Professor Gwendolyn Majette has been serving as an advisor to the Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Provider Price Commission this academic year.  She testified two times before the Commission – once in the Fall and once this Spring.  The Commission released its Final Report to the Massachusetts Legislature on March 15, 2017.  The 340 page report cites Professor Majette 15 times and her name is featured prominently on the acknowledgement page.  The following news article focuses on Professor Majette’s testimony.

Interim Dean Lee Fisher participated in “The Sound of Ideas” radio show on WCPN/90.3 (Cleveland-area NPR affiliate) on April 19.  Dean Fisher discussed DeRolph v. Ohio, the landmark Ohio Supreme Court case decided in 1997, which ruled that the way in which Ohio funded education was unconstitutional.   The program is available for viewing here.

On April 12, Professor Deborah A. Geier appeared in the second of three segments on “The Sound of Ideas,” a program on the Cleveland NPR affiliate WCPN, to discuss the prospects for tax reform.  To access the program, click here.

Chris Sagers, the James A. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Law, wrote in Saturday’s Washington Post to discuss the recent controversy over forcible removal of a United Airlines passenger, and the relation it might have to concentration and competition in the airline industry. You can read his piece here.

Professor Lolita Buckner Inniss has published a blog post entitled S/he Had it Coming: Rules, Resistance and Retribution. Her blog post is available here.

Professor Ray was selected to participate in the first annual Yale Cyber Leaders Forum organized by the Yale Law School, March 30 – April 1.  The Forum included leaders from government, industry and academia who came together to discuss how best to understand and counter the most pressing cyber security challenges of our day. The Forum will publish a white paper summarizing the group’s discussions in the next several months.

In addition, Professor Ray and the Cleveland-Marshall Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection Center (of which Professor Ray serves as co-director) were featured in a recent news story on Channel 5 News about high demand for new cybersecurity professionals.  The news story is available here.

Heidi Gorovitz Robertson, C|M|LAW’s Steven W. Percy Professor of Law, traveled to Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania on April 4 and 5. to deliver the 2017 Will Judy Lecture.  In addition, to the public lecture, Professor Robertson met with undergraduate students in the environmental studies program, with the College’s pre-law advisor and pre-law students, and with an upper-level class in environmental economics.

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio has published a post on Intlawgrrls entitled “Syria: The (Il)legality of the United States’ Use of Force Against Assad.”  This post, available here,  discusses the legality of recent American air strikes against Syria under both international law and domestic law.  Professor Sterio concludes in this post that the United States’ unilateral use of force against Syria most likely lacks a solid legal basis under international and domestic law.

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio was elected Co-Chair of the International Criminal Law Interest Group at the American Society of International Law.  She will serve a two-year term as Co-Chair.  Professor Sterio just completed a two-year term as Co-Chair of the American Society of International Law-Midwest Interest Group, and she is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Women in International Law Interest Group at the American Society of International Law.