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Faculty and Staff

Anita Cava

Anita Cava

Associate Professor, Business Law

(305) 284-5084
office: Jenkins Rm. 323F
acava@miami.edu


Research Interests

  • Health care including consent, corporate compliance, HIPAA and the intersection of business and medical decision-making
  • Legal, ethical aspects of business decision-making, especially in employment issues

Selected Publications

  • “The Americans with Disabilities Act: An Update,” Business and Economic Review
  • “Advance Directives: Taking Control of End of Life Decisions,” St. Thomas University Law Review
  • “Sexual Harassment Claims: A New Framework for Employers,” Business and Economic Review
  • “The Collision of Rights and a Search for Limits: Free Speech in the Academy and Freedom from Sexual Harrassment on Campus,” Berkeley Journal of Labor and Employment Law (coauthor with Earle)

Teaching & Professional Experience

  • Private practice in Washington, D.C., and Miami on matters ranging from national employment cases to commercial and consumer litigation
  • Compliance training consultant, State Attorney’s Office
    “Recognizing and Preventing Sexual Harassment”
  • Lecturer, Executive Education Center seminar series on
  • Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration,
  • University of Miami School of Business Administration
  • Director, Business and Professional Ethics,
  • University of Miami Forum on Bioethics and Philosophy
  • Faculty Liaison, Greater Miami Alliance for Ethical Government

Degrees

  • J.D., New York University School of Law
  • B.A., with Distinction, Swarthmore College

Specialties

  • Legal environment of business
  • Business ethics
  • Employment issues
  • Health care administration—legal, ethical aspects
    • Internet effect on all of the above
    School of Business Administration
    P.O. Box 248027, Coral Gables, Florida 33124-6520
 
 
TEL: 305-284-4643
FAX: 305-284-6526