various stores with locations in the vicinity.
For the second year in a row, 19-year-old Richay Saunders joined millions of wee-hours shoppers around the U.S. in the retail industry's biggest annual marketing and sales extravaganza.
"You get more for less," said the student and Brooklyn native, whose first "doorbuster" trophies included a $100 Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader she bought from Best Buy.
Amar Joshi, who lives in Queens and is originally from India, was out at 3 a.m. visiting stores in both New Jersey and New York after a 10 a.m. start last year taught him that stores can sell out of the hottest items early on Black Friday.
A mere $100 bought Joshi a pair of shoes from J.C. Penney, a belt, gloves and two H&M jackets priced at $20 apiece — one of those jackets alone carried a $100 original retail price.
"We got a great deal," he said, adding that he plans to make an annual tradition of Black Friday shopping.
With consumers still budget-conscious, retailers that depend less on holiday sales than their industry counterparts, such as Home Depot Inc. and Staples Inc. as well as online retailers led by Amazon.com Inc., have participated in Black Friday events as well, seeking to get their fair share of consumers' limited budget.
"Consumer spending surges when shoppers have a reason to spend," said analyst Liz Dunn of FBR Capital Markets. "We believe planned promotions and a value-conscious shopper will drive strong Black Friday sales."
As many as 138 million people are expected to shop between the Friday and Sunday following Thanksgiving Day this year, up from 134 million last year, according to a National Retail Federation survey conducted by BigResearch.
This year, about 49 percent of consumers said they would shop on Black Friday, compared with 37 percent last year, according to a UBS and America's Research Group survey.
By some estimates, Black Friday alone can make up 10 percent or more of a retailer's holiday-season sales. Winning traffic Friday may help stores not only sell beyond what's promoted but also keep the store brand at the forefront of consumers' minds throughout the season, analysts said. About half of the season's sales are expected to be made in the last 10 days before Christmas, analysts said.
"Black Friday is always about traffic," said Farla Efros, a senior vice president at the consulting firm PwC. "It's a good indicator to what the Christmas sales might be. If retailers miss the mark on Black Friday, they are going to move right into Christmas quickly. They are looking at anything to stimulate sales to help offset what their year-end may look like."
So far, the marketing pitches and early specials appeared to get more consumers to buy full-priced items. Sales in the first half of the month have showed "mild to sharp gains," according to MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse, which estimates total retail sales across all payment forms, including cards, cash and checks.
At a Staples store in West Lebanon, N.H., more than 100 people, more than last year, braved rain and ice to stand in line before the store's 6 a.m. opening, said Jevin Eagle, the company's executive vice president of marketing and merchandising, in an interview. The store's specials included a Hewlett-Packard laptop for $299.98, discounted from a regular price of $499.98.
Consumers were paying full price for items such as a Kindle e-reader as well, in a positive sign, he said. Overall, retailers across the board said they don't expect this holiday season to be more promotional than last year with most of the special offers more targeted and planned to limit profit and margin erosion.
"People are excited to get a jump on the holiday season," Eagle said. "Our intent is to be very promotional and give a great deal, but we don't expect the season to be more promotional than before."


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"This has been a long thing. I lost family members and different things. I'm trying to rebuild my life now. I came in mid-twenties. Man, I'm almost 50 now. My whole life has changed," said Holloway after he was released. Despite the uphill battle, Holloway is positive about the road ahead and says his long-term plans might involve studying law.
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Most entrepreneurs want to start companies solving problems in a never-done-before way and go where others haven't..but these venture money people are the exact opposite — Their mantra is "I'm going to do the same thing everybody else does, because they might be doing something right." This herd mentality runs deep in the VC firms globally but in India, where venture capital is limited and hard to come by, its stifling innovation.
In fact, I've been told by an Analyst at one of these funds that they are specifically told not to meet with companies that are attempting something 'absolutely new'. They go by a shopping checklist to satisfy their LPs and follow the few cool cliques; sentiments are created by this bunch, and the overall effect is a herd mentality. And not to forget, a lot of these partners are super fearful people. They just don't want to be singled out for the blame if anything goes wrong. So much for supporting entrepreneurs who're largely a fearless clan.
While most of them would talk about bottom line fundamentals to press, they actually value me-too businesses and a lottery ticket over solid ideas that need more visibility.
No wonder, it has led us to where we are:
Several (not all) VCs continue to invest in under developed business models just because the coolest fund around lead the start-up's first round of funding.
Meanwhile, other VCs will now follow the trend and fund any start-up that is doing 'something similar' because they have a deep-seated FOMO.
A few months down the line cracks begin to appear in the team, business model, TAM etc. and many other copy-paste startups have already cluttered the ecosystem.
Now, this causes other investors to shy away from the space to the detriment of other better companies that need funding to accelerate growth. And, of course, the lousy start-ups that got funding at undeserving high valuations struggle to raise more capital, without creating any real value in the process, leading to negative sentiments.
Another thing I've identified during my fundraising journey is that I connect more with VCs who were entrepreneurs before. These people tend to be supportive from the go, communicate better, have a vision, and behave more like partners rather than gods. Most importantly, they tend to be more sincere and clear what they want out of the time they spend with the management. But isn't it really surprising to know that such entrepreneur-turned-VCs barely exist in the Indian ecosystem? Indian VCs really need to become less fearful, gain more vision, become more open minded and relook their methodologies. Just as a spunky and bold attitude is unconditionally a must for a successful entrepreneur, these traits are absolutely necessary for VCs as well. And this has to translate more than just B-Plan analysis and risk taking, it is the courage to support radicalism, and not listen to the herd. It takes an effort and a solid vision, let's face it — it's never easy.
All in all, excessive attention by VCs to some specific spaces and virtual neglect of other business models has led to underinvested opportunities in India.
The best performing funds/investors aren't influenced much by the opinion of other investors. A lot of investors claim that the key to success is finding the next Facebook. In my view, this is the very reason why any of the VC firms in India have failed to build the next Facebook. It can never be about discovering the next Facebook or AirBnb, it's about positioning your fund to celebrate radical game changing ideas.
