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Academic Background

B.A., international relations and political science, Minnesota State University
J.D., Drake University School of Law

Research Specialties

• Constitutional law in business
• Donor liability-assisted reproduction
• Employee relations
• Employment law
• Internet law
• Telecommuter law

Current Research

• Bioethics
• Employee Internet use and productivity
• Health issues and employer liability
• Reproductive law: medical advances, fertility tourism, and customizing children
• Telecommuting in the 21st Century
• Reproductive industries and e-commerce
• Constitutionality and business implications of same-sex marriage

Major Works

• "Outsourcing Human Reproduction: Embryos & Surrogacy Services in the CyberProcreation Era," with Brad Reich, U of Maryland Law School Journal of Health Care Law & Policy, Vol. 14, No. 2, Spring 2011.
• "You Can’t Put the Genie Back in the Bottle:  The Potential Rights and Obligations of Egg Donors in the Cyberprocreation Era," with Brad Reich, Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 20, No. 1, 1-57, 2010.
• "Caveat Vendor: Potential Progeny, Paternity, and Product Liability Online," Brigham Young University Law Review, Issue 4, with J. Brad Reich, fall 2007.
• "The Perfect Storm of Constitutional Law: A Legal and Business Analysis of Same-Sex Marriage," with J. Halgas. ALSB Conference proceedings, 2005.
• "Employee Use of the Internet: Where Voyage Is Forbidden," Midwest Law Review, vol. 20, pp. 101-129, Fall 2004.
• “Back to Bakke: Affirmative Action Revisited in Educational Diversity,” Brigham Young U. Education and Law Journal, vol. 1, pp. 211-256, April 2003.
• “Telecommuter Law: A New Frontier of Legal Liability,” American Business Law Journal, Vol. 38 (4), pp. 857-900, Summer 2001. (Reprinted in workers compensation Laws Review, vol. 24, issue 2002, pp. 89-132)

Significant Scholarly Honors

• Invited Participant, Labor and Employment Relations Association National Conference, 2007.
• Distinguished Paper Award, Academy of Legal Studies in Business 2005
• Invited Participant, Huber Hurst Research Seminar, 2005
• Best Paper in Any Source Award, Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2004, 2005.
• Academy of Business Disciplines (articles reviewer)

Current Editorial Board Appointments

• Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Law Journal
• American Business Law Journal
• Journal of Legal Studies in Education