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Wayne Law Professors in the News

February 28, 2009
Professor of Law Peter Henning commented in a story on Bloomberg.com on Feb. 28, 2009, titled "Bonds Steroids Trial Postponed as U.S. Appeals Evidence Ruling."
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February 26, 2009
Professor of Law John Mogk wrote an op-ed in the Detroit News on Feb. 25, 2009, that the city of Detroit needs a "visionary 20-year plan to downsize significantly." In the piece, he urges Detroit's next mayor to act decisively to meet the city's economic challenges.
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February 26, 2009
Assistant Professor of Law Noah Hall and recent comments on his blog were referenced in an article in the Lansing City Pulse on Feb. 25, 2009, about proposed new coal-fired power plants in Michigan. Hall talks about the extent of Gov. Granholm's authority over the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.    
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February 26, 2009
Dean and Professor of Law Robert Ackerman was featured by the Detroit Legal News on Feb. 18, 2009. The story was titled "Up to the challenge: WSU Law's Dean Ackerman seeks ‘a better way.'"
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February 26, 2009
Associate Professor of Law Linda Beale commented on Bloomberg.com on Feb. 26, 2009, in an article addressing Obama's 2010 budget proposal, which would reinstate the top two Clinton-era tax rates of 36 percent and 39.6 percent in 2011, up from the 33 percent and 35 percent the richest Americans now pay.
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February 25, 2009
Assistant Professor of Law Noah Hall commented on BNA Daily Environment on Feb. 25, 2009, in an article titled "Michigan Attorney General's Opinion Calls Governor's Coal Plant Directive Unauthorized"
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February 23, 2009
Assistant Professor of Law Jocelyn Benson wrote an opinion piece in the Detroit Free Press on Feb. 23, 2009, addressing the issue of absentee voter ballot applications. "Balancing the need to promote access to democracy with the importance of preventing fraud and other irregularities is the challenge of every election administrator," she writes.
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February 23, 2009
Professor of Law Peter Henning was quoted in the Business Recorder on Feb. 23, 2009, in a story about the fraud case against Texas billionaire Allen Stanford and how it may raise new questions about the aggressiveness of US securities regulators, who according to an earlier lawsuit had begun examining the financier's sales practices in 2007 or earlier.
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February 20, 2009
Professor of Law Peter Henning was quoted on Bloomberg.com on Feb. 20, 2009 in an article on Barry Bonds's perjury case.
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February 18, 2009
Leonid Feller wrote an op-ed piece in the Detroit Free Press about the mortgage crisis and the dilemma it presents for homeowners who are paying off home loans.    
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February 18, 2009
Professor of Law Peter Henning was quoted on Bloomberg.com on Feb. 18, 2009, in an article highlighting R. Allen Stanford and allegations of running a "massive, ongoing fraud."
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February 5, 2009
Professor of Law Peter Henning was quoted on Bloomberg.com on Feb. 5, 2009, in a story about Barry Bonds's steroids test, doping calendars prepared by his trainer and other key government evidence that might be excluded from the baseball player's perjury trial.
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February 4, 2009
Professor of Law Jonathan Weinberg provided his legal expertise in a Detroit Metro Times story on Obama's immigration policy challenges.
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February 3, 2009
Professor of Law Peter Henning commented in a story on businessinsurance.com titled "Gen Re fraud judge lenient with Milton" on Feb. 2, 2009.
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February 2, 2009
Professor of Law John Mogk was quoted in The Manchester Guardian (U.K.) in an article about Detroit's economic woes. Mogk says the problem is more than a $300m budget shortfall. "A thousand people are leaving the city every month and the city does not have the financial resources and the economic base to solve its own problems."
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February 1, 2009
Associate Professor of Law Christopher Peters and his lecture on Supreme Court Appointments during Wayne Law's "Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration" Symposium were highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Jan. 22, 2009.  
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February 1, 2009
Visiting Professor of Law James Broughton and his lecture on Obama's Justice Department during Wayne Law's "Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration" Symposium were highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Jan. 22, 2009.
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February 1, 2009
Associate Professor Brad Roth and his lecture on Closing Guantanamo during Wayne Law's "Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration" Symposium were highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Jan. 22, 2009.
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February 1, 2009
Distinguished Professor of Law Robert Sedler and his lecture on the President and Congress during Wayne Law's "Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration" Symposium were highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Jan. 22, 2009.
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February 1, 2009
Professor of Law Stephen Calkins and his lecture on anti-trust and consumer law under the Obama administration during Wayne Law's "Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration" Symposium were highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Jan. 22, 2009.
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February 1, 2009
Associate Professor of Law Linda Beale and her lecture on tax policy and the financial crisis during Wayne Law's "Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration" Symposium were highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Jan. 22, 2009.
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February 1, 2009
Professor of Law Peter Hammer and his lecture on health care reform during Wayne Law's "Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration" Symposium were highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Jan. 22, 2009.
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