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Business Law Campus Courses
This course focuses on U.S. corporate law and governance. It begins with an introduction to the different legal issues encountered in business entities across jurisdictions: agency problems between (1) directors and shareholders, (2) majority and minority shareholders, and (3) shareholders and other stakeholders (employees, creditors, the State, etc). It then turns to the three agency problems as they arise in private or publicly held corporations. This covers the questions of allocation of powers between shareholders and the board, directors' elections, executive compensation (say-on-pay), self-dealing transactions, going private transactions, insider trading, mergers and acquisitions, fiduciary duties and participation of other stakeholders in the corporate governance. For each topic, we will define the legal issues involved and examine how U.S. statutory and case law respond to them. We will also take a comparative perspective to analyze how other jurisdictions respond to the same legal issues. The comparison will thus provide students with a better understanding of American law of corporations. The course covers the most recent legislative and regulatory initiatives as well as the most recent case law pertaining to Corporate Governance. -(AL Champetier de Ribes)
This course follows Corporate and Partnership Tax. The principal focus is on taxable and nontaxable acquisitions of a corporate business. The first part of the course focuses on taxable asset sales and stock sales; the second part explores and analyzes the detailed statutory and common law requirements with respect to "non-taxable" acquisitive reorganizations (mergers, stock/asset acquisitions), "nontaxable" divisive reorganizations (spinoffs, split-offs, split-ups) and other nontaxable corporate adjustments (recapitalizations, reincorporations). Please note: Corporate and Partnership Tax is a pre-requisite for this course.(Kwall)
Partnerships continue to be a favored form for conducting business because of their flexibility and flow through status for tax purposes. Partnership taxation presents complex issues which if dealt with appropriately can make a significant economic difference for their owners. This course examines a variety of advanced partnership taxation topics required of an attorney providing tax advise including entity classification, drafting and understanding of income allocations under § 704(b) and (c), allocation of partnership liabilities, disguised sales and other gain deferral and triggering provisions, sale and acquisition of partnership interests, and other topics, including treatment of distressed partnership, if time permits. (C. Boyer)
There are more than 1.5 million not-for-profit organizations in the United States alone, and more throughout the world. Not-for-profit organizations contribute to society in many ways, through diverse missions from education and research, to social services, relief, and advocacy, to religion, to arts and culture. In addition to the impact made through their missions, not-for-profits as a group are significant as employers and for their contribution to the general economy as well.
Not-for-profit organizations exist to further their charitable purposes, do not distribute dividends or net revenues (having no private shareholders or owners), and often are formed and operated to qualify for Federal income tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3) or other provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Nonetheless, they have many of the same operational needs and characteristics of any other business. They occupy space (whether owned, leased, or hosted by others). They purchase and consume goods and services from vendors and suppliers. They manage and cope with attendant risks.
Interestingly, commentators suggest that not-for-profits can be more complex to manage, and to advise, than a for-profit business. The organization may have funding constraints, staff constraints, and knowledge constraints, particularly when coping with transactions or situations that arise only occasionally or where the organization is governed or operated in whole or in part by volunteers. Not-for-profit facilities and operations can be uniquely complex (think for example about a museum, a zoo, a hospital, or a cathedral), and their diverse sources of governmental and private funding can come with extensive conditions, restrictions, and reporting requirements. They may even be offered (or accept) donated goods or services in kind, gifts that come with their own implications.
This course will explore the opportunities and challenges for lawyers involved with not-for-profit organizations, whether as paid or pro bono legal advisors, or as board members or volunteers. The course will use a combination of traditional lecture and discussion, case study simulations, guest speakers, and field visits to selected not-for-profits organizations in the Chicago area, as well as individual meetings with students on directed work. Students will also participate as hosts at the annual Rooftops Conference Chicago, part of an ongoing project founded and directed by Professor Hagy, in which representatives of Chicago not-for-profit organizations, as well as lawyers and other professionals, gather for a day to consider topics and themes related to the role of real estate (owned, leased, or hosted physical space) in the operations, financial performance, and achievement of mission of not-for-profit organizations.
The course will be centered around a recurrent series of fictional clients, each a not-for-profit organization, engaged in a variety of operational and transactional situations. Each client organization will have a different mission, size, and resources, as well as mock client representatives who will have different business and style preferences, which the class will need to accommodate and will come to anticipate in fashioning and recommending solutions for each client. Each student will be invited to select and imagine a mock client organization with a not-for-profit mission suited to the student's interest and will have the opportunity to identify and explore individual topics relevant to not-for-profit transactions, operations, and governance.
The course will also consider issues of legal ethics and professional conduct, as well as governance and fiduciary duty of board members, in the not-for-profit context. The course's emphasis on case studies and commercial transaction scenarios is also designed to act as a capstone course which complements and draws upon the students' prior coursework in contracts, real estate and commercial transactions, ethics, and government regulation. In these ways, the course emphasizes skills relevant in any transactional project, for-profit or otherwise.
The course is offered in the spring semester. We will meet most weeks at the scheduled class time either for in-class lectures, guest lectures, or simulations. There will also be opportunities to meet on-site at Chicago not-for-profit organizations and with Chicago lawyers and other professionals. Student participation in The Rooftops Conference Chicago is part of the commitment to this course, the date and times for which are shown in the course registration information for scheduling purposes. Students will be graded based on class participation, written assignments and exercises, and a paper and presentation resulting from research and study on their chosen mock client and individual study topics. There is no final examination for this course. (Hagy)
There are more than 1.5 million not-for-profit organizations in the United States alone, and more throughout the world. Not-for profit organizations contribute to society in many ways, through diverse missions from education and research, to social services, relief, and advocacy, to religion, to arts and culture. In addition to the impact made through their missions, not-for-profits as a group are significant as employers and for their contribution to the general economy as well.
Not-for-profit organizations exist to further their charitable purposes, do not distribute dividends or net revenues (having no private shareholders or owners), and often are formed and operated to qualify for Federal income tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3) or other provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Nonetheless, they have many of the same operational needs and characteristics of any other business. They occupy space (whether owned, leased, or hosted by others). They purchase and consume goods and services from vendors and suppliers. They manage and cope with attendant risks.
Interestingly, commentators suggest that not-for-profits can be more complex to manage, and to advise, than a for-profit business. The organization may have funding constraints, staff constraints, and knowledge constraints, particularly when copying with transactions or situations that arise only occasionally or where the organization is governed or operated in whole or in part by volunteers. Not-for-profit facilities and operations can be uniquely complex (think for example about a museum, a zoo, a hospital, or a cathedral), and their diverse sources of governmental and private funding can come with extensive conditions, restrictions, and reporting requirements. They may even be offered (or accept) donated goods or services in kind, gifts that come with their own implications.
