Legal fight over royal vacation photos highlights difference between European and American views of privacy and free speech
Britain’s royal family has obtained an injunction against the French magazine Closer to prevent it from publishing topless photographs of the Duchess of
Cambridge, Kate Middleton. “The case would likely come out differently if
it were brought in the United States,” says Neil Richards, JD,
professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. Richards, an internationally recognized expert in privacy and free speech law who hails from England, explains that English and European courts have been very aggressive in stopping media
from publishing pictures delving into the sex lives of celebrities.
U.S. immigration policy expert Tino Cuellar to give Constitution Day address
Veteran policy specialist and 2012 Washington University Distinguished Visiting Scholar Mariano-Florentino “Tino” Cuellar will present this year’s Constitution Day lecture on “Immigrants, Citizens and American Law.”
Financial regulatory systems fragmented and unprepared for next crisis, says bailout expert
The “No More ‘Too Big to Fail’” rallying cry is unrealistic, says Cheryl Block, JD, federal taxation, budget and bailout expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. “When the next really big economic crisis arises, Congress is unlikely to stick to its ‘no bailout’ pledge,” she says.
Weeklong orientation takes law students into the community
Before settling down to study, groups of Washington University in St. Louis law students worked with a variety of area community groups like the Wellston Community Gardens during the School of Law’s Orientation Service Project Week.
National security law expert comments on Navy SEAL’s bin Laden book
According to the New York Times, Penguin will publish
first-person account of the bin Laden raid written by a Navy SEAL.
Kathleen Clark, JD, national security law expert and professor at
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, discusses the process
for publishing this type of book.
Mediation of home foreclosures can work, says legal expert
Karen Tokarz, JD, dispute resolution expert and
professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, says that
criticisms about foreclosure mediation programs – currently under review
across the country – are not supported by research and appear to be based on misunderstandings of the process.
Composting pilot projects begin on Danforth Campus
The university is increasing composting opportunities on the Danforth Campus through pilot programs with schools and departments. Beginning in August, visitors to Brown Hall and Goldfarb Hall of the Brown School, Anheuser-Busch Hall of the School of Law, and Facilities’ office Millbrook Building will have an opportunity to compost some of their waste.
Contraception fight not just ‘a Catholic thing’ says Inazu in USA Today
First amendment expert John Inazu, JD, associate professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, argues in a USA Today opinion column that evangelicals are wise to join the legal fight over the Department of Health and Human Services’ contraception mandate.
Ethics Q&A: Government should adopt standards for private contractors
In recent decades, the federal government has relied more and more on contractors, private businesses, to perform public services. The federal government issues more than $260 billion in government contracts each year, with few restrictions on the employees of those contractors. Government ethics expert Kathleen Clark, JD, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, has written extensively about this issue, provides some suggestions in a Q&A.
The morality of human subject research
The federal government is in the process of revising the regulations that govern most human subject research in the United States. In a “Policy Forum” piece in the Aug. 3 issue of Science, bioethics expert Rebecca Dresser, JD, the Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law and professor of ethics in medicine, weighs in with recommendations for changes in the oversight
process.
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