May/June Tip Sheet: Business, Law & Economics
Business, Law & Economics Tip Sheet
The future of American Airlines
Though the labor unions have agreed to concession plans and new CEO, Gerard J. Arpey, is in place, the future of American Airlines still remains uncertain. Besides American Airlines’ looming financial issues, the company may have continuing labor problems. Neil N. Bernstein, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert in labor law, is available to comment.
School of Law presents alumni awards to six
Distinguished Law Alumni Award honorees were John W. Kozyak, Sanford S. Neuman, Joan M. Newman and Maury B. Poscover; Pamela H. Bucy and R. Mark McCareins received Young Alumni Awards.
War crimes
SadatInternational lawyers, human rights advocates, top government officials and, most recently, the U.S. House of Representatives have urged that Saddam Hussein and other top Iraqi leaders be indicted for the massive atrocities they have committed during the past two decades. Leila Nadya Sadat, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert on international war crimes tribunals, notes that the current military action could make effective and legitimate war crimes prosecutions much more difficult.
Comparative brilliance
John O. Haley leads the law school’s Whitney Harris Institute.
Law school speaker series to focus on public interest
The School of Law’s sixth annual Public Interest Law Speaker Series is held in Anheuser-Busch Hall; all lectures are free and open to the public.
April Fools
Photo by William MathewsSecond-year law student Gina Mitten took over as “Dean for a Day” April 1 at the School of Law.
Aiken installed as Van Cleve professor
“We are grateful to have the opportunity to establish a professorship in the School of Law to honor Bill Van Cleve,” Chancellor Wrighton said.
Baseball in Japan, U.S. focus of forum today
Top executives of the St. Louis Cardinals and Japan’s Orix BlueWave will discuss numerous issues facing the sport.
Court of appeals session at law school Feb. 11
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit will hold a special session from 9-11:30 a.m. Feb. 11 in the School of Law’s Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The public is invited to hear cases on whether a religious organization has the right to videotape the execution of a Missouri inmate, a […]
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