Grace Renshaw
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Sarah Igo’s new book places today’s privacy concerns in historical context
Igo's book is The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America. She is an associate professor of history, political science and law. Read MoreApr. 30, 2018
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Family of Rick Ferrini ’11 establishes scholarships in his honor at VLS and the School of Medicine
The Rick V. N. Ferrini Law Scholarship and the Rick V. N. Ferrini Medical Scholarship honor an accomplished attorney who died March 10, 2017. “We wanted to do something in memory of Rick that would honor him and make him proud,” said Vino Ferrini, president of the Texas-based leather footwear company Ferrini USA. “His time at Vanderbilt was very special to him, and these scholarships will give that same opportunity and experience to others. We also want to support research on depression, which so many struggle with, as did our son. It is a disease like any other, and we want to see the stigma removed for those who suffer with it and their families.” A graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Rick Ferrini began his legal career in Washington, D.C., after earning his law degree from Vanderbilt in 2011. For the next five years he served as an assistant attorney general in the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, where he defended D.C. government agencies and individual employees at all levels of government in a variety of civil lawsuits. In 2016, he returned to his hometown of Dallas to serve as counsel to his family’s company, Ferrini USA. Read MoreApr. 30, 2018
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Ganesh Sitaraman named Carnegie Fellow to support research in democracy
Sitaraman will receive $200,000 from the Carnegie Foundation of New York to support his research on how public services such as schools and libraries can advance public policy goals. Read MoreApr. 25, 2018
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“Quieting the Shareholders’ Voice,” co-authored by Randall Thomas, selected among Top 10 corporate and securities law articles for 2017
Empirical study of pervasive bundling in proxy solicitations by Thomas and co-authors James D. Cox of Duke Law, Fabrizio Ferri of Columbia Business and Colleen Honigsberg of Stanford Law was published in the Southern California Law Review. Read MoreApr. 24, 2018
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Perry Brandt ’77 (BA’74) and Kito Huggins ’99 (BA’96) appointed to Vanderbilt University’s Board of Trust
Adolpho Birch III '91 was appointed Board Secretary. Read MoreApr. 23, 2018
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Nell Henson ’18 wins the 2018 Nagareda Prize for article on expert witnesses in medical malpractice trials
Henson’s Note, published in the 2018 Vanderbilt Law Review, explores courts’ disagreement over admissibility of evidence of prior malpractice by medical expert witnesses. Read MoreApr. 23, 2018
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Tracey George appointed to Journal of Contract Law editorial board
Based in Australia, the refereed journal focuses on contract law in common law countries. Read MoreApr. 23, 2018
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Former Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Frank F. Drowota III ’65 (BA’60) dead at 79
Justice Drowota served on the Tennessee Supreme Court for 25 years and as a judge in Tennessee courts for 35 years. Read MoreApr. 17, 2018
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CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo ’84 delivers Cecil Sims Lecture, “Derivatives Regulatory Reform: A Principles-based Software Update”
Giancarlo also spoke to the VLS Board of Advisors after his Sims Lecture April 13. Read MoreApr. 17, 2018
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Claria Horn Boom ’94 confirmed to shared seat on federal districts courts for Eastern and Western Kentucky
Horn Boom has previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. She was a partner at Frost Brown Todd in Lexington before her confirmation to the federal bench. Read MoreApr. 10, 2018