February 29th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
It’s got all the ingredients of a high-stakes courtroom thriller: billions of dollars on the line, intense Wall Street deal-making, and highly profitable oil speculation. But the big banks aren’t taking any chances in this drama. They’ve hired the son of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia to help them fight regulations which might crimp their profits. Continue reading »
February 28th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
The Economist‘s recent series on “Over-regulated America” (which it admits “draws on the ideas of Philip Howard,” a top Washington, D.C., corporate lawyer) gets regulation wrong by proposing “solutions” that won’t work and would jeopardize the safety, health and prosperity of all Americans.
February 28th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
Among the over-reaching initiatives to come out the Republican-controlled state legislature last year, the proposed ‘marriage amendment’ that would write the state’s prohibition against same-sex marriage into the state constitution may be the most problematic. Continue reading »
February 23rd, 2012 | Student Life | Comments Off
The Comerford & Britt National Trial Team of Andi Dorfman (’12), Morgan McCall (’13) and Matthew McClellan (’12) will move on to the final round of the National Trial Competition after winning the regional round held in Memphis, Tenn., over the weekend of Feb. 18-19, 2012. Continue reading »
February 21st, 2012 | Student Life | Comments Off
The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) will host its 27th annual scholarship banquet on Friday, Feb. 24, in the Benson Center, Room 401. BLSA holds the event to raise scholarship funds to be donated to a BLSA member from each class. Continue reading »
February 20th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
The proposed amendment that would write North Carolina’s same-sex marriage ban into the state constitution uses overly broad language that could cause a range of problems for unmarried heterosexual couples, according to a detailed legal analysis from three law professors at UNC-Chapel Hill. Continue reading »
February 20th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
The Joseph Branch Excellence in Teaching Award was presented to Steven M. Virgil, director of the Community Law and Business Clinic and associate clinical professor of law, at the Founders’ Day Convocation on Feb. 16, 2012, in Wait Chapel.
February 17th, 2012 | Campus | Comments Off
The fourth annual BarCares Law School Roundtable
February 17th, 2012 | Community | Comments Off
Professor Sally Irvin will speak at the Wake Forest University Hypertension Center’s Red Dress Seminar on Monday, Feb. 27. Continue reading »
February 17th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Sid Shapiro presented a paper, “A Pragmatic Perspective on Democracy and Regulation,” at the University of Leeds School of Law, Leeds, England, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Continue reading »
