Law
Besting last year's record-setting turnout, the Women's Law Caucus Auction raised more than $11,000 Friday (Feb. 5) for Bloomington's Middle Way House and Protective Order Project. The annual event features packages donated by Indiana University Maurer School of Law faculty and staff. Students from the Law School form small teams to bid on the items, which can include anything from a Trivial Pursuit competition to attending an afternoon of golf with members of the faculty and staff.
Congressional testimony this week by Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair that cyberattacks could threaten the United States' strategic military advantage highlights a long-standing danger, according to Distinguished Professor Fred H. Cate of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
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Indiana University Maurer School of Law Dean Lauren Robel announced the launch of the school's new Center on the Global Legal Profession. Based at IU Bloomington, the center will focus on the unprecedented challenges lawyers are facing around the world and develop research and training materials to assist current and future attorneys in their understanding of international legal systems.
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Indiana University students are featured in Tough Decisions: Defending the Homeland, a compelling documentary that takes viewers behind the scenes during a groundbreaking simulation of terrorism in Indiana's capital city. Tough Decisions premieres on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m. on WFYI 1 (20.1 DT). The documentary chronicles the minute-by-minute response as students role-play government and civilian officials attempting to deal with sometimes faulty or incomplete information in an unfolding terrorist attack.
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As sweeping health care legislation moves through Congress, new laws would provide data exclusivity to innovator companies that introduce new biologic drugs and an expedited regulatory approval process for follow-on (generic) biologic drugs. In view of the importance of the topic, the Indiana University Maurer School of Law's Intellectual Property Program has organized a conference, "Intellectual Property Rights and Health Care: Perspectives on Follow-on Biologic Drugs," to be held Jan. 21.
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The Hoosier Environmental Council announced today that Brian J. Soden, a noted geophysicist and climate change expert, will present "The Reality of Global Warming: Cold Facts on a Hot Topic," on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. As part of his presentation, Soden will discuss the science of global warming and the struggle to educate the general public on an often confusing and polarizing topic.
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