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As reported in this AP piece, "President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be U.S. attorney general just hours after

his other choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name from consideration." Here is more: Bondi is a longtime Trump ally and was one of his lawyers during his first impeachment [...]

The organizers of the Boston-area colloquium on the history of international law have issued a call for papers to be presented during the Spring and Fall of 2025. The call

is here. [...]

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "International Law's Local Encounters: Experiences and Imaginaries of (de-)Coloniality," to take place June 5-6, 2025,

at the University of Amsterdam. The call is here. [...]

The title of this post is the title of this paper authored by Paul Cassell just posted to SSRN. Here is its abstract: What role should mercy play in the criminal justice system? 

While several of the other symposium’s articles here in the Texas Law Review argue for expanding mercy’s role, I write to raise a cautionary note.  Expanding [...]

Yesterday brought not only a quick conviction, but also a quick sentencing to LWOP, in the Georgia state bench trial of the man who brutally murdered Laken Riley.  This AP

story provides some basics: The Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility [...]

Alex Raskolnikov (Columbia) presents Taxes and Tournaments, 2024 Mich. St. L. Rev. __: What is the best way to reduce economic inequality? Economists, lawyers, political philosophers

and politicians have pondered this question for decades. Yet there is another group of savvy and highly motivated individuals who have been thinking about... [...]

Law360, GMU Asks Court To Toss Ex-Prof's Suit Over Title IX Probe: George Mason University asked a court to throw out the remainder of former professor Joshua Wright's lawsuit

over its investigation of a Title IX retaliation claim against him related to allegations of sexual misconduct, saying Monday that the... [...]

Michael Love (Columbia; Google Scholar), Who Benefits from Partnership Flexibility?: Partnerships (including LLCs) account for more than one-third of US business profits. A

key feature they offer owners and investors is unparalleled flexibility to divide up income and losses, but this creates opportunities to lower taxes—a well-recognized [...]

[We have the following CFP for a History of International Law Colloquium from Andrei Mamolea.  DRE]The organizers of the Boston area colloquium on the history of international

law are pleased to announce a call for papers to be presented during the Spring and Fall of 2025. [...]