Sale appointed to FINRA’s National Adjudicatory Council
Hillary Sale, JD, the Walter D. Coles Professor of Law and professor of management at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, has been appointed to a three-year term on the National Adjudicatory Council.
Wash U Expert: Commitment to free speech doesn’t justify lashing out at innocents
A commitment to free speech doesn’t justify us in lashing out at innocent people, says Greg Magarian, JD, professor of law and a First Amendment expert at Washington University in St. Louis, in the wake of the terrorist attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in France.
Most read stories of 2014: In the classroom and the community
In 2014, Washington University continued to play a major role in the St. Louis community while students and alumni made their mark on campus. Among the stories were the debut of the $80 million Lofts of Washington University, a continued investment in Cortex, the innovation district, and two unforgettable alumni.
Wash U Expert: Drug manufacturers must be held accountable for public safety
Fourteen people have been arrested in connection with a
2012 outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections that
caused 64 deaths across the United States. The arrests, which resulted in two people being charged
with 25 acts of second-degree murder, remind us that drug manufacturers
must be responsible for their actions, says a noted medical ethics
expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
Wash U Expert: Police body cameras can be effective if used properly
As part of the White House response to unrest in
Ferguson, President Barack Obama has proposed $263 million for police
body camers and training. While body cameras can be effective,
they only work if the police don’t turn them off or delete their
records, says a privacy expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
Wash U Expert: Law professor calls for do-over in Ferguson case
The St. Louis County Circuit Court has the authority to
seek and appoint a special prosecutor to present the case involving
Michael Brown’s death to a new grand jury — and should do so, a law
professor at Washington University in St. Louis said.
Wash U Expert: Tax reform not possible in the short term
Though the rhetoric in Washington, D.C., may seem to
favor a push on progress, broad-based individual tax reform is not
possible in the short term, though other opportunities for reform may
still exist, says an expert on federal income tax and tax law at Washington University in St. Louis. Adam Rosenzweig, JD, discusses the possibility of tax reform in the lame-duck session.
‘Re-Assembling Labor’: Unions could do well to remember roots of assembly
While political and judicial rhetoric around unions has softened in recent years, images of the past still haunt labor, argue two Washington University in St. Louis researchers. In “Re-Assembling Labor,” published online Nov. 5 in Social Science Research Network, the authors seek to draw the lessons of assembly into contemporary labor law — to re-assemble labor law around the theory and doctrine of assembly that formed its early core.
Wash U Expert: Obama within rights to proceed on immigration reform
With Republicans gaining control of Congress after
the midterm elections, Speaker of the House John Boehner insists that
President Barack Obama could get “burned” if he uses executive action to
move forward on immigration reform during the remainder of his
presidency. Obama is well within his rights to proceed with the
temporary measures he is considering, says an immigration law expert at
Washington University in St. Louis.
Journalist, author Friedman headlines Founders Day ceremony
Acclaimed journalist and author Thomas Friedman will headline the annual Founders Day celebration at Washington University in St. Louis Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch. The annual banquet and ceremony that honors the 1853 founding of Washington University also confers the Distinguished Faculty Awards, Distinguished Alumni Awards and the Robert S. Brookings Awards.
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