Grace Renshaw
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Economist Joni Hersch finds that costs of sexual harassment are too low to incentivize firms to eliminate it
Hersch's examination of sexual harassment charges filed with the EEOC indicated that "costs to firms’ bottom lines are evidently insufficient to incentivize firms to eliminate sexual harassment.” Read MoreMar. 1, 2018
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Read Above the Law column highlighting VLS’s Program on Law and Innovation
Columnist Kelly Twigger also interviews Professor Larry Bridgesmith about the Summit on Law and Innovation scheduled at VLS April 30. Read MoreFeb. 28, 2018
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Yesha Yadav nominated to Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Panel
The CFTC, chaired by Christopher Giancarlo ’84, exists to protect market participants and the public from fraud, manipulation, abusive practices and systematic risks related to derivatives Read MoreFeb. 15, 2018
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Emily Grand ’19 and Claudia Stantzyk-Guzek ’19 win 2018 Bass Berry & Sims Moot Court Competition.
Finalists were Josh Landis ’19, who was named Best Oralist, and Claire Fox ’19. Lauren Stern ’19 and Sarah Grimsdale ’19 honored for Best Brief. Read MoreFeb. 14, 2018
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Ganesh Sitaraman’s 2017 book, “The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution,” wins PROSE Award
PROSE Awards recognize oustanding professional and scholarly publications. Read MoreFeb. 9, 2018
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Ganesh Sitaraman named to 2018 class of Chancellor Faculty Fellows
Sitaraman joins 17 colleagues from across Vanderbilt in two-year program for highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty members. Read MoreJan. 23, 2018
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James R. McHenry III, JD/MA ’03, appointed director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review
McHenry's appointment was announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. He has served as acting director of the office since May 30. Read MoreJan. 12, 2018
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Paul Ney, JD/MBA ’84, nominated as counsel to U.S. Department of Defense
Ney currently serves as chief deputy attorney general in the Tennessee Attorney General's Office. Read MoreJan. 11, 2018
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Thomas Parker ’89 confirmed to seat on the Western District of Tennessee
Judge Parker was confirmed by a unanimous Senate vote. He has a reputation "as one of Memphis' finest attorneys," said Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander. Read MoreJan. 10, 2018
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Vice Chancellor David Williams named 2017 Tennessean of the Year by the Tennessee Tribune
Williams, who is a professor of law and Vanderbilt's athletics director, was honored by Nashville's African American newspaper for making "Vanderbilt athethletics a national model." Read MoreJan. 4, 2018