Grace Renshaw
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Rebecca Haw discusses the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Facebook on NPR’s The Takeaway
Facebook has been fighting the claim that they are a monopolized business that abuses their power over their competition for years. Antitrust scholar Rebecca Allensworth discusses the Facebook/Meta antitrust lawsuit on WNYC's radio program The Takeaway. Read MoreJan. 20, 2022
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Lonnie T. Brown ’89 named dean of the University of Tennessee College of Law
Brown currently serves as the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor and holds the A. Gus Cleveland Distinguished Chair in Legal Ethics and Professionalism at the University of Geogia School of Law. He will join the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as dean on July 1. Read MoreJan. 19, 2022
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Terry Maroney named to 2022 cohort of Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholars
Maroney will work in residence at the RSF in New York City during the 2022-23 academic year. Visiting scholars pursue research and writing projects in the social, economic and behavioral sciences. Read MoreJan. 18, 2022
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Judge Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. ’60, who served for 44 years on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, dead at 86
Judge Merritt was appointed to the Sixth Circuit by President Jimmy Carter and assumed senior status in 2001. He remained active on the court until shortly before his death Jan. 17. Read MoreJan. 17, 2022
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Wesley Dozier ’19, Dawn Deaner and Erica Perry to discuss Law and Organizing at VLS Feb. 1
Wesley Dozier '19 and Dawn Deaner of the Choosing Justice Initiative and Erica Perry of the Nashville Community Bail Fund will engage in a panel discussion sponsored by the Public Interest Ofiice on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at 1230 p.m. The event will be held live if circumstances permit. Read MoreJan. 15, 2022
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D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine to deliver the 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture Jan. 31 via Zoom
Racine was sworn in as the District of Columbia's first elected attorney general in 2015 and re-elected for a second term in 2018. His lecture is free and open to the public. Read MoreJan. 15, 2022
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Matthew Shaw joins VLS faculty as assistant professor
Shaw joined the law faculty from the faculty of Vanderbilt Peabody College. His research focuses on the intersection between federal law and education policy. Read MoreJan. 13, 2022
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Brian Fitzpatrick’s book, The Conservative Case for Class Actions, wins 2022 Civil Justice Award
The award from the California-based Pound Institute recognizes one book each year that addresses a topic in civil justice. Fitzpatrick’s book argues that class action lawsuits are an effective form of private law enforcement that play a vital role in supporting robust free markets by holding companies accountable. Read MoreJan. 10, 2022
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Kevin Stack and Michael Vandenbergh receive Levin Center’s 2021 Excellence in Oversight Research Award for their paper, “Oversight Riders”
The paper, published in the Notre Dame Law Review, proposes a strategy designed to improve congressional oversight by creating new incentives for compliance with congressional subpoenas. Read MoreJan. 7, 2022
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Work by Mike Newton and VLS Practice Lab Students to support Iraqi judges profiled in Tennessean article
Newton's work with Iraqi judges is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department. The goal is to help Iraqi courts prosecute ISIS and process counterrorism cases in accordance with international human rights norms. The article quotes Practice Lab students Emily Webb '22 and Cait Martins '22, who worked to develop a 300-page manual to support the casework of attorneys in international criminal tribunals. Read MoreDec. 22, 2021