Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in The Wall Street Journal regarding the Purdue Pharma settlement. The article titled "Purdue Pharma Begins Resolution of Opioid Cases With $270 Million Deal" was written by Sara Randazzo and published 3/26/19.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein presented "The Rapidly Evolving Universe of US State Taxation of Cross-Border Online Sales after South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., and Its Implications for Australian Businesses" at a conference sponsored by the University of New South Wales Business School and the University of Sydney Law School titled "20th Anniversary of the GST in Australia: Where Policy Meets Reality" in Australia during March.
Hosch Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured in The New York Times regarding her thoughts on the pros and cons of term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices. The article titled "John Roberts, Legislator" was written by David Leonhardt and was published 3/27/19.
Assistant Professor Lindsey Simon was featured in Law360 regarding mandatory disclosure requirements in bankruptcy. The article titled "Is Purdue's $270M Deal Beginning Of End For Opioid Cases?" was written by Jeff Overley and published 3/26/19.
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Mehrsa Baradaran was featured in Bloomberg regarding the underbanked and banking history in the United States. The article titled "As Amazon Leads Cashless Charge, States and Cities Push Back" was written by Olga Kharif and Krista Gmelich and published 3/26/19.
Special Collections Librarian Sharon Bradley was featured on FactCheck.org regarding the misidentified location of an image in an Earth Day message. The article titled "Meme Uses Litter Photo to Spread Garbage" was written by Angelo Fichera and published 3/25/19.
Congratulations to third-year student Madeline McElhanon and second-year student Ethan J. Rode who placed second on the seller side in the Duke Law Transactional Law Competition. This contest involved drafting a mergers and acquisitions document and marking up the other side's document prior to the competition and then negotiating the terms of the agreement at the tournament. Third-year student Seth Johnson assisted with drafting and served as student coach for the team.
The University of Georgia School of Law took home the top trophy in the Intrastate Moot Court Competition for the second year in a row and the seventh time in 10 years. Second-year law students Huel M. "Kip" O'Kelley IV, S. Frances Plunkett and Justin C. Van Orsdol captured the title for UGA and also won the Best Brief Award. All five law schools in Georgia field two teams in this annual Peach State courtroom contest. The law school's second team, comprised of second-year students Eric S. Abney, Addison Smith and Georgia L. Turner, finished as semifinalists. They were coached by third-year students Thomas Grantham and Timia Skelton.
Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann was featured in Vox regarding her thoughts on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia Report. The article titled "Does AG Barr's summary of the Mueller report 'exonerate' Trump? I asked 15 legal experts." was written by Sean Illing and published 3/24/19.
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Mehrsa Baradaran was featured on CBS News regarding Sen. Elizabeth Warren's plan to address income inequality. The article titled "2020 Democrats begin to approach topic of reparations for black Americans" was written by Grace Segers and published 3/22/19.
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Mehrsa Baradaran was featured on Kitco News regarding the Democratic Party's focus on financial inclusion measures. The article titled "Democrats push financial inclusion as 2020 election race heats up" was written by Michelle Price and published 3/22/19.
The School of Law's Lonnie T. Brown Jr., A. Gus Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism, is one of five University of Georgia faculty members who have been named Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professors, the highest university recognition for excellence in instruction.
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Mehrsa Baradaran was featured in Bloomberg Law regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's advisory board makeup under new Director Kathleen Kraninger. The article titled "CFPB's new director is amplifying role of agency advisory boards" was written by Lydia Beyoud and published 3/22/19.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein presented "The Challenges of Collecting Taxes on Digital Trade: VAT/GST and Beyond" at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Global Forum on VAT in Melbourne, Australia, during March.
Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett was featured in Law 360 regarding Administrative Law Judge Cameron Elliot's decision to leave the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The article titled "SEC Judge At Heart Of Lucia Proceedings Leaving Agency" was written by Rachel Graf and published 3/20/19.
Hosch Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured in the Arizona Republic regarding her thoughts on Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's confirmation hearing. The article titled "Spectacle of Sandra Day O'Connor's 1981 confirmation hearing foreshadowed today's politics" was written by Ronald J. Hansen and published 3/15/19.
Carter Chair in Tort and Insurance Law Michael L. Wells presented as part of the University of Tennessee College of Law's Faculty Colloquium Series during March.
Congratulations to second-year student DeVaughn J. Swanson for being elected to the National Board of Directors for the National Black Law Students Association. He will serve as a national member-at-large starting April 1. NBLSA is one of the largest student-run organizations in the country. Swanson currently serves as president of the Davenport-Benham Chapter of the Black Law Students Association at the School of Law.
Clinical Professor & Business Law and Ethics Program Director Carol Morgan published "Teaching Communication Skills in Transactional Simulations" in 20 Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law 429 (2018) (with E.J. Gouvin, K.M. Koops, J.E. Moliterno and C.D. Newman).
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Mehrsa Baradaran participated in a panel titled "The racial wealth divide continues to grow" at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition's Just Economy Conference held during March.