Date range: November 1, 2020 \u2013 November 30, 2020<\/p>\n
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Doug Blanke and Julie Ralston Aoki of the Public Health Law Center took part in \u201cBitter Truths About Sugary Drinks,\u201d a series of invitational meetings organized and hosted by the Center, on behalf of the American Heart Association.<\/p>\n
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Kerry Cork and Joelle Lester of the Public Health Law Center wrote a chapter about the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement in the new book, Looking Back to Move Forward: Resolving Health & Environmental Crises. The book is the culmination of the Health & Environmental Settlements Project, the New York University (NYU) School of Law\u2019s State Energy & Environmental Impact Center in partnership with the Environmental Law Institute. <\/p>\n Jessica Grosz of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented \u201cFlavored Tobacco Products: Progress, but the Problem Remains\u201d at the Northeastern States Regional Tobacco Control Managers Meeting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Professor Laura Hermer served as an election judge in Golden Valley\u2019s first precinct for the November presidential election.<\/p>\n Professor Laura Hermer was invited to speak on Covid-19, Abortion, and Public Health in the Culture Wars as part of the Civil Rights and Poverty Law Sections\u2019 joint session on Politics, Pandemic, and the Future of Civil Rights and Poverty Law at the 2021 AALS Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kyra Hill and Desmond Jenson of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented \u201cAffirmative Public Health Litigation: Why It Matters\u201d at an event hosted by the Center about the importance of affirmative litigation in public health and commercial tobacco control.<\/p>\n Kyra Hill of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented \u201cWe\u2019ll See You in Court: Litigation Update\u201d at the Midwestern States Regional Tobacco Program Managers Meeting.<\/p>\n Kyra Hill, Jamie Long, and Natasha Phelps of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented \u201cLocal Flavor Litigation: What’s the Scoop?\u201d an update on local legal challenges to laws restricting sales of flavored tobacco products.<\/p>\n Kyra Hill of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented \u201cFederal Tobacco Litigation: What’s the Latest?\u201d about recent significant federal tobacco litigation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Professor Eric Janus co-authored an amicus brief in the Virginia Supreme Court case, Baughman v. Commonwealth of Virginia. The brief was co-signed by 15 professors in various disciplines.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hudson Kingston and Mark Meaney of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented \u201cTobacco Product Waste Policy Updates\u201d at the Midwestern States Regional Tobacco Program Managers Meeting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Professor David Allen Larson, along with Peter Jewett of Accessible web, virtually presented “Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Must Be Accessible for Persons with Disabilities (PWD)” to the 22nd Cyberweek conference hosted by the National Center for Technology & Dispute Resolution.<\/p>\n Professor David Allen Larson presented “ODR Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities: We Must Do Better” as part of the AI, Ethics, and ODR special track at the Cyberspace 2020 conference hosted by Masaryk University (Czechia), the European Academy of Law, and ICT.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joelle Lester of the Public Health Law Center presented \u201cWe\u2019ll See You in Court! Litigation Update\u201d at the Northeastern States Regional Tobacco Control Managers Meeting.<\/p>\n Joelle Lester and Kerry Cork of the Public Health Law Center wrote a chapter about the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement in the new book, Looking Back to Move Forward: Resolving Health & Environmental Crises. The book is the culmination of the Health & Environmental Settlements Project, the New York University (NYU) School of Law\u2019s State Energy & Environmental Impact Center in partnership with the Environmental Law Institute. Joelle Lester of the Public Health Law Center presented a federal regulatory and litigation update as part of a panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s Office on Smoking and Health 2020 National Partner Meeting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jamie Long, Kyra Hill, and Natasha Phelps of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented \u201cLocal Flavor Litigation: What’s the Scoop?