Vanderbilt Law News
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Chris Giancarlo ’84, chairman of U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to deliver Sims Lecture April 13
Giancarlo's talk will address ongoing efforts to reform over-the-counter derivatives marks in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Read MoreMar. 15, 2018
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Environmental symposium March 12 addresses environmental regulations
The noon panel discussion features Blake Hudson of Houston Law, Michael Butler of the Tennessee Wildlife Foundation, Bob Martineau of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, and Greer Tidwell od Bridgestone Americas. Read MoreMar. 9, 2018
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Laura Dolbow ’17 wins 2018 Law360 Distinguished Writing Award through Burton Awards Program
Dolbow was honored for her Note, “A Distinction without a Difference: Convergence in Claims Construction Standards,” published in the 2017 Vanderbilt Law Review. Read MoreMar. 9, 2018
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Read Salt Lake Tribune profile of Assistant U.S. Attorney Stewart Walz ’76
Walz, who retired at the end of February, spent 42 years in government service, and had served as his office's senior litigation counsel since 1999. Read MoreMar. 8, 2018
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Legal First Responders panel highlights ways to use legal skills in crisis situations
Thomas Castelli of the ACLU of Tennessee, immigration lawyer Andrew Free ’09 and election law expert Junaid Odubeko ’04 discuss how lawyers can respond to legal emergencies. Read MoreMar. 7, 2018
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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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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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Nat Robinson ’18 (MBA’07) leads Vanderbilt team to South by Southwest business pitch competition
The team’s start-up, Leaf Global Fintech, was selected as a finalist in the Payment and FinTech category of the SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event, at which teams compete for funding. Read MoreJan. 25, 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