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Archive for December, 2008
Pepperdine Hosts Alien Tort Statute Colloquium
Dec 22nd
Pepperdine University School of Law hosted torts scholars, international law scholars, corporate counsel, judges, and practitioners at Pepperdine’s Malibu Beach House on December 12.
Professor Knaplund Makes SSRN Top Ten List
Dec 22nd
Professor Kristine S. Knaplund’s paper entitled, “Postmortem Conception and a Father’s Last Will” was recently listed on SSRN’s Top Ten download list for AE: Biomedical Ethics (Topic) and ETH: Applied Ethics (Topic).
Morr-Fitz, Inc. v. Blagojevich
Dec 20th
(Ill., Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law) In a declaratory judgment action brought by two pharmacists and three corporations against various Illinois public officials and the State Board of Pharmacy seeking to invalidate an administrative rule that forces pharmacies to dispense Plan B contraception, dismissal of the action is reversed where, contrary to the ruling below, the action was ripe for judicial review and should not have been dismissed.
Ioerger v. Halverson Const. Co., Inc.
Dec 20th
(Ill., Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury And Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers’ Compensation) The immunity afforded to an employer by the exclusive remedy provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (820 ILCS 305/5(a), 11 (West 2000)) extends to the employer’s co-venturer in a joint venture and to the joint venture itself.
People v. Harris
Dec 20th
(Ill., ) A conviction for armed robbery is affirmed where the circuit court did not err in allowing the state to impeach defendant with certified copies of his prior juvenile adjudications.
County of Du Page v. Illinois Labor Relations Bd.
Dec 20th
(Ill., Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law) Section 9(a1505) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act precludes an employer from litigating the Illinois Labor Relations Board’s determination that a union enjoys majority status and, consequently, an employer is not entitled to review the evidence of majority support.
Cochran Publishes Second Edition of Lawyers, Clients, and Moral Responsibility
Dec 16th
Robert F. Cochran, Jr., recently published the second edition of Lawyers, Clients, and Moral Responsibility with Thomas L. Shaffer.