The First Amendment Clinic was featured by First Amendment Watch, a New York University online news site, regarding its work on behalf of women who allegedly endured abusive gynecological and other medical treatments while in the custody of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. First Amendment Clinic Director and Clinical Assistant Professor Clare R. Norins and the clinic's Legal Fellow Samantha Hamilton were quoted. The article titled "To Help ICE Detainees Speak Out, a First Amendment Clinic Asked a Court to Keep Their Testimonies Secret" was written by Soraya Ferdman and published 12/11/20.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch and her book Mass Tort Deals: Backroom Bargaining in Multidistrict Litigation was featured in a Legal Newsline article regarding MDL reform. The article titled "Plaintiffs lawyer rips colleagues over multidistrict litigation fees, pressure tactics" was written by Daniel Fisher and published 12/11/20.
Associate Professor Christian Turner and Justin C. Van Orsdol (J.D.'20) published "The Gun Subsidy" in 68 Buffalo Law Review 1117 (2020).
The First Amendment Clinic has settled its case involving online censorship by a public official. In Bohanan v. Robinson, a county commissioner blocked a county resident's access to his interactive Facebook page that he used to communicate with the public about his official activities after she criticized his response to constituent concerns. The settlement includes significant protections from online censorship for the county resident and other members of the public, as well as damages, including attorneys' fees. Third-year student Anish Patel and second-year students Mark L. Bailey and Davis M. Wright as well as First Amendment Clinic Legal Fellow Samantha Hamilton helped litigate the case, under the supervision of clinic Director Clare R. Norins.
Post Professor Melissa J. "MJ" Durkee presented "Interpretive Entrepreneurs" as part of a St. John's University School of Law's Center for International and Comparative Law Colloquium during November. Her article with the same title is forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner published "Distributed Ledgers, Artificial Intelligence and the Purpose of the Corporation" in 79 Cambridge Law Journal 431 (2020).
Metadata Services & Special Collections Librarian Rachel S. Evans presented "From Task Management Apps to Accessible Training and Procedures: Tools and ADA Compliant Tech for Teleworking Librarians" as part of an American Association of Law Libraries Technical Services Special Interest Section webinar series during December (with M. Cheney).
Legal Writing Instructor Jean Mangan was recently awarded a Continuous Improvement Grant from Affordable Learning Georgia, a University System of Georgia initiative to promote student success by supporting the implementation of affordable alternatives to expensive commercial textbooks, particularly Open Educational Resources (OER) and open textbooks. Mangan will use the grant to add, expand and revise chapters in her Legal Writing Manual.
Metadata Services & Special Collections Librarian Rachel S. Evans and Web Developer Leslie Grove presented "Born Digital: The Art of Archiving Photos with Script & Batch Processing" at the Society of Georgia Archivists Annual Meeting during November (with S. Bradley).
Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri was featured in the United Kingdom's The Telegraph regarding social media platforms censoring content. The article titled "Mark Zuckerberg set for Republican grilling after Facebook suppresses voter fraud claims en masse" was written by Margi Murphy and Laurence Dodds and was published 11/15/20.
The Community Health Law Partnership Clinic and the First Amendment Clinic joined forces to assist women who allegedly endured abusive gynecological and other medical treatments, as well as inhumane conditions and retaliation, while in the custody of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in Georgia. Third-year student Anish Patel helped with the preparation of a motion addressing immigration and free speech issues that the U.S. District Court for Middle District of Georgia granted in its entirety. Specifically, the motion allows the women to submit their statements to the court under seal and using Jane Doe pseudonyms in order to protect the women against further retaliation for speaking out. The clinics also co-represent one of the detained women individually and are pursuing remedies for her release in multiple state and federal forums.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's treatise State Taxation: Third Edition (2020 Rev.) was quoted by the Oregon Tax Court in Comcast Corp. v. Department of Revenue (Nov. 25, 2020).
Foreign and International Law Librarian Anne Burnett, Metadata Services & Special Collections Librarian Rachel S. Evans, Acquisitions Associate Daniel R. Riggs, Associate Director for Research Services Thomas "TJ" Striepe and Research & Copyright Services Librarian Stephen Wolfson presented "Making the Repository Accessible and Discoverable: the How and Why of Data Clean-up for Digitized Special Collections" at the Society of Georgia Archivists Annual Meeting during November.
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in a Courthouse News Service article regarding Dollar General securities litigation. The article titled "Before Stock Trades, Georgia Senator Faced Scrutiny Over Dollar General Sale" was written by Daniel Jackson and published 11/30/20.
Assistant Professor Sandra G. Mayson published "The Concept of Criminal Law" in 14 Criminal Law and Philosophy 447 (2020).
Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett was featured in Bloomberg Law regarding his thoughts on pathways to remove current financial regulations. The article titled "Biden Has Path to Block Trump Financial Regulations in Court" was written by Evan Weinberger and published 11/20/20.
Dean Rusk International Law Center Interim Director & Hosch Professor Lori A. Ringhand participated in a panel discussion titled "'Our Character is on the Ballot': Reflections on the US Presidential Election 2020" hosted by Jesus College in the University of Oxford during November.
Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett virtually presented his article "How Chevron Deference Fits Into Article III" (forthcoming in the George Washington Law Review) at the ABA Administrative Law Section Fall Conference during November.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein published "State Estate Taxes and the Due Process Clause" in 98 Tax Notes State 771 (2020) (with A. Appleby).
Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law Harlan G. Cohen presented "The Sociology of WTO Precedent" at the Behavioural Approaches to International Law Workshop at Leiden University during November.