Monday, July 26, 2010

ECOA Law School

From: RDShatt@aol.com
To: jkaplan@kaplanwalker.com
Sent: 7/26/2010 5:34:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time

Subj: ECOA Law School

Dear Mr. Kaplan,

Your course description for this year's inaugural program (see link ) says, "A genuine understanding of pertinent legal and regulatory standards is critical for ethics and compliance (E&C) officers who seek to be effective. . . . ECOA Law School provides a dynamic learning experience that focuses exclusively on the many U.S. and multinational areas of law and regulation that all E&C officers should understand."

In your view, does there come within the purview of the above course description anything I discuss about the US civil liability system in my article Does the Civil Liability System Undermine Business Ethics??

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Email to state AG candidates

From: RDShatt@aol.com
To: ______________
Sent: 7/__/2010 _____.M. Central Daylight Time
Subj: 2010 AG elections: plaintiffs' lawyers and state AG's

Dear ________,

I hope you will take the opportunity in the 2010 elections in your state to enunciate your views about the respective roles in the protection of the public of, on the one hand, state AG's and other publicly accountable officials such as government regulators and district attorneys, and, on the other hand, non-publicly accountable plaintiffs' lawyers.

This is a complex issue.

My personal view is that the role of plaintiffs' lawyers should be cut back very substantially and the role of state AG's, government regulators and district attorneys should be significantly augmented. (If you desire fuller exposition of my thinking you might take a look at this article of mine Does the Civil Liability System Undermine Business Ethics? and also this draft letter I tried to get law professors to sign and submit to the Wall Street Journal.)

For your information, you may have received the following email from me earlier this year: http://robertshattuck.blogspot.com/2010/01/emails-to-ag-candidates.html

I hope you will indicate your views on this subject to the voters of _______.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Birmingham, AL

Monday, July 5, 2010

Email to Boy Scouts in CT

From: RDShatt@aol.com
To: _________
Sent: 7/4/2010 ______A.M. Central Daylight Time

Subj: $18.5 M verdict against Boy Scouts, and Connecticut


Dear __________,

Are you bothered by the recent $18.5 million verdict against the Boy Scouts? (See http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/24scouts.html?_r=1)

If supporters of the Boy Scouts in Connecticut are bothered by that verdict, I urge them to express solidarity with and support for Catholic Archbishop Henry J. Mansell of Hartford, Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport and Bishop Michael R. Cote of Norwich, in their campaign to oppose a measure in the Connecticut House of Representatives that would make Connecticut the only state without a statute of limitations for the filing of sexual abuse claims concerning minors.

For further background of this email, please take a look at these entries in a blog that I write.

If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to email me back.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Rob Shattuck
Birmingham, AL