This course will explore the opportunities and challenges for lawyers involved with not-for-profit organizations, whether as paid or pro bono legal advisors, or as board members or volunteers. The course will be centered around a recurrent series of fictional clients, each a not-for-profit organization, engaged in a variety of operational and transactional situations. Each client organization will have a different mission, size, and resources, as well as mock client representatives who will have different business and style preferences, which the class will need to accommodate and will come to anticipate in fashioning and recommending solutions for each client. There will be a particular emphasis on transactions and involving ownership, leasing, use, and operation of real estate, which (just as with many for-profit businesses) is typically the largest single category of capital investment and the second largest category of repeat expense (after total personnel costs) for many not-for-profit organizations. The course will also consider issues of legal ethics and professional conduct, as well as governance and fiduciary duty of board members, in the not-for-profit context.
The course will use traditional lecture and discussion learning techniques and case study simulation, with a major focus on transactional goals, issue spotting, transaction structuring, documentation, and implementation. The course's emphasis on case studies and commercial transaction scenarios is also designed to act as a capstone course that complements and draws upon the students' prior coursework in contracts, real estate and commercial transactions, ethics and government regulation. In these ways, the course emphasizes skills relevant in any transactional project, for-profit or otherwise.
This course is offered in the fall semester. We will meet most weeks at the scheduled class time for lectures, simulation exercises, and discussion. Students will be graded based on class participation, written assignments and exercises, and a take home examination.
This course also provides the background and framework for Advising Not-for-Profit Organizations: Business Practicum LAW 482 which is offered in the spring semester.
Experiential Learning
This weekend course will provide the essential skill set you will need as an entry-level deal lawyer. This is increasingly important, in light of growing client unwillingness to pay junior associate rates for attorneys to learn on the job. Facing an ever more competitive recruiting environment, it will be crucial for you to come out of the gate armed with the appropriate skill set for your chosen practice area. This course is designed to prepare you to speak intelligently in interviews and hit the ground running on the job. To this end, the focus of each class will be how to perform due diligence and how to draft resolutions, third-party opinion letters, and closing documents – tasks commonly assigned to junior associates. You will also study sample agreements that appear in many different types of deals, including commitment papers, indemnities, guaranties, escrows, pledge agreements and security agreements. When appropriate, we will invite guest lecturers to join us to provide real life insights into the transactional law practice.
This course will introduce students to the evolving history, roles and responsibilities of in-house legal counsel. Students will investigate the skills and characteristics that contribute to successful and effective practice as an in-house counsel and explore the similarities and differences between in-house legal practice and outside legal practice. Topics covered during the course will include: the relationship between in-house counsel and his/her client; in-house counsel's role in adding value to his/her organization; advising and counseling clients; fact gathering and investigation; managing an in-house legal practice; selecting and managing outside counsel; and the ethical challenges of in-house counsel. This will be a hands-on course focused on practice skills development. In role plays, students will step into the shoes of in-house counsel to address a variety of situations in which an in-house counsel would be expected to act. Students also will observe experienced, practicing in-house counsel address similar situations and analyze the factors and considerations that contribute to effectively addressing the situations. Students will be expected to regularly attend and participate in class. There will not be a final examination in this course. Students will be evaluated on the basis of a final project (which will involve a class presentation and a written assignment or assignments) and class participation. (Slaughter)
Experiential Learning
Art Law is a study of the main legal issues involved in the acquisition, ownership and disposition of works of art. The primary perspective is that of an attorney in the representation of an art collector, and how the transactional arc involves regular concerns, such as contract law, as well as art specific concerns, such as Nazi-era looted art. Part I Acquisition begins with a focus on the legal issues raised by the various venues for art purchases (art commissions, through a dealer, at auction) and follows with the two core issues of authenticity and good title. Part II Ownership concerns three topics that could arise during the ownership phase: crossing borders, moral rights and art loans. Part III Disposition completes the transactional loop with a discussion of how one transfers works of art during life or at death, whether by sale or gratuitous transfers, including valuation concerns. The course will include several drafting exercises (some of which will be done in teams) and a one-hour in-class final. (Rhodes)
This course will provide a comprehensive survey of basic bankruptcy law. We will devote roughly equal time to consumer bankruptcy and business bankruptcy. Throughout the course, we will touch on the economic, political, and ethical issues underlying bankruptcy's competing goals: providing overextended consumer and business debtors with a fresh start and satisfying creditors' claims in an orderly, fair way. There are no prerequisites. Students' grades will be based on classroom participation and a take-home final exam.(Krivinskas-Shepard)
This course will provide a comprehensive survey of basic bankruptcy law. There are no prerequisites. Students' grades will be based on a take-home final exam.(Rosenberg)
Perspective Elective
The majority of practicing lawyers represent businesses or individuals with business or investment interests. Unfortunately, the majority of law students have had limited exposure to business law and the first year curriculum offers few opportunities to explore this area. This course is intended to expose first year law students to the fundamental issues and perspectives that pervade business law. The goal is to make these topics accessible to all students, particularly those who have not taken many, if any, undergraduate courses in business, economics or accounting.
The course will be divided into three segments. The first segment, entitled "The Law of Business," will introduce students to fundamental business and tax law concepts as well as transactional issues that business lawyers confront. These issues include the alternative ways of organizing a business (corporation, partnership or limited liability company) and the alternative ways of structuring a business acquisition or merger. The second segment, entitled "The Ethical Practice of Business Law" will explore the pressures on new lawyers to conform to an existing culture, how lawyers get into trouble, and how business law can be practiced in an ethical manner. The third segment, entitled "Developing a Financial Mindset" will introduce planning tools (e.g., the time value of money, compound interest) and the planning process in the context of both personal financial planning and business planning. Certain classes may be taught with other professors and practicing lawyers.
There will be no final exam in this course. Students will be required to take a mid-term exam and to submit a short final paper. Class participation may also be taken into account. Students will also be expected to read the Wall Street Journal on a daily basis. (Kwall)
Experiential Learning
The Business Law Clinic (the "Clinic") represents entrepreneurs and community members who, respectively, wish assistance in forming small businesses and not-for-profit corporations in the Chicagoland area. Students typically work with several Clinic clients during the course of a semester, under the supervision of at least one member of the Clinic's faculty. The Clinic also includes a weekly seminar (Tuesdays from 5 to 7 p.m.), which addresses relevant substantive law, ethical issues and pragmatic lawyering skills, such as drafting, negotiating and counseling clients. The work in the Clinic is transactional in nature. The Clinic does not handle litigation matters.
