Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Law.com regarding settlements in multidistrict litigation. The article titled "'Judges Feel a Lot of Pressure': Jurists Debate Path for Unsettled MDL Cases" was written by Amanda Bronstad and published 9/14/22.
The School of Law's First Amendment Clinic is one of nine university-based legal clinics to receive a portion of a $2.4 million grant from The Legal Clinic Fund for Local News. The money will be used to increase each clinic's "capacity to serve more journalists and expand their impact." Clinics advancing and defending First Amendment rights, media freedom and transparency at the universities of Harvard, Cornell, Duke, Tulane, Buffalo, California - Irvine, Yeshiva and Inter American (Puerto Rico) also received funding.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was featured in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding former President Donald Trump testifying before the Georgia special purpose grand jury investigating the 2020 election. The article titled "Next Big Decision for Fulton DA: whether to subpoena Trump" was written by Tamar Hallerman and Bill Rankin and was published 9/14/22.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured on Grid news regarding the special purpose acquisition company tied to the Truth Social, social media platform. The article titled "Donald Trump's plan to take Truth Social public faces a major delay - and an uncertain future" was written by Benjamin Powers and published 9/9/22.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured on Spectrum News regarding the latest legal developments relating to the 2020 presidential election. The segment titled "Trump subject to multiple investigations outside of DOJ documents probe" was reported by Josh Robin and aired 9/9/22.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in The New Yorker regarding the latest developments relating the Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder litigation. The article titled "Johnson & Johnson and a new war on consumer protection" was written by Casey Cep and published 9/12/22.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in The Intercept regarding the future of special purpose acquisition companies. The article titled "Former NSA chief Keith Alexander accused of pump-and-dump investment scheme" was written by Lee Fang and published 9/12/22.
Associate Professor Lindsey Simon was featured in The New Yorker regarding the latest developments relating to Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder litigation. The article titled "Johnson & Johnson and a new war on consumer protection" was written by Casey Cep and published 9/12/22.
Director of Student Affairs Casey Graham was featured in Columns regarding her position at the School of Law. The article titled "Director takes a wholistic approach to student affairs" was written by Krista Richmond and published 9/10/22.
Appellate Litigation Clinic participant and third-year student Noah C. Nix recently presented oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Santiaguez v. Garland. The clinic's client is a gay transgender rights advocate from the state of Guerrero, Mexico, who seeks deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture to prevent being sent back to his home country, where his brother was recently killed due to his sexual orientation.
Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented “Absent at the Creation? Women and International Criminal Justice” as part of a session titled “In/Ex-clusiveness of the Legal Construction of Justice” at the 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law: In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law.
Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law Harlan Grant Cohen presented “What’s in a Name?” and "Why Study International Precedent?" as part of the “De-formalizing the International Judiciary” and "Connecting Social Practices to Legal Outcomes" workshops, respectively, at the 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law: In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law.
Associate Dean for International Programs & Post Professor Melissa J. "MJ" Durkee presented “The Technology of Inclusion in International Climate Law” and "The Logics of Inclusion and Exclusion in International Participatory Structures" as part of the “Just Energy Transition – the International Human Rights Law Perspective” and “International Organizations, Elites, and Masses: Perspectives on In/Exclusion” workshops, respectively, at the 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law: In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured on Quartz regarding the status of the merger of Digital World Acquisition and the Trump Media and Technology Group. The article titled "Donald Trump's SPAC deal has a meme stock problem" was written by Scott Nover and published 9/7/22.
Associate Professor Tim Samples presented “Terms of Use Agreements and Social Platforms” at the "Algorithmic and Technological Modes of In-/Exclusion: International Legal Method and Critique" and "In/Ex-clusiveness through the Lens of International Business and Human Rights" workshops and "Investment Law’s Transparency Gap" as part of the “In/ex-cluding Civil Society in Investment Law-making and Arbitration" workshop at the 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law: In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein’s treatise State Taxation (3d ed., 2022) was quoted by the Oregon Tax Court in Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. v. Department of Revenue (Aug. 23, 2022) regarding states’ jurisdiction to tax out-of-state companies based on the in-state activities of independent contractors.
Associate Professor Jonathan Peters was featured on NPR.org regarding relevant fault standards. The article titled "Fox producer's warning against Jeanine Pirro surfaces in Dominion defamation suit" was written by David Folkenflik and published 9/6/22.
School of Law Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge was featured on Law.com regarding the law school's vision of being the best return on investment in legal education and redefining what it means to be a great national public law school - offering a world-class, hands-on, purpose-driven educational experience while never surrendering its commitment to accessibility. The article was written by Christine Charnosky and published 9/2/22.
Congratulations to third-year student Jonah D. Chadwick Griego and 2009 alumnus Michael Eshman for being recognized at the Georgia Hispanic Bar Association’s 2022 Cocktails Around Latin America event. Griego was named Law Student of the Year and Eshman was presented with the Diversity and Inclusion Champion Award.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was featured on Vice News regarding a Stand Your Ground case in South Georgia. The article titled "Black Man Who Claimed Self-Defense in Killing of White Teen Convicted of Manslaughter" was written by Trone Dowd and published 8/31/22.