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President-Elect Obama and the Future of Business Law

November 5, 2008

A friend of mine is fond of saying that we are always at crossroads, faced with choices about which direction we will take from here that will impact the rest of our lives.  Last night, President-elect Obama echoed those sentiments when he said:
[E]ven as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring [...]

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Gun Company President Forced to Resign Over Obama Support

November 3, 2008

I, for one, don't think an Obama administration would be that much different than a McCain administration on gun-control issues.  Both candidates have come out in support of closing the gun-show loophole in the Brady Law background-check requirement.  McCain is against assault-weapons regulation, but most people know that the 1994-2004 assault-weapons ban didn't do much [...]

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Myths About Issue 6 and Indian Gaming

October 31, 2008

The passage of Issue 6 will not make it easier for Indian tribes to open casinos in Ohio. Tribes have significant hurdles to overcome in order to operate casinos in the state.  Opponents of Issue 6 are attempting to link it with Indian casinos, but the two issues are separate and distinct.  In order for [...]

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Today, National City; tomorrow–the world!

October 30, 2008

So, National City is being bought by PNC.  Putting aside the jokes about Pittsburgh (PNC's home) extending its football dominance over Cleveland, there are a number of interesting points floating around about the deal:

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Handy Dandy Summit County Election Guide

October 15, 2008

As a class project in my Election Law class, two of my students prepared a brief, nonpartisan "Elizabeth and Clarissa's Handy Dandy Summit County 2008 Election Guide." (I have changed their names to protect their anonymity.) They were dismayed to find how difficult it was to find information about various candidates and issues. They recommend [...]

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Notes on the Financial Crisis for Rip Van Winkle

September 25, 2008

Because what the world needs now is one more blogging head, starting today I will be posting here on business law related issues every Thursday.  Apparently, there has been something going on the last few weeks that a corporate and securities law professor might opine on.
As this is my first post, I thought I'd start [...]

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Ohio Election Law Action!

September 13, 2008

Ohio looks to be an important swing state (again!) in the upcoming Presidential elections. But you might not have realized that legal issues may determine the outcome. Efforts to settle these issues in advance seem to have failed. Here are a few of the battles currently being fought:

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The Supreme Court at the Tipping Point – Be Sure to Vote

September 2, 2008

     Between 1937 and 1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed eight justices to the Supreme Court. These justices, who included Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, William Douglas, and Robert Jackson, changed the meaning of the Constitution. For the first time in American history the Court began to systematically protect the rights of individuals and minority groups [...]

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Whence Redistricting Reform?

September 1, 2008

Remember the "Reform Ohio Now" drive back in the fall of 2005?  Issue 4 would have amended the Ohio Constitution to put into place a new system for drawing legislative and Congressional districts.  Under our current system, Congressional districts are redrawn in the year following a census (e.g. 2011) by the state legislature, with the [...]

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A Woman in the White House

August 29, 2008

John McCain today announced that his vice-presidential running mate will be Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska.  The announcement of Palin, a 44-year-old supermom of 5, avid hunter, and former beauty queen, has rekindled the age-old political battle between sex and race. 

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Court says states may require more air pollution monitoring than USEPA – but dissent says this disrupts the regulatory scheme

August 22, 2008

It looks like a classic battle between treehuggers and industrial polluters, between liberals and conservatives, between Democrats and Republicans. As we will see, however, the truth is more complicated.

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Interesting Report on Voter Registration Issues in Upcoming Election

August 12, 2008

See Wall Street Journal article here.  Here are a couple of representative quotations:
Republicans are moving to examine surges in voter registrations in some states. A Republican lawyers group held a national training session on election law over the weekend that included campaign attorneys for Sen. John McCain and other Republican leaders. One session discussed how [...]

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