Archives for: August 2011

Eric Lane’s Civic Literacy Report Cited Extensively in Village Voice Op-Ed

August 31st, 2011
Bloomberg Schools Flunk ConstitutionBy Nat HentoffThe Village VoiceAugust 31, 2011Excerpt: Years ago, when I was interviewing Justice William Brennan in his Supreme Court chambers for my book, Living the Bill of Rights, he suddenly became somber."How," h… more »

Harvard Corporate Governance Forum Discusses Ronald Colombo's Amicus Brief

August 31st, 2011
Professors Argue Against U.S. Courts Hearing Foreign Securities ClaimsThe Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial RegulationAugust 28, 2011Excerpt:A group of professors of American and German securities law submitted an amicus brie… more »

Ronald Colombo Comments on Leaked Groupon Email and the SEC

August 31st, 2011
Loose Lips Could Land Groupon In Hot Water With SECBy Evan WeinbergerLaw360.comAugust 29, 2011Excerpt:Given that risk, Groupon may want to hold off on the IPO for a little while so that it can say any harm potentially created by the leaked email is cured… more »

Ronald Colombo's Paper Makes SSRN Top Ten List

August 26th, 2011
Ronald Colombo’s paper, "Toward a Nexus of Virtue," was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for CGN: Business Practices & Ethics. more »

Call for Papers: Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research

August 25th, 2011
The Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research (JPAPR) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published monthly by Academic Journals. JPAPR is an open access journal that provides rapid publication (monthly) of articles in all areas of th… more »

Miriam Albert Appointed as Staff Editor at the American Business Law Journal

August 25th, 2011
Miriam Albert has been appointed as Staff Editor at the American Business Law Journal, a double-blind, peer reviewed quarterly law review published by the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. more »

Miriam Albert Appointed to the Editorial Board of Business Law Today

August 25th, 2011
Miriam Albert has been asked to join the 15 members of the Editorial Board of Business Law Today, the publication of the ABA Business Law Section, with a readership base of approximately 60,000 business lawyers. more »

James Sample Comments on Whether a Judge Should Recuse Himself Due to Improper Contempt Charges

August 22nd, 2011
Dalton Judge’s Sentences Raise QuestionsBy Joy LukachickChattanooga Times Free PressAugust 22, 2011Excerpt: But James Sample, a professor at Hofstra Law School in New York, said judges sometimes have more leeway in contempt rulings. Even if a contempt ch… more »

J. Herbie DiFonzo Makes SSRN Top Ten

August 22nd, 2011
“The Children of Baby M,” by J. Herbie DiFonzo and Ruth C. Stern, was listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for Law & Society: Family Law, Relations & Dispute Resolution eJournal. more »

Case Brought By Leon Friedman Discussed in New York Law Journal

August 18th, 2011
Supreme Court Rejects Public Employee Petition Clause Retailiation ClaimNew York Law JournalBy: Martin A. SchwartzAugust 17, 2011 Excerpt: Guarnieri won in the district court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed. Third Circuit… more »