Category: Recent Cases
Eric M. Freedman’s Book Cited
December 20th, 2011Eric M. Freedman’s article — Habeas Corpus: Rethinking the Great Writ of Liberty 1 (2001) — was recently cited in an opinion authored by Judge Charles W. Daniels, Chief Justice of New Mexico Supreme Court, in the case of Allen v Lemaster. more »
James Sample Asserts that Calls for Justices Thomas and Kagan to Recuse Themselves from Health Care Case are “Misplaced”
November 14th, 2011Court Announcement Raises Recusal Questions for Kagan, ThomasBy Stephen DinanThe Washington TimesNovember 14, 2011Excerpt:But legal experts doubted it would happen, and James Sample, a law professor at Hofstra University School of Law who studies recusal… more »
Stefan Krieger’s Article Shapes Decision by the Alaska Supreme Court
October 18th, 2011On October 7, 2011, the Alaska Supreme Court relied heavily on an article written by Stefan Krieger in rejecting a mechanical application of the doctrine prohibiting retroactive ratemaking in public utility rate cases. In that article published in the U… more »
Eric M. Freedman’s Article Cited in Dissenting Opinion
September 26th, 2011
Eric M. Freedman’s article, “Reconstructing Journalists’ Privilege” (2008), was cited in a dissenting opinion in R. vs. The National Post, a case involving journalists’ privilege that the Supreme Court of Canada decided on September 19, 2011. It can b… more »
Harvard Corporate Governance Forum Discusses Ronald Colombo's Amicus Brief
August 31st, 2011Professors 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 »
Case Brought By Leon Friedman Discussed in New York Law Journal
August 18th, 2011Supreme 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 »
Ronald Colombo Serves as Co-Counsel on an Amicus Brief Representing German and American Securities Law Professors in Second Circuit Case
August 1st, 2011Professor Ronald Colombo is serving as co-counsel on (and co-author of) an amicus brief representing German and American securities law professors in the Second Circuit case Elliott Associates v. Porsche, No. 11-447. The case implicates the extra-terri… more »
Julian Ku Serves as Counsel for Appellate Brief Filed in the Second Circuit
July 1st, 2011Julian Ku served a counsel for an appellate brief in the Second Circuit on behalf of certain International Law Scholars from Austria, Germany, Canada, and the United States defending the legality of an anti-suit injunction under international law. The b… more »
Child Advocacy Clinic Wins Appeal in Second Department
June 15th, 2011The Child Advocacy Clinic had appealed a decision by a Nassau County Family Court judge who refused to appoint a guardian for two Haitian teenagers. The Clinic clients, represented by student Alec Pine (’11) had been living with their aunt on Long Islan… more »
Hofstra Law Reform Advocacy Clinic’s Lawsuit Against Farmingdale Village Proceeds to Trial After Five Years
April 5th, 2011
Housing Discrimination Case Proceeds Against L.I. Village
By Andrew Keshner
New York Law Journal
April 5, 2011
Excerpt:
Over time there have been between 40 and 50 students working on the case, said Professor Stefan H. Krieger, who heads th… more »
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