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The CM Law Library Blog seeks to inform the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law community about key legal education, research, practice, and law library news, with a particular focus on Cuyahoga County and Ohio as well as faculty research interests.

Friedman & Gilbert Criminal Justice Forum: Jonathan Turley, Thurs. Oct 2, 5 p.m.

Marie Rehmar, Head of Reference Services, marie.rehmar@law.csuohio.edu | October 01, 2008 - 13:04

The Body Count Culture: Evaluating the Bush Administration’s Record of Terrorism Prosecution is the topic for Prof. Jonathan Turley ‘s Forum presentation on Thurs., Oct. 2nd, at 5 p.m., in the Moot Court Room. The lecture is free, open to the public, and offers one free Ohio CLE credit. Prof. Turley is the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, Director of the Environmental Law Advocacy Center, and Executive Director, Project for Older Prisoners, at the George Washington University Law School.

His faculty profile links to a list of his many publications, including law review articles on military, environmental, national security, and other topical legal areas. His numerous writings have appeared in USA Today, L.A. Times, Washington Post, National Law Journal, Village Voice, Wall Street Journal, and other publications. (more) (More)

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Finding Study Aids in the Library

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | October 01, 2008 - 10:07

Image: 'Oh dear' www.flickr.com/photos/65768710@N00/2478736083The library has a vast collection of study aids, both books and CDs. Ways to find study aids:

1. RESEARCH GUIDES: Refer to the library's research guides on various course topics (civil procedure, torts, etc.) for a list of study aids. There should be a link to "study aids" at the top of the guide. The Exam Preparation Guide also lists study aid titles.

2. CATALOG SEARCH: Try a keyword search on Scholar for one of the following (these are names of study aids) and possibly add the name of a legal subject to the search (ex. contracts):

Law School Legends (a series of CDs)
Outstanding Professor Series (another series of CDs)
Examples and Explanations
Sum and Substance
Understanding Series
Questions and Answers
Core Concepts and Key Questions
Concepts and Insights
Black Letter Outlines

(The above are roughly in order of popularity) So, the keyword search would be "contract examples and explanations".

3. BROWSE: The majority of the study aids are either in room A066 (one level down from the first floor) or behind the information services desk (on reserve). A066 items can be checked out, while the reserve items are for in-library use only for two hour periods.

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Ouch! Tougher to Pierce the Corporate Veil

Jan Novak, Associate Director jan.novak@law.csuohio.edu | October 01, 2008 - 08:35

Piercing the corporate veil in Ohio just got a little bit harder: In Dombroski v. WellPoint, Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2008-Ohio-4827 the Ohio Supreme Court yesterday modified the three pronged test announced in 1993’s Belvedere Condominium Unit Owners’ Assn. v. R.E. Roark Cos. Inc , 67 Ohio St 3d 274, 617 NE2d 1075. The Belvedere court’s second prong had permitted actions against individual shareholders when their control of the corporation was exercised in such a way as to commit “fraud or an illegal act” against the plaintiff. Subsequent appellate decisions had broadened the definition of that phrase to include “other unjust or inequitable acts.” The Court found that such an expansion ran contrary to the concept of limited shareholder liability, yet recognized that misuses of the corporate form other than fraud or illegal acts should not be protected:

“Accordingly, we hold that to fulfill the second prong of the Belvedere test for piercing the corporate veil, the plaintiff must demonstrate that the defendant shareholder exercised control over the corporation in such a manner as to commit fraud, an illegal act, or a similarly unlawful act. Courts should apply this limited expansion cautiously toward the goal of piercing the corporate veil only in instances of extreme shareholder misconduct.”

Read the Court’s summary here.


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