Michael E. Solimine / March 2012

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Michael’s article, State Amici, Collective Action, and the Development of Federalism Doctrine, 46 Ga. L. Rev. 355 (2012), is now in print.

Several of Michael’s publications were cited:

  • Appellate Practice and Procedure: Cases and Materials (Thomson-West, 2d ed. 2005) (with Robert Martineau, Kent Sinclair & Randy Holland), in Laurie A. Lewis, Winning the Game of Appellate Musical Shoes: When the Appeals Band Plays, Jump from the Client’s to the Judge’s Shoes to Write the Statement of Facts Ballad, 46 Wake Forest L. Rev. 983 (2011);
  • Congress, Separation of Powers, and Standing, 59 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 1023 (2009), in Bradford C. Mank, Informational Standing after Summers, 39 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 1 (2011);
  • Deciding to Decide: Class Action Certification and Interlocutory Review by the United States Courts of Appeals under Rule 23(f) , 41 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1531 (2000) (with Christine Oliver Hines), in Michael Dore, Law of Toxic Torts (Clark Boardman Callaghan Supp. 2012);
  • Forum-Selection Clauses and the Privatization of Procedure, 25 Cornell Intl. L.J. 51 (1992), in James E. Pfander & David R. Pekarek Krohn, Interlocutory Review by Agreement of the Parties: A Preliminary Analysis, 105 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1043 (2011);
  • The Next Word: Congressional Response to Supreme Court Statutory Decisions, 65 Temp. L. Rev. 425 (1992) (with James L. Walker), in Bertrall L. Ross, II, Against Constitutional Mainstreaming, 78 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1203 (2011);
  • The Quiet Revolution in Personal Jurisdiction, 73 Tul. L. Rev. 1 (1998), in Katherine Florey, State Law, U.S. Power, Foreign Disputes: Understanding the Extraterritorial Effects of State Law in the Wake of Morrison v. National Australia, 92 B.U. L. Rev. 535 (2012); and Rebecca C. Griffin, Student Author, Finding Access to the Federal Courts: How the Inconsistent Application of Federal Jurisdiction in Cases with Significant Foreign Relations Implications Affects Mining and Agricultural Industries, 4 Ky. J. Equine, Agric. & Nat. Resources L. 213 (2011-2012);
  • Revitalizing Interlocutory Appeals in the Federal Courts, 58 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1165 (1990), in James E. Pfander & David R. Pekarek Krohn, Interlocutory Review by Agreement of the Parties: A Preliminary Analysis, 105 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1043 (2011);
  • State Amici, Collective Action, and the Development of Federalism Doctrine, 46 Ga. L. Rev. 355 (2012), in Caroline Cecot, Blowing Hot Air: An Analysis of State Involvement in Greenhouse Gas Litigation, 65 Vand. L. Rev. 189 (2012);
  • Status Seeking and the Allure and Limits of Law School Rankings, 81 Ind. L.J. 299 (2006), in Paula Lustbander, Painting beyond the Numbers: The Art of Providing Inclusive Law School Admission to Ensure Full Participation in the Profession, 40 Cap. U. L. Rev. 71 (2012); and
  • Supreme Court Monitoring of the United States Courts of Appeals En Banc, 9 S. Ct. Econ. Rev. 171 (2001) (with Tracey George), in Stephen L. Wasby, Why Sit En Banc? 63 Hastings L.J. 747 (2012); and Ryan J. Owens & David A. Simon, Explaining the Supreme Court’s Shrinking Docket, 53 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1219 (2012).

Michael was quoted in Carrie Whitaker, Occupy Cincinnati Holds Press Conference, Cincinnati Enquirer (Mar. 13, 2012).

