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	Prof. Goldstein Provides Historical Insight For July 28, 2008 MinnPost.com, “VP Picks: Once the Province of Party Bosses” July 28: History News Nework, Op-Ed, "Why the Vice-Presidential Nominees Will Be Presidential" July 27: The Arizona Republic, "Ideal VP Pick Bolsters Candidate, Doesn't Reveal Weaknesses" The Lansing State Journal, "Presidential Hopefuls Take Time on VP Picks" July 25: KMOX Radio, St. Louis, interview with Joel Goldstein on potential vice presidential candidates The Dallas Morning News, "Picking Running Mate is Obama's Biggest Test Yet" July 23: The Chronicle of Higher Education, "Brainstorm: VP Watcher, Part I" MinnPost.com, "A Governor for Veep? It's Been a Long Time" July 20: Florida Sun Sentinel, "Who would you place odds on to become Republican and Democratic vice-presidential nominees?" July 19: NPR's Weekend Edition-Saturday host Scott Simon interviewed Joel Goldstein about the vice presidency. Local broadcast 7-9 a.m. Sat. July 19 on KWMU 90.7 FM, St. Louis. July 18: Minneapolis Star Tribune: Politcally Connected Blog "Veep fatigue? Here’s an antidote" July 15: Business Week "The Ethics of Picking a Vice President" July 15: XM Radio POTUS '08 interview with host Rebecca Roberts on the Vice Presidency and this year's contenders. July 15: Congressional Quarterly Politics.com, "VP Watch:Worth More Than A Bucket of Spit" July 6: Miami Herald, "Media attention on Crist inspires VP Murmurs" July 6: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Veep Best Bets are D.C. Insiders" July 6: Tallahassee Democrat, "Crist Unlikely VP for McCain" July 6: Pensacola News Journal, "Scholars: Crist Unlikely VP Pick"
	Estate Tax Implications for Family Considering Sale of Rams July 28, 2008 KMOX 1120 AM Radio, St. Louis. Brad Fogel was interviewed about estate taxes faced by the family heirs to the Rams football franchise if they choose to sell the team.
	Prof. Ammann on Re-Opening Firefighter's Lawsuit July 28, 2008 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: " Firefighter’s family seeks new deal" Robert Patrick reports on re-opening of a lawsuit involving a firefighter's family and the manufacturer of safety equipment blamed for his death.
	Clinic Represents Disabled Illinois Residents in Lawsuit to Save Home July 25, 2008 John Ammann, Law Clinic Director announced filing of a lawsuit on behalf of the residents of the County Shelter Care Home in Madison County, Illinois. The County has announced plans to close the home in October. A hearing has been set for Aug. 19. See video and print coverage of the story: The St. Louis Daily Record St. Louis Post Dispatch Belleville News Democrat Edwardsville Journal The Telegraph, Alton, Il. KTVI-TV KSDK-TV
	Prof. Watson on Rising Cost of Missouri's Uninsured July 23, 2008 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Lack of Health Insurance is Costly" quotes Sidney Watson on a new report released by the Missouri Foundation for Health on "The Significance of Missouri's Uninsured". "This reminds us of the human cost of not having insurance - both the inability to get health care and the impact on the health care system as a whole, " Watson told reporter Mary Jo Feldstein.
	How Private R Ur Txt Msgs? July 20, 2008 The National Law Journal, "Embattled Mayor Seeks Refuge in 'Texting' Case". Text messages led to criminal charges against the mayor of Detroit who is seeking to defend himself with a recent ruling on text message privacy handed down by the 9th U.S. CIrcuit Court of Appeals. Prof. Teri Dobbins told the Journal that she doesn't view the 9th circuit ruling as a prohibition of text-message auditing in the workplace, "I don't think employees should feel confident that no matter what they do that it will remain private because I don't think the opinion goes that far, by any means."
	Coverage of the InBev Takeover of A-B Requires Professors' Expertise July 15, 2008 St. Louis Daily Record: "Not Much Room to Sue Over Deal" quotes Professors Bodie and Fogel on lawsuits related to the InBev-Anheuser-Busch merger. July 14: KMOV-TV, St. Louis featured an interview with Matt Bodie on their 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts discussing the meaning and consequences of A-B/InBev merger. July 14: St. Louis Daily Record interviewed Professors Brad Fogel and Matt Bodie on the InBev/A-B merger. July 14: KWMU, Public Radio, St. Louis interviewed Matt Bodie on A-B's acceptance of $70 a share offer from InBev. July 8: St. Louis Post Dispatch's Mound City Money Blog turned to Prof. Matt Bodie's Prawf's Blawg in an effort to determine if InBev can actually force removal of Anheuser-Busch's board of directors under Delaware corporate law. July 7: Missouri Lawyers Weekly, "Bud FIght, The Anheuser-Busch Legal Board Game" quotes Matt Bodie on InBev's lawsuit to force out A-B's board. July 1: St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of the InBev take over bid for Anheuser-Busch includes an interview with Brad Fogel on the growing number of shareholder lawsuits against A-B and its board to enter negotiations. Matthew Bodie examines the hostile takeover bid in his PrawfsBlawg post: An Anheuser-Busch Puzzle: When is a Classified Board No Longer Classified?
