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Faculty News November 2008 Issue

Photo of Professor Armstrong Timothy K. Armstrong

Assistant Professor of Law

Tim’s article, Chevron Deference and Agency Self-Interest, 13 Cornell J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 203 (2004), was cited in Robert L. Glicksman & Richard E. Levy, Ordering State-Federal Relations through Federal Preemption Doctrine: A Collective Action Perspective on Ceiling Preemption by Federal Environmental Regulation: The Case of Global Climate Change, 102 Nw. U.L. Rev. 579 (2008).

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Photo of Professor BaiLin (Lynn) Bai

Assistant Professor of Law

Lynn’s article, There are Plaintiffs and... There are Plaintiffs: An Empirical Analysis of Securities Class Action Settlements (with James D. Cox & Randall S. Thomas), was cited in Amanda Rose, Reforming Securities Litigation Reform: Restructuring the Relationship between Public and Private Enforcement of Rule 10b-5, 108 Colum. L. Rev. 1301 (2008).

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Photo of Dean Bilionis Lou Bilionis

Dean and Nippert Professor of Law

Lou participated in a panel discussion on The Presidency and the Federal Courts: Historical Reflections hosted by the Cincinnati Chapter of the Federalist Society at its program on The Presidency and the Courts. Other speakers included President George W. Bush, former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, and former Solicitor General Paul Clement.

Lou’s article, Conservative Reformation, Popularization, and the Lessons of Reading Criminal Justice as Constitutional Law, 52 UCLA L. Rev. 979 (2005), was cited in Stephen W. Gard, Bearing False Witness: Perjured Affidavits and the Fourth Amendment, 41 Suffolk U. L. Rev. 445 (2008).

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Photo of Professor Black Barbara Black

Charles Hartsock Professor of Law and
Director, Corporate Law Center

Barbara co-chaired the 10th Annual Securities Law Seminar, an all-day program that is part of the Annual Meeting of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), in Colorado Springs. She presented Securities Law Round-Up and Legal Theories for Supporting Customers’ Claims of Damages.

Barbara’s research on the satisfaction rate for investors who use an arbitration process to settle claims against the securities industry was quoted in Michael Maiello, Don’t Cry for Justice, Forbes.com.

Two of Barbara’s articles were cited:

  • Securities Arbitration is not Supposed to be so Complicated: Arbitrability, the Eligibility Rule, and Whose Law Decides, 30 Sec. Reg. L.J. 134 (2002), in Bridget B. Zoltowski, Restoring Investor Confidence: Providing Uniformity in Securities Arbitration by Offering Guidelines for Arbitrators in Deciding Motions to Dismiss Before a Hearing on the Merits, 58 Syracuse L. Rev. 375 (2008).
  • Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.: Reliance on Deceptive Conduct and the Future of Securities Fraud Class Actions, 36 Sec. Reg. L.J. 330 (2008), in Louis E. Ebinger, Sarbanes-Oxley Section 501(a): No Implied Private Right of Action, and a Call to Congress for an Express Private Right of Action to Enhance Analyst Disclosure, 93 Iowa L. Rev. 1919 (2008).

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Photo of Professor Bryant A. Christopher Bryant

Professor of Law

Chris’s article, Remanding to Congress: The Supreme Court's New "On the Record" Constitutional Review of Federal Statutes, 86 Cornell L. Rev. 328 (2001) (with Timothy J. Simeone), was cited in Gillian E. Metzger, Administrative Law as the New Federalism, 57 Duke L.J. 2023 (2008).

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Photo of Professor Caron Paul L. Caron

Associate Dean of Faculty and
Charles Hartsock Professor of Law

Paul was quoted in various media outlets in connection with tax issues surrounding Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin:

Paul also was quoted in these other media reports:

Paul published several issues of his Tax Law Abstracts e-journals:

  • 2 Issues of Tax Law & Policy (vol. 9, nos. 36-37)
  • 3 Issues of Practitioner Series (vol. 8, no. 19-21)
  • 4 Issue of International & Comparative Tax (vol. 8, no. 21-24)

Two of Paul’s articles were cited:

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Photo of Professor Cogan Jacob Katz Cogan

Assistant Professor of Law

Jacob Cogan has signed a book contract with Martinus Nijhoff Publishers for Looking to the Future: Essays in Honor of W. Michael Reisman (with Mahnoush H. Arsanjani, Robert D. Sloane, & Siegfried Wiessner).

