Faculty in the News

Tim Greaney presented a paper entitled "Antitrust After Managed Care" at Washington and Lee University School of Law on March 31st, 2008.

Fred Bloom is the winner of the Thompson Coburn Faculty Writing Award for publications in 2005. Prof. Bloom's article in the Washington University Law Review, "Unconstitutional Courses", focuses on federal judicial authority as affected in two cases - the venerable Swift v. Tyson and the more recent Williams v. Taylor.
Citation:Unconstitutional Courses, 83 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1679 (2005)

John Ammann was quoted in the Springfield, Mo. News-Leader on Valley Park’s efforts to ban illegal immigrants, April 11, 2008.

Barbara Gilchrist and law student Kristi Cooksey, 2L, were quoted in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 3, 2008 on limiting laptop computer use in the classroom.

Doug Williams spoke on March 16, 2008 at the ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources' 37th Annual Environmental Law Conference in Keystone, Colorado. His paper, "Complexity, Competence and Confidentiality: Ethical Issues at the Cutting Edge of Environmental Law" was selected as a "Best Paper" for the conference.

Life and Death Decisions: Prosecutorial Discretion and Capital Punishment in Missouri, an empirical study of intentional homicide cases in Missouri over a five year period, authored by Katherine Y. Barnes, David Sloss and Stephen Thaman is available on SSRN.

Elizabeth Pendo spoke on the topic of "Helping Health Care Consumers through State Ombudsman Programs" at the SALT conference, "Teaching for Social Change" at UC Berkeley in March, 2008.

“Picking the Vice Presidential Nominees: What Should We Look For?” is the timely topic for a conference March 24, 2008 sponsored by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota and Presidential Studies Quarterly. Joel Goldstein presents a paper on "The Rising Power of the Modern Vice Presidency" on a panel with Richard Moe, former chief of staff to Vice President Mondale and assistant to President Carter. Vice President Mondale will follow on "What Should We Look for in the Next Vice President?"

Joel was quoted in coverage of the conference in the The Minnesota Daily.

Brad Fogel's article "The Completely Insane Law of Partial Insanity: The Impact of Monomania on Testamentary Capacity", will be included in the "Best of the ABA Sections" issue of the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division magazine.

John Ammann testified as an expert witness in two class action lawsuits challenging the practices of payday loan businesses. The St. Louis County Circuit Court in Woods v. QC Finanical cited John's testimony in its decision striking down an arbitration clause in the payday loan contract which banned class arbitrations. The second case of Robinson v. Advance Loans is under advisement.

John's commentary, "The Double Standard in Housing Subsidies: Why Should Criminals Be Allowed to Take the Mortgage Interest Deduction", was published in Vol. 16 of the ABA Journal of Affordable Housing.

Sidney Watson co-authored an article with SLU faculty members Timothy McBride, Heather Bednarek and Muhammed Islam, The Road from Massachusetts to Missouri: What it Will Take for Other States to Replicate Massachusetts Health Reform, which was recently published at 55 U. Kan. L. Rev. 1331-1362 (2007).

Joel Goldstein presented a paper at The Ohio State University on February 21 "Rewriting Brown: A Critique of Chief Justice Roberts' Opinion in Parents Involved" at "The School Desegregation Cases and the Uncertain Future of Racial Equality" symposium. Joel's articles on "Presidential Responses to Supreme Court Decisions" and "The Unitary Executive for The Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court.

Missouri Lawyers Media which publishes The Daily Record and The Countian published a photo feature on its front pages March 7, 2008 with coverage of the Missouri Court of Appeals session held at the law school on March 6, 2008. Students packed the courtroom for the second docket when Professor Emeritus and Judge Joseph Simeone joined the bench to hear a case. Judge Simeone was honored by many colleagues, judges and alumni at a luncheon following the court session. Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith presented Judge Simeone with a plaque thanking him for his many years of service in the judiciary.

In its March 7, 2008 editorial, USA Today calls on colleges to crack down on rowdy, rude and abusive sports fans after recent displays of offensive behavior during the college basketball season . Howard Wasserman comes to the defense of students' first amendment rights in an Opposing View.