More states facilitating licensing for people with a criminal record
Margaret LoveNew general laws regulating occupational and professional licensure are in place in Arizona, Illinois, Louisiana, and Massachusetts. Similar bills have been enrolled and are on the governor’s desk for signature in Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, and Tennessee.
False Imprisonment: What Constitutes a Confinement and Confinement by Assertion of Legal Authority?
Jonathan Cardi, Kenneth W. Simons and Jennifer MorinigoIn this video, project Reporters Ken Simons and Jonathan Cardi discuss what makes a confinement an intentional tort, including confinement by assertion of legal authority.
Parental Authority and Responsibility for Medical Care
Elizabeth S. Scott, Richard Bonnie, Emily Buss, Clare Huntington, Solangel Maldonado, David D. Meyer and Jennifer MorinigoTwo Sections from the 2018 Annual Meeting draft deal with this topic. Black letter for each Section is included below. The full draft contains Comments (with Illustrations) and Reporters’ Notes.
UNC must disclose sexual assault findings, judges rule
Anne BlytheUNC Chapel Hill must provide the public with the names of students and employees found responsible for rape, sexual assault or related offenses through the school’s honor court and internal procedures.
CDC Chief Takes Steps to Comply with Ethics Rules
Taylor CarrollThe Wall Street Journal has reported that Dr. Robert R. Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has resigned positons at four entities, sold stock and forfeited options in two companies, and is signing his share of future patent licensing fees and royalty payments over to his university to comply with government ethics rules.
Tribal Powers over Nonmembers – Part 1
Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Wenona T. Singel, Kaighn Smith, Jr. and Jennifer MorinigoIn the American Indian Law project draft that will be presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting, two Sections deal with tribal powers over nonmembers – § 34, Civil Regulatory and Adjudicatory Authority over Nonmembers and § 35, Tribal-Court Exhaustion Rule. This is the first of two posts that present the Black Letter and Comments from the draft.