Grace Renshaw
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Paper by Ramon Ryan ’21 identifies enforcement gap in regulations governing environmental impact of satellites
Ryan’s paper, which will appear in the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, suggests that the FCC’s approval of SpaceX’s Starlink Mega Constellation may have been unlawful because the agency failed to consider the impact of satellites on the night sky. The paper was reported on by Scientific American, Business Insider and Futurism. Read MoreJan. 27, 2020
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Former law professor Bruce E. Gagnon dead at age 78
Gagnon taught at Vanderbilt Law School from 1967-70 and then moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where he spent the remainder of his career practicing law. Read MoreJan. 27, 2020
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Research by Ramon Ryan ’21 indicates FCC’s approval of SpaceX satellite may have been unlawful
In Ryan's Note, to be published in the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, he challenges the FCC's exclusion of commercial satellites from review under the National Environmental Policy Act. Ryan's research was the subject of a Jan. 16 Scientific American article, "The FCC's Approval of SpaceX's Starlink Mega Constellation May Have Been Unlawful," by Jonathan O'Callaghan. Read MoreJan. 16, 2020
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Darby Dickerson ’88 is president of the Association of American Law Schools
Dickerson is the dean of UIC John Marshall Law School in Chicago. She was inducted into her one-year term as AALS president during the association's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in January. Read MoreJan. 13, 2020
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Research by W. Kip Viscusi finds post-9/11 wars may have resulted in twice as many deaths at home as in battle
Viscusi, an economist whose research focuses on fatality risks, found that post-9/11 wars resulted in indirect deaths in the U.S. due to the diversion of war costs from the U.S. economy and the subsequent impact on consumers who had less money to spend on better nutrition, health care, safe housing and safe products. His article, "The Mortality Cost Metric for the Cost of War," appears in the journal Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy. Read MoreJan. 10, 2020
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Legal historian Sara Mayeux among 13 rising Vanderbilt scholars to receive Provost Research Studios for 2019-20
Provost Research Studios provide up to $4,000 to support the professional development of full-time faculty early in their academic careers. Read MoreJan. 8, 2020
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Ray Lui LLM’11 named to China Business Law Journal A-List
Liu is a partner with Dorsey in Beijing, where he focuses on cross-border dispute resolution, U.S. litigation, interanitonal and foreign-related arbitration, and trade and compliance matters. He is licensed to practice in New York. Read MoreJan. 7, 2020
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Retired federal Judge John T. Nixon ’60 dead at 86
Judge Nixon was appointed to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee by President Jimmy Carter and served as the court's chief judge from 1991 to 1998. Read MoreJan. 2, 2020
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Yufang (Ethan) Ma ’02 (MS’01) named one of China’s Top 15 IP lawyers for 2019 by Asian Legal Business
Ma is a partner at Orrick, focusing on intellectual property and trade secrets litigation, at Orrick in Shanghai. Read MoreJan. 2, 2020
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Fred Graham ’59, legal affairs reporter and Court TV anchor, dies at 88
Fred Graham pioneered coverage of Supreme Court rulings as the law correspondent for CBS News, was a substitute anchor for "Face the Nation," the "CBS Morning News," and "Nightwatch," and one of the first anchors of Court TV, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. Read MoreDec. 31, 2019