Associate Professor Fazal R. Khan was featured on WUGA-FM's "Athens News Matters" regarding a vaccine passports. The segment titled "Vaccine Passports" was reported by Alexia Ridley and Devon Zwald and aired 4/16/21.
The Appellate Litigation Clinic recently won a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit relating to a Fair Housing Act issue in the case Webb v. United States Veterans Initiative. The clinic was appointed as amicus curiae on behalf of Webb, a disabled military veteran who claimed that U.S. Vets had deprived him of preferred housing based on his sex. Judge David S. Tatel wrote the opinion and said: "We appointed counsel to appear as amicus curiae in support of Webb and appreciate the outstanding efforts by appointed counsel and the student counsel who argued the case." Third-year student Mollie M. Fiero presented oral argument, and third-year student Jason N. Sigalos helped write the brief. The victory was covered by Bloomberg Law in the article titled "Homeless Veteran Can Sue Nonprofit for Bias in Housing Placement." It was written by Bernie Pazanowski and published 4/16/21.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in a Reuters article regarding future opioid trials and settlements. The article titled "Drug Companies to Face First Opioid Trial Following Pandemic Delays" was written by Nate Raymond and Brendan Pierson and was published 4/16/21. The article appeared in U.S. News & World Report and the Insurance Journal, among other places.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West's research was featured in The New York Times regarding the U.S. Supreme Court and its references to the press. The article titled "The Supreme Court's Increasingly Dim View of the News Media" was written by Adam Liptak and published 4/19/21.
Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lonnie T. Brown Jr. was featured on "The World" public radio news program regarding former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, the subject of Brown's book. The segment titled "Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark dies at 93" was reported by Rupa Shenoy and aired 4/12/21.