J Dobbins

You did a great job learning non- mutual offensive collateral estoppel! 😉

Though as I recall the rule used to be that settlements came out of agency funds - maybe that has changed.

Not to mention the liability being stacked up through other actions.

Can you help me get the word out? We are having trouble reaching government attorneys due to the shutdown.

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Thread of topics we will cover:

Mount Hood in the distance on a lovely day in Portland, Oregon.

Agreed. Spent all day in the heart of downtown at a great symposium by the Oregon Historical Society. Nary a war, invasion, or predatory incursion to be seen. Lovely evening.

Congratulations to Prof @normanwilliams.bsky.social on the new book. It carries important messages about the Democratic process in the United States that help inform his @willamettelaw.bsky.social classes as well. Kudos to the 2024-25 winner of our Robert L. Misner award for faculty scholarship!

Welcome!

Is that SG concession effectively rooted in the precedential authority of the Court? If so, does it mean that the first CA9 decision upholding a D.Ct injunction have circuit-level injunctive effect? (Sure, US could do intracircuit non-acquiescence, but the circuits tend to not like that.)

Disagree!

🚨New Paper🚨 (hi law reviews!)

‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.

A pie in a light blue ceramic pie dish, held outside in the Northwest on Thanksgiving with the horizon far behind.

A Thanksgiving apple-cranberry pie for you!