Professor Katherine Darmer was quoted in an article in the New York Daily News entitled, “Roger Clemens’ fate rests with federal prosecutor Daniel P. Butler.” The article discusses the convening of a Washington, D.C grand jury to consider whether Clemens committed perjury when he appeared before Congress nearly a year ago. Professor Darmer stated, “When
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Professor Larry Rosenthal was quoted in an article in the Los Angeles Times entitled, “L.A. to seek to recover $5 million from street gang.” The article discusses the judicial approval of a civil judgment against the 5th and Hill gang. Professor Rosenthal expresses skepticism as to how much the civil judgment would actually hurt gang
Numerous Chapman Law Professors were presenters at the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting: Assistant Professor Deepa Badrinarayana was a speaker for the Sections on Environmental Law and Natural Resources Law on a Visit to Scripps Research Institute and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Intersections of Science and Law: The Scripps Institution of
Professor Kyndra Rotunda presented at the panel, “Guantanamo Bay: the Problem of Judicial Review Post-Boumediene” at the 2009 AALS Conference in San Diego, California. Others on the panel included UCI Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor Stephen Vladeck, American University Washington College of Law and Professor Robert Chesney, Wake Forest University School of Law (Moderator).
Professor Kurt Eggert was quoted in a story in Business Week about potential federal legislation that might allow borrowers to modify their home loans in bankruptcy, entitled “Does Citigroup Stand Alone? Industry Balks at Bankruptcy Bill.” In the piece, Professor Eggert stated, “Having bankruptcy cramdowns is a way of instilling discipline to subprime lenders.” Investors
Dean Timothy Canova was interviewed on the national public radio station WAMC, Albany, New York, on the impact of “healthy” banks applying for TARP funds to cover capital needs.
Professor Kurt Eggert was quoted in a story in the Orange County Register on “How Citi bailed out an O.C. subprime lender,” regarding an infamous Orange County subprime lender who was given a loan modification on a home loan even though many of his borrowers had trouble receiving loan modifications. In discussing why Citibank received
Dean John Eastman spoke at a press conference in Sacramento, California regarding the filing of a suit to block illegal state tax increases. The suit was filed by The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) and Chapman’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, joined by the National Federation of Independent Business and more than 40 state legislators to
Professor Michael Lang was elected Chair of the American Association of Law Schools Section on Post-Graduate Legal Education. In addition, he was appointed to the American Bar Association Section of Taxation Committee on Government Submissions (COGS), which reviews and edits all submissions to the Government made on behalf of the Section of Taxation. He was