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William A. Jacobson

William A. Jacobson is a 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 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.

Professor Jacobson has a national reputation as a leading practitioner in securities arbitration. He was Treasurer, and is a former member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, a professional organization of attorneys dedicated to protecting public investors. He 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 is co-author of the Securities Arbitration Desk Reference (Thomson-Reuters), updated annually.

Professor Jacobson is frequently quoted in the media on political and legal topics, has authored many Op-Eds in major publications, and appears on television and radio to discuss politics and the law.

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 here.

We've seen the Twitter Death Wishes for Sarah Palin and Scott Walker, now it's Donald Trump's turn:For the third time, The Question of the Day, is:Why do these people, many of whom are professionals, feel no fear in expressing such death wishes in the open?(h/t to...

Recall Wirch has filed petitions to recall Democratic state Senator Robert Wirch.According to the Wisconsin GAB website, an "estimated" 18,300 signatures were filed, far in excess of the 13,537 needed to require a recall election.As reported by JSOnline, Democrats already are attacking the Recall Wirch...

Thank you, New York Times, for putting up your paywall.  Although there are ways around it, as my readers have suggested, I'm actually glad you made it more difficult to access your content.So much of my material over the past two and one-half years came...

The credentialed but unhinged class is making life really easy for moi:A University of Iowa professor felt the need to reply to a blast email by the College Republicans on Monday morning. Ellen Lewin, a professor of Anthropology and Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies in the...

Ken Layne, the owner and lead editor of Wonkette, is in damage control mode over the article by recent college grad Jack Stuef ripping into and mocking Trig Palin.Dave Weigel (h/t Instapundit) received this e-mail from Layne:I have four kids myself and I wouldn't want them mocked...

Local news in Wisconsin is reporting that JoAnne Kloppenburg has filed for a full statewide recount.Details to follow.Updates: Unfortunately I did not get to watch the news conference live. From what I read, it was a real tinfoil hat moment. I'll post video as soon...

On July 28, 2009, I posted about the obsession at Wonkette, a widely read liberal website, with attacking Trig Palin, Wonkette Goes After Trig Palin Again.  The author of the Wonkette article which was the focus of the 2009 post was Ken Layne, the co-owner of Wonkette after...

A report commissioned by the City of Providence finds that then Mayor, now Congressman, David Cicilline is responsible for the fiscal mess, which has been the subject of numerous prior posts here.  Most famously, Providence recently was forced to issue preemptive termination notices to every teacher in the Providence...

I may have found a new go-to website, Aish.com, which produced the Google Exodus video I posted earlier this morning, and this video:--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Via Prof. Bainbridge:Not again.  How could he? --------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

If you have a better example of public sector union idiocy, please post the link in the comments.The police union in Scranton, PA has filed a grievance against the city because the non-union police chief made an arrest while off-duty.   The union claims that the...

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The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB) has completed its inquiry into the Waukesha County vote count, which put David Prosser into the lead by 7316 votes, and has found the vote count to be accurate, with only a handful of questioned votes.As reported by The Milwaukee...

About 30 people in Providence, RI protested outside a Bank of America branch as part of MoveOn.org's Tax Day: Make Them Pay national protest.The video below shows two of the protesters accompanied by someone taking video entering the bank to present a "tax bill" to BofA.  I...

We haven't heard much about Stuxnet recently, but there has been plenty of speculation that Stuxnet was only a temporary setback for the Iranian nuclear program.  The Iranians have bragged that they have even more advanced centrifuges at work now.But this outburst by an Iranian...

starts tonight.  I'll repeat my post from 2009:Passover Is No Time To Wish For The End Of Christian America ...