Archives for: August 2009

Professor Norman I. Silber Selected to Speak, Consult and Teach Consumer Law in China during July 2009

August 31st, 2009
Professor Norman I. Silber was selected to speak, consult and teach consumer law in China during July, 2009. The appointment was made by China Law Development (CLD), a Chinese law reform organization located in Beijing, and the China Consumers' Associa… more »

Professor Norman I. Silber in The New York Times

August 28th, 2009
Professor Norman I. Silber was quoted in the following New York Times article. Chrysler Reverses Stance on Product Liability By Christopher Jensen The New York Times August 28, 2009 EXCERPT: Norman Silber, a law professor at Hofstra University… more »

Professor Monroe H. Freedman Interviewed Regarding Appointment of Hofstra Law Alumnus Neal Hendel to The Israeli Supreme Court

August 26th, 2009
Professor Monroe H. Freedman was quoted in the following article about the appointment of Hofstra Law Alumnus Neal Hendel '76 to The Israeli Supreme Court. Israeli Court Gets Orthodox New Yorker by Stewart Ain The Jewish Week August 25, 2009 EXC… more »

Professor Ronald J. Colombo to Speak at the Financial Services Symposium

August 25th, 2009
On September 4, 2009, Professor Ronald J. Colombo will present his current work-in-progress, "The Role of Trust in Financial Regulation" at the Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University annual Financial Services Symposium. The focus of… more »

Professor J. Herbie DiFonzo Interviewed by CBS

August 25th, 2009
Professor J. Herbie DiFonzo was interviewed by CBS Radio Network regarding the Michael Jackson story. The interview will air on 1,000 radio station affiliates nationwide. more »

Professor Norman I. Silber Elected to Board of The Consumers Union Action Fund

August 24th, 2009
Professor Norman I. Silber has been elected to the Board of The Consumers Union Action Fund. Consumers Union Action Fund Elects Board Members By Kenneth Weine Consumer Reports Office YONKERS, NY — The Consumers Union Action Fund, whose most re… more »

Professor Vern Walker Conducts Seminar at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy

August 24th, 2009
Professor Vern Walker conducted two four-day seminar courses in early May 2009, at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy. The two courses together constituted an intensive, interactive workshop in the logical analysis and modeling of legal reason… more »

Professor Vern Walker publishes a chapter entitled “Emergent Reasoning Structures in Law,” in HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON AGENT-BASED SOCIETIES: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INTERACTIONS

August 24th, 2009
Professor Vern Walker published a chapter entitled “Emergent Reasoning Structures in Law,” in HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON AGENT-BASED SOCIETIES: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INTERACTIONS (Goran Trajkovski and Samuel G. Collins, Editors; Idea Group Inc (IGI), 2009).… more »

Professor J. Scott Colesanti in The New York Law Journal

August 18th, 2009
Professor J. Scott Colesanti published the following article in The New York Law Journal. Financial Regulatory Reform and the Retail Investor By J. Scott Colesanti August 18, 2009 EXCERPT: The White House recently released details of its propose… more »

Professor James Sample to Speak at "American Justice for Sale" Program

August 18th, 2009
Professor James Sample will speak at the "American Justice for Sale" program held at the The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, Baruch College on September 17, 2009. “American Justice for Sale” will focus on the threat that unlimited spe… more »