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     Until its recent decision in Citizens United v. F.E.C. (2010), the Supreme Court has consistently upheld laws restricting the flow of money to candidates in political campaigns.  [click to continue…]

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Are You Sure You Want Tort Reform?

by Professor Stefan Padfield on February 6, 2010

in Business, Government, Stefan Padfield

Food for thought here.

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The CIA, Homeland Security and the Defense Dept. were busy this week responding to investigations of 2009’s terrorist incidents, answering Congressional questions, and voicing concerns about the adequacy of the defense budget.  Find out when we can expect terrorist attacks and what is cyber war?  Also read the reports below on related topics that were issued from three of my favorite government agencies, Government Accountability Office, Congressional Research Service and the Congressional Budget Office. [click to continue…]

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Here and here.

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Akron Law is offering Study Abroad programs for students and attorneys.  Visit http://www.uakron.edu/law/studyabroad/index.dot for more information.

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Hospice, Death & Dying and Advanced Directives

by Akron Law Marketing & Communications on February 2, 2010

in Akron Law Events, Ethics, Legal Resources, Uncategorized

Last year, 1.5 MILLION Americans received hospice services from over 4,000 hospice providers. Since 2001, the number of hospice patients has increased by 22 percent and the median length of stay of a hospice patient went from 20.5 days to 22 days. Hospice Care and the related Ethical and Legal Concerns of End-of-Life Care are increasingly becoming an important topic for discussion as more than 78 million Americans begin to turn 60 this decade.  This continuing education program is offered in two sessions on Friday, Feb. 19 at 8 – 11:45 a.m. OR 12:30 – 4:15 p.m.

For more information click here.

Cost: 
Social Worker and Nursing Continuing Education $75
Continuing Legal Education

              Akron Law Alumni or Akron Bar Association Member $105
              Non-Alumni/Non-Member $130
              Cost includes three hours CLE (including one hour of ethics)

Register:
Phone:  330-972-6363, E-mail:  manovac@uakron.edu
Online:  www.uakron.edu/law/continuinged

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"I think people need to get past the view that you can't have a successful life without one day owning a home." This from the Atlantic's Business blog, agreeing with Barney Frank's apparent suggestion that the poor should be encouraged to rent, rather than to buy homes. What do you think? Is owning a home part of the American dream that poor people should participate in? I was struck by the point (which I've seen before) that home ownership reduces labor mobility. A lot of people right now can't move to where the jobs are because they are stuck with a house they can't sell.

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Corporate Campaign Contributions in Ohio

by Lynn Lenart, Law Librarian on January 29, 2010

in Legal Resources, Lynn Lenart, election law

Last week I posted information on how to track corporate election contributions under federal election law.  This week I will show you where to find campaign contributions for Ohio elections. [click to continue…]

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And some reflections on what an interesting 5 years it has been.  All here.

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     Bills pending in Congress may return pleadings in federal courts to the "notice pleading"  standard. [click to continue…]

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Akron Law will host a lecture by John Head, professor of law at the University of Kansas School of Law. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is titled “China’s Legal Soul – The Modern Chinese Legal Identity in Historical Context” and will be held Tuesday, Feb. 2  at 4 p.m. in Room 151 at Akron Law, 150 University Ave., Akron, Ohio. A reception will immediately follow the lecture.

In his presentation, Head will draw from his most recent book on Chinese law to offer observations on two key questions. First, is there a “rule of law” in China – and if so, what form does it take? Second, what might we consider the “legal soul” of modern China, providing that vibrant society with its central spirit or ideology?  In addressing these issues, Head highlights the dramatic legal reform movement occurring in China today, almost exactly a century after the collapse of the (official) dynastic form of governance, in which Imperial Confucianism served (in Head’s view) as the “legal soul” of the society.

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