SSRN released Professor Ronald Rotunda’s latest article, Stern v. Marshall, and the Power of Bankruptcy Courts to Issue Final Orders on All Compulsory Counterclaims. Professor Rotunda’s article, published in the BNA Bankruptcy Law Reporter, examines the serious legal issues surrounding the probate dispute between Anna Nicole Smith (former Playboy Playmate) and E. Pierce Marshall, the
The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed by Professor Timothy A. Canova entitled, “Obama’s Budget Fix for States Misses the Mark.” The opinion piece calls for the need of more federal stimulus. “Washington should do far more to compensate states for the damage done to their economies by several decades of federal policy failures,”
On February 17, the Wall Street Journal published Professor Donald Kochan’s op-ed titled “Reading Adam Smith in Arabic,” discussing issues of translations, foreign policy, soft power, and the Arabic Book Program. Professor Kochan’s op-ed is drawn from his previously published research in this area in the 2008 West Virginia Law Review titled “The Soft Power
Professor John Tehranian has published a new book: Infringement Nation: Copyright 2.0 and You. Written on the occasion of copyright’s 300th anniversary, Professor Tehranian’s book examines of the history and evolution of copyright law and its profound impact on the lives of ordinary individuals in the twenty-first century.
Former Dean John Eastman appeared on the Fox Business News network’s “American’s Nightly Scoreboard,” hosted by David Asman, to discuss the recent federal court ruling out of Florida holding that the national Health Care law adopted by Congress last year was unconstitutional. The judge’s opinion cites John’s documentary on the commerce clause, published last year
Professor Rosenthal’s latest article, “First Amendment Investigations and the Inescapable Pragmatism of the Common Law of Free Speech,” has appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of the Indiana Law Journal. It uses the example of a government investigation triggered by the content of a suspect’s constitutionally protected speech, such as an investigation of an individual
Professor Anthony Caso was quoted in an article in The Recorder about the polarizing issue of pensions for government workers. Professor Caso, who represented as amicus the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence in a case before the Second District Court of Appeal, discussed the Constitutional requirement of voter approval of unfunded liabilities. “The bigger problem of this
Professor Donald Kochan was a panelist on a unique internet conference, The Rise of Lawfare, the Politicization of International Law and the Challenges to U.S. Sovereignty, (American Freedom Alliance International Conference of the Air), discussing implications for sovereignty from lawsuits based on claims of international law violations. The Audio is available here, with Professor Kochan’s
Professor Michael Bazyler spoke at the Armenian Bar Association’s Las Vegas Convention this January. He moderated the discussion of “Legal Remedies, Restitution or Monetary Compensation for the Dispossession of Armenians of pre-Genocide Communal and Private Property in Their Homeland.” Read more about Professor Bazyler’s role in the ArmenBar Conference here.
The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Former Dean John Eastman about Birthright Citizenship. In his op-ed, entitled, “The 14th Amendment and Children of Illegal Migrants,” Former Dean Eastman discusses the meaning of the Citizenship Clause as it might have been intended by its authors. “The Citizenship Clause actually codifies the Lockean view of