Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner presented on “Corporate Risk, Shareholder Liability, and the Role of Intermediaries” at The Risks of Unsustainability Conference hosted by the University of Oslo Faculty of Law during December.
Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri presented "Interoperable Obscurity” at the Southeastern Junior/Senior Legal Scholars Conference during December.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues presented "Why SPACs?" at Yale Law School’s 2022-2023 Weil, Gotshal & Manges Roundtable during December.
Appellate Litigation Clinic participant and third-year student Jack K. Mahon recently presented oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The clinic's clients were class action plaintiffs suing multiple law enforcement agencies based on how those agencies respond to protests by people of color. The issues on interlocutory appeal are whether the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police has Eleventh Amendment immunity and whether the court can exercise pendent jurisdiction to review our clients’ standing during interlocutory review. Third-year students Noah C. Nix and Roby H. Jernigan helped him prepare, and second-year students Sian A. Mason and Anna E. Von Spakovsky assisted with the briefs.
Associate Professor Jonathan Peters was featured in Vanity Fair regarding the Dominion Voting Systems/Fox News litigation. The article titled "Rupert Murdoch will have to answer for Fox News' 2020 coverage in Dominion lawsuit" was written by Caleb Ecarma and published 12/6/22.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in The New York Times regarding Chamath Palihapitiya and special purposes acquisition companies. The article titled "The 'SPAC King' Is Over It" was written by Maureen Farrell and published 12/7/22.
Recently a U.S. District Court judge granted a contested motion filed by the First Amendment Clinic, the Community Health Law Partnership Clinic and co-counsel to add two additional named plaintiffs to Oldaker v. Giles, a putative class action currently pending in the Middle District of Georgia. The lawsuit seeks redress for women who were subjected to retaliation after speaking out about medical abuse while in the custody of U.S. Immigration Customs & Enforcement. Along with Associate Dean Jason A. Cade, Clinical Assistant Professor Clare R. Norins, Staff Attorney Kristen Shepherd and Legal Fellow Lindsey M. Floyd, numerous law students from both clinics have been involved in various aspects of the years-long advocacy on behalf of women detained at the Georgia detention center.
Associate Dean and Martin Chair of Law Andrea L. Dennis published "Remarks" in 55 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 759 (2022).
School of Law Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge announces the University of Georgia School of Law's intent to participate in the current U.S. News & World Report rankings cycle and provides his views for the school’s decision. “Agreeing with other law schools about the value of multiple sources of information to students and their families, the University of Georgia School of Law will not withhold information from U.S. News & World Report,” Rutledge said. “U.S. News is ultimately just one source of information among many that help consumers make informed choices. Amid a squabble about a magazine, let’s not lose sight of the big picture: Tuition, cost, debt, jobs and bar passage are the topics that students and their families discuss around the kitchen table when deciding whether and where to pursue a professional degree. Tackling those issues is one of today’s great moral imperatives for leaders in higher education, and what we’re doing by guaranteeing financial aid to all first-generation college graduates and veterans.”
Congratulations to 2022 alumnus Richmond B. Wrinkle for receiving the 2022 Law School Student Excellence in Access to Justice Award. Sponsored by the State Bar of Georgia Access to Justice Committee and the Pro Bono Resource Center, he was recognized for his "commitment to prioritizing pro bono service at the law school level by helping design a pro bono law school class at UGA and increasing recognition for student pro bono service." His award was presented by U.S. Magistrate Judge Catherine M. Salinas.
Hosch Professor Logan E. Sawyer III presented “Government by Originalism: Originalism and the Politics of Principle Inside the Reagan Administration” at the American Society for Legal History Annual Meeting during November.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West was featured in Teen Vogue regarding the First Amendment and flag burning. The article titled "Texas v. Johnson Significance: The Supreme Court Case That Protected Flag Burning" was written by Catherine Caruso and published 11/24/22.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured in The Guardian regarding the Fulton County district attorney's investigation into the 2020 presidential election. The article titled "Could Trump's 2024 campaign keep his legal troubles at bay?" was written by Chris McGreal and published 11/18/22.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in The Washington Times regarding attorney's fees in mass tort cases. The article titled "Law firms spending millions on ads could rake in billions in damages for vets ill from Camp Lejeune" was written by Alex Swoyer and published 11/28/22.
Associate Professor Laura Phillips-Sawyer and her book American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the ‘New Competition,’ 1890-1940 were featured on Deutschlandfunk (German public radio) regarding John D. Rockefeller and antitrust laws in America. The segment titled "Aufstieg und Zerschlagung des Rockefeller-Konzerns" ("Rise and breakup of the Rockefeller corporation") was hosted by Caspar Dohmen and aired 11/2/22.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured in the Savannah Morning News regarding the potential impacts of Georgia's Senate runoff election. The article titled "Georgia's runoff will determine if Senate is split 50-50 or 51-49. What's the difference?" was written by Abraham Kenmore and published 11/28/22. The article was reprinted in USA Today and other outlets.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured in Vox regarding voting in Georgia's Senate runoff election. The article titled "The high stakes and unique weirdness of the Georgia Senate runoff, briefly explained" was written by Li Zhou and published 11/25/22.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West co-authored "Presuming Trustworthiness," based on her presentation at the Columbia University Knight First Amendment Institute symposium titled "Lies, Free Speech, and the Law" (with R.A. Jones) earlier this year.
President Joe Biden will soon sign the Safe Connections Act into law. The legislation, which seeks to help survivors of domestic violence sever ties with their abusers by offering a path to more easily separate from shared wireless service plans, was unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate. Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri, whose research focuses on law and technology with an emphasis on technology-enabled abuse, has been an adviser on the text of the bipartisan legislation. He offers insight into the new law.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in Politico regarding the Trump Media & Technology Group/Digital World Acquisition Corporation merger. The article titled "SEC poses next obstacle in quest to take Trump's Truth Social public" was written by Declan Harty and published 11/22/22.