Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in The New York Times regarding New York's opioid litigation. The article titled "An Opioid Case Like No Other: N.Y. vs. the Supply Chain" was written by Sarah Maslin Nir and published 6/29/21.
Clinical Assistant Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins authored a guest column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding the recent U.S. Supreme Court Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. decision addressing whether public schools may constitutionally regulate off-campus student speech. Norins argues that the ruling leaves students and their parents in limbo as to when, exactly, schools can reach outside the school house gate to regulate off-premises expression. The article titled "Public Schools can still wrongly punish off-campus student speech" was published on 6/28/21.
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 Hewell v. State. This citation brings the total to 58 times that this text has been used by Georgia appellate courts to resolve evidentiary issues.
Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured in The Wall Street Journal regarding the latest opioid litigation developments. The article titled "Johnson & Johnson Settles New York Opioid Case for $230 Million" was written by Sara Randazzo and published 6/26/21.
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in the Financial Times regarding special purpose acquisition companies. The article titled "Dozens of groups brought to market via Spacs to enter key Russell index" was written by Miles Kruppa and Ortenca Aliaj and was published 6/24/21.
Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. is the first U.S. Supreme Court decision addressing whether public schools may constitutionally regulate off-campus student speech. The Supreme Court's prior student-speech decisions involved speech on school grounds, during school-sponsored events or in school-sponsored publications. The Supreme Court's 8-1 recent decision in Mahanoy allows both sides to claim victory, according to Clare Norins, director of the University of Georgia School of Law's First Amendment Clinic, who also serves as an assistant clinical professor.
2021 alumnus Devin Mashman was featured in the Daily Report regarding his winning argument before the Supreme Court of Georgia in the case Harvey v. Merchan. Mashman was a participant in the school's Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic, which was handling the case involving the choice of law and the constitutionality of the state's Hidden Predator Act.
The Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic has filed an amicus brief in the case Philip Doe v. Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, et al., urging the Georgia Supreme Court to grant certiorari in the case and overturn a decision by the state Court of Appeals. The brief argues that the lower court's decision is inconsistent with Georgia law and that it could deny justice for survivors of child sexual abuse. The brief was authored by Wilbanks CEASE Clinic Post-Graduate Fellow Melina D. Lewis and Director Emma M. Hetherington.
A free virtual legal clinic for Georgia veterans will happen on Saturday, July 10, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Veterans in Northeast Georgia can access the clinic in person in Gainesville, Georgia. Veterans from other parts of the state can connect by webcam or telephone. The Georgia Veterans Outreach Project offers legal advice on issues important to veterans. Veterans must register in advance. They can call (706) 542-6439 or email uga.veteransclinic@gmail.com. Registration closes at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, July 7.
Hosch Professor & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lori A. Ringhand was featured on Kate Archer Kent's "The Morning Show," which airs on Wisconsin Public Radio, regarding her thoughts on the U.S. Supreme Court and originalism. The program aired 6/22/21.
The Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic received a favorable opinion in a case 2021 graduate Devin Mashman argued before the Supreme Court of Georgia. The case Harvey v. Merchan involved the choice of law and the constitutionality of the state's Hidden Predator Act. The court determined that the act's retroactive window is constitutional and that claims can go forward regardless of where they were committed. Mashman and second-year students Maigan Jenkins and Annefloor De Groot also assisted in writing the brief.
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured on MSN.com regarding special purpose acquisition companies. The article titled "Electric auto startups hit speed bumps after heady debuts" was published 6/17/21.
Carter Chair in Tort and Insurance Law Michael L. Wells published "Some Objections to Strict Liability for Constitutional Torts" in 55 Georgia Law Review 1277 (2021).
Hosch Professor Julian A. Cook III published "Prosecuting Executive Branch Wrongdoing" in 54 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 401 (2021).
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues participated in the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Law and Economics' program titled "SPACs, Direct Listings, and Other Innovations in Capital Formation." In attendance were the acting and incoming directors of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance, John Coates and Renee Jones, respectively.
Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lonnie T. Brown Jr. was featured on Bloomberg Law regarding his presentation on "Lawyering in the D.C. Spotlight" at the ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility. The article titled "Politics Presents Ethical Quandaries for Lawyers" was written by Nancy Kisicki and published 6/9/21.
University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in The New York Times regarding special acquisition companies and Lordstown Motors. The article titled "Lordstown, Truck Maker That Can't Afford to Make Trucks, Is on the Brink" was written by Matthew Goldstein, Lauren Hirsch and Neal E. Boudette and was published 6/14/21.
Carter Chair in Tort and Insurance Law Michael L. Wells published "Marshall Shapo's Constitutional Tort Fifty-Five Years Later" in 115 Northwestern University Law Review Online 256 (2020).
Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Gregg D. Polsky was featured in The New York Times regarding private equity firms' use of fee waivers to limit tax liability. The article titled "Private Inequity: How a Powerful Industry Conquered the Tax System" was written by Jesse Drucker and Danny Hakim and published 6/12/21.
Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Gregg D. Polsky was featured in Investor's Business Daily regarding the taxation of corporate stock buybacks. The article titled "Why The Apple-led Stock Buyback Boom May Get Caught In Biden's Tax-Hike Net" was written by Jed Graham and published 6/14/21.