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10/28/2008
Akron Law to Present a Seminar on How Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks Can Help Businesses and Exports

Akron, Ohio, Oct. 28, 2008 - The University of Akron School of Law with the cooperation of the U.S. Export Assistance Center in Cleveland, will present a half-day program on Monday, Nov. 10 from 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. describing how Northeast Ohio businesses and exporters can protect their patents, copyrights and trademarks in the United States and overseas markets.

10/27/2008
Oct. 27

Professor J. Dean Carro was quoted in a story about the new Akron Bar Association director in the Akron Legal News. Electronic text is not available.

10/27/2008
October 27, 2008

Bill Jordan moderated a panel entitled "Arbitrary and Capricious Review Revisited: State Farm vs. Vermont Yankee at Last" at the 2008 Fall Conference of the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Process in Washington, D.C. Panelists included Judge Kavanaugh of the D.C. Circuit, Professor Gillian Metzger (Columbia), Associated Dean Cary Coglianese (Penn), and Prof. Jon Cannon (UVA and former EPA General Counsel). He also presented on a second panel on developments related to rulemaking on the panel "Annual Review of Major Developments in Administrative Law" at the 2008 Fall Conference of the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Process in Washington, D.C. Brant Lee joined visiting scholar David Levine and Akron education professor Susan Clarke in presenting the panel "Public School Desegregation: The San Francisco Experience" at Akron Law in October 2008. Tracy Thomas was invited to speak on a panel entitled "IP Remedies after eBay" at the 2009 Southeastern Association Law Schools annual meeting in Palm Beach, Florida. Several Akron faculty have published entries in the newly published, Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court (Gale Press).    o Dick Aynes, entries on Missouri Compromise, Secession, Stone v. Mississippi, Test Oath Cases, Waite, and Morrison
   o Will Huhn, entries on Board of Regents v. Roth, Public Purpose, RA v. Cit of St. Paul
   o Marge Koosed, entries on Counselman v. Hitchchock, Roadside Stops
   o Tracy Thomas, entry on Women's Suffrage Akron law faculty Dick Aynes, Will Huhn, and Elizabeth Reilly participated as panelists and moderators at last week's successful Constitutional Law Center Symposium, "The 140th Anniversary of the 14th Amendment." Top 10 Papers in SSRN Akron Research Paper Series (Total SSRN Downloads of all Papers 4,509)   - 271 Elizabeth Reilly, Incl. Electronic Paper Faculty Salary Compression: A Model for Response
  - 241 Tracy Thomas, Incl. Electronic Paper Ubi Jus, Ibi Remedium: The Fundamental Right to a Remedy Under Due Process
  - 222, Sam Baumgartner, How Well Do U.S. Judgments Fare in Europe?
  - 166 Sam Baumgartner, Incl. Electronic Paper Class Actions and Group Litigation in Switzerland
  - 162, Sam Baumgartner, Incl. Electronic Paper Is Transnational Litigation Different?
  - 159, Alan Newman, Incl. Electronic Paper The Uniform Trust Code: An Analysis of Ohio's Version
  - 158, Jane Moriarty, Incl. Electronic Paper Forensic Science: Grand Goals, Tragic Flaws, and Judicial Gatekeeping
  - 155, Rich Kovach, Incl. Electronic Paper Personal and Political Bias in the Debate Over Federal Income Taxation Rates and Progressivity
  - 142, Jay Dratler, Incl. Electronic Paper Invention is a Process, or Why the Electronics and Pharmaceutical Industries are at Loggerheads over Patents
  - 139, Jay Dratler, Incl. Electronic Paper Common-Sense (Federal) Common Law Adrift in a Statutory Sea, or Why Grokster was a Unanimous Decision    

10/22/2008
Legal Ethics Expert Geoffrey Hazard to Give Public Lecture on Nov. 21

Akron, Ohio, Oct. 22, 2008 - Geoffrey Hazard, a renowned expert in the areas of legal ethics and professional responsibility, will be the inaugural Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Institute for Professional Responsibility Distinguished Lecturer on Nov. 21 at The University of Akron School of Law.

10/22/2008
Students Win Top Honors at 2008 Landskroner Competition

Akron, Ohio, Oct. 22, 2008 - University of Akron law students took home top honors at the 2008 The Landskroner Foundation for Children Closing Argument Competition.

10/20/2008
Oct. 20

Law student Laura Wallerstein received a scholarship from the Soroptimist International group. The text for this Akron Beacon Journal story is available here.

10/16/2008
Oct. 16

A brief Solon Sun story notes Professor Wilson Huhn will moderate a discussion at an event at the Pepper Pike Learning Center. The text for this story is available here.

10/15/2008
Oct. 15

Richard Cooey, convicted of murdering two UA students in 1986, was executed on Tuesday. Professor Dana Cole was briefly mentioned in the article. The text for this Akron Beacon Journal story is available
here.

10/13/2008
October 13, 2008

Alan Newman's forthcoming article in the journal Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal (ABA), Revocable Trusts and the Law of Wills: An Imperfect Fit, was ranked #2 of the Top 10 Downloads for the Wills, Trusts, and Estates SSRN Series for the period of August 6 to October 5, 2008, and was mentioned on the Wills, Trusts, and Estates Lawprof Blog. Jane Moriarty and the Akron Neuroscience Symposium were featured in New Scientist magazine.  

10/9/2008
Oct. 9

A brief Akron Beacon Journal story noted the public lecture by Marc Spindelman at Akron Law. Electronic text is not available.

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