Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in The Independent regarding sex trafficking allegations at an Atlanta hotel. The article titled "She was forced to have sex with 8 men a day: Victims reveal the horrors of sex trafficking at more than 100 hotels" was written by Richard Hall and Alicja Hagopian and was published 7/8/24. The article was republished by other media outlets including Bloomberg Law and Yahoo! News.
Rising second- and third-year law students plan their summers around gaining hands-on legal experience and exploring different areas of practice. For those seeking work in nonprofits, federal and state government, judicial clerkships, legal services and policy/impact organizations, summer fellowships – funded by alumni/alumnae and friends – provide essential financial support. This year, the School of Law awarded $275,500 in summer grants, bringing the school’s five-year fellowship total to more than $1.4 million (an increase of more than $100,000 over last year’s five year tally).
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein co-presented "Global Summary of Jurisdictions' VAT/GST Treatment of Services Connected to the Trade in Crypto-Assets" at a meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Working Party No. 9 on Consumption Taxes in Paris, France, during June.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented his draft paper "Global Tax Wars and the Shift to Cross-Border Taxation" at the Junior Tax Workshop, held at the University of Wisconsin Law School during June. He also served as a discussant in the workshop.
Marshall Chair of Constitutional Law Randy Beck has offered insight on the U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding Moody v. NetChoice & NetChoice v. Paxton: “The Court remanded both cases for further proceedings, concluding that the lower courts had not conducted a sufficiently thorough analysis of the reach of the Texas and Florida laws to determine whether they were facially invalid under the First Amendment."
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner's article "The Fiduciary Enterprise of Corporate Law” (74 Washington & Lee Law Review 791 (2017)) was cited by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in the case Storm River, LLC v. Jordan Foster Construction, LLC.
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in The Independent regarding sex trafficking allegations at an Atlanta hotel. The article titled "Revealed: The shocking scale of sex trafficking allegations at one of America’s largest hotel chains" was written by Richard Hall and Alicja Hagopian and was published 7/2/24. The article was republished by other media outlets including Bloomberg Law and Yahoo! News.
Wilson Associate Professor in Business Law Laura Phillips-Sawyer was featured in Wired magazine regarding recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The article titled "The US Supreme Court Has Handed Big Tech a Big Gift" was written by Jordan Pearson and published 7/1/24.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Prosecutorial Justice Program Director Melissa D. Redmon was featured on PolitiFact regarding the 2020 election interference case. The article titled "What Supreme Court’s immunity ruling means for Trump’s cases and, potentially, future presidents" was written by Louis Jacobson and Amy Sherman and was published 7/1/24. The article was republished by other media outlets including PBS News and The Dallas Morning News.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Hosch Professor Kent Barnett was featured on CNN regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's Chevron deference doctrine decision. The article titled "How the Supreme Court’s blockbuster ‘Chevron’ ruling puts countless regulations in jeopardy" was written by Tierney Sneed, Jeanne Sahadi, Tami Luhby, Brian Fung, Ella Nilsen, Jen Christensen and Katie Lobosco and was published 6/30/24.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Hosch Professor Kent Barnett's articles "Chevron and Stare Decisis" (31 George Mason Law Review 475 (2024) (with C.J. Walker)) and "Administrative Law's Political Dynamics" (71 Vanderbilt Law Review 1463 (2018) (with C.L. Boyd and C.J. Walker)) were cited by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in her dissenting opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in Raw Story regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's Harrington v. Purdue Pharma decision. The article titled "Legal analysts shocked to see MAGA Supreme Court justices agree with Biden on opioids" was written by Sarah K. Burris and published 6/27/24.
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding sex trafficking allegations at an Atlanta hotel. The article titled "Red Roof Inn settles landmark sex trafficking case mid-trial" was written by Rosie Manins and published 6/27/24. The article was reprinted in other media outlets including Chicago Tribune.
Congratulations to second-year students Adesh Dasani and Jennifer A. Sluka and first-year student Kellianne E. Elliot who were selected for 2024 Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowships. The John Paul Stevens Foundation partners with 38 law schools across the nation to enable law students to work in unpaid governmental agency or nonprofit organization law positions during the summer.
Assistant Dean for Career Development Tony Waller was featured on Law.com regarding Atlanta's legal market. The article titled "Largest U.S Law Firms Well Represented in Atlanta's 'Vibrant' Legal Market" was written by Thomas Spigolon and published 6/27/24.
Associate Dean & Hosch Professor Jason A. Cade was featured in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding the Southern Poverty Law Center's Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative. The article titled "For migrants in Georgia, fighting deportation will become harder. Here's why." was written by Lautaro Grinspan and published 6/26/24. The article was reprinted by other media outlets.
Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz presented his draft paper "Global Tax Wars and the Shift to Cross-Border Taxation" at the 2024 National Business Law Scholars Conference during June.
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured on WABE, Atlanta's National Public Radio affiliate, regarding sex trafficking allegations at an Atlanta hotel. The segment titled "Plaintiffs testify in case alleging Red Roof Inn knew of sex trafficking at metro Atlanta locations" was reported by Jim Burress and aired 6/24/24.
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in a Reuters article regarding changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law. The article titled "Delaware law to allow big investors greater sway over US corporate boards" was written by Tom Hals and published 6/25/24.
Marshall Chair of Constitutional Law Randy Beck has offered insight on the cases Moody v. NetChoice & NetChoice v. Paxton, which will be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court: “These cases challenge Texas and Florida laws regulating content moderation policies on large social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube). Both states have rules that limit the ability of the platforms to censor, hide or ban users and that require individualized explanation for actions taken."