Sandra F. Sperino / May 2012

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Sandra’s article, Direct Employer Liability for Punitive Damages, 97 Iowa L. Rev. Bull. 34 (2012), is now in print.

Sandra coauthored an amicus brief (with Alex Long) in support of a petition for certiorari in Ketterer v. Yellow Transportation, 670 F.3d 644 (2012).

Two of Sandra’s articles were cited:

Shannon L. Kemen / May 2012

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Shannon attended 3T: Teaching, Techniques & Technology Conference at Clermont College on April 28.

Shannon presented Ohio Legal Research at the University of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky University Boot Camps for summer associates, which took place on May 16-17.

Shannon presented a CLE, Researching Private Companies: How to Locate Information on Small Businesses, at the Hamilton County Law Library on May 17.

Marjorie Corman Aaron / April 2012

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Marjorie gave two presentations at the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution Conference in Washington, DC (April 19-21):

  • How to Counter “Spin” without Counter-spinning: Ways to Deal with Aggressive Advocates and Ill-Counseled Clients (with Dwight Golann); and
  • Client Science:  What We’ve Learned from Teaching and Individual Coaching on How Best to Counsel Clients through Legal Realities (with Richard Reuben, for the Legal Educators’ Colloquium).

Marjorie’s article, Strategy at the Negotiation Table: From Stereotypes to Subtleties, 30 Alternatives to the High Cost of Litig. 83 (2012), is now in print.

Marjorie taught a mediation workshop for lawyers newly selected to serve on the Federal District Court Mediation Panel of the Western District of New York (with co-trainer and mediator, Amy Glass) on April 26-28.

Timothy K. Armstrong / April 2012

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Two of Tim’s articles were cited:

  • Chevron Deference and Agency Self-Interest, 13 Cornell J.L. & Pub. Policy 203 (2004), in AKM LLC v. Sec’y of Labor, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 6940 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 6, 2012); and
  • Fair Circumvention, 74 Brook. L. Rev. 1 (2008), in Krzysztof Bebenek, Student Author, Strong Wills, Weak Locks: Consumer Expectations and the DMCA Anticircumvention Regime, 26 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1457 (2011).

Marianna Brown Bettman / April 2012

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Marianna, who organizes the Judge in Residence program, arranged for the Hon. Randall Shepard (ret.) of the Indiana Supreme Court to visit the College on April 10-12.  During his visit, Justice Shepard delivered College-wide comments entitled, Subpoenas for Judges? A Response to Newt Gingrich; met informally with several student groups; and participated in many classes.

Marianna moderated a panel, Judges and the Media, for the current CALL (Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers) class.

Marianna attended the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference in Lexington as the delegate for Hon. Martha Craig Daughtrey.

Marianna published Must Police Have a Warrant to Stop a Person to Render Aid? as part of her monthly column, Legally Speaking, in the April 5 issue of the American Israelite.

Marianna posted nine new entries this month on her blog, Legally Speaking Ohio, where she provides insightful commentary on the happenings of the Ohio Supreme Court on varied topics, such as: the constitutionality of the Medical Malpractice Statute of Repose; application of the Recreational Activities Rule to a collision between a skier and a snowboarder; the winner of the 2010 Hamilton County Juvenile Court election; a mandamus action challenging the Northeast Coalition for the Homeless consent decree; application of the Punitive Damages cap statute to multiple defendants; punishing juvenile sex offenders; voluntary dismissals under Civ.R. 41(A)(1)(a); relying more on the Ohio Constitution; and standing and real party in interest in a foreclosure action.

Barbara Black / April 2012

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Barbara participated in an invitation-only workshop, Administrative Issues Involving the Dodd-Frank Wall St. Reform and Consumer Protection Act, at Case Western Reserve University School of Law on April 5-6.

Barbara debated Professor Adam Pritchard (University of Michigan Law School) on the legality and merits of initiatives to limit investors’ access to courts in a webcast for institutional investors, The Curious Case of Carlyle … and Efforts to Shut Down Investor Access to Courts.

Barbara discussed her empirical research, Investors’ Perceptions of the Fairness of the SRO Securities Arbitration Process, at the Legal Educators Colloquium of the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution Annual Meeting on April 21.

Barbara gave a speech, Does the FAA Reign Supreme?  Concepcion and Class Waivers, at the National Association of Shareholder & Consumer Attorneys (NASCAT) Annual Meeting on April 26.

Barbara’s article, Brokers and Advisers – What’s in a Name?, 11 Fordham J. Corp. & Fin. L. 31 (2005), was cited in Peter D. Isakoff, Student Author, Agents of Change: The Fiduciary Duties of Forwarding Market Professionals, 61 Duke L.J. 1563 (2012).

Barbara was quoted in David Zaring, The Conglomerate Blog, Final Call for Papers – National Business Law Scholars Conference (Apr. 18, 2012).