Vanderbilt Law News
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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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“Vote for US: A Conversation with Election Rights Expert Joshua Douglas” schedule Thurs., Feb. 6, at VLS
Professor Douglas teaches voting rights and election law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. He is the author of the 2019 book “Vote for US: How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting.” Read MoreJan. 21, 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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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
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Paige Skiba and Caroline Malone, JD/PhD’22 on how payday lenders use installment loans to evade regulation
In a Dec. 9 article published by The Conversation, Skiba and Malone explain why payday lenders have embraced installment loans, based on their recent study that explored the effect that the larger installment loans have on borrowers. Their results suggest that installment loans may create additional financial strain for consumers rather than benefiting them. Read MoreDec. 9, 2019
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Books by W. Kip Viscusi and Michael Vandenbergh among best environmental writing in past 50 years.
Viscusi’s book Pricing Lives and Vandenbergh’s book, Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change, co-authored with VU professor Jonathan Gilligan, were included in “Reading the Environment: 1969-2019,” an Environmental Forum overview of influential environmental writing by Oliver Houck and G. Tracy Mehan II. Read MoreDec. 3, 2019
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“A Counterintuitive and Compelling Case for Class-Action Lawsuits”: Read Judge Kenneth Lee’s review of Brian Fitzpatrick’s new book
In a book review published in the National Review, Judge Kenneth K. Lee of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals touts Fitzpatrick's book, "The Conservative Case for Class Action Lawsuits," as "a clever, contrarian, and counterintuitive take on class actions that should open the eyes of both conservatives and liberals." Read MoreDec. 2, 2019