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.
How in the world will injecting Warren into the West Virginia Senate race possibly help Democrats?...
10:29 P.M. Sources in the Egyptian Foreign Ministry say Egypt has proposed a cease-fire outline to Israel and Gaza: The cease-fire will start at 9 A.M., meaning Israel will stop aerial, naval and ground operations against the Gaza Strip and promise not to engage in a ground offensive or harm civilians. At the same time, all the Palestinian factions will hold their fire. Crossings between Gaza and Israel will be reopened, and restrictions on the passage of commodities and people will be eased, in return for a halt to hostilities. Within 48 hours after the cease-fire, Israeli and Palestinian delegations will arrive in Cairo for continued indirect talks to discuss the details of the truce and its implementation. Egypt will receive guaranties from both sides, and promises to implement the outline. (Jack Khoury) 11:14 P.M. Israel's security cabinet will meet Tuesday morning to discuss the Egyptian cease-fire proposal. A senior minister in the cabinet said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepts the Egyptian offer and will bring it to a vote in the meeting that will take place on Tuesday at 7 A.M. "This is a basic proposal that can be accepted as a starting point and after that further discussions on the specifics can be held," the minister said. (Barak Ravid)
BREAKING: Israeli official: PM Netanyahu supports the Egyptian proposal for ceasefire in Gaza and will ask the cabinet accept it
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) July 14, 2014
Dying in a flurry of political correctness....
Female Israel soldiers faking injuries for TV News!!! The entire world must see this. #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/knBEdxzx4c
— Zaid Ali (@Za1d) July 12, 2014
Several thousand demonstrators walked calmly through the streets of Paris behind a large banner that read “Total Support for the Struggle of the Palestinian People”. But clashes erupted at the end of the march on Bastille Square, with people throwing projectiles onto a cordon of police who responded with tear gas. The unrest was continuing early Sunday evening. Media reports said that hundreds of Jews were trapped inside a synagogue in the area and police units were sent to rescue them. A person in the synagogue told Israel’s Channel 2 news that protesters hurled stones and bricks at the building, “like it was an intifada.”
"You're spending billions of dollars in Texas, but we've got a problem right here in Chicago"...
Who are they talking about? Oh, yeah, now I get it....
(Protest Boston, July 11, 2014, Chloé Simone Valdary center)[/caption]
As this video shows, Chloé was physically assaulted by a woman carrying a pro-BDS poster in what appears to be an unprovoked attack:
Here are more images of the woman provided to me by Chloé (photo credit Elan Kawesch):
Advocating armed resistance as the only path forward....
I do solemnly swear, gulp ...
Since then, we have added more Israeli blog friends, many of whom I met on my trip to Israel last summer.
So once again pay a visit to and say a prayer for our blog friends in Israel. Let them know we stand with them.
Bloggers I've met:
Israel Matzav — also known as Carl in Jerusalem (Featured Image).
Anne’s Opinions — also known as Anne in Petah Tikva.
IsraellyCool — also known as Aussie Dave and others.
CiF Watch -- also known as Adam Levick.
BBC Watch -- also known as Hadar Sela.
NGO Monitor -- also known as Prof. Gerald Steinberg and others.
Bloggers I haven't met:
The Muqata — also known as Jameel, “Wherever I may be, my blog turns toward Eretz Yisrael ” His Facebook page is the go-to place for updates.
An Israeli Soldier’s Mother – Also known as Paula.
Backspin
David suggested these blogs as well:
My Right Word (Yisrael Medad)
Shilo Musings (Batya Medad)
This Ongoing War (Arnold and Frimet Roth - Their daughter Malki was killed in Sbarro's in 2001)
Dry Bones (Yaakov Kirschen)
If there is anyone else who should be on the list, post in comments and I will add.
Updates::
Three of the six people arrested Sunday in connection with the murder of East Jerusalem teen Muhammed Abu Khdeir were released to house arrest Thursday after police determined they had not taken part in the killing, despite being linked to those suspected in the crime. The three remaining suspects, one adult from the West Bank settlement of Adam and two minors from Jerusalem, were certainly behind the deadly assault of the Arab teen, police asserted. The three prime suspects in the killing confessed to the crime and reenacted it after they were brought by police to the spot in the Jerusalem Forest where Khdeir’s beaten and burned body was found, officials said.Needless to say, the usual suspects are falsely reporting the story as the murderers being released:
TaxProf has released the rankings of blogs run by law professors, for the 12 months ending June 30, 2014. Go to Law Prof Blog Traffic Rankings for the full list, including percentage changes from the prior year. The Top 7 are in the featured image. [Note 10:25 a.m. - after...
In contrast to the inhuman behaviour of the terrorists, the elephants at the Ramat Gan Safari showed how they protect their young during an air raid alert. This must be one of the most moving videos I’ve seen. The translation of the blurb explains:Vocativ captured some Israeli reactions on Facebook:This morning as a Red Alert siren was sounded in the area of the Ramat Gan Safari, the adult elephants trumpeted a loud warning and gathered round the young calves Latangi and Lalana in an attempt to protect them.
Email incriminates Lerner in scheme to evade Congressional oversight -- used unarchived instant messages...
