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A Challenge For Federalism: Achieving National Goals In The Electricity Industry, Ari Peskoe

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Environmental Law Updates

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Reflections On Rothko And Writing: A Response To Pierre Schlag's Lecture On The State Of Legal Scholarship, Olympia Duhart

Faculty Scholarship

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Twelve Crucial Health, Safety, And Environmental Regulations: Will The Obama Administration Finish In Time?, Amy Sinden, Rena I. Steinzor, Matthew Shudtz, James Goodwin, Yee Huang, Lena Pons

Faculty Scholarship

When President Obama came to the White House and put his appointees in place, they faced a long to-do list. For the preceding eight years, the dominant view within the Executive Branch had been that health, safety, and environmental regulation was a nuisance to business, cutting into industry profits in service of objectives that had never been part of President George W. Bush’s agenda.

By the time Bush II left office on January 20, 2009, little had been done and a lot of important safeguards had been rolled back. Crucial rules mandated by Congress were delayed or derailed, and enforcement …

The Origins Of Modern International Chemical Weapons Law, Albert H. Rivero

Maria Dittman Library Research Competition: Student Award Winners

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Organizational Culture In Wisconsin Large Law Firms, Susan Balzer Spoerk

Professional Projects

Culture can be defined as the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes one group or category of people from another. Organizational culture is an idea in the field of organizational studies and management which describes the psychology, attitudes, experiences, beliefs and values (personal and cultural values) of an organization. There are many studies on Organizational Culture applied to corporations. There are very few studies of Organizational Culture applied to law firms. This is a study of Organizational Culture in Wisconsin Large Law Firms. This study does not attempt to define specific cultural knowledge of large Wisconsin law firms but …

Amicus (Spring 2011), University Of Colorado Law School

Amicus

This issue explores and highlights many of the Colorado Law alumni who have strengthened the school by creating a family legacy within its halls. Colorado Law is extremely proud of the fact that so many of our alumni have stayed connected to the school through the familial ties of future generations, for it is these bonds that help to ensure the strength of our school and our community.

Featured in this issue:

• The DeMuth family
• The Miller-Ruyle family
• The Anesi-Maynes family
• The Sabin-Heath family
• The Crane-Tejada family
• The Carrigan family
• The Folsom family
• The Wolf family
• The Tomsick-Brown family
• The …

Advance, Spring 2011, San Jose State University, Department Of Justice Studies

Advance (Justice Studies)

News from the San Jose State University Record Clearance Project

Health Law Outlook - Volume 4, Issue 2 (Spring 2011)

Health Law Outlook (archive)

Inside this issue:

• Smoke Free NYC: New Trends in Public and Private Smoking Restrictions, Matthew McKennan
• Bullying as a Public Health Concern: A Look at New Jersey’s Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights, Brandon Wolff
• Special Feature The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: The Road to the Supreme Court
• Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: A Discussion of Potential Practitioner Liability, Ashley Abraham
• Mandating the HPV Vaccine for School-Age Children: Considering the Debate Five Years Later, Regina Ram

April 2011 Docket, Georgia State University College Of Law

The Docket

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April 2011 Docket (April Fools Issue), Georgia State University College Of Law

The Docket

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Panelist Biographies

Labor & Employment Law Forum

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Welcome Remarks: Overview Of Title Vii

Labor & Employment Law Forum

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Volume 1, Number 2

Labor & Employment Law Forum

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Rebalancing Oil Contracts In Venezuela, Julián Cárdenas García

Cornell Law School Inter-University Graduate Student Conference Papers

During the last decade, the Venezuelan government has pursued a reform of the legal regime of hydrocarbons tailored to its interests as an oil producing country. However, the ongoing consequences of the global economic recession which negatively impacted the Venezuelan economy, call into question the suitability of such scheme. Confronting the challenge of attracting foreign investment, the methods of awarding contracts used by the Venezuelan Government have contributed to the approval of a series of incentives which are rebalancing the contractual conditions for new oil ventures. Royalty and tax reductions, access to international arbitration and the protection granted through bilateral …

Volume 35, Issue 1 (Spring 2011)

Transcript

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Environmental Law At Maryland, No. 31, Spring 2011

Environmental Law at Maryland

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Committee Capture? An Empirical Analysis Of The Role Of Creditors' Committees In Business Reorganizations, Michelle M. Harner, Jamie Marincic

