Poetry Reading

Click on this link for a YouTube video with samples of my latest poems in both English and Spanish. I am working on a new poetry book and these are a quick sample of some new poems. The presentation runs about 15 minutes. I hope you enjoy it.

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Copyright Lecture

Copyright Lecture

Convocation for New Distinguished Professorships at Hofstra University's Frank G. Zarb School of Business

The announcement was sent out yesterday for the convocation installing the new distinguished professors in Hofstra University's Frank G. Zarb School of Business. I so wish I could invite my mom and dad to attend, though I know they will be there in spirit as they are always with me. It will be a bittersweet day for me as my unsung heroes never received their due acknowledgment in life and I have had more than my fair share of acknowledgment for little more than doing my job. I am nothing. They were everything.

Recent television interview by ABC7 (Washington, D.C. ABC News affiliate)

Gene Maccarrone, my good friend and the co-author of several articles, and I were interviewed recently by Lisa Fletcher, senior investigative reporter for the Washington D.C. ABC television affiliate as part of her investigative report on the use of traffic cameras in Washington, D.C. She reached out to us after reading one of our articles on traffic enforcement by camera in her research. Reports that aired earlier this week feature some of my comments. You can find a link to the video that as aired as well as a transcript here: https://lnkd.in/emW7v2Q. I have a face best suited for radio these days and cringe at seeing myself on camera on this and on prior videos Hofstra has posted of me from a few years back. I hope some clips from Gene’s comments from our interview will make it to a future report as he is a handsome guy who, unlike his co-author, will never scare children during prime time. For the record, I know the proper usage of “number” and “amount” but misspoke twice in the clips intending to say “the highest number of fines” and “the highest amount [of dollars] in fines.” Cameras and bright lights melt the brain. Links to our articles are available here: https://lnkd.in/ecehjxd.

DC makes it hard to fight automated traffic tickets, and makes $113 million in the process

Just Published: A Primer on Immigration Law and Compliance

Just published today by Textbook Media Press: A Primer on Immigration Law and Compliance. This is a short textbook (four chapters) intended as both a companion for all business law and legal environment textbooks (mine included) or as a stand-alone textbook for short credit and non-credit courses and training programs. It is also a useful reference work for anyone interested in a brief, detailed introduction to non-immigrant and immigrant visas, asylum and refugee status and compliance with I-9 employment authorization. An instructor's manual and test bank is available to adopters. Best of all is the price: $5.95 - $12.95 for ebook and paperback versions. Over the 18 months I intend to build on the introductory tome to make an expanded edition (about 15 chapters) suitable for a three-credit undergraduate or graduate course in BBA, MS and MBA programs. My Business Law: An Introduction 3/e and will be out in the first quarter of 2019 which along with Business Law and the Legal Environment of Business 3/e round out my current law-related textbooks. If this book finds a market, a similar short companion textbook on intellectual property will likely follow.

https://www.textbookmedia.com/Products/BookList.aspx

New textbook coming in January 2020: Business Law 3/e

The final proofs for my newest textbook, Business Law 3/e, were approved by me this week. I just received a PDF copy of the front cover (subject to change before publication). This is the third edition of my very first textbook. The first edition was originally published by Irwin/Mirror Press and later by McGraw-Hill when they acquired Irwin and its subsidiaries. As such, it is special to me. This major revision and update took about a year to complete and includes a new chapter on immigration law. As is true of all of my textbooks, it is very different from the competition in tone, style and pedagogy and reflects my student-centered style as a lecturer. That is also reflected in its pricing which is a small fraction of that of its competitors. This book rounds out my current offerings with Textbook Media Press that also include Business Law and the Legal Environment of Business 3/e that provides more comprehensive coverage (45 chapters) making it ideal for both one- and two-semester Business Law and Legal Environment courses and Immigration Law and Compliance, a mini-textbook primarily intended as an inexpensive ($5.95-$12.95) companion to all business law and legal studies textbooks, including mine. I LOVE my job!