Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

That is the title of this new paper by our friend and colleague William Baude (@WilliamBaude on Twitter), a law professor and legal scholar at the University of Chicago. The qualified immunity doctrine is supposed to protect public officials from … Continue reading →

Here are the first two stanzas: K-nearest neighbors, surprisingly it can slay Got these I.I.D women so I call them Naive baes With conditional vision guessing, I guess I should listen Their predictions more accurate than anything I could say, … Continue reading →

Say what? That is from Austin Kleon’s talk titled “How to keep going” (published in Medium). Read the whole thing here.

We identified several types of legal risk in our previous post, including the risk of litigation, the risk of legal liability (both civil and criminal), and the risk of reputation loss, but what can a business firm do to mitigate … Continue reading →

Why teach business law to undergraduates? One reason (perhaps the reason) is to make them aware of the basic concept of “legal risk.” Business firms of all shapes and sizes confront a wide variety of legal risks every day. If … Continue reading →

The great John Paul Stevens, a retired judge who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010, says yes. Here is his provocative op-ed (NY Times). In the alternative, why not let each State decide this matter? (See, … Continue reading →

Check out this map of literal translations for the names of European countries. More details here and here. (Hat tip: kottke.)