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