Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Hosch Professor Emeritus Thomas A. Eaton was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding insurers contesting workers' compensation claims related to COVID-19. The article titled "Workers' Comp Systems Poised for Deluge of COVID-19 Claims" was written by Robert Iafolla and published 5/8/20.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured in The Daily Beast regarding Georgia's stand-your-ground law relating to the death of Ahmaud Arbery. The article titled "'It's Murder': This Shooting of an Unarmed Black Man Is Roiling Georgia" was written by Justin Glawe and published 5/5/20.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's treatise State Taxation was quoted by the Texas Supreme Court in Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Hegar (May 1, 2020) for the proposition that "a sales factor apportionment formula is intended 'to reflect the contribution of the market state to the taxpayer's income.'"
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West published "The Paradox of Justice John Paul Stevens" in 114 Northwestern University Law Review 1849 (2020) (with D. Lithwick).
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding investors having monetary interests in both the bankrupt California utility company being blamed for wildfires and in a law firm that is suing the utility on behalf of wildfire victims. The article titled "Investors in utility took stakes in loan to Mikal Watts's firm" was written by Mark Chediak and Peter Blumberg and published 4/30/20.