While a wide abyss may separate the theoretical from the practical in some areas of the law, that's not the case at the University of Baltimore's Center on Applied Feminism, which keeps its feet firmly planted on the ground. This center is an attempt to be a bridge between theory and practice -- to bring insights from feminist legal theory into the work we do for clients and to bring things we see happening on the ground to inform legal theory," said center co-director Michele Gilman. "Or, as we like to say, from the ground to the ivory tower and back.
In a previous article, I wrote that the New York Court of Appeals had been presented with an opportunity to limit or abandon the so- called Mohawk doctrine. In Bessemer Trust Co, N.A. v. Branin, the court of appeals addressed the implied covenant, under common law, which prohibits solicitation of customers by the seller of a business. The court of appeals came to address this case by way of a certified question from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which found New York law to be unsettled on the question before it. In Bessemer Trust, the plaintiff purchased the goodwill (including client relationships) of an investment management firm from Branin and seven other principals for a purchase price totalling $75 million. Branin was initially employed by the plaintiff but eventually beca...
There ought to be a law against people like Fred Phelps. His claim that American combat deaths in Iraq are God's response to America's tolerance of homosexuals is both offensive and preposterous. His decision to gain publicity for his cause by picketing funerals of Iraq war victims is reprehensible. Maryland does have a law against picketing funerals -- now. But it was enacted only after Fred Phelps and his Kansas-based church chose to desecrate the funeral of Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder in Westminster.
I cannot say I was surprised Tuesday when I got word from John Mielke that the Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin Inc. would not pursue further legal recourse against the state's new prevailing wage law. Mielke, ABC's vice president, told me the association's board of directors opted instead to seek a legislative fix next session when there is a new governor and new Legislature.
Epstein reflects on the historical evolution and economic structure of the Law Merchant. It includes the rules governing sale, credit, insurance, transportation, and partnership. In approaching so salient a topic, it comes as something of a shock to realize that the first order of business in this venerable area is the extensive over the existence of the Law Merchant.
This year, Maryland Disability Law Center is hosting a "two-fer" at its Breaking Barriers awards gala. In addition to honoring Marylanders who helped pave the way to integrate people with disabilities into community life (more on that later), the gala is the kickoff for a capital campaign to fund MDLC's move to new office space.
In 2006 the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws approved the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, an update to the Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act relating to the treatment of endowment funds. As of Sept. 17, New York adopted UPMIFA, commonly referred to as NYPMIFA. This act provides statutory guidelines for management, investment, and expenditure of funds held by charitable institutions, including endowment and other donor-restricted funds.
Professor [Patricia Broussard] has had an extensive legal career, including work as a contract attorney for the United States Postal Service and the U.S. Department of Justice. She taught at Howard Law School and was acting director of Howard's Legal Writing Program. In February 2003, Professor Broussard, along with Professors Gregory Berry and Gwendolyn Roberts Majette, submitted an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Howard University law students in the landmark affirmative action case of Grutter v. Bollinger, which upheld the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action admission policies. That same year, the Howard University School of Law honored her by presenting her with the Warren Rosmarin Award for outstanding teaching and service to the l...
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