Professor Timothy Canova was named to the advisory panel that will help Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders draft legislation to reform the Federal Reserve. Professor Canova, an early critic of financial deregulation, will be joined by other nationally-renowned economists, including Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. Read about Professor Canova in the article, “Top Economists to Advise
The Orange County Register published an opinion piece by Professor Katherine Darmer entitled, “Unfair Tactics Used Against FAIR Act.” In the article, Professor Darmer discussed what the FAIR Act (which stands for “Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful”) promotes, and expressed concerns about widespread misinformation about the bill. Read Professor Darmer’s Op-ed in the O.C. Register.
The Washington Examiner published Professor Hugh Hewitt’s opinion piece, “Occupy the Democratic Presidential Primaries!” In the article, Professor Hewitt urged someone within the Democratic Party to give the Occupy protestors a candidate to rally behind. Speaking to Occupy protestors would refocus the Party’s energy and get “them off their particular street corner and to the
The Wall Street Journal published Professor John Hall’s opinion piece entitled, “A U.N. Fiasco in Cambodia.” In the article, Professor Hall critically examined the U.N. backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Phnom Penh. Addressing compromised local judges and bungling international staff, Professor Hall wrote, “Cambodians scarred by the Khmer Rouge atrocities deserve credible justice.” Read Professor
Chapman Law Registrar Maryam Isles published an article in this month’s Orange County Lawyer Magazine on “The State Bar’s Moral Character Application and Requirement.” Stressing the need for complete and truthful disclosure in the application, she noted, “In my annual training sessions with the State Bar, one of the topics covered is how unfavorably they look at
Tax Prof Blog highlighted Professor Francine Lipman for her participation in the ClassCrits IV: Criminalizing Economic Inequality conference held at American University Washington College of Law from September 23-24. At the conference, Professor Lipman spoke on the Immigration, Policing and Economic Policy Panel about “An ‘Illegal’ Tax.”
The Los Angeles Times published Dean Tom Campbell’s op-ed, “Budget Like It’s 1995,” in which Dean Campbell advised Republicans in Congress to remember the lessons of the Gingrich House and compromise. In the opinion piece, Dean Campbell drew from his own experience in Congress. “Republican leaders in Congress do not want to harm the economic
On Tuesday September 20, the Daily Journal published Professor Kenneth A. Stahl’s article, “The NFL Tackles CEQA for a Loss.” In the article, Professor Stahl discussed the California Legislature’s much overdue amendment of the state’s landmark Environmental Quality Act.
Professor Rosenthal presented his work in progress, “Saving Disparate Impact,” at the Sixth Annual Colloquium on Labor and Employment Law, held at Loyola School of Law in Los Angeles. The paper considers the constitutionality of federal employment discrimination law after the Supreme Court’s 2009 decision in Ricci v. DeStefano.
Professor Rosenthal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the International Municipal Lawyers Association, the National Association of Counties and the National League of Cities in the case of Rehberg v. Paulk. At issue in this case is whether a law enforcement official can be held liable for damages