Professor Thomas A. Eaton's article "The Contours of a New FRCP, Rule 68.1: A Proposed Two-Way Offer of Settlement Provision for Federal Fee-Shifting Cases" (252 F.R.D. 551 (2008) (with H. Lewis)) has been selected for special recognition at this summer's Southeastern Association of Law Schools conference.
Professor Paul J. Heald will deliver a talk titled "Authorship and Originality in Cultural Works" at the Society of Legal Scholars Centenary Conference at Kings College, London, in March.
Professor Erica J. Hashimoto has published Toward Ethical Plea Bargaining, 30 Cardozo Law Review 949 (2008)
Professor Peter A. Appel will deliver a talk titled "Sustainable Commerce: Constructing Globally Competitve Green Economies" as part of Mercer University School of Law's Environmental Law Virtual Guest Speakers Series in March (with Dr. T. Rick Irvin, J.D.).
Visiting Professor Robert Steinbuch has recently had his article "Mere Thieves," chosen as one of the top ten securities articles of 2008. It will be republished with the other winning articles in West's 2009 Securities Law Review, edited by Donald Langevoort of Georgetown University Law School.