Vanderbilt Law Review

The number of businesses experiencing financial distress increased significantly during the past several years. The number of Chapter 11 reorganization cases likewise rose. And many of these business failures were spectacular, leaving little value for creditors and even less for shareholders. Consequently, how the business debtor's limited asset pie is divided and who gets to allocate the pieces are very relevant and important questions.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Code generally contemplates the appointment of a committee of the debtor's unsecured creditors to serve as a fiduciary for all general unsecured creditors and as a statutory watchdog over the debtor and its …

The Cross Examiner, Seton Hall University School Of Law

Newspapers

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Table Of Contents

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Florida State Law Alumni Magazine (Spring 2011), Florida State University College Of Law Office Of Development And Alumni Affairs

Alumni Newsletter & FSU Law Magazine

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Complex Financial Institutions And Systemic Risk, Manuel A. Utset

Scholarly Publications

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A More Critical Use Of Fairness Opinions As A Practical Approach To The Behavioral Economics Of Mergers And Acquisitions, Joan Macleod Heminway

Scholarly Works

This paper responds to Professor Donald C. Langevoort's essay entitled "The Behavioral Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions" (12 Transactions: Tenn. J. Bus. L. 65 (2011)). Together with Professor Langevoort's essay and another responsive work written from the standpoint of behavioral psychology – Eric Sundstrom's "Tall Steps, Slippery Slopes & Learning Curves in the Behavioral Economics of Mergers & Acquisitions" (12 Transactions: Tenn. J. Bus. L. 65 (2011)) – this paper preliminarily explores solutions to behavioral issues in the context of mergers and acquisitions.

Specifically, this paper contends that changes in the contents, construction, use, and assessment of fairness opinions may …

Foreword: Divine Operating System?, Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Scholarly Works

This Foreword to a Tennessee Law Review symposium on the implications of a federal constitutional convention surveys a number of proposals for reining in the growth of federal government power and spending, ranging from the creation of a new house of Congress with the sole power to repeal bills, to more mundane proposals such as a balanced budget amendment and term limits.

Agents In Secrecy: The Use Of Information Surrogates In Trust Administration, Lauren Z. Curry

Vanderbilt Law Review

Trusting another to look after one's best interest when money is at stake is difficult in many different situations. This is true in the area of trust administration as well. As with most areas of law and regulation, trust law addresses this concern primarily through the requirement of information disclosure. Information disclosure to trust beneficiaries has become a heated issue among trust scholars and practitioners. Interestingly, as fundamental as disclosure may be in trust administration, the duty to disclose is not precisely defined at common law and is far from uniform. This creates a profusion of problems for trustees who …

Providing Attorneys For Children In Dependency And Termination Of Parental Rights Proceedings In Florida: The Issue Updated, Michael J. Dale

Faculty Scholarship

Florida's system for providing protection and safety to children in the State's child welfare system has changed over the past decade. Regretfully, the changes do not appear to have had a significant impact in two areas: increasing the safety and protection of children in the system' and providing children with independent attorneys to advocate on their behalf. Investigations, lawsuits, grand juries, amendments to court rules, and newspaper articles continue to demonstrate the myriad failures in the Florida system. Two notorious examples hi-lite the shortcomings: the cases of the foster child, Rilya Wilson, who disappeared in 2001, and Gabriel Myers, who …

Use And Disposition Of Life Insurance In Dissolution Of Marriage, Jani Maurer

Faculty Scholarship

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Causing Infringement, Mark Bartholonew, Patrick F. Mcardle

Vanderbilt Law Review

Two years ago, the outbreak of a mysterious virus captivated the world. First detected in the state of Veracruz, Mexico in April 2009, the virus hopscotched from country to country leaving a trail of death and panicked citizens. Concerned that the virus would continue to spread, world governments banned travel to affected nations and urged citizens to take precautionary measures. U.S. Vice President Biden told citizens not to take mass transit. Airports installed thermal scanners to detect and quarantine infected travelers. Thousands donned surgical masks. Despite these precautions, two months after the virus's discovery, public health authorities diagnosed a full-fledged …

Low Cost Alternatives For Legal Research: Using Casemaker And Loislaw, Emily Janoski-Haehlen

Law Faculty Publications

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Director's Letter, Sarah Chinn

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

As I write this, the snow is slowly melting: the residue of the blizzard that brought 2010 to a close (and ground the East Coast to an almost complete halt). The stillness of the air outside fosters a kind of meditativeness, although it's hard to get a firm grasp on the events of the past few weeks. After what seemed like an endless parade of false starts, Congress finally overturned Don't Ask, Don't Tell, a policy that came into being at the same time as our newest crop of undergraduates. And at almost the same moment, the DREAM Act, legislation …