Professor Mario Mainero was quoted in an article in the Orange County Register discussing a new city ordinance that is an opposition to project labor agreements. Professor Mainero, and Chief of Staff to Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach, explained “that several subcontracts in the county might currently include PLAs; this ordinance will not correct those
Chapman University School of Law Professor Timothy Canova wrote an article published in the Daily Journal, entitled,“History Repeating in California Fiscal Crisis” about the astronomical budget deficit in the State of California. The article discusses the reoccurring fiscal and budget crises over the past and critiques the ways in which the legislature and Governor address
Professor Hugh Hewitt wrote an article in San Francisco Examiner, entitled “New Jersey’s choice and the MSM’s,” in which he discusses the new dynamic in the New Jersey Gubernatorial race with the growing recognition of third party candidate, Chris Daggett. In the article Professor Hewitt analyzes Governor Corzine’s campaign tactics and compares the New Jersey race
Visiting Professor and Gubernatorial candidate Tom Campbell was quoted in an article in the San Diego Tribune, entitled “Marriage law unconstitutional, GOP hopeful says.” In the article, Professor Campbell stated, “This particular bill created greater rights for those couples married out of state after the date of Prop. 8 than same-sex couples within the state,
Chapman University School of Law Professor Lawrence Rosenthal was quoted in an article in the Los Angeles Times entitled, “California gives the poor a new legal right,” relating to the recent law in California that covers the cost of attorneys for poor litigants who are facing eviction, child custody disputes, domestic abuse cases, and/ or
Chapman University School of Law Professor Timothy Canova wrote an article entitled “Financial Market Failure as a Crisis in the Rule of Law: From Market Fundamentalism to a New Keynesian Regulatory Model” for the Harvard Law & Policy Review. The article examines, “the financial panic of 2008 in historical context by analyzing the institutional and
Chapman University School of Law Professor Ronald Rotunda wrote an op-ed piece in the Washington Post, entitled “An Unconstitutional Nobel,” which questions the constitutionality of President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. Professor Rotunda argues that it is unconstitutional for the President to accept the award and donate his prize money to charity. Professor Rotunda believes President
Chapman Law Professor Mario Mainero, in coordination with Nik Daftary of County Counsel, co-drafted legislation (SB 752), which permits Orange County employees a new lower tier for their defined benefit pension plan. If county employees choose to “opt down” to the lower tier, the economic benefit is greater take-home pay for employees since their employee
In an article in the San Francisco Examiner entitled “Will 2010 voters recall cloture vote? Not if GOP can help it,” Professor Hugh Hewitt discusses his concerns over the GOP’s inability to explain to voters the seriousness of the Senate’s possible cloture vote on upcoming health care legislation. A cloture vote places a time limit
On October 8, 2009, Professor Michael Bazyler will lecture on “Profiting from the Holocaust: The Legal Battle for Restitution in America’s Courts” before the Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association.