About: William A. Jacobson

William A. Jacobson is Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School. He is a 1981 graduate of Hamilton College and a 1984 graduate of Harvard Law School. At Harvard he was Senior Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal and Director of Litigation for the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project. Prior to joining the Cornell law faculty in 2007, Professor Jacobson had a highly successful civil litigation and arbitration practice in Providence, Rhode Island, concentrating in investment, employment, and business disputes in the securities industry, including many high profile cases reported in leading newspapers and magazines. Professor Jacobson has a national reputation as a leading practitioner in securities arbitration, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, an organization of over 450 attorneys dedicated to protecting public investors. Professor Jacobson frequently is quoted in national media on issues related to investment fraud and investor protection, and in the past has served as one of a small number of private practice attorneys who trained new arbitrators for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Professor Jacobson has argued cases in numerous federal and state courts, including the Courts of Appeal for the First, Fifth and Sixth Circuits, and the Rhode Island Supreme Court. A more complete listing of Professor Jacobson's professional background is available at the Cornell Law School website. The views expressed here are his own and not those of any employer or organization, The best way to reach Prof. Jacobson is by e-mail is here.



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The 100,000

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 9:34pm

At 8:31 p.m. Eastern tonight we received the 100,000th comment, by Oregon Mike, who hasn’t been a frequent commenter here but has been commenting since July 2011.

100,000 isn’t a lot for many blogs, where the use of third-party software like Disqus encourages free-for-alls.  I probably could up page views significantly with such software,...

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Pep talk, redux

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 8:03pm

Still liking this pep talk from March 22, 2010:

Last night was bad. The law passed by the Senate and House really is that horrible.

But it’s the morning after, and your mourning should be over.

The mainstream media and the nutroots will try...

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Harvard Law succeeds in taking down anti-Holder Fast and Furious protest website

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 5:24pm

This is an update to my post yesterday regarding the protest organized against Eric Holder’s visit to Harvard Law School tomorrow, specifically his stonewalling the Fast and Furious investigations.  The protest was organized by a website using the name Harvard Law Unbound which has been operating since early April.

Despite the fact...

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Mia B. Love – “One of the 10 most important races in the country this year”

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 5:04pm

It’s always interesting to see how the MSM covers a story we have been covering for several months, but the MSM acts amazed.

This time it’s Mia B. Love, being interviewed by Jonathan Karl of ABC News:

Mia Love is unlike any Congressional candidate ever —...

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Protect and support your local blogger

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 1:58pm

I posted some links over the weekend to the saga of Aaron Worthing (Walker) and someone named Brett Kimberlin.  I had never heard of Kimberlin before, or if I had it only was in connection with Walker’s continuing legal difficulties.  Apparently there is a long background of conflict between Kimberlin and...

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Harvard Law “journal of the legal left” attempts to silence anti-Holder protest website (Update: HLS Dean of Students circulates email denouncing website

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 12:30pm

I reported last night on plans to protest via posters on campus the appearance of Eric Holder tomorrow at Harvard Law School regarding the Fast and Furious controversy.  At the end of my post last night I joked:

I wonder how long they will stay up.  And how long before half of the...

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For the first time in my adult life I believe Romney might beat Obama

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 9:30am

Why now?

Because Team Obama is proving itself to be too smart by half, and too incompetent by three-quarters.

There is a way to do Bain, but I’m done giving that advice.  Rehashing old news, which already has been out for months, isn’t going to do the trick.

Cory Booker stuck a fork in...

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When Elizabeth Warren has lost Ed Schultz

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 8:24am

Via The Free Beacon, an Elizabeth Warren surrogate appeared on the Ed Show. What’s interesting is not just that the surrogate still insists that Warren has Native American heritage, but that Ed pushed her on it...

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You can paint it over, but you can’t hide

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 7:00am

Signs are popping up all over.

From reader Angie:

This is not a bumper sticker, but traveling along the coast in southern OREGON, we came upon this rather large sign. The small town seemed to be struggling.

Maybe there’s hope.

Follow up email from Angie:

Drove by it again today, and the opposition has painted over...

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Protesting Eric Holder over Fast and Furious at Harvard Law

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Posted by    Monday, May 21, 2012 at 9:17pm

Eric Holder has been selected as Harvard Law School’s Class Day Speaker.  I don’t remember if there was a Class Day when I was there, but I would not have attended anyway for reasons already known to readers.

Holder will be greeted with posters protesting Holder’s stalling of the congressional investigation into...

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Stuck in Elizabethville

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Posted by    Monday, May 21, 2012 at 2:07pm

That seems to be the attitude of Massachusetts Democrats, as reported by The Boston Herald:

Bay State Democrats are standing by their woman, saying they’re confident in embattled Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren — now three weeks into a persistent scandal over her claims of Native American heritage — though critics say she’ll...

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Ted Cruz for Senate

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Posted by    Monday, May 21, 2012 at 11:48am

I have not had as much of a chance to focus on the Texas Senate primary as I would have liked.  My inclination was to back Ted Cruz early on, but I just didn’t have the time to do the research.  But I have been following the race, listening to Cruz’s interviews,...

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Someone’s in trouble

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Posted by    Monday, May 21, 2012 at 10:23am

Someone’s in trouble:

Newark N.J. Mayor Cory Booker (D) expressed reserve about the Obama campaign’s Bain strategy against Mitt Romney, telling “Meet The Press” viewers on Sunday that he was “uncomfortable” with...

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A bumper sticker from California

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Posted by    Monday, May 21, 2012 at 7:00am

Any excuse for the link.

I’m getting an increasing number of bumper stickers from suprised Californians. From reader Georgette, who writes:

Even in California!

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Faking fakers and the fakery they fake

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Posted by    Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 7:34pm

I have few original thoughts on the fake twins who cannot bear the unbearable burden of bearing fairly boring genealogy and upbringing in middle and upper middle class Amerika.

I feel your feign, man and woman.

So here is your faking fakers and the fakery they fake Reader (you can attribute any of these brilliant lines...

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