Sant named co-director of IP/Nonprofit Law Clinic
Geetha Sant, JD, soon will become co-director of Washington University School of Law’s Intellectual Property & Nonprofit Organizations Law Clinic. She will begin her duties July 1, succeeding Peter H. Ruger, JD, who is retiring.
Washington University teams each win $50,000 Arch Grants in startup competition
Four startup companies with ties to Washington
University in St. Louis have received $50,000 each in the Arch Grants
2013 Global Startup Competition designed to stimulate and support the
early stage entrepreneurial community in St. Louis.
Supreme Court decision closes loophole in Monsanto’s business model
The Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Bowman v. Monsanto
holds that farmers who lawfully obtain Monsanto’s patented, genetically
modified soybeans do not have a right to plant those soybeans and grow a
new crop of soybeans without Monsanto’s permission. “The Court closed a
potential loophole in Monsanto’s long-standing business model, prevents
Monsanto’s customers from setting up ‘farm-factories’ for producing
soybeans that could be sold in competition with Monsanto’s soybeans, and
it enables Monsanto to continue to earn a reasonable profit on its
patented technology,” says Kevin Collins, JD, patent law expert and
professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis
Law professor Martin installed as Nagel Chair
Andrew D. Martin, PhD, vice dean at Washington University School of Law, recently was installed as the Charles Nagel
Chair of Constitutional Law and Political Science.
Broadway star Norbert Leo Butz May 9
Tony Award-winning Broadway star Norbert Leo Butz will headline a benefit concert for The Angel Band Project at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in the 560 Music Center. The Angel Band Project, which supports survivors of sexual violence, was founded in memory of Butz’s sister, Teresa, who was murdered in 2009.
‘Be a sponge’ and other advice to help students succeed at summer internships
As students begin to leave campus for the summer, many will head off to internships, hoping to add to their classroom experiences and enhance their future opportunities by immersing themselves in the real world of work. But to get the most out of the experience, it’s imperative that they have a clear plan.
Increasing surveillance a dangerous reaction to Boston bombings, says privacy law expert
In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings,
some people are calling for an increase in surveillance cameras
throughout U.S. cities. “This would be a mistake,” says Neil
Richards, JD, privacy law expert and professor of law at Washington
University in St. Louis. “It would be dangerous to our civil liberties,
and it would be bad policy.” Richards
gives his personal reaction to the Boston bombings and offers three
reasons why increasing the number of surveillance cameras would be an
unnecessary response to recent events in a CNN opinion piece, “Surveillance State No Answer to Terror.”
New faculty join Brown School, Law School
Several new faculty members have joined the Brown School and the School of Law this academic year. Read more to learn further details about the new additions.
Push for corporate board diversity set to increase in the U.S. due to European pressure
As Germany prepares to enact quotas that will
mandate quotas for female participation on major corporate boards, the
United States is feeling the pressure to improve board diversity, says
Hillary A. Sale, JD, corporate governance expert and professor of law at
Washington University School of Law. After years of little growth, the percentage of women directors on U.S. Boards remains at 12 percent.
Symposium: Finding humanity in advanced dementia, April 27
Discovering ways to honor the dignity
of individuals coping with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is the goal of an interdisciplinary symposium on “Finding Humanity in
Advanced Dementia” to be held in Wilson Hall on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St Louis on Saturday, April 27.
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