Participation in the Clinic requires both a significant time commitment (a minimum of 6 hours per week, in addition to the time in the seminar), as well as a certain degree of flexibility in the student's schedule. All students are expected to have an initial meeting with their clients and to meet with them thereafter, as needed. In addition, the students are expected to communicate with their clients regularly, efficiently and effectively perform the related transactional work under the supervision of the Clinic's faculty, maintain their client's files in an organized and professional manner, regularly attend the seminar classes and participate in various seminar exercises.
Prerequisite for the course is Business Organizations. Federal Income Tax is highly recommended. Other recommended courses, in order of preference, are Corporate & Partnership Tax, Sales, and Securities Regulation. Class is limited to 10-14 students and instructor permission and an application is required. (Stone)
This course gives brief treatment to agency and covers partnership as an alternative to the corporate form. Principal emphasis is on the law as it applies to the organization and functioning of corporations. The course focuses on structure and mechanics, capitalization, distributions, organic changes, and duties and liabilities of directors, officers, and controlling shareholders. The federal securities acts are introduced with particular attention to Rule 10b-5. Substantial attention is given to the special problems of the close corporation. (Kaufman, Murdock, Ramirez, Rosenberg)
Experiential Learning
Business Planning is a problem oriented course in which students work together in teams of three. There are 10 to 12 problems, covering fiduciary duty, valuing, capitalizing and organizing a corporation, drafting S/H agreements and buy/sell agreements, and selling the business. Other problems deal w/ similar issues in regard to LLCs and partnerships. Essentially, one problem is due each week. The problems range from legal memos to planning memos to drafting articles of incorporation and by-laws to marking up forms to accomplish a specified purpose. Prerequisite: Business Organizations. (Murdock, Rosenberg)
Experiential Learning
A Business lawyer needs to know, or at least be generally familiar with, many areas of law. Therefore, the purpose of this course is to teach many legal issues, including:
(i)The organization of a business (e.g., the types of legal entities including: corporation, "S" corporation, partnership, and limited liability company), organizational documents for a corporation and a limited liability company, control issues including the problems of minority shareholder in a privately owned business, and understanding balance sheets and income statements;
(ii)The Financing of that business (including compliance with the federal securities laws in connection with private offerings and public offerings, bank borrowing and granting collateral pursuant to Article 9 of the UCC);
(iii)Certain key day-to-day transactions (including intellectual property, environmental law, labor law, real estate law, and sales of personal property as regulated by Article 2 of the UCC);
(iv)Buying and selling a business (including certain tax and non tax issues, documentation, hostile tender offers, going private and leveraged buyouts); and
(v)The financially trouble business (including workouts and the rudiments of securitization).
There is a large handout but the substance of the course is contained primarily in the lectures. Therefore, regular attendance is expected. There is no prerequisite for this course but some prior exposure to business law (e.g., Business Organizations) is highly desirable. (Rosenberg, Fall semester)
This course is designed to develop skills used by lawyers in their roles as client interviewer, counselor and negotiator. Emphasis is on class participation. The first hour of each class is devoted to lecture/discussion of the covered topics. During the second hour students participate in practice problems which emphasize the skills taught in the first hour. Students are graded on the following: written paper, one videotaped out of class problem, and class participation. Because of the heavy emphasis on class participation, the class is limited to 18 students. (Suder)
Experiential Learning
"This skills training course will be conducted in an intensive workshop format over the course of two successive weekends. Students will learn the basic elements of client counseling and negotiation techniques and put them into practice. We will cover the process of interviewing and counseling clients and the negotiation process from the initial establishment of rapport, to the resolution of the conflict and compromise, to reach final agreement. The skills will be taught through role playing as client and attorney and as attorney vs opposing counsel. The course is ungraded, however, students will be evaluated by in class performance, by written exam and by a final performance in counseling a client and/or an assimilated negotiation to determine a grade of pass or failure.
Students may elect [in advance] to receive one or two credits for the course based on participation in one or two weekends. The first weekend will focus on Client Counseling and the second weekend will focus on Negotiations."
JD Required Course
An analysis of the formation, transfer and termination of contract rights and duties, and the legal and equitable remedies available upon breach of contract. (Breen, Cooper, Haney, Moses, Williams)
The purpose of this course is to provide exposure to contract drafting and negotiation to students with an interest in transactional law. During the course of the semester we will examine the purpose and process of drafting documents. We will also spend time discussing the business side of transactional law and how best to work with and counsel clients. In some instances, we will start with form documents borrowed from prior transactions (precedent) and we will revise these documents to reflect the particular facts and circumstances surrounding our transaction. In other instances we will work through drafting a document from scratch. Finally, we will spend time reviewing and revising existing documents and discussing the logistics of working through a variety of business transactions. The course will include numerous drafting exercises and some negotiation. By the end of the semester, students should have a basic understanding of how and why contracts are drafted and negotiated. In addition, each student should be able to draft a precise and practical document for a basic business transaction. (Dunck)
Construction law draws upon many areas of law from contracts to torts to insurance and land use. This course allows students to understand how they interact and work together. It will focus on the legal issues common to the construction industry from transaction considerations to litigation. We will examine the parties involved in a construction project, project delivery systems, negotiation of contracts, scheduling and delays, insurance and bonding considerations, mechanics liens, defects, claims procedures, remedies, warranties, and termination. Students will gain practical experience in drafting construction contracts as well as writing complaints for a construction dispute. Readings will include state and federal cases and statutes, with a focus on Illinois law. In addition, this course will look at current construction projects and disputes going on in Chicago.
The course will cover the elements necessary to implement a basic compliance and ethics program in a company. Students will become familiar with the basic principles of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines that define an "effective" compliance program. Students will learn the fundamentals of the job of Chief Compliance Officer by working with compliance issues in the media, commercially available compliance training programs and compliance techniques used in major corporations.
In this course students will study and analyze the law and practice of corporate governance law for publicly-held corporations. Introductory sessions will detail corporate governance law and regulation, with a specific focus on the impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Thereafter, a number of alternative proposed reforms will be assessed Finally, the course will address practical element of corporate governance practice including professional responsibility issues, the director selection process, board diversity, and empirical learning regarding the best corporate governance practices. Prerequisite: Business Organizations.