Sandra F. Sperino / March 2012

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Two of Sandra’s articles were cited:

Joseph P. Tomain / March 2012

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Two of Joe’s pieces were solicited for publication:
  • an article titled “Smart Grid Innovation Policy,” solicited by the international peer-reviewed journal Competition and Regulation in Network Industries; and
  • an essay titled “Shadow Rates,” to be published in Infrastructure the Newsletter for the ABA Section on Energy and Natural Resources.
Joe served as a visiting professor at the University of Nancy II in Nancy, France.
Joe delivered a keynote lecture, titled “Clean Energy in US Law & Policy,” at the University of Puerto Rico

Several of Joe’s publications were cited:

  • Land Use Mediation for Planners, 7 Mediation Q. 163 (1989), in Edward H. Ziegler, Jr., Arden H. Rathkopf & Daren A. Rathkopf, Rathkopf’s The Law of Zoning and Planning (4th ed., Clark Boardman Callaghan Supp. 2012);
  • Regulatory Law and Policy: Cases and Materials (3d ed., LexisNexis Group 2003) (with Sidney Shapiro), in David B. Spence & Robert Prentice, The Transformation of American Energy Markets and the Problem of Market Power, 53 B.C. L. Rev. 131 (2012); and
  • Rethinking Reform of Electricity Markets, 40 Wake Forest L. Rev. 497 (2005) (with Sidney A Shapiro), in Sandeep Vaheesan, Preempting Parochialism and Protectionism in Power, 49 Harv. J. on Legis. 87 (2012).

Verna L. Williams / March 2012

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In March, UC Law’s Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice, which Verna co-directs with colleagues Emily Houh and Kristin Kalsem, sponsored several events, including a Coffee Corner with Professor Barbara Black (director of UC Law’s Corporate Law Center and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law), a Coffee Corner with Professor Paul Butler (George Washington University Law School), a debate between Professor Butler and Hamilton County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Mark Piepmeier, and a Coffee Corner with Professor Cheryl Harris (UCLA School of Law), who delivered this year’s UC Law annual Marx Lecture.

James W. Hart / March 2012

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Jim served on the Planning Committee and moderated a pre-conference program, Conveying Meaning, at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law in Washington, DC on March 28. The panel addressed oral and written translation of foreign law and how to locate it in English.  It included the Chief of the Interpreting Division of the U.S. State Department, the Chair of the Board of the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators, and the Director of Operations of Trusted Translations.

Marianna Brown Bettman / Feb. 2012

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Marianna arranged for the Ohio Solicitor General, Alexandra Schimmer, to visit the College of Law as the Harris Distinguished Practitioner.  During her visit, Ms. Schimmer delivered an all-school lunch talk, met with several research and writing sections to discuss brief-writing tips, and held a session for upper-level students on advanced appellate practice tips.

Marianna presented the Cincinnati Carl B. Rubin Legal Society Award of the Jewish National Fund to the Hon. Nathaniel R. Jones.

Marianna was quoted in CBS News, TV Broad., “Ohio Justice Rejects Death Penalty Law He Wrote” (CBS Feb. 15, 2012).

Marianna also posted several entries on her blog, Legally Speaking Ohio.

Marianna published More Judicial Criticism of Ohio’s Death Penalty, American Israelite (Feb. 2, 2012).

Barbara Black / Feb. 2012

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Barbara’s article, Arbitration of Investors’ Claims against Issuers: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?, 75 Law & Contemp. Probs. 107 (2012), is now in print.

Several of Barbara’s publications were cited:

Barbara recently completed a draft of a paper, ‘The SEC and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act:  Combating Global Corruption is Not the SEC’s Mission,’ which can be found on SSRN at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2009991.  The paper is a work in progress and will be presented at the March 16 Ohio State Law Journal Symposium on The FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) at Thirty Five and its Impact on Global Business.

A. Christopher Bryant / Feb. 2012

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The Cincinnati Bar Association published a debate between Chris and Jack Painter, the head of the Cincinnati Tea Party, on the constitutionality of the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act.  It appears in the February 2012 issue of their magazine, The CBA Report.

Also, on February 8, Chris debated Ken Klukowski of Liberty University School of Law on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate and its severability from the rest of the Act.  The debate was sponsored by UC Law’s Federalist Society.