Monthly Archives: July 2009

Bounty for financial fraud whistleblowers?

July 2, 2009 at 9:14 am

The inspector general probing the SEC’s failure to discover Bernard Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme recommends that whistleblowers should be paid a bounty for information about financial fraud.  School of Law Professor Tamar Frankel, an authority on securities law, says such rewards would be a two-edged sword and probably limited to outsiders (insiders thereafter couldn’t […]

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Farewell space probe Ulysses

July 1, 2009 at 3:00 pm

After 18 years and nearly three complete orbits around the sun, Ulysses, the interplanetary space probe that provided scientists with a more complete understanding of the solar wind and the solar activity cycle, was turned off. Nathan Schwadron, an associate professor of astronomy, can discuss the space probe’s solar wind observations, which led scientists to […]

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Except for Colorado and Mass., obesity among adults and baby boomers rising

July 1, 2009 at 12:07 pm

In the nation’s annual obesity rankings, 23 states reported higher adult obesity rates over the past year with concerns about Medicare’s higher costs to treat fat baby boomers. Colorado had the lowest rate of obese adults followed by Massachusetts and Connecticut. Caroline Apovian,MD, Director of Nutrition and Weight Management at Boston Medical Center, can discuss […]

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Wal-Mart backs key healthcare reform

July 1, 2009 at 10:54 am

In a surprise that “flabbergasted” the National Retail Federation, Wal-Mart says it backs President Obama’s plan to force employers to provide health insurance to workers.  School of Management Professor Alan Cohen, executive director of the Health Policy Institute, can discuss what the endorsment by the nation’s largest private employer might mean for the healthcare reform […]

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SCOTUS term ends

July 1, 2009 at 10:21 am

The Supreme Court’s term ended with Chief Justice John Roberts having guided the high court rightward with swing-vote Justice Anthony Kennedy a key ally.  School of Law Professor Jay Wexler, who once clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, can look back at the term and ahead to the next. Contact Jay Wexler, 617-353-3174, jaywex@bu.edu

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CIA detention/interrogation report

July 1, 2009 at 10:08 am

With the push of an ACLU lawsuit, a 2004 internal CIA report on the agency’s Bush-era detention and interrogation tactics is being released today by the Obama administration.  School of Law lecturer Philip O’Neill, Jr., who teaches national security law, can discuss the long-term legal implications of the disclosures. Contact Philip O’Neill, Jr., 617-951-2253, poneill@eapdlaw.com

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FDA panel urges limits on acetaminophen products

July 1, 2009 at 9:58 am

Calling for sweeping safety restrictions on acetaminophen, the most widely used painkiller, because it is the leading cause of liver failure, a panel of 37 experts urged the FDA to lower Tylenol’s maximum dose, halt sales of prescription Vicodin, but make no changes to NyQuil and Theraflu. Brian McGeeney,MD, a pain specialist and assistant professor […]

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