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U.S. Senate Confirms Judge Doris Pryor ’03 to Seventh Circuit
Get PDFThe United States Senate on Monday (Dec. 5) confirmed an Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumna to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
The confirmation of the Hon. Doris L. Pryor, who earned her law degree from the Law School in 2003, was historic
A Heritage of Bias: From Naturalization and Immigration Laws in the Late 19th to Early 20th Centuries to Contemporary Bias Against Muslims and Latines
Get PDFImplicating Implicit Bias in the Judiciary: Using Contextual Analyses to Bring About Meaningful Systemic Reform
Get PDFDue Diligence in a Pandemic: State Accountability for Covid-19 Under International Law
No full textThe coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has tested the response capacity of the international community. This article analyses the due diligence principle and the various international legal instruments that restate it in an assessment of the possible actions that states could have taken to avoid or, at least, contain the initial outbreak of the pandemic
Science-intensive Dispute Mechanism for Protection of Atmosphere: ICJ, WTO and PCA
No full textThe authors argue that protection of atmosphere related science intensive disputes should be submitted to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) because it has a better approach in comparison to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and World Trade Organization (WTO). This comparative analysis highlights different approaches by the three dispute settlement institutions. The approach by the ICJ and WTO are discretionary and follow a case-by-case method to evaluate scientific evidence. The PCA has standardized its dispute settlement process under its codified protocols for science-intensive disputes. There is an increase in science-intensity of legal issues in the twenty-first century and its recognition thereof in 2020 Draft Articles on Atmosphere. It is therefore timely to discuss relevant approaches applied in science-intensive environmental disputes
Acquisitions Entrepreneurship: One Solution to the Looming Business Succession Crisis
Get PDFIn the coming years, there will be a growing supply of small businesses held by aging owners that need to execute a succession plan, transitioning the business to a new owner that can carry the business forward in future years. Unfortunately, very few of these Baby Boomer-led businesses have a plan for who will take over for the primary business owner when the time comes, creating an emerging leadership crisis. However, there is an underutilized acquisition strategy that allows for a motivated and skilled entrepreneur to team with a small group of investors to search for (and ultimately to purchase) an existing small business. This paper highlights these transactions, often referred to as acquisition entrepreneurship through search funds, as a viable way to connect retirement-age business owners with an entrepreneur ready and willing to take over the business. Additionally, this paper endorses two strategies for educating entrepreneurs and investor groups on acquisition entrepreneurship, with the goal of making these complex transactions more accessible and more common