Martin Chair of Law Emeritus James C. Smith was appointed reporter for the Uniform Law Commission committee to revise the Uniform Condominium Act and the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act. The Uniform Law Commission provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state statutory law.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein delivered "Addressing the Direct and Indirect Tax Challenges of the Digital Economy: Reflections of a US State Tax Lawyer on Recent International and Subnational Developments" as a visiting professor at the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
Congratulations to Brandi Saunders, winner of the 2019 Emma Terrell Distinguished Employee Award. Presented annually by the Law School Staff Representative Group, the award recognizes staff members who have demonstrated "a strong work ethic, commitment to service, and exceptional job performance as well as the cooperation needed ... to ensure the School of Law meets and exceeds its goals."
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in the Insurance Journal regarding local governments opting out of the opioid class action litigation. The article titled "Key Local Governments Opt Out of Big Opioid Class Action to Pursue Own Claims" was written by Tom Hals and was published 12/5/19.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in USA Today regarding the Las Vegas MGM shooting settlement. The article titled "'This is Mercy, Not Justice': Las Vegas shooting victims to split $800M. But how much is pain worth?" was written by Marco della Cava and published 12/6/19.
Assistant Professor Lindsey Simon was featured in the Stamford Advocate regarding a Purdue Pharma bonus plan for employees. The article titled "Judge approves Purdue Pharma $35M bonus plan" was written by Paul Schott and published 12/5/19.
Justice Robert Benham, the longest serving and first African American member of the Supreme Court of Georgia, will present the 2020 UGA Holmes-Hunter Lecture Feb. 3 in the Chapel. Named in honor of Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Hamilton Holmes, the first African American students to attend the University of Georgia, the lecture is sponsored by the Office of the President and focuses on race relations, civil rights and education.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in a Reuters article regarding her opinion on certain U.S. regions suffering from the opioid crisis declining participation in massive litigation. The article titled "U.S. Regions Hard Hit by Opioids to Ditch Class Action, Pursue Own Lawsuits" was written by Tom Hals and published on 12/3/19. The article also appeared in The New York Times.
Associate Professor & Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills Director Lisa Milot published "Social vulnerability assessment of dog intake location data as a planning tool for community health program development: a case study in Athens-Clarke County, GA, 2014-2016" in PLoS ONE 14 (12) (2019).
Woodruff Chair in International Law and Faculty Co-Director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center Diane Marie Amann published "International Decisions: Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965" in 113 American Journal of International Law 784 (2019).
Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Experiential Learning & Mediation Clinic Director Eleanor Crosby Lanier published "Understanding the Gap Between Law and Practice: Barriers and Alternatives to Tailoring Adult Guardianship Orders" in 155 Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal 36 (2019). The article was written with the support of a Borchard Foundation on Law and Aging Research Grant.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein published "Reflections on the Cross-Border Tax Challenges of the Digital Economy" in 96 Tax Notes International 671 (2019) (also published in 94 Tax Notes State 615 (2019)).
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge, third-year student Katherine M. Larsen and second-year student Miles S. Porter published "Lawyers Should Keep Their Eyes on Cuba Sanctions Cases" in the Daily Report on 11/26/19.
Woodruff Chair in International Law and Faculty Co-Director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center Diane Marie Amann's lecture "Child Rights, Conflict, and International Criminal Justice" has been published in the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law as part of its commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In her lecture, Amann discusses the particular harms that children endure in armed conflict and similar violence, and traces the developments in child rights that led to adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. She also discusses parallel developments in international humanitarian law and international criminal law before closing by evaluating efforts to ensure the rights of the child by preventing and punishing international crimes against and affecting children.
Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett was featured in The New York Times Magazine regarding the U.S. Supreme Court case Aurelius Capital v. Puerto Rico. The article titled "The Curious Case of Aurelius Capital v. Puerto Rico" was written by Jesse Barron and published 11/26/19.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's treatise State Taxation (Thomson Reuters, 3d. ed., 2019 rev.) and his article "State Taxation of Corporate Income from Intangibles" (48 Tax Law Review 739 (1993)) were quoted extensively in the Minnesota Tax Court case YAM Special Holdings, Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue, No. 9122-R (Nov. 12, 2019).
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Emeritus Law Walter Hellerstein published Taxing Global Digital Commerce, 2d. ed. (Wolters Kluwer, 2019) (with A. Cockfield et al.).
Congratulations to third-year students John Lex Kenerly IV, Jonathan Kaufman and Joseph H. "Joe" Stuhrenberg who swept a regional round of the National Moot Court Competition to secure the right to compete in the national tier of the tournament in New York City during February 2020. The trio was selected as regional champions and won the best brief award, while Stuhrenberg was named best oralist. Second-year student Jason N. Sigalos served as the team's bailiff.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in The New York Times regarding her opinion on the Johnson & Johnson litigation. The article titled "Whoops. Judge Reduces J&J Opioid Fine After Mistaking Thousands for Millions." was written by Jan Hoffman and published on 11/15/19.
Martin Chair Andrea L. Dennis' book "Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics and Guilt in America" was featured in the Black Star News. The article titled "Book 'Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America' Examines Double Standard in Criminal Justice" was published on 11/19/19.