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October 23, 2020
Republicans downplay odds of Supreme Court repealing Obamacare at Barrett confirmation hearing Fox News: For years, Republicans have pledged to eliminate the decade-old Affordable Care Act. Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, said that might not be so simple.
October 23, 2020
Small businesses feel biggest impact of coronavirus pandemic Yahoo Finance: Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Weatherhead School of Management, said that the financial damage from the coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic slowdown has hit small…
October 23, 2020
Proprietary grapes come with draconian end user license agreement Vice News: Aaron Perzanowski, professor at the School of Law, discussed user agreements now featured on a bag of grapes. “It’s always shocking and more than a little absurd to find these licenses on everyday consumer products,…
October 23, 2020
Biden and Trump push for votes with suburban voters CBS News: Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs at the College of Arts and Sciences, said that one of the biggest lessons of the 2016 election was the difficulty of pigeon-holing voters. She said that Ohio’s…
October 23, 2020
$2 million gift to support athletics, new professorship at CWRU Crain’s Cleveland Business: Venkataramanan "Ragu" Balakrishnan, dean of the Case School of Engineering, discussed a $2 million gift that will support the athletic department, as well as create a new shared professorship between the…
October 23, 2020
Rooted in faith, Amy Coney Barrett represents a new conservatism The New York Times: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, discussed how Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s opinions in death penalty-related cases “certainly are not in line with church teaching...and…
October 23, 2020
St. Louis-based Mallinckrodt files for bankruptcy, to pay billions to settle lawsuits St. Louis Public Radio: Andrew Pollis, professor of law, discussed ongoing lawsuits against pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt related to allegations that the drug company shared blame for the opioid epidemic.…
October 23, 2020
9 questions to ask before paying any medical bill U.S. News & World Report: Medical billing errors can happen. Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, offered up some tips to be sure people aren't paying more than needed. "Some states have tried to implement safeguards against…
October 23, 2020
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court adds domestic violence docket as pandemic causes cases to rise cleveland.com: Jeff Kretschmar, research associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, noted how he will monitor a new court docket specifically focusing…
October 23, 2020
Newly naturalized citizens get ready to cast their first vote WEWS: Justin Buchler, an associate professor of political science at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed how roughly 60,000 naturalized citizens in Ohio could swing the outcome of the 2020 election.