Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured in a Reuters article regarding the status of Johnson & Johnson's bankruptcy filing related to its talc products. The article titled "Corporate lawsuit dodge imperiled after court rejects J&J bankruptcy tactic" was written by Dan Levine and Mike Spector and was published 2/2/23.
Carter Chair in Tort and Insurance Law Michael L. Wells published "Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, Nominal Damages, and the Roberts Stratagem" in 56 Georgia Law Review 1127 (2022).
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher Bruner presented his book, The Corporation as Technology: Re-Calibrating Corporate Governance for a Sustainable Future (Oxford University Press, 2022), at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law during January.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in an Agence France-Presse article regarding claims made by a short-seller against Adani Group. The article titled "A US corporate scourge deflates the empire of Indian tycoon Adani" was written by Thomas Urbain and published 1/31/23. The article was reprinted by media outlets around the globe.
Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding mass tort liabilities and bankruptcy filings. The article titled "J&J Bankruptcy Ruling Knocks Money Deal in 'Texas Two-Step'" was written by James Nani and Alex Wolf and was published 1/31/23.
A School of Law journey abroad has cemented a partnership – launching a student exchange and planning a range of other collaborative initiatives – with India’s top-ranked law school. Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge and Sarah Quinn, associate director for global practice preparation at the school's Dean Rusk International Law Center, traveled in December to O.P. Jindal Global Law School in Sonipat. While there, Rutledge and Vice Chancellor of Jindal Global University C. Raj Kumar signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes the semester-long exchange of the two law schools’ students.
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge and second-year student Alexis M. Watson published "Supreme Court Denies a Request for Stay in Coinbase Arbitration Dispute" in the Daily Report on 1/30/23.
Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured in a Reuters article regarding mass tort liabilities and bankruptcy filings. The article titled "U.S. court rejects J&J bankruptcy strategy for thousands of talc lawsuits" was written by Tom Hals, Mike Spector and Dan Levine and was published 1/30/23. It has been reprinted by media outlets around the globe.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding law firms and financial investors directly partnering together on mass tort litigation. The article titled "Camp Lejeune Ads Surge Amid 'Wild West' of Legal Finance, Tech" was written by Roy Strom and published 1/30/23.
Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri was featured in Columns regarding his research involving the intersection of free speech, technology and privacy. The article titled "Assistant professor examines legal aspects of digital abuse" was written by Krista Richmond and published 1/27/23.
Congratulations to third-year students Nicholas R. “Nick” Lewis, Courtney H. Robinson and Akash P. Shah for winning the 2023 Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship. This invitation-only tournament is reserved for the top 16 moot court programs from law schools across the country based on performances from the previous academic year. With this victory, the School of Law now has three championship trophies at this “best of the best” courtroom competition. The other championship years are 2014 and 2019.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein presented as part of a panel on tax obligations imposed on digital platforms at the "Court of Justice of the European Union: Recent VAT Case Law" conference at the Vienna University of Economics and Business during January.
Appellate Litigation Clinic participant and third-year student Noah C. Nix argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Harris v. The Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County. The client was suing under Title VII for disparate treatment, a hostile work environment and retaliation after her supervisor made a racist remark. Former students and 2022 graduates Courtney M. Hogan and Kirstiana A. Perryman helped prepare the case.
Associate Professor Laura Phillips-Sawyer was featured in The Wall Street Journal regarding the most recent U.S. antitrust lawsuit against Google. The article titled "Google Prepares for Second Antitrust Battle as DOJ Targets Its Ad Business" was written by Miles Kruppa and published 1/26/23.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured on Business Insider regarding the latest legal developments relating to the grand jury investigating the 2020 election. The article titled "Atlanta DA doesn't want the public to see the special grand jury report into Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 vote" was written by Jacob Shamsian and published 1/24/23. The article was republished by other media outlets like Yahoo!
Appellate Litigation Clinic participant and third-year student J. Caleb Grant argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in U.S. v. Andra Green. The questions presented were whether Green's 2255 motion is timely and whether his two 924c convictions are infirm. Third-year student Sarah Grace McCord helped write the briefs and assisted Grant in preparation for the argument.
Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured in The New York Times regarding bankruptcy proceedings. The article titled "The Unknown Hedge Fund That Got $400 Million From Sam Bankman-Fried" was written by David Yaffe-Bellany, Matthew Goldstein and Royston Jones Jr. and was published 1/24/23. The article was reprinted by other media outlets.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson's book Carlson on Evidence (with M. Carlson) was recently cited by the Georgia Court of Appeals in the case Mulkey v. The State to help adjudicate the admissibility of a defendant’s prior sex offenses in a sex crime prosecution. This citation brings the total to 67 times that this text has been used by Georgia appellate courts to resolve evidentiary issues.
Louis B. Sohn spent his life promoting international law and peace. Considered one of the world’s most eminent international and legal scholars, Sohn was the inaugural holder of the Woodruff Chair in International Law at the School of Law for a decade – teaching and mentoring students, many who then spent their legal careers leading international humanitarian efforts, combating human trafficking, and helping to maintain peace and security throughout the world. Sohn is the subject of a Georgia Groundbreakers article produced by UGA Marketing and Communications that was published 1/22/23.
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge and UGA student Sawyer M. Bradford published "First Circuit's Ruling in Immediato Glosses Meaning of 'Engaged in Interstate Commerce'" in the Daily Report on 1/23/23.