Cleveland-Marshall College of Law has appointed Robert Eckman, Chief Information Security Officer at MCPc, Inc., as a Technologist-in-Residence and Executive Director of the school’s Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection.
Please join us for the annual C|M|Law Black Law Students Association Scholarship and Awards Banquet on Friday, April 13, 2018, at 5:30pm-10:30pm, at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
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The theme for this year is "Unity in purpose, Strength in numbers," which represents our commitment to work together as minority law students to achieve the best level of success for our community.
This year we will honor Sanford Watson, Partner at Tucker Ellis LLP. Mr. Watson's dedication to increasing diversity within the legal profession and contributions to our C|M|Law community exemplies what BLSA represents. Our keynote address will be delivered by Valissa Turner Howard, First Assistant Deputy Inspector General and Chief Diversity Officer in the Cuyahoga County Agency of Inspector General. Valissa is also President of the Norman S. Minor Bar Association. In addition, we are also honoring one of our outstanding alumnus, Theophilus Hudson, for his tremendous support of our local chapter.
Presented by C|M|LAW's Center for Health Law and Policy.
Preregistration not required
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Sponsored by Thompson Hine, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
James Robenalt, Thompson Hine
James D. Robenalt is the author of Ballots and Bullets: Black Power Politics and Urban Guerrilla Warfare in 1968 Cleveland. The book traces Cleveland’s political climate in 1968, weaving a spellbinding story that examines the origins of violence in a city that became ground zero during the civil rights and black power struggles. The compelling story of urban race relations still resonates in 2018. He previously authored January 1973, The Harding Affair, and Linking Rings.
Robenalt is also partner in Thompson Hine's Business Litigation practice group. He has been named as one of America's Leading Lawyers in the Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers. Jim has consistently been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® and has been selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers® through a process that includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.
Walter Beach, Eyewitness to events leading up the 1968 shootout. A former Cleveland Browns player and assistant to Mayor Carl Stokes.
Mutawaf Shaheed, Eyewitness to events leading up the 1968 shootout. Imam and black nationalist poet.
Moderator: Lee Fisher, Dean and Joseph C. Hostetler-BakerHostetler Chair, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Concluding Remarks Roland V. Anglin, Dean and Professor, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Sponsored by Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s Global Business Law Review and International Law Students Association, Cleveland State University.
Reception: 6:00-7:00pm
Panel: 7:00-8:30pm
Government officials in countries that have become the target of U.S. economic sanctions have publicly acknowledged that they support the use of cryptocurrency to circumvent reliance on the U.S. dollar, primarily to regain access to the international markets from which they have been blacklisted. The anonymity offered by cryptocurrencies such as the Venezuelan petro and Russian cryptoruble makes it difficult to identify violators and enforce regulations. In response, the U.S.’s banking enforcement agency, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), has begun focusing on exchanges to increase transparency in international transactions, which may help identify violators but also raises security concerns.
Panelists will discuss, inter alia, the following questions: (1) What is cryptocurrency, and how does it operate? (2) How are blacklisted countries using cryptocurrency to circumvent international sanctions? (3) What financial and/or criminal penalties do traders and investors face for direct or indirect violations of U.S. sanctions? (4) What regulatory changes is the OFAC considering to identify and block transactions with sanctioned countries? (5) How will these regulatory changes affect risk-assessment for investors and financial institutions, and with what impact on cryptocurrency markets, such as the market for bitcoin, and the larger stock market?
Guest Speaker: Prof. Deborah Geier