	July 3, 2008: Professors on the Air July 3, 2008 KMOX Radio, St. Louis: Matthew Bodie was interviewed live on the morning news on the recent 9th Circuit ruling on Fourth Amendment rights and employers' rights to read employees' text messages. KWMU Radio, St. Louis: Joel Goldstein is a guest on St. Louis On The Air to discuss the history of the vice presidency and the selection process in the current campaign.
	June 27, 2008: Prof. Anders on Supreme Court's 2nd Amendment Ruling June 27, 2008 Anders Walker was quoted in the St. Louis Daily Record on the Supreme Court's ruling in the District of Columbia v. Heller case which struck down the District's handgun ban. Prof. Walker predicts the NRA will file lawsuits in other cities with restrictive gun control laws.
	Joel K. Goldstein June 23, 2008 "Vice Presidential Scholar is No. 1 on No. 2s" reads the page one headline on the June 3, 2008 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The subject of the profile could be none other than our very own Joel Goldstein. Reporter Jake Wagman wanted to know who is this man that every news outlet in the country turns to when it's time to select vice-presidential candidates? Local and national media continue to consult Prof. Goldstein on the race for vice president: June 5, 2008: The Chicago Tribune, “Hillary Clinton: Wild Card in Veepstakes” June 7, 2008:The Associated Press, "Arizona Dems Would Take A Hit If Napolitano Leaves Early" June 8, 2008: Sarasota Herald Tribune, "McCain/Crist? To many, it’s a good/bad idea” June 8, 2008: KTVI-TV, St. Louis , "Could Obama Pick a VP Candidate from Missouri?" June 8, 2008: The Kansas City Star, "Clinton is not a Good Fit for Obama's Change Message" June 9, 2008: The Dallas Morning News, "Obama-Clinton: a Dream Team or a Nightmare Ticket?" June 11, 2008:KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio,"Who Should Get the VP Slots?" June 12, 2008:South Florida Sun-Sentinel, “Does Gov. Charlie Crist Have what It Takes to be McCain’s Running Mate?” June 13, 2008:The Los Angeles Times, "Vice Presidential Search Just Gets Tougher" June 13, 2008: Voice Of America Radio,"Why the Search for a Running Mate has become a Bigger Deal" June 20, 2008: The Hill, "Cheney Gets Last Laugh" June 21, 2008: The Toronto Star, "U.S. election: Does a running mate really matter?" June 24, 2008: Bloomberg News, "John Adams Wannabes Tremble as Obama, McCain Teams Seek Vices" June 25, 2008: KQED-FM, public radio in San Francisco. Joel was a guest on the live morning news program "Forum" with host Michael Krasny. Other guests included Chris LeHane, former press secretary for Al Gore throughout the 2000 campaign and a democratic consultant who spent six years in the Clinton White House; and Jack Pitney, professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, and a former national republican official and Capitol Hill staffer. June 26, 2008: History News Service, Op-Ed: "When Congress Failed to Stop the Vietnam War" June 30, 2008: The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Choosing a No. 2: The ins and outs"
	Thomas L. Greaney June 13, 2008 Tim Greaney attended a conference at Harvard Law School's Petrie-Flom Center for Health Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics, June 13-14, 2008. He presented a paper Competition Policy, Organizational Structures and Fragmentation at the meeting. Visit the conference web site: Our Fragmented Health Care System: Causes and Solutions. June 18-19, 2008, Tim attended the American Antitrust Institute's 10th Annual National Conference in Washington, D.C. He led a panel discussion on healthcare and pharmaceuticals. This year, the conference focused on the presentation of AAI's Transition Report on Competition Policy for the next Administration. The report will articulate the public policy agenda of AAI while providing the next Administration with specific suggestions for legislation and enforcement priorities.
	Alan Howard June 10, 2008 Alan Howard was quoted on the Web site iHealthBeat.org and the AMA's amednews.com about doctors' efforts to restrict patients' online comments about their medical services, June 9, 2008.
	Elizabeth Pendo June 3, 2008 Elizabeth Pendo was featured in a Consumer Affairs segment on KTVI-TV, St. Louis on June 4, 2008. She was interviewed by Elliot Weiler about employees' legal obligations to pay for medical costs when their employer has not paid health insurance premiums.
