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November 2014 Law@Vanderbilt Class Notes Highlights
NEWS Daniel Adam Cohen ’00, has joined Baker Donelson as a shareholder and chair of the firm’s higher education group. Dan will focus his practice on representing colleges and universities in their legal affairs. Todd Robert Overman ’02, a member at Bass… Read MoreOct. 17, 2014
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Study by Randall Thomas and two colleagues indicates top plaintiffs' firms achieve greater success
Study conducted by Thomas with C.N.V. Krishnan and Steven D. Solomon examines outcomes of 1,739 class action lawsuits challenging the fairness of M&A transactions between 2003 and 2012. Read MoreOct. 16, 2014
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Jennifer Shinall explores link between weight and workplace discrimination
Shinall asks if weight should become the sixth protection under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Read MoreOct. 10, 2014
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Matthew Downer ‘14 wins 2014 Gellhorn-Sargentich writing competition sponsored by ABA
Downer is the second Vanderbilt Law graduate in the past two years to win the prestigious award Read MoreOct. 10, 2014
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October 2014 Law@Vanderbilt Class Notes Highlights
NEWS Daniel Adam Cohen ’00, has joined Baker Donelson as a shareholder and chair of the firm’s higher education group. Dan will focus his practice on representing colleges and universities in their legal affairs. Todd Robert Overman ’02, a member at Bass… Read MoreSep. 25, 2014
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Are college football coaches overpaid?
New research by Professor Randall Thomas and Lawrence Van Horn compares college coaches to CEOs. Read MoreSep. 15, 2014
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Definitive law and neuroscience reference book co-authored by Owen Jones released
Interdisciplinary guide’s co-authors include neuroscientist Jeffrey Schall and law professor Francis Shen of the University of Minnesota. Read MoreSep. 9, 2014
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Noted civil rights lawyer George E. Barrett, Class of 1957, dead at 86
Barrett was “a powerful voice for social justice, civil rights and civil liberties” in Nashville for more than 55 years. Read MoreAug. 27, 2014
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19 members of the Class of 2014 selected for Order of the Coif
Order of the Coif members are selected by faculty approval and represent the top 10 percent of the class. Read MoreAug. 26, 2014
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September 2014 Law@Vanderbilt Class Notes Highlights
NEWS Daniel Adam Cohen ’00, has joined Baker Donelson as a shareholder and chair of the firm’s higher education group. Dan will focus his practice on representing colleges and universities in their legal affairs. Todd Robert Overman ’02, a member at Bass… Read MoreAug. 26, 2014