Justice Stevens will keynote CBA award luncheon honoring JMLS alums
Chicago Bar Association - September 8, 2014 Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will be the keynote speaker at the 15th annual John Paul Stevens Award Luncheon. Among those being...
View ArticleAlum appointed by Ill. Governor Quinn to Workers' Comp Commission
WorkCompWire - September 10, 2014 John Marshall alum Steven Fruth (JD '76) has been appointed by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn as one of four new arbitrators to the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission....
View ArticleProfessor Ford says NFL player video game case ripe for US Supreme Court
News 2 NBC - September 10, 2014 Professor Bill Ford explains why one Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case, brought by former NFL players over the use of their likenesses in a video game, could make its...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Professors Named American Bar Foundation Fellows
Kait8 ABC - September 11, 2014 The American Bar Foundation has named Kathryn J. Kennedy, Associate Dean for Advanced Studies & Research and Director of the Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits,...
View ArticleAdjunct professor releases book on what to do after a security lapse
Crain's Chicago Business - September 15, 2014 Liisa Thomas, adjunct professor at John Marshall and one of the chairs of Winston & Strawn LLP's privacy and data security practice, has written a new...
View ArticleAlum: Managing partner by day, musician by night
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin - September 15, 2014 John Marshall Alum Joseph M. Gagliardo (JD '77) talks to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin about his life as an attorney and musician, including the time he...
View ArticleEntrepreneur alum Ashish Patel details 5 legal mistakes that startups make
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin - September 17, 2014 John Marshall alum Ashish Patel (JD'13) says entrepreneurs often shortchange themselves when it comes to intellectual property. It's just one of five...
View ArticleJohn Marshall alum comments on drug possession cases in Cook County
The Chicago Reporter - September 14, 2014 John Marshall alum Ali Abid (JD '11) comments on what he believes to be some of the biggest issues with drug possession cases in Cook County. Read More
View ArticlePhi Delta Phi Chapter Honors Retired USSC Justice Stevens
Houston Chronicle - September 16, 2014 Justice John Paul Stevens visited John Marshall on September 18, 2014 at the request of the law school’s chapter of Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honors...
View ArticleJohn Marshall student named ambassador to White House initiative
White House Blog - September 18, 2014 John Marshall student Manpreet Kaur Teji has been named an ambassador to the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI). Read More
View ArticleProfessor Lousin explores the unknown life of Francis Scott Key
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin - September 11, 2014 Professor Ann Lousin examines the life of Francis Scott Key, a man who not only wrote The Star-Spangled Banner but was also a prominent attorney. Read More
View ArticleProfessor Mundy weighs in on constitutionality of eavesdropping in...
Chicago Sun-Times - September 24, 2014 Professor Hugh Mundy discusses whether attorney-client privilege should apply to a recording of a defendant and his attorney in a prominent manslaughter case....
View ArticleAlum heads class action litigation in craft whiskey case
The Des Moines Register - September 24, 2014 John Marshall alum Christopher Dore (JD '09) will be heading a class-action lawsuit filed in Cook County on behalf of anyone who has purchased a bottle of...
View ArticleIllinois Bar Foundation elects alum to Board of Directors
Chicago Tribune - September 19, 2014 John Marshall alum James F. McCluskey (LLM '88) has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Illinois Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Illinois State...
View ArticleProfessor O'Neill examines discrimination in today's judicial system
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin - October 1, 2014 Professor Timothy O'Neill discusses how discrimination in the justice system can lead to economic and psychological costs for the accused. Read More
View ArticleNot all US patent laws are adopted globally: Professor Doris Long
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin - October 1, 2014 Professor Doris Long discusses the differences between two biotech gene patent cases, one decided in the United States and the other in Australia. Read More
View ArticleAlum to make history as first African American Public Defender in Illinois...
GLT - October 2, 2014 John Marshall alum Carla Barnes will head the McLean County public defender's office. She is the first African American to lead any office within the Illinois county's criminal...
View ArticleSouth Shore railroad names alum as general manager
Northwest Indiana Times - October 3, 2014 Michael Noland (JD '89) has been hired by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District as general manager of the South Shore commuter railroad. Noland...
View ArticleUSSC Rejection of Same-Sex Marriage Cases Not a ‘Ruling on the Merits’: John...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to take up the appeals of states seeking a ban on gay marriage was not based on the merit of the cases, and therefore leaves those states open to further action. That’s...
View ArticleProfessor Schwinn "not surprised" by USSC inaction with same-sex marriage
Professor Steven Schwinn explains why he was not surprised by the United States Supreme Court's recent inaction on same-sex marriages cases. Indianapolis Star - October 7, 2014 - Supreme Court...
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