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Law School Transparency’s Class of 2010 Placement Data Disclosure Findings Raise Red Flag on Need for Oversight

24 Jan

From the Executive Summary of the Winter 2012 Transparency Index Report (January 2012) by Law School Transparency: As a new year unfolds and the debate about legal education reform continues, efforts in furtherance of law school transparency remain critical. While…

 

Congressional Lawmaking: A Perspective on Secrecy and Transparency

19 Jan

From the summary of the CRS Report, Congressional Lawmaking: A Perspective On Secrecy and Transparency, (R42108) (November 30, 2011): Openness is fundamental to representative government. Yet the congressional process is replete with activities and actions that are private and not…

 

And now for something completely different: Above the Law’s top 10 most popular posts of 2011 and predictions for 2012

06 Jan

See Above The Law’s Top Ten Most Popular Stories of 2011. Predictions include: Law schools will get more creative in how they massage their employment numbers. We talk a lot about “transparency,” and there will be MOAR TRANSPARENCY in 2012….

 

"Transparency continues to be an issue for AALL members"

18 Oct

In the From the President column in the September/October 2011 issue of AALL Spectrum, Darcy Kirk writes Transparency continues to be an issue for AALL members, so I plan to provide as much information to members as possible, in as…

 

Jobs/jobs

08 Oct

Ironic.  Growing mobs are descending on Wall Street protesting the huge amounts of money being made by insiders and professionals. Let’s have a look at Apple, and the lack of transparency on its inner workings, and how Steve Jobs protected his health problems, and how that effected Apple’s stock price.  Rumors caused it to jump around, while only insiders (call them friends) had the knowledge of how and when to jump in with leveraged trading.

Moving on, what now?  Check out what happened to Polaroid (Edwin Land, and the blue chip which recently went bankrupt), or Disney when Maria Bartiromo’s father-in-law tried to make a run on the ailing company (Walt Disney, and the company came back with renewed energy) or Kodak (George Eastman, and as we speak, the blue chip company nearing bankruptcy).

Time is near when there will be a sea-change in the technology of how computers will be run and their operating systems changed – using light beams, perhaps, and the next innovator will be on the scene. Then watch what happens to AAPL.  Goodbye.  But as an “investor” friend of mine breathlessly told me, I ain’t gamblin’ and goin’ short…because…because…the pot of gold lies in WHEN!

 

Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against Thomas Cooley Law School and NYLS Yesterday

11 Aug

Law School Transparency is reporting that class action lawsuits were filed against Thomas Cooley Law School and NYLS on August 10, 2011 alleging fraud, negligent misrepresentation and deceptive business practices The plaintiffs claim that their law schools knowingly inflate reported…

 

Near Real-Time Link Rot, AALL-Style: Time to Bury the Antitrust Compliance Policy Statement: Talk about Transparency and Accountability!

18 Jul

Since Library Consumer Advocacy Caucus Chair Michael Ginsborg posted his link to AALL’s AALL Antitrust Compliance Policy, which was live earlier this morning when his post was republished on LLB, the link is now dead. It will send you to…

 

Class Action Filed Against Thomas Jefferson School of Law Over Misrepresentation of Placement Data

31 May

A big hat tip Kyle McEntee, Executive Director of Law School Transparency (LST) for calling attention to this pending class action lawsuit filed by a Thomas Jeferson School of Law (San Diego, CA) grad who is seeking judicial relief from…