Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Alston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Mehrsa Baradaran was featured on Wharton Business Radio's "Knowledge @ Wharton" on SiriusXM regarding Philadelphia becoming the first city to ban cashless stores. The radio show was broadcast on 3/8/19.
Hosch Professor Emeritus Thomas A. Eaton was featured in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding a memo that recommended safety netting in Major League Baseball stadiums to help keep fans from falling over protective railings and its potential impact on litigation involving the Atlanta Braves and MLB. The article titled "Major League Baseball warned railings were unsafe before Atlanta fan's fall" was written by Bill Rankin and published 3/11/19.
Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Hosch Professor Elizabeth Weeks was featured in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding a memo that recommended safety netting in Major League Baseball stadiums to help keep fans from falling over protective railings and its potential impact on litigation involving the Atlanta Braves and MLB. The article titled "Major League Baseball warned railings were unsafe before Atlanta fan's fall" was written by Bill Rankin and published 3/11/19.
Hosch Associate Professor Melissa J. "M.J." Durkee was appointed vice chair of the American Society of International Law membership committee.
Hosch Professor Lori A. Ringhand presented "What Law: Campaign Finance Regulation in the Age of the Internet" at the Centre for American Legal Studies at the Birmingham City University School of Law.
Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett was featured in Bloomberg Law regarding a recent U.S. Treasury Department statement regarding arguing subregulatory guidance. The article titled "Department won't seek certain types of deference to regulatory interpretations made in notices, revenue rulings" was written by Allyson Versprille, Carolina Vargas and Isabel Gottlieb and published 3/7/19.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher Bruner published a review of a forthcoming article by Ofer Eldar and Andrew Verstein titled "The Enduring Distinction between Business Entities and Security Interests" (Southern California Law Review) in JOTWELL. The review titled "Asset Partitioning and Financial Innovation" was published 3/6/19. Bruner is a contributing editor to JOTWELL's Corporate Law section.
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher Bruner presented on "Development of Financial Services in a Globalising Financial World" at a conference on Financial Services Law and Regulation in Singapore during February. The event was hosted by the Centre for Banking & Finance Law at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law. Bruner also participated in a reflections panel concluding the conference.
Rogers Chair of Law Camilla E. Watson published "The Future of Lower Income Students in Higher Education: Rethinking the Pell Program and Federal Tax Incentives" in 45 Florida State University Law Review 1107 (2018).
Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law Harlan G. Cohen published "Fragmentation" in Concepts for International Law: Contributions to Disciplinary Thought (J. d'Aspremont and S. Singh, eds.) (Edward Elgar, 2019).
Hosch Professor Lori A. Ringhand presented on public law limitations to defamation law as part of the University of Aberdeen's workshop titled "Reform of EU Law on Defamation" during March.
Congratulations to third-year students Joseph Natt and Meryl See who won the inaugural Magnolia Cup, a transactional law negotiation competition hosted by the University of Mississippi this month. See was also presented with the Professionalism Award. A second team comprised of second-year students Andrew J. "Andy" Klemm and Savannah B. Phinney finished with the second highest score of the tournament.
Assistant Professor Lindsey Simon was featured in STAT regarding how assets are spilt among creditors when a company files for bankruptcy. The article titled "If Purdue Pharma declares bankruptcy, what would it mean for lawsuits against the opioid manufacturer?" was written by Andrew Joseph and published 3/4/19.
Congratulations to third-year student Lyddy O'Brien for being named the best oralist of the U.S. South Regional of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. The full team - comprised of second-year students Samuel L. "Sam" Hatcher, Andrew K. "Drew" Heddin and Hanna C. Karimipour - finished as quarterfinalists and brought home the fourth best brief award. Additionally, Hedin was named sixth best oralist of the tournament. Third-year student Allison Gowens served as student coach. The Jessup competition is the world's largest moot court tournament, with participants from over 680 law schools in 100 countries and jurisdictions.
Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Gregg D. Polsky published "Explaining Choice-of-Entity Decisions by Silicon Valley Start-Ups" in 70 Hastings Law Journal (409) 2019.
Usha R. Rodrigues has been named University Professor, an honor bestowed on faculty members who have made a significant impact on the University of Georgia beyond their normal academic responsibilities. Rodrigues has expanded curricular and experiential learning opportunities for students while also fostering a culture of women's leadership at UGA and the broader academy.
Associate Professor Jason A. Cade presented on the consequences of enforcement policies at the southern border for asylum-seekers and other migrants at the 2019 Emory International Law Review Symposium titled "Continued Relevance and Challenges of the 1951 Refugee Convention on Global, Regional, and Local Levels" during February.
Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Gregg D. Polsky published "There's a Problem With Buybacks, but It's Not What Senators Think" in 162 Tax Notes 765 (2019) (with D.J. Hemel).
Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Hosch Professor Elizabeth Weeks presented on a local government opioid cost study as part of the panel "Statewide Health" at the Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Conference.
Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Gregg D. Polsky published "Taxing Litigation: Federal Tax Concerns of Personal Injury Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers" in 22 Florida Tax Review 120 (2018).