Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Associate Professor with Tenure Thomas E. Kadri presented his forthcoming article “Deepfake Torts: Emerging Tort Frameworks in U.S. Deepfakes Regulation” (co-authored with Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West) at the Journal of Tort Law symposium titled “Tort Liability for Deepfakes” during July.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented her forthcoming article “Deepfake Torts: Emerging Tort Frameworks in U.S. Deepfakes Regulation” (co-authored with Associate Professor with Tenure Thomas E. Kadri) at the Journal of Tort Law symposium titled “Tort Liability for Deepfakes” during July.
Wilson Associate Professor in Business Law Laura Phillips-Sawyer recently presented as part of the Harvard Business School Workshop titled “Globalization, Multinationals, and Institutions” at the Business History Conference in Atlanta. Additionally, she chaired the panel “Trust and Antitrust – Standard Oil and the Creation of the Global Economy.”
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West published The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times (co-edited with R.A. Jones) (Cambridge University Press, 2025). She also co-authored the introductory chapter.
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's article “State and Local Taxation of Intangibles Generates Increasing Controversy” (80 Journal of Taxation 296 (1994)) was cited by the Oregon Supreme Court regarding the taxation of intangible property in Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Department of Revenue (July 24, 2025).