Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding a recent U.S. Court of Appeals ruling in the Purdue Pharma case. The article titled "Purdue Opinion Deepens Circuit Split Over Bankruptcy Releases" was written by James Nani and published 5/31/23.
Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" regarding a recent U.S. Court of Appeals ruling in the Purdue Pharma case. The article titled "A landmark appeals court ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma-Sackler bankruptcy deal" was written by Brian Mann and published 5/31/23.
Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" regarding a recent U.S. Court of Appeals ruling in the Purdue Pharma case. The segment titled "Appeals court clears the way to shield Sackler family from opioid crisis lawsuits" was hosted by Mary Louise Kelly and Brian Mann and aired 5/30/23.
On May 25, the Supreme Court issued its decision on Sackett v. EPA, No. 24-454 (2022). Assistant Professor Adam D. Orford, whose interdisciplinary research investigates legal and policy approaches to environmental protection, has shared his thoughts on the implications of this decision: “Today, the Supreme Court significantly curtailed the scope of the federal government's regulatory jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act, excluding millions of acres of previously regulated wetlands from federal oversight, and potentially reducing the number of surface water bodies under federal protection. This decision, which is consistent with recent Supreme Court precedent reading federal environmental laws very narrowly, shifts the decision about whether to protect newly non-federal wetlands and other waterbodies over to the states, many of which will favor real estate development over environmental protection. Lacking further federal legislation, the decision will significantly reduce U.S. EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulatory oversight of land-disturbing activities.”
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues presented as part of "The Regulators Speak" panel at the Financial Regulators Under Siege conference hosted by the Loyola University Chicago School of Law's Center for Business Law during April.