Dangerous Liaison
Professor Leonard Orland was the featured commentator on CNBC TV's July 13 documentary, Dangerous Liaison, What Happened in Room 2806, The Dominique Strauss-Kahn Scandal.
Professor Orland is an Oliver Ellsworth Professor of Law. As a well-regarded expert on white collar crime, he has served as a member of a parole board, as adviser and reporter for the Sentencing Institute for the United States Court of Appeals for the First and Second Circuits, and as an adviser to the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform Sate Laws. He now serves as chairman of the board of the Federal Bar Council, and he has participated in the Federal Courts Study Committee and, as Ford Foundation Scholar, has examined criminal justice systems in Europe and Asia.
His new book, A Final Accounting: Holocaust Survivors and Swiss Banks, published this year by Carolina Academic Press, describes how New York's courts processed claims for funds left in Swiss financial institutions despite the difficulties posed by secretive Swiss banking laws.
Recent Homepage Highlights
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On February 15, Professor Dalié Jiménez will present "Exploring the Emergence of Finance Companies" at the Bankruptcy Success Modeling Conference at the UCLA School of Law.
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On February 9, Professor Hillary Greene will present 'The Role of the Competition Community in Promoting Innovation" at an international conference at Nagoya University entitled International Issues Relating to a Pro-Innovation Patent System and Competition Policy.
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Members of the Law School community are invited to a Lunar New Year Celebration on Wednesday, February 13. RSVP is required.
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On February 11, Professor Alexandra Lahav will be a featured speaker at "The New Class Action Landscape," a continuing legal education course being offered by the Boston Bar Association.
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The Law School will return to normal operations on Tuesday, February 12. Classes will resume as scheduled.
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On February 9, Richard Wilson will deliver a keynote address at a conference on "Disasters, Displacement and Human Rights: Framing the Field" at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville.