\u201d an update on local legal challenges to laws restricting sales of flavored tobacco products.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mark Meaney and Hudson Kingston of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented \u201cTobacco Product Waste Policy Updates\u201d at the Midwestern States Regional Tobacco Program Managers Meeting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Natasha Phelps, Jamie Long, and Kyra Hill of the Public Health Law Center virtually presented \u201cLocal Flavor Litigation: What’s the Scoop?\u201d an update on local legal challenges to laws restricting sales of flavored tobacco products.<\/p>\n Natasha Phelps of the Public Health Law Center co-authored the article, “Modelling retailer-based exemptions in flavored tobacco sales restrictions: national estimates on the impact of product availability” that appeared in volume 10, issue 11 of BMJ Open Access. <\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope was co-presenter of \u201cWorld Right to Die Day: Dialogue on Dignity,” a webinar sponsored by the World Federation of Right to Die Societies. Professor Thaddeus Pope took two teams to the National Health Law Moot Court Competition on November 6 and 7, 2020. Last year, Mitchell Hamline took third place overall of 32 teams. This year, the team of Harold Melcher and Carly Johnson made it to the quarterfinals. Harold Melcher was awarded 3rd best individual oralist.<\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Informed Consent: More Than a Piece of Paper” to the Vermont Ethics Professor Thaddeus Pope presented \u201cMaking Treatment Decisions for Unrepresented Patients\u201d to the Vermont Ethics Network on November 9, 2020.<\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope presented \u201cVoluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED)\u201d to the Vermont Ethics Network on November 9, 2020.<\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article, \u201cMedical Aid in Dying: Key Variations among U.S. State Laws\u201d was published in volume 14, issue 1 of the Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law.<\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope’s 2021 supplement to the treatise, The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decisionmaking was published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. The supplement was co-authored by Alan Meisel & Kathy L. Cerminara.<\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article, \u201cReply to Weber: Treatment Decisions for Unrepresented Patients: American Thoracic Society\/American Geriatrics Society Policy Statement Lacks Sufficient Guidance\u201d was published in volume 202, issue 10 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The article was co-authored by L. Cederquist, P. Goodman-Crews, and DB White. Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article, \u201cIs There a Right to Delay Determination of Death by Neurologic Criteria?\u201d was published in volume 77, issue 11 of JAMA Neurology. The article was co-authored by Ariane Lewis and Richard J. Bonnie.<\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope presented \u201cVoluntary Assisted Dying in the US and Australia: Comparing Legislative Choices\u201d as part of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research Coffee with a Colleague online seminar series. Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Patient Rights and Healthcare Decision-making after COVID-19: Transformations and Future Directions” as part of the Queensland University of Technology, Global Law, Science, and Technology Seminar Series on November 20, 2020.<\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope was one of three international collaborators invited to participate in the kickoff meeting of the \u201cDeath Definition and Determination Project\u201d on November 23 and 25, 2020. The multi-year project is funded by Canadian Blood Services, Canadian Medical Association, and Canadian Critical Care Society<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Julie Ralston Aoki and Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center took part in \u201cBitter Truths About Sugary Drinks,\u201d a series of invitational meetings organized and hosted by the Center, on behalf of the American Heart Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law faculty on their accomplishments. Date range: November 1, 2020 \u2013 November 30, 2020 Blanke, Doug PRESENTATION: 11\/11\/2020 \u201cBitter Truths About Sugary Drinks\u201d Doug Blanke and Julie Ralston Aoki of the Public Health Law Center took part in \u201cBitter Truths About Sugary Drinks,\u201d a series … <\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.law.nyu.edu\/centers\/state-impact\/settlements-project<\/a><\/p>\nGrosz, Jessica<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 11\/15\/2020 “Flavored Tobacco Products: Progress, but the Problem Remains\u201d<\/h4>\n
