Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:

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Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and token-based enterprises. The article titled "LBRY Token Ruling Gives SEC Ammunition in Crypto Enforcement" was written by Matthew Bultman and published 11/10/22.

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Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured by Reuters regarding her Yale Law Journal "Bankruptcy Grifters" article and her thoughts on bankruptcy protections and mass tort litigation. The article titled "How corporate chiefs dodge lawsuits over sexual abuse and deadly products" was written by Mike Spector, Benjamin Lesser, Disha Raychaudhuri, Dan Levine and Kristina Cooke. It was published 11/7/22. The article was reprinted by publications such as Business World and Insurance Journal.

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Professor & Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills Director Lisa Milot was featured on Monroe Local News regarding work performed by PAWS students to update animal control ordinances in Georgia's Walton County. The article titled "Anti-tethering law passes unanimously in Walton County" was written by Sharon Swanepoel and published 11/2/22.

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Congratulations to Lindsey Simon for being appointed by the Board of Regents to the School of Law’s Robert Cotten Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law. Her recent scholarship includes “Bankruptcy Grifters” in the Yale Law Journal (which was selected by the AALS as an honorable mention in its 2021 Scholarly Papers Competition) and “The Settlement Trap” in the Indiana Law Journal

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Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon's article "Bankruptcy Grifters" (131 Yale Law Journal 1154 (2022)) was reviewed by R.J. Effron in JOTWELL (Nov. 7, 2022). In the review titled "Fighting the grift: The stubborn creep of bankruptcy as a forum for aggregate litigation," Effron says Simon's article is "a must-read for anyone interested in modern aggregate litigation."