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Photo of Professor Drew Margaret Drew

Associate Professor of Clinical Law and Director, Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic

Margaret attended the annual Friends of Women’s Studies reception hosted by Melody Sawyer Richardson. She was a guest speaker on Domestic Violence Dynamics at Roger Williams School of Law.

Margaret presented Domestic Violence and the Collaborative Process at the annual meeting of the International Association of Collaborative Professionals in New Orleans.

The Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic signed as amicus to a brief filed with the Inter-American Human Rights Commission supporting the petitioner in Jessica Gonzales v. United States. Margaret participated in a roundtable discussion held by Ms. Lenahan (formerly Gonzales) and her attorneys on next steps in addressing domestic violence as a human rights issue.

Margaret participated in a panel presentation to the Hamilton County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council on Firearms and Domestic Violence. Her article, Lawyer Malpractice and Domestic Violence: Are We Revictimizing Our Clients?, 39 Fam. L.Q. 7 (2005), was cited in Linda D. Elrod, Child Custody Practice & Procedure (Clark Boardman Callaghan, 2008 Supp.).

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Photo of Professor Godsey Mark A. Godsey

Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Lois and Richard Rosenthal Institute for Justice, Ohio Innocence Project

Mark spoke at the Cardiff University School of Law, in Cardiff, Wales, at the UK Innocence Network's annual conference. He spoke on the innocence movement in the U.S., the similarities and differences between post-conviction innocence law in the U.S. and U.K., and also on some of his scholarship regarding the causes of wrongful conviction.

Mark was quoted in DNA Test Doesn't Help Rapist; Results Show He's Likely the Man Who Attacked Toledo Woman in '92, Columbus Dispatch, Oct. 18, 2008, at 01B.

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Lois and Richard Rosenthal Institute for Justice/Ohio Innocence Project

Photo of Professor Houh Emily Houh

Gustavus Henry Wald Professor of Law and Contracts

The Freedom Center Journal, which is advised by Emily, Kristin Kalsem and Verna Williams, held a discussion of Pamela Bridgewater's article, Connectedness and Closeted Questions: The Use of History in Developing Feminist Legal Theory, dealing with reproductive rights and the intersection of race, class, and gender.

Emily published Cracking the Egg: Which Came First--stigma or Affirmative Action?, 96 Cal. L. Rev. 1299 (2008) (with Angela Onwuachi-Willig & Mary Campbell). The article was discussed in an article in the Iowa Press-Citizen. (Her co-authors Angela Onwuachi-Willig and Mary Campbell are on the University of Iowa faculty).

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Photo of Professor Hubbard Ann Hubbard

Professor of Law

Ann’s article, Improving the Fitness Inquiry of the North Carolina Bar Application, 81 N.C.L.Rev. 2179 (2003), was cited in Page Thead Pulliam, Lawyer Depression: Taking a Closer Look at First-Time Ethics Offenders, 32 J. Legal Prof. 289 (2008).

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Photo of Professor Kalsem Kristin Kalsem

Professor of Law

The Freedom Center Journal, which is advised by Kristin, Verna Williams and Emily Houh, held a discussion of Pamela Bridgewater's article, Connectedness and Closeted Questions: The Use of History in Developing Feminist Legal Theory, dealing with reproductive rights and intersection of race, class, and gender.

Kristin's article, Looking for the Law in All the 'Wrong' Places: Outlaw Texas and Early Women's Advocacy", 13 S. Cal. Rev. Law & Women's Stud. 273 (2004), was cited in Renee Newman Knake, Beyond Atticus Finch; Lessons on Ethics and Morality from Lawyers and Judges in Postcolonial Literature, 32 J. Legal Prof. 37 (2008).

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Photo of Professor Kalsem Bert B. Lockwood

Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Director, Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights

The Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights awarded the William J. Butler Human Rights Medal to three lawyers who defended the detainees being held at Guantánamo Bay on suspicion of involvement with terrorism. See Guantanamo Detainee Defenders to Receive Top Urban Morgan Honor.

Bert’s article, The United Nations Charter and United States Civil Rights Litigation, 1946-1955, 69 Iowa L. Rev. 901 (1984), was cited in Judith Resnik, Joshua Civin, & Joseph Frueh, Ratifying Kyoto at the Local Level: Sovereigntism, Federalism, and Translocal Organizations of Government Actors (TOGAS), 50 Ariz. L. Rev. 709 (2008).

