Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri was featured in Columns regarding his research involving the intersection of free speech, technology and privacy. The article titled "Assistant professor examines legal aspects of digital abuse" was written by Krista Richmond and published 1/27/23.
Congratulations to third-year students Nicholas R. “Nick” Lewis, Courtney H. Robinson and Akash P. Shah for winning the 2023 Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship. This invitation-only tournament is reserved for the top 16 moot court programs from law schools across the country based on performances from the previous academic year. With this victory, the School of Law now has three championship trophies at this “best of the best” courtroom competition. The other championship years are 2014 and 2019.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein presented as part of a panel on tax obligations imposed on digital platforms at the "Court of Justice of the European Union: Recent VAT Case Law" conference at the Vienna University of Economics and Business during January.
Appellate Litigation Clinic participant and third-year student Noah C. Nix argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Harris v. The Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County. The client was suing under Title VII for disparate treatment, a hostile work environment and retaliation after her supervisor made a racist remark. Former students and 2022 graduates Courtney M. Hogan and Kirstiana A. Perryman helped prepare the case.
Associate Professor Laura Phillips-Sawyer was featured in The Wall Street Journal regarding the most recent U.S. antitrust lawsuit against Google. The article titled "Google Prepares for Second Antitrust Battle as DOJ Targets Its Ad Business" was written by Miles Kruppa and published 1/26/23.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was featured on Business Insider regarding the latest legal developments relating to the grand jury investigating the 2020 election. The article titled "Atlanta DA doesn't want the public to see the special grand jury report into Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 vote" was written by Jacob Shamsian and published 1/24/23. The article was republished by other media outlets like Yahoo!
Appellate Litigation Clinic participant and third-year student J. Caleb Grant argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in U.S. v. Andra Green. The questions presented were whether Green's 2255 motion is timely and whether his two 924c convictions are infirm. Third-year student Sarah Grace McCord helped write the briefs and assisted Grant in preparation for the argument.
Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured in The New York Times regarding bankruptcy proceedings. The article titled "The Unknown Hedge Fund That Got $400 Million From Sam Bankman-Fried" was written by David Yaffe-Bellany, Matthew Goldstein and Royston Jones Jr. and was published 1/24/23. The article was reprinted by other media outlets.
Callaway Chair of Law Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson's book Carlson on Evidence (with M. Carlson) was recently cited by the Georgia Court of Appeals in the case Mulkey v. The State to help adjudicate the admissibility of a defendant’s prior sex offenses in a sex crime prosecution. This citation brings the total to 67 times that this text has been used by Georgia appellate courts to resolve evidentiary issues.
Louis B. Sohn spent his life promoting international law and peace. Considered one of the world’s most eminent international and legal scholars, Sohn was the inaugural holder of the Woodruff Chair in International Law at the School of Law for a decade – teaching and mentoring students, many who then spent their legal careers leading international humanitarian efforts, combating human trafficking, and helping to maintain peace and security throughout the world. Sohn is the subject of a Georgia Groundbreakers article produced by UGA Marketing and Communications that was published 1/22/23.
Dean Peter B. "Bo" Rutledge and UGA student Sawyer M. Bradford published "First Circuit's Ruling in Immediato Glosses Meaning of 'Engaged in Interstate Commerce'" in the Daily Report on 1/23/23.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented "Presuming Trustworthiness" (with R.A. Jones) at the Media Law and Policy Scholars Conference during January.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner was appointed a research member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, “an international scientific non-profit association providing a forum for debate and dialogue between academics, legislators and practitioners, focusing on major corporate governance issues.” Research members are “appointed on the basis of their significant contribution to the field of corporate governance study.”
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in Wired magazine regarding special purpose acquisition companies. The article titled "Quantum Startups' Stock Market Dreams Are Decohering" was written by Amanda Hoover and published 1/18/23.
Metadata Services & Special Collections Librarian Rachel Evans published "How We Digitized a Special Collection With a Little Help From Our Friends" in 43.1 Computers in Libraries 3 (2022) (with M. Mastrovita and M. Willoughby).
Associate Professor Jonathan Peters has been appointed to the OSCE-ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association. The panel is part of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and its Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. The panel serves as an advisory body to the OSCE and its participating countries in developing and maintaining legislation regarding the freedoms of peaceful assembly and association. Peters is one of two panelists from the United States on the 16-member Panel of Experts, and he will serve a four-year term, which began January 1.
Congratulations to Jaquarius Raglin on his receipt of a President's Fulfilling the Dream Award. The 2023 winners demonstrated a commitment to the Athens-Clarke County community, the Clarke County School District and the University of Georgia through their civic engagement by utilizing Dr. King’s philosophy to resolve conflict and foster goodwill.
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in Law360 regarding special purpose acquisition companies. The article titled "Delaware Ruling Increases Scrutiny of SPAC Economic Costs" was written by Tom Zanki and published 1/12/23.
UGA Associate Provost & Kirbo Chair Elizabeth Weeks published "Rewritten Opinion, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius" in Feminist Judgments: Health Law Rewritten (S. Mohapatra and L.F. Wiley eds.) (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues' article "Disclosure’s Limits" (Yale Journal on Regulation) and paper "Redeeming SPACs" were cited by the Delaware Court of Chancery in the case of Richard Delman v. Gigacquisitions3, LLC, Avi Katz, Raluca Dinu, Neil Miotto, John Mikulsky, Andrea Betti-Berutto and Peter Wang.