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Stanton Foundation grant expands new ϳԹ Law School lab dedicated to intellectual property and First Amendment issues
The Stanton Foundation awarded a $112,000 grant to ϳԹ School of Law’s Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology and the Arts to support its recently launched First Amendment and the Arts (FAA) project, a new law lab offering students curriculum and experience with the evolv...
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ϳԹ law students prepare and file "friend of the court" brief for U.S. Supreme Court
Case involves how government handled detentions after 9/11 terror attacks Four students at the ϳԹ School of Law can now say their experiences include preparing and filing an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief for the United States Supreme Court in a civil case inv...
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New book examines legal, ethical and policy implications of electronic health records and medical “big data”
Recent years have marked a dramatic transition from paper to electronic medical records. Simultaneously, Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems allow for the creation of medical “big data”—massive collections of electronic data that can be used for medical research, public health initiatives and oth...
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Wait, before you buy, do you really “own” that product?
New book exposes consumer caveats in an expanding digital economy Buy a book at the bookstore and you own it. You can take it home, scribble in the margins, put in on the shelf, lend it to a friend, sell it at a garage sale. But is that true with e-books or other digital goods you buy? Retailers a...
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Are apprenticeships worth the investment?
New ϳԹ, U.S. Department of Commerce report documents value to companies when investing in apprentices A ϳԹ Weatherhead School of Management professor was a key researcher and co-author for a U.S. Department of Commerce study that validates th...
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ϳԹ law clinic students play lead role in preparing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against federal government
Katelyn Pierce has wanted to be an attorney since she was a child. For Galen Baynes, lawyering came to mind only after he earned his bachelor’s degree. Now, as third-year law students at ϳԹ, they are gaining unusual real-world experience in the profession they hope to practice: T...
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The Decision…and…I’m Coming Home
How LeBron James chose to communicate his controversial career moves is subject of Weatherhead School of Management research paper NBA star LeBron James made career decisions in 2010 and 2014 that stunned the sports world and eventually resulted in two team championships with the Miami Heat and one ...
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Is the Roberts Court pro-business? Not necessarily, according to new book by law professor
ϳԹ School of Law Professor Jonathan Adler and business law experts examine U.S. Supreme Court’s record on business cases At first glance, the new book Business and the Roberts Court (Oxford University Press) is a valuable read for lawyers practicing business law, and for the academ...
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Efforts to destroy ISIS have permanently changed international law, legal researcher concludes
International law authority examines right to use force in self-defense against threats within a nation that can’t or won’t stop terror attacks An urgent need to respond with force to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has permanently changed the use of self-defense in international law to a...
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Research finds mindfulness in the workplace improves employee focus, attention, behavior
Mindfulness is often viewed as either a touchy-feely fad or valuable management tool that can lift an entire workplace. A new comprehensive analysis of mindfulness research, co-directed by a management scientist at ϳԹ, suggests the latter—that injecting a corporate cult...