Vanderbilt Law News
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How Patent Law Can Protect Public Health
Sean Seymore, Centennial Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School, argues that federal courts have “abandoned their gatekeeping function” for protecting public health in patent cases. Read MoreMay. 20, 2024
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Joshua Lehde Named 2024 George Barrett Social Justice Fellow
Lehde will work at the Appellate Division of the Public Defenders Conference of Tennessee Read MoreMay. 17, 2024
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Christian Dunn Receives Founder’s Medal for the Class of 2024
Christian Dunn of Columbus, Ohio, is this year’s Founder’s Medalist for the Law School. Read MoreMay. 14, 2024
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Why Have Venture Capitalists Become So Founder-Friendly?
Paper co-authored by Brian Broughman proposes a new model for analyzing VC behavior Read MoreMay. 14, 2024
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19 Members of the Class of 2024 Recognized at Commencement with Academic and Citizenship Awards
Inventions like drugs, medical devices, and wastewater treatment plants are subject to the same patent statues as those that fall outside of the public health sphere, but their significance raises specific policy questions without clear-cut answers. While strong patent protection helps pharmaceutical companies recoup R&D costs so they can continue… Read MoreMay. 13, 2024
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Vanderbilt Law School Students Craft Guide on Public Grocery Stores
First Paper from Policy Lab offers solutions to food deserts Read MoreMay. 7, 2024
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Voting Rights in the South: A Fundamental Right Worth Fighting For
The Voting Rights in the South Roundtable featured four panels of diverse and advocacy driven panelists Read MoreMay. 6, 2024
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Why Rescheduling Marijuana Won’t Save the Marijuana Industry
Vanderbilt Law Professor Robert Mikos outlines the limitations of Rescheduling Marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act Read MoreMay. 6, 2024
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Former Tennessee Solicitor General Andrée S. Blumstein ’81 Returns to Private Practice at Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC
Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC is pleased to announce that attorney Andrée S. Blumstein '81 will be returning to her private practice at the firm on May 6, 2024. Read MoreMay. 3, 2024
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Six Vanderbilt Law Professors Honored with Hall-Hartman Awards
Six Vanderbilt Law professors were honored with Hall-Hartman Awards for Outstanding Teaching from the Vanderbilt Bar Association. Read MoreApr. 30, 2024