	Joel K. Goldstein May 27, 2008 Joel Goldstein has been busy on the media campaign trail as speculation grows about who the presidential candidates will choose as running mates. Read Joel's expert advice to the candidates in recent articles in the Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor, and online at FLYP.com.
	Patricia Harrison May 21, 2008 Patricia Harrison contributed an op-ed to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on her positive experience with students at a recent Career Day at a St. Louis Public School, published May 22, 2008.
	Thomas L. Greaney May 21, 2008 Tim Greaney, contributed a commentary to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the need for a combination free-market/government-controlled health care system, May 21, 2008.
	Joel K. Goldstein May 20, 2008 Under the headline: No. 2 Picks: No. 1 Priority, the New York Post got the latest scoop on veep choices from Joel Godlstein.
	Roger Goldman May 20, 2008 Roger Goldman was a guest on KWMU's St. Louis on the Air radio program May 19, 2008. The Legal Roundtable discussion focused on policies and laws governing police misconduct. Prof. Goldman was also featured in an article in The Missouri Lawyers Weekly about the landmark 1948 Supreme Court case Shelley v. Kraemer that prohibited courts from enforcing racial covenants - a form of housing discrimination - practiced in St. Louis and other cities.
	Alan Howard May 19, 2008 Alan Howard was quoted in the Missouri Lawyers Weekly about the approval process of ballot initiatives, May 19, 2008.
	Patricia Harrison and Jesse Goldner May 15, 2008 Professor Harrison and Goldner were quoted in a story about the law clinic's medical-legal partnership pilot program that provides patients with legal aid necessary to get proper health care. Article was carried in The St. Louis Daily Record, The Countian, and The Kansas City Record.
	John Ammann May 15, 2008 John J. Ammann was interviewed on KTVI-TV Ch.2 May 14, 2008, about the legal obligations to pay off bad debt sold to third party debt collectors.
	Michael A. Wolff May 14, 2008 Mike Wolff was asked by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU about criteria the next president should consider if he or she must select a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. Bill Frievogel mentioned the survey of Wolff and other legal experts in his "Law Scoop" blog on the St. Louis Beacon.
	Joel K. Goldstein May 13, 2008 Maine Public Radio broadcast a speech Joel Godlstein delivered at the University of Southern Maine on the role of the Vice Presidency in presidential elections on May 13, 2008. The speech highlighted the 1968 campaign of Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie. Goldstein has been conducting research at the Muskie archives at Bates College this semester. Prof. Goldstein was also a guest on a local http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=86125 " target="_blank">television program in Portland, Maine on May 10, to discuss the 1968 race and the candidacy of Edmund Muskie.
	Teri Dobbins May 12, 2008 Teri Dobbins was quoted in the Missouri Lawyers Weekly on a judge's ruling that homeowners with multiple insurance policies can't recoup from a third company.
	John J. Ammann May 12, 2008 John Ammann was asked to analyze and give his opinion of Missouri House Bill 1970 which is designed to limit consumer lawsuits against auto wholesalers for the the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
	David Sloss and Steve Thaman May 8, 2008 Professors Sloss and Thaman were featured in an article about their new study on Capital Punishment in Missouri in The St. Louis Daily Record, The Countian, St. Charles County Business Record, and The Kansas City Record, May 6, 2008.
	Molly Wilson May 8, 2008 Molly Wilson presented "Publicity, Pressure, and Environmental Legislation: The Untold Story of Availability Campaigns" at the Washington University Law and Psychology Roundtable Workshop on April 11.
	Sandra Johnson May 8, 2008 Sandy Johnson's article, "Polluting Medical Judgment? False Assumptions in the Pursuit of False Claims Regarding Off-Label Prescribing", was published in the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, and a chapter on "Risk, Responsibility and Litigation" (co-written with Dr. Ana Iltis of the Center for Health Care Ethics) was published in Innovation and the Pharmaceutical Industry (M&M Scrivener), edited by Trist Engelhardt and J. Garrett. Sandy has also been appointed to the Advisory Board for the Mayday Fund Fellows Program in New York.
	Joel K. Goldstein May 6, 2008 Joel Goldstein presents a paper "Changing History: Carter, Mondale and the New Vice Presidency" this month at a seminar on American politics and government at Oxford University.
	John Ammann May 6, 2008 Prof. Ammann and members of the Veterans Law Students Organization participated in the "Stand Down" event for homeless veterans April 25-26. Working with volunteers from the SimmonsCooper law firm, students helped determine legal needs and solutions for hundreds of veterans. Missouri Lawyers Media carried photos and a front page story on the event in their St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Charles publications.