This course is intended to follow Federal Income Tax. It focuses on the income tax consequences associated with the three principal business forms: the corporation, the partnership, and the limited liability company. The tax issues confronted at the start-up, operating and winding-down phases are examined for each business form. Prerequisite: Federal Income Tax (mandatory); Corporations is recommended. (Kwall)
This course covers the business and legal issues that arise in health care transactions and the business and regulatory environment surrounding transactions. Topics covered will include organizational operations, the contents and role of organizational documents, and the application of tax laws to transactions. Students will analyze organizational documents and prepare presentations on issues presented by transactions. Prerequisite: Health Care Business & Finance. (Singer)
Derivative are one of the fastest growing vehicles in the financial industry, yet least understood. This four-course session is a comprehensive introduction to derivative products and the application of derivative tools and skills needed to value and understand equity options and options on futures. The course format includes a combination of group discussion, short examples, and case problems to illustrate and apply the concepts of option. (Vignola)
This course offers students an opportunity to focus on the legal issues that arise between borrowers and their financial advisor/banker. Topics covered include a focus on commercial loan agreements, other capital raising vehicles and mergers and acquisitions. The course also focuses on the perspective of the CFO and the banker in deciding when and how to raise additional capital, expansion through acquisition and partnership/joint-ventures with other entities. Students also study examples of actual loan agreements and other related documents as well as analyzing case law involving financial institutions and loan agreements. This course uses practical examples of actual transactions including details of their negotiation and execution with the student actively involved on a case study basis. Prerequisites: Students taking this class will be expected to have taken Business Organizations. Knowledge of Secured Transactions and Federal Income Tax would greatly assist the student; these classes are not, however, required to take the course. (O'Brien)
This seminar will introduce students to the real world(s) of sports and entertainment law, examining the separate and distinct bodies of law and practices of both, while giving due to the many commonalities between the two fields, from intellectual property to professional contracts. As legal issues in both sports and entertainment law frequently appear in the headlines, this course will address up-to-the minute issues, while covering the seminal topics and cases within each, both in litigation and transaction. Guest lecturers may participate, as their schedules permit. As there will be efforts made to accommodate guests relevant to this course, the syllabus will be in flux. Further, attendance and class participation are required, making up a significant portion of the grade along with a take-home final examination. Reading assignments can be significant on a weekly basis relevant to the upcoming week's topic. (Epstein, Saper)
An introductory course aimed at introducing the major federal environmental statutes and the types of analytical and practical problems encountered in the practice of environmental law and in environmental litigation. The course is devoted to reading and discussion of statutes, cases, articles, and problems in the various environmental media: air, water, and land disposal. Some technical science and engineering concepts are included. (Rieser, Shoenberger)
Open to: M.J. students only. This course will examine the regulatory regime applicable to securities broker-dealers and futures commission merchants. Primary focus will be on the substantive content of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act of 1970, and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Secondarily the course addresses the self-regulatory agencies responsible for overseeing the securities and commodities trading system.
This course is designed to introduce students to the business of health care, including the types, formation and operation of health care organizations. Topics covered will include health care finance, taxation, payment and coverage. Students will learn about basic transactions, including collaborations, mergers, and joint ventures and the application of securities laws to these transactions. The course will also cover basic financial operations and corporate governance and students will become familiar with basic organizational documents. (Singer)
This course offers a basic study of the legal aspects of insurance. Problems common to all types of insurance are considered, including problems of policy interpretation, rights and liabilities of parties and companies, and the regulation of the insurance industry. In addition, special problems raised by particular types of insurance policies are considered. (Sampen)
Perspective Elective
An introduction to the legal aspects of international business. The course emphasizes the legal problems associated with international trade in goods and foreign direct investment, and covers regulation at the private, national, and international levels, and also may include an extended treatment of international litigation problems and/or the role of the multinational enterprise in world business. (Haney, Heard, Moses, Walker)
Experiential Learning
(This class is limited to 16 students)
The course uses as a focus the Willem C. Vis International Moot Arbitration Competition. Sponsored by Pace Law School, the Vis Moot is based on a problem governed by the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). In the spring, an oral competition is held in two different venues, Vienna and Hong Kong. Recently, Loyola has been able to send a different team of students to each of the venues. The course includes about three weeks of study of the CISG, as well as approximately three weeks of study of international commercial arbitration, including basic laws and rules, how to draft an arbitration clause, how to choose an arbitrator, and how to participate in an arbitration as an advocate and as an arbitrator.
While the first half of the semester is spent learning about the CISG and arbitration, the second half is spent putting that knowledge into practice. When the problem on which the Moot Competition is based comes on line in October, students work collaboratively to draft Claimants' and Respondents' memoranda. The Claimant's memorandum is due in early December, and the Respondent's memorandum is due in late January. Students also present an oral argument before arbitrators from Chicago law firms, at the offices of the respective law firms. At the end of the semester, a second oral argument is held at the law school, after which students are chosen who will have the opportunity to compete in Vienna and Hong Kong during the spring semester, for an additional two hours of credit.
Through the emphasis on both brief writing and oral arguments, students make significant progress in their skills as advocates, as well as their understanding of dispute resolution in an international context. Their accomplishments have been well recognized in both competitions. More information about the Vis Moot is on the Pace Law School Website: www.cisg.law.pace.edu/vis.html.
Eligibility: If a student is part of a moot court team that will be arguing in the fall semester, he or she is not eligible to take this course, since this is a skills-based course requiring substantial out of class effort in both brief writing and oral argument. If a student is part of a moot court team that will be arguing in the spring semester, he or she is eligible to take the course in the fall, but will not be eligible to compete to be an oralist in the Vienna or Hong Kong competition. Corboy Fellows are not permitted to take this course. The course is not open to LLM students, unless they wish to audit.
Important: Permission of the professor is required. In order to apply, please submit a resume and a statement of interest to Professor Moses, firstname.lastname@example.com explaining a little about your background, and why you are interested in taking this course. (Davis, Moses)
This course is designed to familiarize the students with the regulatory system of international trade. Through the materials discussed in the course, focusing on the case law and jurisprudence of the WTO/GATT, the course is aimed at understanding the institutional framework of that system and the ways in which it functions. In addition the course deals with a large number of substantive issues on the international trade agenda.
