Corporate & Securities Law

Study Guides
Tis the season for study guides. On the Library's Research Guides web page we have a topical list of study guides available in the Law Library. You can also find this list in print in the Library's handout rack...

U.S. Department of State Self Study Guides for 35 Countries
"The U.S. Department of State provided these thirty five Self Study Guides in response to a FOIA request. This series...

In the Mail: Looseleaf Casebooks!
In going through a 10-day backlog of mail at the office yesterday, I was psyched to receive binders containing looseleaf copies of two of my casebooks for next year: Dycus et al.'s National Security Law, and the brand-spanking-new sixth edition of Hart & Wechsler's The Federal Courts and the Federal System...

Big Savings from Small Improvements in MPG Ratings: Replacing a 12 MPG Car with a 14 MPG Car Saves More Gas Than Replacing a 28 MPG Car with a 40 MPG Car
One would think that replacing a car that gets 28 MPG with a one that gets 40 MPG is more significant in terms of a reduction in gas consumption than replacing a car that gets 12 MPG with one that...

More on Study Guides
For a quick reference to study guides we have available in the library, check out our Study Guide handout . This handout is also available in print in the handout rack near the Reference desk...

Useful things to do with old casebooks!
Thanks to "burned" CIA operative Michael Weston (from Burn Notice), I've discovered a new use for old casebooks! In a recent episode, Weston had to go into prison to protect an inmate from being killed...

Procrit
Associated with Death in Stroke Study

Xigris
Study Prompts FDA Safety Review

BPA
New Study Shows Link to Diabetes and Heart Disease

New Study Links Cell Phone Radiation to Increased Health Risks
Cell Phone Radiation Is Your Phone Toxic?

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...