Monthly Archives: January 2021

Professor Milena Sterio participated in a podcast, “Asymmetrical Haircuts,” in episode 34 titled “Distant Diplomacy.”  The podcast is co-hosted by Stephanie van den Berg and Janet Anderson, and it addresses topics of international justice.  The episode which Professor Sterio participated … Continue reading →

Chris Sagers, the James A. Thomas Professor of Law, has participated in a number of recent symposia. He will appear in February at a conference hosted by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the University of Kentucky School of … Continue reading →

Chris Sagers, the James A. Thomas Professor of Law, recently spoke with the New York Times, Publishers’ Weekly, and the industry journal Modern Retail about new antitrust allegations against Amazon in the long-running antitrust saga of electronic books. Sagers is an authority on those matters, having … Continue reading →

Professor Kevin O’Neill is quoted an article on First Amendment Watch on whether Donald Trump’s January 6 exhortation to his followers was an act of incitement that falls within the unprotected boundaries of Brandenburg v. Ohio — a 1969 Supreme Court decision that … Continue reading →

Howard Katz made a presentation at the AALS annual conference. He gave advice about teaching at a session on January 8 sponsored by the New Law Professors section that was attended by nearly 250 people. Howard continues to serve on the … Continue reading →

Professor Milena Sterio has been advising the government of Sudan on transitional justice issues, and in particular on the future establishment of the Special Court for Darfur and the Transitional Justice Commission for Sudan.  Professor Sterio has been working on … Continue reading →

Professor Milena Sterio presented at the 2021 AALS Annual Meeting.  On January 7, Professor Sterio was a presenter on a session entitled “How to Pick an International Law Casebook?” which was sponsored by the International Law section.  On January 9, … Continue reading →

Professor Christa Laser’s paper, “Certiorari in Patent Cases,” was just published in AIPLA Quarterly Journal. The paper has been listed in several SSRN top ten lists, including Judges and Federal Courts & Jurisdiction. The article can be downloaded here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3728706. … Continue reading →

Clinical Professor of Law Doron Kalir was asked by The Fulcrum, in light of Black Wednesday’s events on Capitol Hill, to provide a short explanation as to basic legal concepts such as Sedition, Insurrection, Treason, and the 25th Amendment.  Separately, Professor Kalir … Continue reading →

On January 6, 2021, Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson presented her current research project at the 2021 AALS Annual Meeting’s State and Local Government Law and Natural Resources and Energy Law Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Agricultural and Food Law and Environmental … Continue reading →