Professors Charles Fried (Harvard) and George Conk (Fordham) will be discussing the issue of preemption after Wyeth and Altria before the Fordham Students' chapter of the Federalist Society on the West Side March 26 (Thursday of next week). And for readers in Boston, on the same day the Lawyer's chapter there will be hosting a panel discussion on the extension of federal authority under the Clean Water Act.
Preemption at Fordham
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Bridget Carroll Press Officer, Manhattan Institute bcarroll@manhattan-institute.org |



