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At the 2010 Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention, Judge Easterbrook remarked that he recently purchased a house, and did not read a single word of the 100 pages of RESPA disclosure documents. He had this to say:

“I didn’t read one word. I have a life to live.”

Judge Posner made much the same point a few months ago at the ACS convention.

“I tried to extend my home equity line of credit. The bank gave me hundreds of pages. I didn’t read them. I just signed them.”

For a summary of all of my live-blogs, live-streams, and videos from the 2010 Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention, see this page.

Administrative Law: Limits to Government and Regulatory Authority:Comcast v. FCC
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

• Prof. Marvin Ammori, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law
• Hon. Ronald A. Cass, President, Cass & Associates, PC
• Prof. Thomas W. Hazlett, Professor of Law & Economics, George Mason University School of Law and Director of the Information Economy Project, The National Center for Technology and Law
• Mr. Austin Schlick, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission
• Moderator: Hon. Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Youtube Video of Professor Ammori:

Live-stream of event



Showcase Panel III: Equality, Liberty, and Risk
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

• Prof. Carl T. Bogus, Professor of Law, Roger Williams University School of Law; Visiting Professor, Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University
• Hon. Frank H. Easterbrook, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
• Hon. C. Boyden Gray, Gray & Schmitz LLP, and former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union
• Prof. Christine Jolls, Gordon Bradford Tweedy Professor of Law and Organization, Yale Law School
• Moderator: Hon. Barrington D. Parker, Jr., United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Live-stream of event:

Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture (Ticketed event)
5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

• Hon. Dennis G. Jacobs, United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

For those of you in the D.C. Libertarian community, you will know that there are two Ilyas.

Ilya Shapiro, a Senior Fellow of Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, and Ilya Somin, a Professor at George Mason School of Law. Both are Libertarians. Both are Russian. Both have the same last initial. They often get confused, but they are nothing alike.

To resolve this name-game between these two brains, last year I hosted a trivia battle, dubbed the Battle of the Ilyas. Shapiro was victorious. Ilya Shapiro has dutifully enjoyed his one-year reign as the undisputed Ilya of Washington, D.C. However, his term ends on November 24, 2010. Thus, it is time to fight again–Round Two of the Battle of the Ilyas began this evening.

Last week both Shapiro and Somin a 25-question quiz, based on the Judicial Clerkship Knowledge Quiz of the Honorable Danny J. Boggs.

After the parties complete the written component, we will record a podcast with several oral questions. Following the oral component, I will announce the winner of the 2nd Annual Battle of the Ilyas competition (and I gather Justice Kagan, and not Justice Scalia, will get the reference in the title of this post.)

May the best Ilya win!

For those of you who wish to play at home, here are the questions.

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