Eric Chaffee is an associate professor, and he is the Chair of the Project for Law & Business Ethics at UDSL. Professor Chaffee is an expert in the areas of business law, criminal law, nonprofit organizations, and securities regulation.
Professor Chaffee’s scholarship currently focuses on the globalization of financial markets and financial regulation. He also researches and writes about the intersection among business ethics, moral psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics. In addition, he has published articles in the areas of federal securities regulation, constitutional law, and Native American law. He speaks regularly at conferences, workshops, and other academic events throughout the nation.
Professor Chaffee came to UDSL because of the institution’s innovative approach to learning and emphasis on service to the community. As he put it, “I like knowing that I'm helping to train the community leaders of tomorrow.”
Prior to coming to the School of Law, Professor Chaffee was an attorney with Jones Day. During his time at that firm, he handled civil and criminal matters and gained experience in numerous areas of law. His clients included LTV Steel, Procter & Gamble, Sherwin-Williams, Textron and Yahoo. He was also active in Jones Day’s pro bono and community service efforts.
Professor Chaffee has worked with numerous nonprofit organizations. He is currently the president and a trustee of the Cleveland Association of Phi Beta Kappa, which annually gives more than 120 awards and scholarships to Northeast Ohio high school seniors. Previously, he sat on the board of the Law Academy at Martin Luther King Jr. School for Law and Municipal Careers, an institution committed to promoting excellence and diversity in the legal profession. Professor Chaffee has also served as a director and the governance chair of the Domestic Violence Center in Cleveland and has been extensively involved with United Way Services and Harvest for Hunger in Cleveland.
As a law student at University of Pennsylvania Law School, Professor Chaffee spent time working at legal aid in both Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Xenia, Ohio. He also served as managing editor of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, and he was instrumental in founding the Penn Law Immigration Clinic.
Courses Taught
LAW 6215 Advanced Criminal Law
LAW 6801 Business Organizations
LAW 6107 Criminal Law
LAW 6110 Contracts I
LAW 6527 Nonprofit Organizations
LAW 6890 Securities Regulation
LAW 6931 Small Business Planning
LAW 6010 Values and Ethics
LAW 6508 White Collar Crime
Law Review Articles
Standing Under Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5: The Continued Validity of the Forced Seller Exception to the Purchaser-Seller Requirement, 11 U. Pa. J. Bus. L. 843 (2009).
Business Organizations and Tribal Self-Determination: A Critical Reexamination of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 25 Duke-Alaska L. Rev. 107 (2008).
Always Do the Right Thing: Ethical Intuitionism and Legal Compliance in the Business World, 85 Wash. U. L. Rev. Slip Opinions (2008).
Beyond Blue Chip: Issuer Standing to Seek Injunctive Relief Under Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 Without the Purchase or Sale of Security, 36 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1135 (2006).
Sailing Toward Safe Harbor Hours: The Constitutionality of Regulating Television Violence, 39 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 1 (2005).
Invited Law Review Symposium Essays
Finishing the Race to the Bottom: An Argument for Harmonization and Centralization of International Securities Law, 40 Seton Hall L. Rev. (forthcoming 2010).
The Internationalization of Securities Regulation: The United States Government’s Role in Regulating the Global Capital Markets, 5 J. Bus. & Tech. L. (forthcoming 2010) (a journal of University of Maryland School of Law).
A Panoramic View of the Financial Crisis that Began in 2008: The Need for Domestic and International Regulatory Reform, 35 U. Dayton L. Rev. (forthcoming 2009).
A Moment of Opportunity: Reimagining International Securities Regulation in the Shadow of Financial Crisis, 15 NEXUS (forthcoming 2009) (a journal of Chapman University School of Law).
Unearthing Corporate Wrongdoing: Detecting and Dealing with Ethical Breaches in the Business World, 33 U. Dayton L. Rev. 183 (2008).