Faculty News

Adam Babich

• The Supremacy Clause, Cooperative Federalism, and the Full Federal Regulatory Purpose, 64 Admin. L. Rev. 1 (2012).

Vernon Palmer

• Double Reasoning in the Codified Mixed Jurisdictions: Code and Case Law as Simultaneous Methods, 6 J. Comp. L. 1 ( 2012).
• The Great Spill in the Gulf … and a Sea of Pure Economic Loss: Reflections on the Boundaries of Civil Liability, 116 Penn St. L. Rev. 105 (2011).
• Three Milestones in the History of Privacy in the United States, 26 Tul. Eur. & Civ. L.F. 67 (2011).

Keith Werhan

• Popular Constitutionalism, Ancient and Modern, 46 U.C. Davis L. Rev.  ______ (forthcoming 2012). 

Adam Babich

• Luncheon Speaker, "The Environmental Law Clinic’s Role," New Orleans Bar Association Oil & Gas Committee, New Orleans, Louisiana, Mar. 20, 2012.
• Moderator, “Gov­­ern­ment Account­ability Project Whistleblower Tour,” New Orleans Coalition on Open Governance, New Orleans, Louisiana, Feb. 28, 2012.
• Panelist, “Two Years After the Gulf Oil Spill,” American Bar Association (ABA) Section on International Law, 2012 ABA Midyear Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, Feb. 3, 2012.
• Debate Panelist, “The Future of Offshore Leasing,” 2nd International Offshore Oil & Law Conference, The Institute for Energy Law, Center for American and International Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, Dec. 7, 2011.
• Keynote Address, Environmental Conference, National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, Oct. 24, 2011.

Jeanne L. Carriere

• Commenter, Prof. Richard McAdams’ draft of his paper, “Empathy and Manhood in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird,” Tulane Law School Faculty Workshop Series, New Orleans, Louisiana, Mar. 19, 2012.

Martin J. Davies

• Presenter, “The Deepwater Horizon/Macondo Blowout,” Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China, Mar. 9, 2012.
• Presenter, “The Deepwater Horizon/Macondo Blowout,” Shanghai International Shipping Institute, Shanghai, China, Mar. 9, 2012.

Mark S. Davis

• Panelist, “Water Management,” Governmental Research Association National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2, 2012.
• Keynote Speaker, “Water = Asset,” 2012 Water Challenge, New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, New Orleans, Louisiana, Mar. 12, 2012.
• Speaker (with Michael Pappas), “Escaping the Sporhase Maze: State Protection of Water Resources and the Commerce Clause,” Louisiana Law Review Symposium, “Coastal Land Loss in the Gulf Coast and Beyond Symposium,” Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Mar. 30, 2012.  

James E. Duggan

• Speaker, “Alternative Careers,” ABA Law Student Division, 13th Circuit, Spring Meeting, Loyola University College of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 3, 2012.

Susan L. Krinsky

• Invited Panelist, “The ABA, the LSAC and the LSAT:  What Next?," Law School Admission Council Annual Meeting, Boca Raton, Florida, June 2012.
• Invited Speaker, “The Intersection of Law & Medicine,” Adelphi University, Long Island, New York, Apr. 27, 2012.
• Panelist, “Applying to Law School” (sponsored by The Princeton Review), Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, Mar. 28, 2012.
• Panelist, “The Legal Profession,” Tulane Prelaw Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, Mar. 20, 2012.
• Presenter, “Legal Issues in Admissions,” Law School Admission Council Newcomers Workshop (which trains new law school admissions professionals), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sept. 13, 2011.
• Panelist, “Relationship Between Admission Criteria and Employment After Law School,” presented to pre-law groups at SMU, Johns Hopkins, George Washington University, Mt. Holyoke, and Villanova.  Also spoke on other law school admission topics at  Vassar, Carleton College, St. Olaf College, Columbia University, Boston University, Tufts University, Brandeis University, and Boston College, Fall, 2011.

Glynn S. Lunney, Jr.  

• Speaker,  “The Future of Trademark Law: Consumer Welfare or Corporate Welfare,” University of Detroit Mercy Law Review Symposium, “The Future of Intellectual Property,” Detroit, Michigan, March 9, 2012.
• Speaker, “Not So Obvious After All: Patent Law’s Nonobviousness Requirement, KSR, and the Fear of Hindsight Bias, Works-In-Progress IP Colloquium, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, Feb. 11, 2012. 

Katherine Mattes 

• Speaker, “Criminal Justice and Mental Illness in New Orleans,” Federal Inns of Court, Federal District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, Feb. 24, 2012.

Michael Pappas 

• Speaker (with Michael Pappas), “Escaping the Sporhase Maze: State Protection of Water Resources and the Commerce Clause,” Louisiana Law Review Symposium, “Coastal Land Loss in the Gulf Coast and Beyond Symposium,” Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Mar. 30, 2012.  

 Amy Stein 

• Invited Participant, “Reclaiming Environmental Federalism,” Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia, Feb. 17, 2012.
• Invited Participant, “Progress Without Agreement: Climate and Other Regulatory Challenges in a Time of Dissensus,” Emory University Center on Federalism and Intersystemic Governance (CFIG) Roundtable, Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 28-29, 2011.

