Author Bio

               At present I am the Cypres Family Distinguished Professor in Legal Studies in Business at Hofstra University’s Frank G. Zarb School of Business (2006-Present). Prior to my current position, I have served as the Dean of the Business Division at SUNY Broome (2002-2006),

As Professor of Business at SUNY Delhi (1990-2002), as Assistant Dean and Director of the Extended-Day Program at Plaza College (1988-1990), and as Academic Dean of Market Training Institute (1987-1988). I am an attorney licensed in New York, and a long-time member of the North East Academy of Legal Studies in Business who twice served three-year terms as president, vice-president and program chair of two academic conferences. I have practices law for more than 30 years, though I have not billed a client in more than a quarter century, and have also done some legal consulting work.

Books Published

•    A Primer on Immigration Law and Compliance, Textbook Media Press, 2020 (text, test bank, instructor’s manual)

•    Business Law: an Introduction 3e, Textbook Media Press, 2019 (text, test bank, instructor’s manual)

•    Business Law and the Legal Environment of Business 3e, Textbook Media Press 2017 (text, test bank, instructor’s manual)

•       Copyright Law: a Practical Guide Self-published through Create Space and Amazon Direct Publishing (Spring 2018).

•    Intellectual Property Law: a Practical Guide to Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Trade Secrets, Self-published through Create Space and Amazon Direct Publishing (Summer 2011).

•    Business Law: An Introduction 2e, Textbook Media Press, 2011 (text, test bank, instructor’s manual)

•    Business Law and the Legal Environment of Business 2e, Textbook Media Press 2010 (text, test bank, instructor’s manual)

•    Free and Low-Cost Software for the PC, McFarland & Company 2000

•    Legal Environment of Business, Prentice Hall 1997 (text, test bank and instructor's resource manual)

•     Case and Resource Material for the Legal Environment of Business, Prentice Hall 1997

•     Business Law: An Introduction, Richard D. Irwin / Mirror Press 1993 and later  McGraw-Hill when it purchased Irwin  (text, test bank and instructor's resource manual)

•     Free and User Supported Software for the IBM PC: A Resource Guide for Libraries and Individuals, McFarland & Company 1990 (co-authored with Kenneth J. Ansley)

Law Review and Double-Blind, Peer Reviewed Articles:

• López, V. D., Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in Consumer Contracts: A Legally Permissible Means of Denying Consumers the Constitutional Right to Litigate Contract Disputes in Court and the Right to Trial By Jury, North East Journal of Legal Studies: Vol. 40, Article 1 (Spring 2020).
• López, V. D., Maccarrone, E. T.  Non-Lawyer Judges Presiding Over Criminal Trials:  Constitutionally Permissible Injustice? Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy Vol. 10 at 1 (2019). 
• López, V. D., Maccarrone, E. T.  Should Emergency Good Deeds Go Unpunished? An Analysis of the Good Samaritan Statutes of the United States, Rutgers Law Record, Vol. 45, 105-144 (2018).
• López, V. D. When Lenders Can Legally Provide Loans with Effective Interest Rates Above 1,000 Percent, Is it Time for Congress to Consider a Federal Interest Cap on Consumer Loans? Notre Dame Journal of Legislation, Vol. 42, Issue 1 (2016).
• López, V. D., Maccarrone, E. T. Traffic Enforcement by Camera: Privacy and Due Process in the Age of Big Brother, Law Journal for Social Justice (Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University), Vol 5 (Spring 2015).
• Maccarrone, E. T., López, V. D. Medical Malpractice Limitations for New York Infants - Time for a Change of Time? 34 Buff. Pub. Int. L.J. 99 (2016).
• López, V. D., Maccarrone, E. T.  Leading the World in the Wrong Direction: Is it Time for the U.S. to Adopt the World Standard Loser Pays Rule in Civil Litigation? North East Journal of Legal Studies, (Spring 2014).
• López, V. D., Dealing with Uninvited and Unwelcomed Guests: A Survey or Current State Legislative Efforts to Control Illegal Immigration within Their Borders, International Journal of Public Law and Policy, Vol. 3, No. 1, (2013) (Geneva, Switzerland). 
• López, V. D., Unauthorized Practice of Law in the U.S.: a Survey and Brief Analysis of the Law, North East Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 26 (Fall 2011)
• López, V. D., Principled Leadership: Finding Common Ground among Divergent Philosophies, University of Botswana Law Journal, Vol.  11 (December 2010)
• López, V. D., State Homestead Exemptions and Bankruptcy Law: Is it Time for Congress to Close the Loophole? Rutgers Business Law Journal, Vol. 7 (Spring 2010).
• López, V. D., Illegal Immigration: Economic, Social and Ethical Implications, North East Journal of Legal Studies Vol. 22 (Spring 2009)
• López, V. D., Legislating Relief for the High Cost of College Textbooks: a Brief Analysis of the Current Law and its Implication for Students, Faculty and the Publishing Industry, Journal of Legal Studies in Business, Vol. 15 (2009) 

Honors and Awards

·        B.A. in English, Honor’s Program – Writing Option (High Honors)

·        Full Honors Scholarship to New York Law School (declined by me)

·        Regents Scholarship

·        Best paper of the NEALSB Conference Award for Medical Malpractice Limitations for New York Infants - Time for a Change of Time? 34 Buff. Pub. Int. L.J. 99 (2016). (Co-authored with Eugene T. Maccarrone)

·        Elevated from Full Professor to the Cypres Family Distinguished Professor in Legal Studies in Business (September 2019)