Assistant Professor Jonathan Peters was featured in the Advocate regarding the U.S. Supreme Court case Papish v. Board of Curators as it relates to free speech. The article titled "Day after LSU's bungled response to racist video: An apology and meeting with black student leaders" was written by Brooks Kubena and published 6/8/20.
Assistant Professor Jonathan Peters was featured in the Valdosta Daily Times regarding the use of public profanity in public as political speech. The article titled "Update 9:30: Valdosta protester arrested over sign" was written by Terry Richards and published 6/5/20.
First Amendment Clinic Director and Clinical Assistant Professor Clare R. Norins was featured on Fox 5 Atlanta regarding the differences between peaceful protest and civil disobedience. The story titled "First Amendment expert breaks down the difference between peaceful and lawful protesting" was published 6/6/20.
First Amendment Clinic Director and Clinical Assistant Professor Clare R. Norins was featured on WCTV regarding the use of profanity while protesting. The story titled "Valdosta protester arrested for obscene sign sparks controversy" was written by Amber Spradley and published 6/5/20.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's treatise State Taxation (3d ed., 2020) was cited and quoted by the Oregon Tax Court in the case Estate of Evans v. Department of Revenue (May 28, 2020).
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch presented on "MDL Machinery" as part of DePaul University College of Law's 26th Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy titled "The Opioid Crisis: Where Do We Go From Here?" The May virtual symposium had 900 participants.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's article "State Taxation of Corporate Income from Intangibles: Allied-Signal and Beyond" (48 Tax Law Review 739 (1993)) was quoted in the Idaho Supreme Court decision of Noell v. Idaho State Tax Commission (May 22, 2020) (by J.R. Stegner, dissenting).
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding the role in-person meetings can have on environmental damage cases. The article titled "PFAs Plaintiffs Stranded as Virus Bogs Down High-Stakes Lawsuits" was written by Ellen M. Gilmer and published 6/1/20.
Assistant Clinical Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington presented "Alternative Justice for Victims: The CEASE Clinic" as part of a Children's Healthcare of Atlanta webinar series during May.
Assistant Professor Sandra G. Mayson published "Detention by Any Other Name" in 69 Duke Law Journal 1643 (2020).
Assistant Professor Jonathan Peters was featured in Variety regarding the president's executive order relating to social media companies. The article titled "Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Twitter, Facebook That Legal Experts Say Is Likely Unconstitutional" was written by Todd Spangler and published 5/28/20.
Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Gregg D. Polsky presented "The Qualified Small Business Stock Exclusion and Entrepreneurship" at the National Tax Association's Golden Anniversary Symposium: New Thinking on Enduring Questions during May.
Metadata Services & Special Collections Librarian Rachel S. Evans organized and co-facilitated the Georgia Library Association's first virtual workshop titled "Linked Data for the Real World: Leveraging Metadata for Cataloging." The event was delivered live in collaboration with Georgia Public Libraries, and more than 700 librarians from around the world registered for the program.
Dean Rusk International Law Center Interim Director & Hosch Professor Lori A. Ringhand published "First Amendment (Un)Exceptionalism: A Comparative Taxonomy of Campaign Finance Reform Proposals in the United States and United Kingdom" in 81 Ohio State Law Journal 405 (2020).
Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett published "Regulating Impartiality in Agency Adjudication" in 69 Duke Law Journal 1695 (2020).
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured on HowStuffWorks regarding how you may be affected if you happen to video a crime. The article titled "5 Things to Know Before You Record a Possible Crime" was written by Patrick J. Kiger and published 5/22/20.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's treatise State Taxation (3d ed. 2020) and his law review article, "Construing the Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act: Reflections on the Illinois Supreme Court's Reading of the 'Throwback' Rule," 45 University of Chicago Law Review 778 (1978), were cited and quoted extensively by the Michigan Supreme Court in Honigman Miller Schwarts and Cohn LLP v. City of Detroit (May 18, 2020) involving Detroit's income tax.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher Bruner presented "Private Power and Public Good: Harnessing the Corporation for a Sustainable Future" for the University of Oslo Faculty of Law. The online event was organized by Oslo's Research Group Companies, Markets and Sustainability.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding Johnson & Johnson's decision to phase out its talc-based baby powder. The article titled "J&J Talc Phase-Out Seen as Possible Prelude to Settling Lawsuits" was written by Jef Feeley and Riley Griffin and published 5/20/20. This article was reprinted by other media outlets across the country.
Smith Professor Hillel Y. Levin published "Stopping the resurgence of vaccine-preventable childhood diseases: Policy, politics, and law" in 2020 University of Illinois Law Review 233 (2020) (with S.P. Kershner, T.D. Lytton, D. Salmon and S.B. Omer).