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Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights

Photo of Professor Malloy S. Elizabeth Malloy

Andrew Katsanis Professor of Law

Betsy’s article, Recalibrating the Cost of Harm Advocacy Speech: Getting beyond Brandenburg, 42 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1165 (2000) (with Ronald J. Krotoszynski), was cited in Steven Penaro, Reconciling Morse with Brandenburg, 77 Fordham L. Rev. 251 (2008).

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Bradford Mank Prof. Brad Mank

James B. Helmer, Jr. Professor of Law

Mayor Mallory appointed Brad to the Green Cincinnati Steering Committee. Several of Brad’s articles were cited:

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Photo of Professor Mossman Douglas Mossman

Administrative Director, Glenn M. Weaver Institute of Law and Psychiatry

Douglas published, Going Outside Your Area of Expertise: How Far Is Too Far?, Current Psychiatry 2008;7(10):53-56 (with Christina G. Weston, MD). He presented Psychological Tests in CST Assessments: Useful or Superfluous? (with G. Sokolov & P. Zapf), and Adjudicative Competence: A Primer on Difficult Cases (with A. T. Nemoianu, C. A. Martone, R. Wettstein, & L. M. Chism) at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law in Seattle.

Several of Douglas’s articles were cited:

  • Another Look at Interpreting Risk Categories, 18 Sexual Abuse—J. Res. & Treatment 41 (2006), in Calvin M. Langton, et al., Further Investigation of Findings Reported for the Minnesota Sex Offender Screening Tool-Revised, 23 J. Interpersonal Violence 1363 (2008).
  • Assessing Predictions of Violence - Being Accurate about Accuracy, 62 J. Consulting & Clin. Psychol. 783 (1994), in Alma Au, et al., A Preliminary Validation of the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER) in Hong Kong, 23 J Family Violence 727 (2008).
  • Sex on the Wards: Conundra for Clinicians, 25 J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry & L. 441 (1997), in Diana de Souza, et al., Sexuality, Vulnerability to HIV, and Mental Health: An Ethnographic Study of Psychiatric Institutions, 23 Cadernos de Saude Publica 2224 (2007).

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Photo of Professor Solimine Michael E. Solimine

Donald P. Klekamp Professor of Law

Michael was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief filed by federal procedure scholars in a case to be decided in the 2008 Term by the U.S. Supreme Court, Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Williams, No. 07-1216. Several of his articles were cited.

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Photo of Professor Steinman Adam Steinman

Associate Professor of Law

Adam’s forthcoming essay, An Ounce of Prevention: Solving Some Unforeseen Problems with the Proposed Amendments to Rule 56 and the Federal Summary Judgment Process, 103 Nw. U. L. Rev. Colloquy 230 (Nov. 2008), was featured on three popular legal blogs:

Several of Adam’s articles were cited:

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Photo of Professor Rands Joseph P. Tomain

Dean Emeritus and the Wilbert and Helen Ziegler Professor of Law

Several of Joe’s publications were cited:

  • Nuclear Futures, 15 Duke Envtl. L. & Pol’y F. 221 (2005), and Nuclear Power Transformation (Ind. U. Press 1987), cited in Samuel B. Hardy, Federal Subsidy of Adjudicative Right Determination: The New Cost Shifting of Nuclear Power Litigation, 59 Ala. L. Rev. 1705 (2008).
  • Rethinking Reform of Electricity Markets, 40 Wake Forest L. Rev. 497 (2005) (with Sidney A Shapiro), in Robert L. Glicksman & Richard E. Levy, Ordering State-federal Relations through Federal Preemption Doctrine: A Collective Action Perspective on Ceiling Preemption by Federal Environmental Regulation: The Case of Global Climate Change, 102 Nw. U.L. Rev. 579 (2008).

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Photo of Professor Williams Verna Williams

Professor of Law

The Freedom Center Journal, which is advised by Verna, Kristin Kalsem, and Emily Houh, held a discussion of Pamela Bridgewater's article, Connectedness and Closeted Questions: The Use of History in Developing Feminist Legal Theory, dealing with reproductive rights and the intersection of race, class, and gender.

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