While the course is focused on legal theory and doctrine of international trade, we will approach each and every topic from economic and social perspectives. Thus, the course is designed to follow a truly interdisciplinary tour of the relevant subject-matter.
The issues covered in the course include: Theory and Policy of International Trade; The Legal Structure of the GATT/WTO System; Dispute Settlement; The Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) Principle; Multilateralism and Regionalism; The National Treatment Clause; Escape Clauses and Safeguards; Article XX Exceptions and whether they include human rights rationales for deviating from otherwise binding obligations; Dumping and Antidumping Law; Subsidies and Countervailing Duties; Trade and Intellectual Property Rights: the TRIPS Agreement and access to essential medicines in particular; Trade in Services: the GATS; Trade and the environment; as well as Trade and development. (Gathii)
This course is intended to provide an understanding of basic accounting principles and their practical application in connection with the practice of law. There are no prerequisites and no requirement of a business background. Topics covered include fundamental principles of accounting for business enterprises; how to analyze and understand an income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flow; basic concepts of revenue recognition; conventions for capitalization versus expenses; and how to recognize possible manipulation of financial and accounting statements. Recent high profile accounting scandals such as Enron and WorldCom will also be explored.
Beginning in late 2007, a rash of defaults in subprime mortgages triggered a historic credit crisis. This crisis has now resulted in a historic global economic contraction. This class will examine the role of law in precipitating and propagating the crisis. Financial regulation, corporate governance, globalization, and housing law will be examined to determine the role of each in creating the crisis and amplifying the crisis. Specific solutions will be offered. Finally, an institutional assessment of law and regulation will be undertaken to consider broader reforms. (Ramirez)
This course will introduce students to the issues that arise in merger and acquisition transactions. Students will study the legal framework within which m&a transactions and the negotiation and documentation of such transactions take place. Students will analyze the considerations involved in selecting various structural alternatives for m&a transactions, examine the dynamics of the m&a transaction negotiation process, investigate the various stages of m&a transactions and focus on the lawyer's role in adding value to such transactions. Students will also have the opportunity to study, evaluate, draft and/or negotiate various types of documents that are commonly encountered in m&a transactions (such as, confidentiality agreements, employee retention agreements, investment banker engagement letters, letters of intent and purchase and sale agreements). There will be a take-home final examination. Students taking this class would benefit by having previously taken Business Organizations and Securities Regulation; these classes are not, however, required to take the course. (Slaughter)
Since the onset of the global financial crisis, the role of the lawyer has expanded. Law firms and their clients alike expect new lawyers to not only understand the law but the basics of accounting and finance as well. This intensive pass/no pass course in accounting and finance is designed to help prepare law students for the demands of a career within a law firm.
Topics covered include:
- How to read and analyze financial statements
- How to calculate returns on investments
- How to value companies
- How to structure securities
Goal: To prepare law students for careers in a changing economy in which lawyers will be expected, and even obligated, to understand the intricacies of the business world.
Description: This Unique program was designed to bring the world of finance and accounting to aspiring lawyers. It seeks to offer law students an overview of business concepts most relevant to legal professionals and relates these concepts to a broad array of practice areas. The course progresses in order of difficulty beginning with basic elements of accounting and concluding with more advance concepts related to securities pricing.
Financial Statements: Analyzing financial statements has been a tsk traditionally performed by investment bankers and accountants. However, with accounting scandals threatening to erode confidence in corporate America, attorneys are taking on a prominent role in preparing and analyzing financial statements. Including the Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Cash Flow Statement, this course is designed to give students an overview of accounting techniques and their relevance.
Financial Analysis: The process of analyzing financial statements is involved in virtually every business decision. As corporate managers and bankers rely more on the advice of their inside and outside counsel, it is now imperative that an attorney better understand basic business decision making tools. This course will allow students to understand different methods of analyzing financial statements, what they are used for, and who uses them.
Issues in Financial Reporting: In the wake of the massive corporate accounting scandals such as Enron, WorldCom, and Parmalat, the importance of detecting such fraud has taken on new proportions. No longer a matter reserved exclusively for accounts and financial analysts, accounting fraud is a concern of most attorneys who must be able to detect and report any suspicious of questionable reporting practices. This course is designed to equip students with the basic skills to determine signs of corporate accounting fraud along with guidance on what to do when confronted with such matters.
Corporate Finance: With Issues related to corporate finance becoming more relevant today than ever, the role a lawyer plays in structuring transactions, negotiating deal terms, and coordinating the underwriting process is becoming increasingly important. This course provides the basic tools to understand, apply and challenge most aspects of financial management.
Valuation: Valuation forms the cornerstone of nearly every business transaction. Whether it involves mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, venture capital, or real estate, a solid understanding of valuation will ensure an equitable transaction. Attorneys play an active role in these transactions but all too often become entrenched in the purely legal aspects of them. This course will help students to better understand the methodology and techniques behind various forms of valuation and in turn, better serve the needs of their clients.
Securities: Attorneys play a vital role in capital formation and deal structuring for companies of all sizes. This course is designed to offer students a better understanding of the financial instruments they help structure. Topics covered will include stocks bonds, and derivatives. Additionally, the course will explore these concepts in the context of real cases drawn from recent transactions.
Students will be responsible for class participation and a review project.
This course examines the law of consensual liens on personal property under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. It deals with the use of personal property, tangible and intangible, as collateral to secure payment or performance obligations. Course materials cover creation of the security interest, validity of the security interest as against the claims of third parties, priorities of claims between competing secured parties and other lien holders, and rights upon foreclosure. Emphasis is on risk aversion and problem solving. (Tracy, Williams)
The first half of the course treats the 1933 Securities Act in depth. The 1933 Act deals with an initial distribution of securities to the public, the process of registration, exemptions from registration, and the liabilities involved. The question of what is a security also is treated. The second half deals with the multifaceted 1934 Securities Exchange Act. The substantive areas include the operation of the exchanges and the over-the-counter market, broker/dealer duties and liabilities, proxy and tender offer processes and liabilities, short swing profits, and Rule 10b-5. (Kaufman, Murdock)
Securitization is an essential component of modern commercial finance. The highly structured nature of securitization transactions requires the reconciliation and consideration of a variety of legal issues, including the securities laws, bankruptcy law, various federal regulations, the law of secured transactions and corporation law. This multi-disciplinary course will explore those issues in the pragmatic context of documentation from actual securitization transactions. Evaluation will take the form of a final examination.
