Business, Law + Politics

The Stanton Foundation awarded a $112,000 grant to Case Western Reserve University 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…

Case involves how government handled detentions after 9/11 terror attacks Four students at the Case Western Reserve University 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…

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…

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…

New Case Western Reserve University, U.S. Department of Commerce report documents value to companies when investing in apprentices A Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management professor was a key researcher and co-author for a U.S. Department of Commerce study that validates…

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 Case Western Reserve, they are gaining unusual real-world experience in the profession they hope to practice:…

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…

Case Western Reserve 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…

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…

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 Case Western Reserve University, suggests the latter—that injecting a corporate…