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.
Louis B. Sohn spent his life promoting international law and peace. Considered one of the world’s most eminent international and legal scholars, Sohn was the inaugural holder of the Woodruff Chair in International Law at the School of Law for a decade – teaching and mentoring students, many who then spent their legal careers leading international humanitarian efforts, combating human trafficking, and helping to maintain peace and security throughout the world. Sohn is the subject of a Georgia Groundbreakers article produced by UGA Marketing and Communications that was published 1/22/23.
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge and UGA student Sawyer M. Bradford published "First Circuit's Ruling in Immediato Glosses Meaning of 'Engaged in Interstate Commerce'" in the Daily Report on 1/23/23.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented "Presuming Trustworthiness" (with R.A. Jones) at the Media Law and Policy Scholars Conference during January.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner was appointed a research member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, “an international scientific non-profit association providing a forum for debate and dialogue between academics, legislators and practitioners, focusing on major corporate governance issues.” Research members are “appointed on the basis of their significant contribution to the field of corporate governance study.”
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in Wired magazine regarding special purpose acquisition companies. The article titled "Quantum Startups' Stock Market Dreams Are Decohering" was written by Amanda Hoover and published 1/18/23.
Metadata Services & Special Collections Librarian Rachel Evans published "How We Digitized a Special Collection With a Little Help From Our Friends" in 43.1 Computers in Libraries 3 (2022) (with M. Mastrovita and M. Willoughby).
Associate Professor Jonathan Peters has been appointed to the OSCE-ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association. The panel is part of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and its Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. The panel serves as an advisory body to the OSCE and its participating countries in developing and maintaining legislation regarding the freedoms of peaceful assembly and association. Peters is one of two panelists from the United States on the 16-member Panel of Experts, and he will serve a four-year term, which began January 1.
Congratulations to Jaquarius Raglin on his receipt of a President's Fulfilling the Dream Award. The 2023 winners demonstrated a commitment to the Athens-Clarke County community, the Clarke County School District and the University of Georgia through their civic engagement by utilizing Dr. King’s philosophy to resolve conflict and foster goodwill.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in Law360 regarding special purpose acquisition companies. The article titled "Delaware Ruling Increases Scrutiny of SPAC Economic Costs" was written by Tom Zanki and published 1/12/23.
UGA Associate Provost & Kirbo Chair Elizabeth Weeks published "Rewritten Opinion, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius" in Feminist Judgments: Health Law Rewritten (S. Mohapatra and L.F. Wiley eds.) (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues' article "Disclosure’s Limits" (Yale Journal on Regulation) and paper "Redeeming SPACs" were cited by the Delaware Court of Chancery in the case of Richard Delman v. Gigacquisitions3, LLC, Avi Katz, Raluca Dinu, Neil Miotto, John Mikulsky, Andrea Betti-Berutto and Peter Wang.
Hosch Professor Logan E. Sawyer III was selected for a 2023-24 Willson Center Research Fellowship to support his research project titled "Partisan Jurisprudence."
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein published “The Internet Tax Freedom Act at 25” in 107 Tax Notes State 7 (2023) (with A. Appleby).
Associate Dean for International Programs & Post Professor Melissa J. "MJ" Durkee presented “Inclusion and Exclusion of For-Profit Stakeholders in IO Rulemaking: Considerations and Pathways” at the Improving Inclusiveness of International Organization Rule-Making forum sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies. The Secretariat of the OECD invited Durkee and other forum participants to prepare recommendations for a planned publication on rulemaking procedures for international organizations.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured on Business Insider regarding the latest legal developments relating to a grand jury investigating the 2020 election. The article titled "A Georgia special grand jury finished its report into Trump's attempts to overturn 2020 election results. Another grand jury has to decide whether to indict him." was written by Jacob Shamsian and published 1/9/23.
Associate Professor Fazal R. Khan was featured on WSB-TV regarding online prescriptions and the ending of public health emergency rules. The segment titled "At-home ketamine treatment a concern for Georgia doctor" was reported by Tom Regan and aired 1/9/23.
During 2022, the Business Law Clinic provided 2,400+ hours of individual-client work, which included partnering with UGA’s Innovation District to provide free legal services and self-help resources to entrepreneurs and small businesses, assisting a sustainability-focused tech startup align its products with existing and emerging environmental regulations and forming a nonprofit organization seeking to establish a Black history museum in Athens, among others.
Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin published "Righting a Reproductive Wrong: A Statutory Tort Solution to Misrepresentation by Reproductive Tissue Providers" in 60 Houston Law Review 1 (2022) (with Y. Heled, T.D. Lytton and L. Vertinsky).