Hermer, Laura<\/h3>\n
COMMUNITY SERVICE: 11\/3\/2020 Election Judge<\/h4>\n
\nINVITATION: 11\/15\/2020 2021 AALS Annual Meeting: Joint Session on Politics, Pandemic, and the Future of Civil Rights and Poverty Law<\/h4>\n
Hill, Kyra<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 11\/5\/2020 Affirmative Public Health Litigation: Why It Matters\u201d<\/h4>\n
\nPRESENTATION: 11\/9\/2020 \u201cWe\u2019ll See You in Court: Litigation Update\u201d<\/h4>\n
\nPRESENTATION: 11\/12\/2020 \u201cLocal Flavor Litigation: What’s the Scoop?\u201d<\/h4>\n
\nPRESENTATION: 11\/19\/2020 \u201cFederal Tobacco Litigation: What’s the Latest?\u201d<\/h4>\n
Janus, Eric<\/h3>\n
AMICUS BRIEF: 11\/15\/2020 Amicus Brief: Baughman v. Commonwealth of Virginia<\/h4>\n
Kingston, Hudson<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 11\/9\/2020 \u201cTobacco Product Waste Policy Updates\u201d<\/h4>\n
Larson, David<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 11\/3\/2020 “Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Must Be Accessible for Persons with Disabilities (PWD)”<\/h4>\n
\nPRESENTATION: 11\/27\/2020 “ODR Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities: We Must Do Better”<\/h4>\n
Lester, Joelle<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 11\/4\/2020 \u201cWe\u2019ll See You in Court! Litigation Update\u201d<\/h4>\n
\nPUBLICATION: 11\/12\/2020 Looking Back to Move Forward: Resolving Health & Environmental Crises<\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.law.nyu.edu\/centers\/state-impact\/settlements-project<\/a><\/p>\n\nPRESENTATION: 11\/18\/2020 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s Office on Smoking and Health National Partner Meeting<\/h4>\n
Long, Jamie<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 11\/12\/2020 \u201cLocal Flavor Litigation: What’s the Scoop?”<\/h4>\n
Meaney, Mark<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 11\/9\/2020 \u201cTobacco Product Waste Policy Updates\u201d<\/h4>\n
Phelps, Natasha<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 11\/12\/2020 \u201cLocal Flavor Litigation: What’s the Scoop?”<\/h4>\n
\nPUBLICATION: 11\/26\/2020 BMJ Open Access<\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/bmjopen\/10\/11\/e040490.full.pdf<\/a><\/p>\nPope, Thaddeus<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 11\/2\/2020 \u201cWorld Right to Die Day: Dialogue on Dignity”<\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/fiVZPc92Tuw<\/a><\/p>\n\nOTHER: 11\/6\/2020 National Health Law Moot Court Competition<\/h4>\n
\nPRESENTATION: 11\/9\/2020 “Informed Consent: More Than a Piece of Paper”<\/h4>\n
\nNetwork on November 9, 2020.<\/p>\n\nPRESENTATION: 11\/9\/2020 \u201cMaking Treatment Decisions for Unrepresented Patients\u201d<\/h4>\n
\nPRESENTATION: 11\/9\/2020 \u201cVoluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED)\u201d<\/h4>\n
\nPUBLICATION: 11\/15\/2020 Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law<\/h4>\n
\nPUBLICATION: 11\/15\/2020 Supplement to The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decisionmaking<\/h4>\n
\nPUBLICATION: 11\/15\/2020 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.<\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.atsjournals.org\/doi\/10.1164\/rccm.202007-2806LE<\/a><\/p>\n\nPUBLICATION: 11\/15\/2020 JAMA Neurology<\/h4>\n
\nPRESENTATION: 11\/18\/2020 \u201cVoluntary Assisted Dying in the US and Australia: Comparing Legislative Choices\u201d<\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/y_pXY82p86A<\/a><\/p>\n\nPRESENTATION: 11\/20\/2020 “Patient Rights and Healthcare Decision-making after COVID-19: Transformations and Future Directions”<\/h4>\n
\nCOMMUNITY SERVICE: 11\/23\/2020 \u201cDeath Definition and Determination Project\u201d<\/h4>\n
Ralston Aoki, Julie<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 11\/11\/2020 \u201cBitter Truths About Sugary Drinks\u201d<\/h4>\n