Martin J. Davies

Numerous interviews concerning the BP Oil Spill, including:

• Interview, “Settlement Only the First Step in BP’s Legal Woes,” All Things Considered, National Public Radio (NPR), Mar. 3, 2012.  (Available at: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=147879742).
• Interview, “The World Today,” BBC World Service, Feb. 27, 2012.
• Interview, Minnesota Public Radio, Feb. 27, 2012
• Interview, “535 Lawsuits, 110,000 Plaintiffs, 72m Pieces of Paper: BP Set for Epic Trial (United States),” London Times, Feb. 25, 2012 at 41.
• Interview, CNN (with Don Mattingly), Feb. 25, 2012 (not used because the trial was postponed).
• Interview, 5 O’clock News Broadcast,  Fox 8 Local News, WVUE-TV, Feb. 24, 2012.
• Interview, “Environment: Gulf Oil Spill Trial -- Let the Fingerpointing Begin,” Reuters, Feb. 23, 2012 (Available at:
  http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE81M1W520120223?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews). (Note: “Like most Reuters stories, this was syndicated in many places, including: Scientific American; news.yahoo.com; the Chicago Tribune; the Times of India; the International Business Times; and many, many, web news portals all over the United States and in places like Ghana, India, Mexico, Norway and the Philippines.”)
• Interview, “Gloves Will Come Off During the Massive Oil Spill Trial - High-profile Players to Enter the Ring as Witnesses,” New Orleans Times-Picayune,  Feb. 19, 2012 at A1.
• Interview,”BP's Oil Slick Set To Spill Into Courtroom,” Morning Edition, National Public Radio (NPR), Feb. 16, 2012.  (Available at: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/16/146938630/bps-oil-slick-set-to-spill-into-courtroom).
• Interview, “BP and the Trial of the Century,” Living on Earth,  National Public Radio (NPR), Feb. 10, 2012.  (Available at:
  http://www.loe.org/shows/shows.html?programID=12-P13-00006#feature1).
• Numerous “backgrounders” for Bloomberg, PBS, BBC News (Washington bureau), the Financial Times, and Svenska Dagbladet (a Swedish newspaper).

Mark S. Davis 

• Interview, “Louisiana's Ambitious Coastal Vision,” Los Angeles Times Online, Mar. 11, 2012 (Available at:
  http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-louisiana-coastline-20120312,0,2253573.story ).

James E. Duggan

• Elected, Member at Large, Louisiana Academic Library Information Network Consortium Board (LALINC), 2012-2013.
• Serving as President, New Orleans Association of Law Librarians, 2012-2013.

Gabriel Feldman

• Interview, “Should the Saints Worry About Legal Trouble?,” The Atlantic Online, Mar. 28, 2012 (Available at: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/03/should-the-saints-worry-about-legal-trouble/255113/).
• Interview, “Cash for Hits Has Some Calling Foul on NFL,” Tell Me More, National Public Radio (NPR), Mar. 6, 2012 (Available at:
  http://www.npr.org/2012/03/06/148046241/cash-for-hits-has-some-calling-foul-on-nfl).
• Interview, “Football Coordinator Paid Players to Hurt Opponents,” All Things Considered, National Public Radio (NPR), Mar. 5, 2012
  (Available at: http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=147992068&m=147993039 ).
• Interview, “NFL Bounties Amount to Incentive System Run Amok,” U.S. News Online, Mar. 5, 2012 (Available at:
  http://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2012/03/05/nfl-bounties-amount-to-incentive-system-run-amok?page=2).
• Interview, “Teams Could Be Held Liable for Injuries Traced to Bounties,” N.Y. Times, Mar. 5, 2012, at D8 (Available at:
  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/sports/football/nfl-bounties-could-lead-to-lawsuits.html?_r=2).
• Interview, “NFL Plays Defense on Suits: 'Bounty' Crackdown Comes as League Faces Legal Actions for Other Injuries,” Wall St. J. Online., Mar. 4, 2012 (Available at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203370604577261770046772532.html).

 Stephen M. Griffin

• Interview, “Health Law’s Days in Court to Begin--Justices to Hear Oral Arguments,”  New Orleans Times-Picayune,  Mar. 26, 2012 at A1 (Available on Nola.com at: http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/health_care_law_under_3_days_o.html).

Katherine Mattes 

• Invited to join Core Faculty, Tulane Forensic Behavioral Science Institute.  The multidisciplinary faculty is focused on promoting evidence-based research in forensic behavioral sciences, provides forensic training and professional development, informs public policy and practices in the area of forensic mental health. 

Susan L. Krinsky

• Serves as Chair, Law School Admission Council Test Development & Research Committee, and as a member of the Board of Trustees, 2011-2013.
• Serves as Board Member, Pre-Law Advisors National Council (PLANC).
• Serves as Board Member, Southwest Association of Pre-Law Advisors (SWAPLA).
• Served as Chair, Pre-law Committee of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, American Bar Association, 2010-11.

Edward F. Sherman

• Interview, “Environment: Gulf Oil Spill Trial -- Let the Fingerpointing Begin,” Reuters, Feb. 23, 2012 (Available at:
  http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE81M1W520120223?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews).

Keith Werhan

• Video Interview, “Is 'Obamacare' Unconstitutional?: On Politics,” Mar. 29, 2012 (Available at:
  http://videos.nola.com/times-picayune/2012/03/is_obamacare_unconstitutional.html).
• Interview, “Health Law’s Days in Court to Begin--Justices to Hear Oral Arguments,”  New Orleans Times-Picayune,  Mar. 26, 2012 at A1 (Available on Nola.com at: http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/health_care_law_under_3_days_o.html).