I’m finally reading the Supreme Court opinion in Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp, 137 S. Ct. 973 (2017). Justice Breyer very nicely explains how an LBO works.
In 2006, Sun Capital Partners, a private equity firm, acquired Jevic Transportation Continue reading
These are the cases we will review next week: Continue reading
DO NOT EMAIL ME YOUR EXAM!!
Do not put your name on the exam. This is blind grading since it will be or may be part of your final grade. Please read the instructions.
A student Tuesday night was quite adamant that essay 4 could not be answered in 500 words. I agreed to post “my answer” to the essay although with a little trepidation. I do not expect students to give the answer of a polished attorney, nor does the bar exam. I remember when I took the bar review course, the instructor was telling us not to go past the time limit for the question (at that time 53 minutes) no matter what. He joked, “You couldn’t copy the model answer in 53 minutes!” A passing answer on the bar exam is the answer of a person with a basic understanding of the rule and the ability to use the facts given and the rule to reach a conclusion. In class I go off many different directions trying to give the student a sense of all the possibilities suggested by the rule being discussed. That is not required to get a passing grade on an exam.
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Here is the flyer. Staff Attorney Position 9.28.17
Attached are take home essays 3 and 4. Number 3 was due last week. Number 4 is due this coming week. Biz Org take home essay 3 Biz Org take home essay 4
As to essay 3, I can see progress. There were many answers that were decent. There was one that was very good. Ray Ramdeholl. New BO assignment 3 Ramdeholl There were 1 or 2 others that were good and I would have posted the names except that the person did not put the number of words at the end of the answer as I instructed. Continue reading
I will be at the school in Chatsworth tomorrow by 5pm. I will meet personally with students to review their essay answers one on one if anyone wants to do that. First come first served. I will be at the LAX campus on Wednesday by 5pm as well.
I will come by the Chatsworth campus this Friday at 3:00pm and hang around until 5pm if anyone would like to meet then.
For the Chatsworth class, 11 students (out of 42) have not turned in any of the three take home essays I have assigned. Seven students have turned in only one of the three answers. I will bring the roster tomorrow and you can look and see if I lost one of your exams.
Note: The take home essays are mandatory.
This is a nice article about a speech given by the new Chairman of the SEC, Jay Clayton. The article says that the speech was aimed at Mr. and Mrs. 401(k). His 8 core principles? Continue reading
Here is the First Day Declaration of the Chairman of the Board of Toys R Us, filed on the first day of the chapter 11 case. It gives us a lot of great information about Toys R Us, its history, how it got into the trouble it is in and how it plans, at least at this point, to recover. Toys R Us First Day Dec Chairman
Prof Hayes UWLA 