C|M|LAW Professor John Plecnik presented a work-in-progress, with a working title of Officers Under the Appointments Clause, to the University of Pittsburgh School of Law’s 2013 Tax Workshop on March 20.  He participated on the panel titled, Tax Legislation and Tax Compliance.

To see coverage of the workshop on the TaxProf Blog, click here:

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2013/03/pittsburgh-hosts.html

On March 1, 2013, C|M|LAW Professor and Associate Dean Mark Sundahl was the guest on The Space Show, a Internet radio program hosted by Dr. David Livingston and dedicated to recent developments in space commerce.  During the 90-minute interview, Prof. Sundahl discussed current issues in the field of space law, including legislative reform initiatives in the area of export controls, liability for damage caused by space debris, orbital private space activity, and the mining of near-earth asteroids. 

The podcast of the interview can be found at http://archive.thespaceshow.com/shows/1961-BWB-2013-03-01.mp3.

C|M|LAW Professor Candice Hoke was quoted in an article in today’s Plain Dealer (Sunday, March 17, 2012) Electronic poll books seem conceptually simple but may be vulnerable to hacking and cyber attacks, experts say, by Karen Farkus.  In response to Cuyahoga County elections officials’ plan to experiment with electronic poll books to verify the registration of in-person, Hoke warned that “E-poll books are similar to other computer-based technologies in voting – full of promise and lousy execution in most locations.”  Hoke stated that “[o]ur counties should be extremely wary of adopting them, but definitely a pilot project is a good way to proceed.”

To read the story, click here:

http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga-county/index.ssf/2013/03/electronic_poll_books_seem_conceptually_simple_but_may_be_vulnerable_to_hacking_and_cyber_attacks_ex.html

C|M|LAW’s Joseph C. Hostetler, Baker & Hostetler Professor of Law, Lolita K. Buckner Inniss has published a Letter to the Editor in the New York Times.  The letter concerns “The Good, Racist People,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates (column, March 7), about the actor Forest Whitaker, who was stopped and frisked last month in a Manhattan deli by a deli employee.  In the letter, Inniss suggests that we treat all shoppers alike, either by scrutinizing no one, or everyone, and shifting the increased costs — of either lost goods due to shoplifting or of increased security — to the consumer.  The letter appeared on March 11, 2013, under the headline Shopping While Black:, Racism in Everyday Life, at page A20.

It is also available at  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/opinion/shopping-while-black-racism-in-everyday-life.html?smid=fb-share

C|M|LAW Professor Milena Sterio posted Everything You Have Always Wanted to Know about the Fulbright Program on the IntLawGrrls.com blog.

See:

Everything You Have Always Wanted to Know About the Fulbright Program

Crain’s Cleveland Business’s Ohio Energy Report has posted a blog entry by C|M|LAW Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Enrichment Heidi Gorovitz Robertson.  The post, entitled The fight for local control of drilling in Ohio may not be over yet, explains the legal landscape in Ohio and its neighbor states regarding the intersection of Constitutional home rule and the legislature’s assertion of statutory control over oil and gas drilling operations.

To read the post, see:

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20130308/BLOGS05/130309819/-1/blogs05

Chris Sagers, C|M|LAW’s James A. Thomas Professor of Law, was called to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives, in a hearing before the Judiciary subcommittee for Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law. The hearing concerned the proposed merger of American Airlines and U.S. Airways.  Sagers, who studies antitrust and regulated industries, explained his view that the merger will  likely cause fares to increase on various concentrated routes throughout the country, will probably result in one or more hub closures and job losses, and will not rejuvenate the merging airlines’ economic performance in they way they promise.

Professor Sagers’ testimony was carried on C-SPAN, and you can see the video below. Professor Sagers’ testimony begins at 43:40.  See:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311179-1

On Friday, February 22, 2013, C|M|LAW Professors John Plecnik and Mark Sundahl, and C|M|LAW Adjunct Professor James Roosa, spoke to a group of entrepreneurs at the Shaker LaunchHouse as part of the Business Gateway Lecture Series.   The topic of the presentation was Legal Issues for Start Ups: Five Things Every Entrepreneur Needs to Address When Launching a Company.  The professors covered many issues that entrepreneurs face when starting a new venture — from selecting the right entity and raising money to protecting IP, developing proper contracting practices, and complying with applicable regulations.  The Business Gateway Lecture Series is a joint venture of C|M|LAW and the Monte Ahuja College of Business Administration and was designed to share the expertise of CSU faculty with the local community of entrepreneurs.