Chris Sagers, James A. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Law, was quoted in the New York Times on August 9 concerning the collapse of two pending mergers among major media entities–the acquisition of the Time-Warner entertainment group by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox enterprise, and the acquisition of T-Mobile by Sprint. Professor Sagers shared his thoughts on whether the mergers were dropped on fears of antitrust intervention, and whether their failures were to be welcomed.

An online version of the article can be read here.

Cleveland-Marshall Professor of Law Patricia J. Falk published “Because Ladies Lie”: Eliminating Vestiges of the Corroboration and Resistance Requirements from Ohio’s Sexual Offenses in the Cleveland State Law Review (62 Clev. St. L. Rev. 343 (2014)).  

Professor Matthew Green presented at the SEALS Annual Meeting in Amelia Island, Florida, on August 3.  Professor Green participated in a workshop on Labor and Employment Law entitled “Title VII at 50: What Needs to Change?”  This roundtable workshop focused on what changes were needed about Title VII in order to make it more effective for those it was designed to protect.  

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio participated in a Workshop on International Criminal Law at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting in Amelia Island, Florida, on August 1.  Professor Sterio’s remarks focused on different strategies regarding teaching International Criminal Law.  

Professor Joseph Mead published an online essay at RegBlog, which is published by University of Pennsylvania Program on Regulation. The essay discusses Professor Mead’s co-authored article entitled Choosing a Court to Review the Executive, which is forthcoming in the Administrative Law Review. In both the essay and the article, Professor Mead analyzes the complicated maze for determining where a lawsuit challenging the actions of the federal government must be filed. Professor Mead concludes that the current system is unjustifiably confusing, and proposes a framework for making clearer and better jurisdictional decisions when it comes to reviewing federal agency decisions.

The online essay can be found at http://www.regblog.org/2014/07/21-fromherz-mead-judicial-review-of-agency-decisions.html

A draft of the forthcoming article can be found at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2409944&download=yes

Professor John Plecnik’s latest article, “Officers Under the Appointments Clause,” was just published in the Pittsburgh Tax Review. The abstract and article are available on SSRN:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2467750

Chris Sagers, the James A. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Law at Cleveland-Marshall, is quoted in this week’s “Common Sense” column, by James Stewart, in the New York Times. Stewart’s column is critical of the proposed acquisition by Rupert Murdoch’s entertainment empire of Time-Warner, a deal that would combine major movie studies and television production assets.

An online version of the column is available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/26/business/a-21st-century-fox-time-warner-merger-would-narrow-already-dwindling-competition.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0​

Professor Patricia J. Falk was interviewed by Dennis Knowles and David C. Barnett of Ideastream, Northeast Ohio Public Radio and Television, regarding the 60th anniversary of the Sam Sheppard case. Excerpts of her interview appeared on the July 4th edition of the program “Applause” on WVIZ PBS — Channel 25.

Professor Falk’s interview is available via the following link: http://www.ideastream.org/applause/entry/62878

Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Enrichment Milena Sterio signed a book contract with Routledge. Professor Sterio’s book will be entitled “Prosecuting Juvenile Piracy Suspects: The International Legal Framework,” and will likely appear in print in early 2016.

Professor Dennis Keating’s reports on the Cuyahoga County Land Bank were cited in the Winter
2014 issue of “Evidence Matters”, HUD User, a publication of the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development: “Countywide Land Banks
Tackle Vacancy and Blight.”

The “Evidence Matters” issue is available here:
http://www.huduser.org/portal/periodicals/em/winter14/highlight3.html