Professor Barbara J. Stark presented a paper, "At Last? Ratification of the Economic Covenant as a Self-Executing Treaty," at a Symposium on the Obama Administration and Human Rights at the University of Iowa College of Law on March 5th.

Professor Susan H. Joffe’s article, “Learning to Write or Writing to Learn?: Integration Efforts in Doctrinal Classrooms” has been published in The Learning Curve, a publication of the American Association of Law School section on Academic Support. The article describes a number of techniques for incorporating writing into doctrinal courses.

Professor Daniel J.H. Greenwood wrote the following article in Dissent Magazine.

Money Is Speech: Why the Citizens United v. FEC Ruling Is Bad for Politics and the Market
by Daniel J.H. Greenwood
March 3, 2010

EXCERPT:

If we allow markets to control the political process, we lose democracy. Moreover, we will lose our markets—since successful corporations will simply use money from their past success to buy legislation to guarantee them still more market power.

Professor Ronald J. Colombo joined several other securities law professors in signing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case Morrison v National Australia Bank Ltd (filed Feb 26, 2010).

Professor Colombo and the amici argue that the jurisdictional reach of the primary antifraud provision of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act (Section 10(b)) does not extend to persons who purchase or sell securities outside the United States. The amici argue that both original intent and policy reasons support this more narrow reading of Section 10's jurisdictional scope.

On Monday, February 22, 2010, Professors Ronald J. Colombo, Daniel J.H. Greenwood, Julian G. Ku, and James J. Sample participated in a panel discussion entitled Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: A step forward or a step backward for freedom and democracy?