October 29th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
WASHINGTON — The Senate is inching closer to a knock-down, drag-out fight over confirming nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit — a top priority for President Barack Obama that some Republicans are determined to sink. Continue reading »
October 28th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
The Center for Progressive Reform will release a report Oct. 29 offering recommendations for legislation to update the Toxic Substances Control Act. Continue reading »
October 28th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
HOUSTON — The 18th Annual Frankel Lecture, sponsored by the Houston Law Review at the University of Houston Law Center, will focus on the prospects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) succeeding or failing with its efforts to overhaul health insurance.
October 24th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
BALTIMORE — Professor Kami Chavis Simmons will speak at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law’s Journal of Race, Religion, Gender, and Class annual Fall Symposium on Friday, Oct. 25.
October 21st, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Jonathan Cardi will speak at the Ohio State Law Journal symposium titled, “Torts and Civil Rights Law: Migration and Conflict,” on Friday, Nov. 15.
October 18th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
The Senate recently made history when it unanimously voted to confirm the appointment of Todd Hughes – America’s first openly gay circuit judge — to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. But in all the hype, little has been said about the forward-thinking, future-shaping Federal Circuit whose unique nature makes it diverse in its own right, regardless of the sexual orientation of its newest member.
October 18th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
As the fall air turns crisp and Halloween approaches, many Americans decorate their homes with images of ghosts, crypts, coffins, and zombies. Continue reading »
October 17th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
The Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy has quietly walked back a 2010 study it had commissioned that purports to show the cost of government regulation, knocking down one of the pillars
of the anti-regulatory movement in Congress. Continue reading »
October 16th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Timothy Davis will speak at The National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School annual conference on Friday, Oct. 18. Continue reading »
October 15th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
Wake Forest Law Professor Michael Green is a member of the executive committee of the newly established World Tort Law Society. In his leadership role, he attended the inaugural meeting of the society, which was held Sept. 14-15 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. Continue reading »
