Chapman, along with several other law schools, will be sponsoring a one-of-a kind moot court event. Two weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, The California Endowment and several law schools are bringing together a bipartisan mix of renowned legal minds and policy experts to
Assyrian International News Agency highlighted Professor Michael Bazyler’s success as plaintiffs’ counsel, and the early victory Armenian plaintiffs received in a U.S. federal district court in Los Angeles this August. The lawsuit, filed by descendants of Armenian Genocide victims, accuses the defendants of stealing and then profiting from land that was illegally seized during the
Congratulations to Chapman Law alumnus and Orange County Bar Association Member Jeffrey Astarabadi, who was recently made principal at Much Shelist. Chapman alumnus Astarabaldi’s practice is concentrated in civil litigation, representing clients in both the prosecution and defense of complex business and real estate matters.
Congratulations to Spencer Wampole and Harrison Brown, winners of the 2011 Rutan & Tucker 1L Golden Gavel Competition for excellence in appellate oral argument.
For the American Bar Association’s Law Day 2010, Professor Ronald Rotunda, The Doy & Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, offered his insights as a Leader in Law on the most significant or interesting challenge that confronts law in the 21st century. “Technology is transforming-and will continue to transform-the practice of law, particularly
Professor Ronald Rotunda wrote an op-ed in the Orange County Register, entitled “U.S. imports of lawsuits rising.” The piece discusses the rising incidence of cases from abroad being heard in U.S. courts in an effort to take advantage of a comparatively generous court system. Rotunda states, “U.S. courts should not accommodate countries, like Nicaragua, that
Chapman University School of Law alumnus Miles Fuller was involved in the successful defense of co-founder and chief technology officer of the Broadcom Corporation, Henry Samueli, in the recent Samueli v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tax Court decision concerning a securities transfer agreement. Read article ….
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 Henry S. Noyes was interviewed and quoted in California Lawyer in an article entitled, “e-Discovery Options.” Professor Noyes commented on recently-enacted Federal Rule of Evidence 502, stating that the purpose of the new rule “is to relieve the disclosing party [in discovery] of the burden and cost of paying its attorneys to conduct a
3L student Rob Webster recently argued a case to the Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals. One of the judges before whom Rob argued complemented both Rob and Chapman Law School on Rob’s great performance. An appellate litigator from the Federal Public Defender’s Office likewise complemented Rob’s performance, as did several Ninth Circuit staff attorneys. Way