Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner presented his working paper "Corporate Governance and Sustainability Incentives" at a conference titled “Addressing the Sustainability Impacts of Corporations” during October. The conference was hosted by the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security at the Osgoode Hall Law School (York University) in Toronto.
Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Gregg D. Polsky presented "Private Equity and Venture Capital Tax Strategies" as part of a University of Florida Levin College of Law Tax Colloquium during October.
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues published "The SPAC Market" in 100 Washington University Law Review 1759 (2023) (with M. Stegemoller).
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding the application of the 1996 Communications Decency Act's Section 230 in social media lawsuits. The article titled "Social Media Addiction Suits Take Aim at Big Tech's Legal Shield" was written by Isaiah Poritz and published 10/25/23.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand presented "Our Democratic Republic" at the 2023 Vacketta-DLA Piper Lecture on the Role of Government and the Law held at the University of Illinois College of Law during October.