Professor Milena Sterio was quoted in an article about the election of the new International Criminal Court prosecutor.  The article, “Last Men Standing for the ICC Prosecutor Election,” is available here: Last men standing for the ICC prosecutor election – JusticeInfo.net

Professor Milena Sterio participated as a panelist in an event titled “Sanctions Against the International Criminal Court: Constitutional and International Law Issues” on Jan. 27.  The event was co-sponsored by the American Branch of the International Law Association – ICC Committee, the AALS National Security Law Section, and the American Society of International Law. 

This panel discussion focused on sanctions imposed by the U.S. government against the ICC. Professor Sterio, as well as another panelist, Professor Leila Sadat, Washington University School of Law, are plaintiffs in two different law suits against the U.S. government, challenging the constitutionality of the sanctions regime.

On January 29, Professor Milena Sterio moderated an expert roundtable discussion on the “Rohingya Genocide.”  The discussion was organized by the Public International Law and Policy Group, a prominent Washington, D.C.-based NGO. Panelists discussed legal issues surrounding the atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority group by Myanmar armed forces, and whether these atrocities constituted genocide.

Professor Doron Kalir was interviewed on the upcoming (second) impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. On Friday, Feb. 5, he was hosted by Peter Groff (a former Obama Administration Official) and Charles Ellison of WURD Radio Philadelphia for a prolonged zoom session on the B|E Note video hour. On Monday, Feb. 8, he was interviewed on WURD Radio on both procedural and substantive issues relating to the upcoming trial. 

Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson was interviewed for a story in Communications Daily regarding Viasat’s request that the FCC conduct environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of SpaceX’s request to modify its existing license. The story, Environmental Reviews of Satellites Considered Long Shot, by Matt Daneman, was published on January 8, 2021 and can be accessed here: https://communicationsdaily.com/article/view?search_id=425600&stack=stack_5ff88e805c01b&id=622340.

Robertson is the Steven W. Percy Distinguished Professor of Law at C|M|LAW, and Professor of Environmental Studies at the Levin College of Urban Affairs.

Dean Lee Fisher has been selected as one of Cleveland Magazine’s The Cleveland 500 : “500 Leaders, Doers, Visionaries, and Idea Generators Who Help Shape the City” for 2021. Cleveland Magazine notes, “Being influential means more than just being successful. It means guiding from behind the scenes, as well as standing in front of them. In 15 categories, we compiled a list of those types of people who impact our community.”

Dean Fisher’s profile is in the magazine’s section of influencers in the category of “Law” (page 62). Click this link to see the whole issue: 2021 Cleveland 500 (glpublishing.com).

In addition, Dean Fisher has been profiled by Cleveland Jewish News The profile is available here:  https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/special_sections/local_lawyers_super_attorneys/profiles/lee-fisher-cleveland-marshall-college-of-law-cleveland-state-university-dean-and-joseph-c-hostetler/article_af70e8c4-617a-11eb-87af-17731c6c5c09.html

Professor Milena Sterio participated in a podcast, “Asymmetrical Haircuts,” in episode 34 titled “Distant Diplomacy.”  The podcast is co-hosted by Stephanie van den Berg and Janet Anderson, and it addresses topics of international justice.  The episode which Professor Sterio participated in focused on the December 2020 Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court, which Professor Sterio attended as a delegate of the Public International Law and Policy Group.  The episode is available here:
Episode 34 – Distant Diplomacy with Milena Sterio and Maria Elena Vignoli – asymmetrical haircuts

Professor Sterio also delivered a virtual lecture on Jan. 24 on the topic of “The International Criminal Court under ‘Assault'” as part of a program by the United Nations Association USA, Southern Illinois Chapter, co-sponsored by the Southern Illinois University School of Law.  A press release about this lecture is available here:  
International Criminal Court work highlighted in upcoming virtual lecture (siu.edu)

Chris Sagers, the James A. Thomas Professor of Law, has participated in a number of recent symposia. He will appear in February at a conference hosted by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the University of Kentucky School of Law, entitled Inframarginalism & Internet, which focuses on the impacts of market competition on inequality. His presentation will be based on his book, United States v. Apple: Competition in America.  

He also participated in symposia in widely read antitrust periodicals, including a discussion in Competition Policy International of the report on Big-Tech Monopoly produced by the House of Representatives, and another in the European journal Concurrences, on antitrust enforcement in the Biden administration. 

Chris Sagers, the James A. Thomas Professor of Law, recently spoke with the New York Times, Publishers’ Weekly, and the industry journal Modern Retail about new antitrust allegations against Amazon in the long-running antitrust saga of electronic books. Sagers is an authority on those matters, having written about them in his book United States v. Apple: Competition in America. 

Professor Kevin O’Neill is quoted an article on First Amendment Watch on whether Donald Trump’s January 6 exhortation to his followers was an act of incitement that falls within the unprotected boundaries of Brandenburg v. Ohio — a 1969 Supreme Court decision that denies First Amendment protection to advocacy of imminent lawless action.

Professor O’Neill concludes that Trump is vulnerable to an incitement prosecution. He states, “Trump’s remarks were an incitement within the unprotected boundaries of Brandenburg — because he dispatched his followers directly and immediately to the Capitol, and he did so for a specific unlawful purpose: to interrupt the counting of electoral votes.” 

First Amendment Watch, an online news and educational resource about First Amendment issues, is a project of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University.

Howard Katz made a presentation at the AALS annual conference. He gave advice about teaching at a session on January 8 sponsored by the New Law Professors section that was attended by nearly 250 people. Howard continues to serve on the executive committee of the New Law Professors section.

Howard serves as Legal Educator-in-Residence at the Law School.