Looks like President Obama has decided to bring back the military tribunals used by the former Bush administration to prosecute terror suspects. Political expert Thomas Whalen and long time GITMO watcher Michael Corgan have been following the story. Contact Thomas Whalen, 617-353-4785, tjw64@bu.edu Contact Michael Corgan, 617-353-3553, mcorgan@bu.edu
School of Law Professor Tamar Frankel, an authority on securities law, welcomes the Obama administration’s push for more regulatory oversight for the shadowy market of derivatives and can discuss why it’s important. “The administration’s new rules for derivatives are welcome. The fact that the people who believed in the market self-limitation are at the helm is […]
School of Management Professor James Post, an authority on corporate governance and business ethics, says that Bank of America won’t be able to resist pressure from federal regulators to restructure the BofA board of directors. “Shareholders often cooperate to pressure CEOs and boards of directors to listen to their concerns. Rarely do such tactics produce major […]
With New Hampshire’s governor saying he’ll sign a same-sex marriage bill into law when amended, that state is poised to become the sixth to legalize such unions. School of Law Professor Linda McClain, an authority on family law, says the Granite State’s evolution from approving civil unions to okaying full-fledge gay marriages indicates a legal […]
Proposed new federal taxes on sodas and other sugary drinks would generate $24 billion over the next four years. Caroline Apovian, MD, Boston Medical Center Director of the Nutrition and Weight Management Center believes that is good way to lower consumption, reduce health problems and save medical costs. Contact Caroline Apovian, MD, 617-414-1816, apovian@bu.edu
College of Communication Professor Lou Ureneck, the former Philadelphia Inquirer deputy editor who now chairs the Journalism Department, says the clear public demand for good journalism as measured by online readership could bode well for the troubled newspaper industry. “If the public’s demand is real,” he says in a Boston Globe op-ed, “the challenge is […]
School of Law Professor Kevin Outterson, director of the Health Law Program and an authority on drug marketing, says Pfizer offering free drugs to recently uninsured or jobless customers will create a mountain of paperwork for doctors’ offices and their patients. “Some states have created ‘central-fill’ pharmacies, which greatly simplify the paperwork burdens. If drug […]
Despite a rush by small companies to develop an H1N1 vaccine that could be produced in days and weeks instead of months in the current half-century old technique, any new technologies could not get through the regulatory process in time. Alexander Ozonoff, assistant professor of biostatistics said new approaches will take awhile and no new […]
With the continued drama unfolding of who knew what in Congress about the illegal – or not – waterboarding technique, political expert Thomas Whalen is available to discuss the Congressional flip-flopping of the issue. Contact Thomas Whalen, 617-353-4785, tjw64@bu.edu
Federal regulators soon will file suit against companies behind a national wave of spam “robo-calls” warning that auto warranties are expiring and offering new service plans. School of Management Professor Michael Salinger, a former Federal Trade Commission official, can discuss how the FTC investigates then goes after such scams. Contact Michael Salinger, 617-353-4408, salinger@bu.edu