The course is designed to introduce students to legal issues faced by international organizations planning to invest in the U.S.A. The course is based on a practical approach and will familiarize students with the legal framework attorneys consider when counseling clients on various options of foreign commercial activity in the U.S.A. Students will identify legal issues based on a client's actual business plan, and develop the best strategy to meet the client's investment goals. The simulation of the challenges of today's international corporate practice develops the students' strategic counseling skills.
The course will analyze the traditional vehicles of investments in the U.S., including supply/agency/distribution agreements and establishments of U.S. operations. Students will examine the legal implications of various forms of business enterprise (sales or distribution company; manufacturing operations) in terms of liability tax, labor and employment, and immigration issues. The class will explore other methods of foreign investment, including acquisitions and joint-ventures, and their legal consequences, and will conclude with a look at U.S. regulation of foreign investment and issues in dispute resolution. (Fiordalisi)
Negotiating Everything – A Transaction Skills Seminar.
The course will examine the lawyer's role in business transactions by looking at examples of two decidedly different transactions – the negotiation of commercial real estate leases and the structure of the purchase, ownership, and operation of a corporate aircraft. The practical skills and knowledge acquired by examining these examples can be applied to virtually all commercial transactions. The class will consider the art of negotiating those transactions – and will focus on the role of the lawyer in those negotiations. We will consider a variety of negotiating strategies and how to deal effectively with opposing counsel who may, or may not, share your particular strategy. In addition, the class will examine a corporate aircraft transaction – with a myriad of parties and opposing interests and regulations - with the goal of appreciating the juggling and balancing necessary to achieve the best result possible. Along the way we will look at how there is not ONE way to do things, rather there are many ways and many strategies. The rules and processes taught in law school are there to provide guidance; they are not hard and fast rules about the way that a transaction must be done. That's one of the benefits of being a transactional lawyer - the rules are set by the parties as they negotiate.
Students will be evaluated on the basis of classroom participation and attendance, a paper, and, in lieu of final exam, a one-on-one negotiation session with the instructor. Regular attendance is expected; if a student cannot attend class, please notify the instructor.


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The U.S. version of popular British format "Top Gear" begins production today, with the 10-episode inaugural season scheduled to premiere on History in the fall.
Adam Ferrara ("Rescue Me"), professional driver Tanner Foust and auto expert Rutledge Wood will host the series, which offers a mix of offbeat and action stories about cars, as well as reviews and celebrity interviews.
"The history of the automobile and the history of America are intimately intertwined — to celebrate one is to celebrate the other," said History prexy and g.m. Nancy Dubuc.
History is co-producing with BBC Worldwide Prods.
"Together we have worked to tailor the format for the American audience, while staying true to the original dynamic that fans across the world have come to love," said Jane Tranter BBC Worldwide Prods. exec veep of programming and production.
The original "Top Gear," premiered in Britain in 1977, and over time evolved into BBC2's most-watched series. Two years ago, NBC commissioned a pilot for a Stateside "Top Gear" (co-hosted by Adam Carolla) that never aired.


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There are very few things that can express your love for a piece of electronics from last century accurately enough, there's stickers, posters, altars, tattoos human sacrifices and all, but nothing says it better than a t-shirt, unless its one of those Hot Topic ones that all the kids wear now.
So the obvious thing to do of course is getting a Dreamcast t-shirt. Finding a DC shirt or jacket or whatever isn't too hard, if your size is something like XL or XXL or XXXL that is. In my case its M, so it took a while to find, and although it has an awkward fit; its too long and the sleeves too big, it still says Sega Dreamcast.
Sadly, this one came used, so I don't have the slightest clue who wore it before me, and it also cost much much more than anyone should pay for a used t-shirt (please don't ask), but once again, it still says Sega Dreamcast.
No, what you see isn't a myspace picture, but a picture had to be taken and I didn't feel like taking the shirt off just for the picture, so there.
I'll be updating lots more now, so stay tuned!
Saturday, August 4, 2007
8 comments:
- gnome said...
Great shirt! How much did you say you had to pay for it?
- August 8, 2007 at 4:46 AM
- DEITRIX said...
Ok, you have stared at the shirt long enough Gnome...
- August 8, 2007 at 10:02 AM
- Porroe said...
I paid like $16 US :(
- August 8, 2007 at 10:53 PM
- gnome said...
Oh come on.... 16$? That's nothing mate...
(stares at Deitrix)
- August 11, 2007 at 7:23 AM
- Caleb said...
Sega Dreamcast shirt...so jealous...
- September 14, 2007 at 5:08 AM
- abeisgreat said...
sega dreamcast :D
- October 9, 2007 at 2:45 PM
Want one.... Gimme! :)
I have the SEGAGAGA T-shirt, but you can´t have to much when it comes to the Dreamcast.
- March 16, 2008 at 5:04 AM
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Camera Warfare
My friend Devin Graham has been really succesful with his youtube channel. A while back he orchestrated this huge project and wanted me out doing dirt and grit makeup. It was a huge undertaking with some other really really talented visionary film people. The players included Freddy and Brandon from freddieW and a whole bunch of WWII reenactment soldiers. I got them looking right using a combination of cream and pancake makeup applied with randomly shaped sponges to break up edges. I dusted them off with fuller's earth to finish each one. The idea was to get each player looking as if he'd been on the ground behind enemy lines for weeks. It was pretty challenging work doing so many characters that fast. I've got close ups of some of the guys here.


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Solo Newsletter
Volume 12, no. 3
My Cell Phone—My Superhero
By David Leffler
I've owned a Palm Treo 650 cell phone for about a year. It is my constant companion and gives me powers far beyond those of mortal men (or mortal women, for that matter). I catch my wife giving it a nervous look every now and then as if she suspects that one day I'll run off with it. But it is true that more than once it has saved me in tight situations. You may not believe it, but it has given me the ability to fly, time travel, possess super memory and super hearing, to be invulnerable and have x-ray vision. Don't believe me? Read on.
Once I was in a rush to get to a new client and I had forgotten to ask for directions. While on the road I had the client send me directions by a simple cut and paste into an email of directions he already had on his computer. The email was in my cell phone within a minute or two from when he sent it and his directions guided me perfectly to his door. It may not have been flying, but it sure felt pretty miraculous.
Time Travel
I wanted to take another client to a restaurant that I had been to once and really enjoyed, but I couldn't remember its name. What to do? I couldn't Google the restaurant's name because I didn't know it. However, I did remember the name of the person that I had the lunch with, so I did a search in my cell phone date book function for that name, and it was like time traveling back to that date to see the appointment entry that included the name of the restaurant.
Super Memory
I don't have a great memory for faces, so lately I've been taking pictures of new clients and other people that I meet and want to remember. They are stored right on my cell phone so if for our next appointment we will be meeting in a crowded area I have the photos to remind me what they look like. This is more of a problem these days because technology allows us to work for long periods of time for clients without seeing them face-to-face, and people are less and less interested in meeting face-to-face or simply don't have the time.
Super Hearing
Believe it or not, my cell phone has an incredible speakerphone, better than the speakerphone on my office system. Often I'll put my cell phone in the middle of my conference room table and it's able to convey the discussions of a group of five—even 10—people to the person on the phone, and we can clearly hear that person when he or she speaks.
There are times when I am off to a meeting or returning home and I am carrying stress from the day that will interfere with the meeting or my time with my family. So I whip out my headphone, plug it into my cell phone, and I am transported back to 1969 Switzerland to the Montreux Jazz Festival, listening to a classic performance by Les McCann and Eddie Harris. It is not nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, and my cell phone has made me invulnerable against a sea of troubles.
X-ray Vision
Sometimes, when representing a tenant in an office lease negotiation, it is helpful to have a reminder of the layout and appearance of the premises after I've seen the space and returned to my office. While I make my visit I can snap a few photos with my camera cell phone, and later my "x-ray eyes" permit me to review the inside of the space without leaving my office.
Look! Up in the Sky!
Having a piece of technology that can do so many things without any support staff is particularly valuable for solo lawyers, who often carry the whole load of their practices by themselves. Although these so-called "smartphones" cost more to buy and require higher-priced email subscription plans, I believe it's worth the cost, considering all that they do. It's a thrill just not having to run to a computer to see if an important email that you've been waiting for has arrived.
So give it a try. Just don't start walking around with a cape—you might scare off the clients.
David Leffler, a former solo, is a member of the New York City law firm Leffler Marcus & McCaffrey LLC, which represents clients in business matters, litigation, and bankruptcy. Contact him at email@example.com.


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This trivia challenge will brighten your Christmas partyEvery year, family and friends gather for the holiday season to eat, drink, be merry, and to enjoy the most celebrated time of the year. A great way to enjoy this special time of year is to test one another's knowledge of the holiday by participating in a Christmas trivia challenge. Try having your friends divide into teams for a lively competition or have prizes for the members of your group who answer the most Christmas trivia questions correctly. Here are a few examples to get you started.
1. Which of the following were not Santa's reindeers?
A) Vixen B) Comet C) Blizzard D) Prancer
Correct Answer: C Blizzard
2. What is a Buche de Noel?
A) A French Christmas Tree B) A type of Christmas loaf C) An edible Yule log D) Santa Clause in Switzerland
Correct Answer: C An edible Yule log
3. How do you say Merry Christmas in Spanish?
A) Ole Halide B) Feliz Navidad C) Joyeux Noel D) Noel Bellez
Correct Answer: B Feliz Navidad
4. What is a Tannebaum?
A) A wreath B) A Christmas candy C) A dance D) A Christmas tree in Germany
Correct Answer: D A Christmas tree in Germany
5. Which of the following did the three wise men not bring to Baby Jesus?
A) Frankincense B) Silver C) Gold D) Myrrh
Correct Answer: B Silver
6. Which of the following is not part of the "Twelve Days of Christmas"?
A) Nine pipers piping B) Three French hens C) Seven Swans a swimming D) Ten maidens marching
Correct Answer: D Ten maidens marching
7. Finish the song line: "All I want for Christmas is…"
A) A shiny red bike B) A brand new dress C) My two front teeth D) Peace on Earth
Correct Answer: C My two front teeth
8. Which of the following was not one of the Kings who traveled to Bethlehem?
A) Gaspar B) Melchior C) Lear D) Balthasar
Correct Answer: C Lear
9. What did the reindeers say to Rudolph after he led Santa's sleigh through the fog? "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer…."
A) You're the greatest guy we know B) Your nose saved the day C) You'll go down in history D) Thank goodness for that nose of yours
Correct Answer: C You'll go down in history
10. What Christmas carol includes the line "Let every heart prepare Him room?"
A) Deck the Halls B) Silent Night C) Hark the Herald Angels Sing D) Joy to the World
Correct Answer: D Joy to the World
11. What is Tiny Tim famous for saying?
A) Scrooge will get what's coming to him B) Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night C) God Bless Us, Everyone D) Lovely turkey, Mum
Correct Answer: C God Bless Us, Everyone
12. In "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" what is two sizes too small?
A) His Santa suit B) His sleigh C) His heart D) The Who's shoes
Correct Answer: C His Heart
13. What is the nutcracker?
A) A fifteenth century torture tactic B) A snack opener C) A Christmas ballet D) A holiday jig
Correct Answer: C A Christmas Ballet
14. Name the popular red Christmas flower.
A) Christmas Rose B) Holiday Hibiscus C) Poinsettia D) Mistletoe
Correct Answer: C Poinsettia
15. Which of the following is not a ghost in the movie "A Christmas Carol"?
A) Jacob Marley B) Casper the Christmas Spirit C) Christmas Past D) Christmas Present
Correct Answer: B Casper the Christmas Spirit
16. Which season was Jesus actually born in?
A) Winter B) Spring C) Summer D) Fall
Correct Answer: B Spring
17. In which direction did the Kings see the star of Jesus?
A) North B) South C) East D) West
Correct Answer: C East
18. A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired in what year?
Correct Answer: A 1965
19. In the early 1900's what was so expensive that it was rented?
A) Christmas stockings B) Christmas Trees C) Christmas Lights D) Presents
Correct Answer: C Christmas Lights
20. Who is credited with putting the first lights on a Christmas Tree?
A) Joseph B) St. Nicholas C) Martin Luther D) Pope John Paul
Correct Answer: C Martin Luther, in the 16th century
As you can see, Christmas trivia is a great way to enjoy the holidays with your friends and family.