http://law.emory.edu//news-center/tags/feeds/homepage.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2019 18:34:45 -0400https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2019/04/03/ex-prosecutor-now-atlanta-in-house-lawyer-nominated-for-federal-judgeship/e508c0330ae720981230de861506cf5cOn April 2, President Donald Trump announced he intends to nominate Steven Grimberg 98L for U.S. District Court judge, to serve in Atlanta. Grimberg is a former U.S. attorney known for prosecuting white-collar and cyber crimes, who served with the Department of Justice for more than 12 years. In 2018, he joined Nardello & Co., where he is managing director, head of the Atlanta office, and general counsel of the Americas. Wed, 03 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0400https://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2019/03/21/64303/trump-s-new-executive-order-has-to-do-with-free-sp/d9db39180ae720981230de863e01dfc4"President Donald Trump is expected to order U.S. colleges to protect free speech on their campuses or risk losing federal funding," California radio station KPCC 89.3 reports. Associate Professor Alexander Volokh was a guest on the show to discuss the issue. He is chair of the Emory University's Committee for Open Expression, an on-campus free speech organization. Thu, 21 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0400https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2019/03/18/supreme-court-asks-sg-for-views-on-another-section-101-case/a6a7cb640ae72098248f13f35ba8cf2eFor the second time this term, the U.S. Supreme Court has asked for the solicitor general's views on a case involving Section 101 patent eligibility. The high court's decisions in the past few years have led to the rejection of thousands of patents, mostly in software but also in biopharma. "I think two CVSGs suggests that the court is concerned about the way the doctrine is developing at the Federal Circuit and the broader impact" that its decisions have had, particularly Mayo Collaborative v. Prometheus Laboratories and CLS Bank v. Alice, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law Timothy Holbrook told the National Law Journal.Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0400https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/03/01/toxic-legacy-korean-war/4adabe100ae7209876619d73cb09b0ad"The collapse of talks between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jung Un in Hanoi means that Pyongyang's nuclear program will continue--and so, too, will the still unresolved Korean War, now nearly 70 years old," Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law Mary Dudziak writes in an opinion article for the Washington Post. "The war, which ended with a truce but not a peace treaty, is famously forgotten in the United States, but it is invoked as legal authority every time a president sends U.S. troops overseas without congressional authorization."Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500https://rewire.news/article/2019/02/26/could-georgia-be-the-38th-state-to-ratify-the-era/4a745d2a0ae7209876619d73e99821d8The ERA only needs one more state for ratification. Will Georgia be it? A bipartisan group of women in the state senate are mobilizing around a resolution calling on the state to ratify the ERA, which would amend the U.S. Constitution to guarantee equal rights regardless of sex, Rewire News reports. "We need the ERA to protect women's rights because it would provide explicit basis in the text of the Constitution for the recognition of women's equality," said Emory Law Associate Professor Deborah Dinner, clarifying that these rights currently only exist in state and federal laws, and under a broad interpretation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500https://news.bloomberglaw.com/pharma-and-life-sciences/ge-gets-patent-on-medical-data-bedside-machine-canceled-1/?utm_source=Email_Share309038b20ae7209812f3d72eaa293427The University of Florida went to court to defend patent rights for a machine that compiles patient vital statistics and displays them. Its arguments included asserting sovereign immunity. The latter defense was weak, as was the claim that the invention deserved a patent, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law Timothy Holbrook told Bloomberg. "The ruling on patentability `shows that taking something by hand and automating it with a computer is not going to be patent-eligible unless there is some technological advance in the process of automating it,' Holbrook said. 'An unsurprising outcome.'"Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500http://law.emory.edu//news-center/releases/2019/02/Satz-drafts-proposed-legislation-to-protect-primates-Cory-Booker-Senate.html25f070810ae7209812f3d72e8c7a5e7fA new bill sponsored by US Senator Cory Booker would end unethical and unnecessary testing on nonhuman primates. The New Jersey senator's office contacted Emory Law Professor Ani Satz to draft what would become the "Primate Protection and Research Modernization Act of 2018" after reading her opinion article on Volkswagen's primate experiments. Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500https://www.wabe.org/trumps-national-emergency-declaration-an-emory-scholar-looks-at-the-coming-constitutional-fight/023cb0490ae720987eb6affbca5e8888Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law Robert Schapiro spoke with WABE about President Trump's recent declaration of a national emergency in order to secure funds to build a border wall. The Constitution states the power of the purse is the province of Congress, not the president, Schapiro said. However, Congress itself created the emergency exception that allows the president to reallocate money in a true crisis, such as 9/11. Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500https://www.nysscpa.org/news/publications/the-trusted-professional/article/study-critiques-sec-pay-ratio-rule-calls-it-disclosure-by-soundbite-021219d9d09cdd0ae720981230de869066543c"The CEO pay ratio rule that was implemented as part of the Dodd-Frank Act mandates that companies disclose the ratio between CEO pay and median employee pay, and while the ostensible purpose was to shine light on compensation-related governance issues, two law professors have concluded that, given the vagueness of the rule's requirements, it serves as little more than 'click bait' to incite emotions," the article reads, citing the study co-authored by Emory Law Assistant Professor George S. Georgiev. "Trusted Professional" is the newspaper of the N.Y. State Society of CPAs.Tue, 12 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500http://www.cfo.com/disclosure/2019/02/ceo-pay-ratio-rule-is-disclosure-by-soundbite/167dfbe40ae7209837b2b07a4ddf9270"Opponents of the CEO pay ratio rule have a new ally: a comprehensive academic analysis that methodically constructs a case for the rule's worthlessness," CFO magazine says of a recent paper co-authored by Emory Law Assistant Professor George S. Georgiev. The paper, the first academic analysis of the pay ratio rule following the first round of reporting, has a chance of influencing changes to the rule, Georgiev said. "I think our proposal is fairly reasonable, so that's what we're hoping for," he says. "You can't stop journalists from looking for a headline, but you can put the numbers in context."Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500https://www.lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcast-future-warfarede0c91a40ae720981bf1b7d5acefa801Laurie Blank, director of the International Humanitarian Law Clinic, recently spoke on the evolution of warfare and predictions about what's next. "From the increasing development of autonomous weapons systems to the expansion of the traditional battlefield to cyber and outer space, the evolution of warfare invites ethical and legal questions about what the future holds," says the Lawfare blog. The panel discussion was held in November 2018, moderated by former Air Force and Army general counsel Chuck Blanchard.Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-02-08/you-have-to-know-whose-data-you-re-usingce688ce10ae720985040332ba4baa74fResearch by Emory Law Assistant Professor George S. Georgiev was featured in a Bloomberg opinion article on alternative data and the relevance of a new SEC disclosure requirement: CEO pay ratios, or the difference between the CEO's pay and its median employee. Columnist Matt Levine quotes Georgiev's co-authored article: "We suggest that the pay ratio disclosure rule represents a unique approach to disclosure, which we term disclosure-as-soundbite. This approach is characterized by (1) high public salience--the pay ratio is superficially intuitive and resonates with the public to an extent much greater than other disclosure, and (2) low informational integrity--the pay ratio is a relative outlier in terms of certain baseline characteristics of disclosure, meaning that the information is lacking in accuracy, difficult to interpret, and incomplete."Fri, 08 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500https://www.npr.org/2019/02/02/690916819/the-history-behind-the-highs-and-lows-of-the-marginal-tax-rateb8e03d890ae720985040332b96b2e9ddEmory Law professor Dorothy Brown discussed the history of the U.S. marginal tax rate with with NPR's Scott Simon on "Weekend Edition." There was outrage this week at the suggestion of a 70 percent tax rate, but Brown says "Marginal tax rates went as high as 94 percent in the mid-'40s. It was also 91 percent as late as 1963. We had a 70 percent marginal tax rate as late as 1980. And currently, our marginal tax rate is 37 percent. So we've had very high marginal tax rates for many, many years."Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500https://en.unesco.org/courier/2019-1/abdullahi-ahmed-naim-human-rights-secular-state-and-sharia-today?2fabcb1f0ae7209812f3d72e8095c7f2Emory Law Professor and CSLR Senior Fellow Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, author of "Islam and the Secular State," is interviewed by UNESCO on how concept, content and context affect meaningful changes in human rights, and also, his "The Future of Sharia," project.Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0500https://www.ajc.com/news/local/super-bowl-souper-bowl-atlanta-companies-tiptoe-around-legal-issue/KsSxXnIASUoZaTOBhqjhpJ/a61f3b5f0ae720984c1a69f462256b67Super Bowl LIII will bring a lot of money to Atlanta-area business on its coattails. However, "The NFL has a history of smacking non-sponsor companies that it believes infringe on the lucrative trademark of its biggest show," says an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story. Non-affiliated companies who use Super Bowl images and label themselves "official," might be in trouble. Some use of the words "Super Bowl" are clear-cut violations, some depend on which company or organization is using them, said Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law Tim Holbrook. Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0500http://law.emory.edu//news-center/releases/2019/01/2019-01-09-Adelman-Hubert-emory-medalists.html3350f2590ae720983024758069855a7fDavid Adelman 89L and Richard Hubert 60L, the two alumni chosen as this year's Emory Medalists, share both a global worldview and a JD from Emory Law. Wed, 09 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0500https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/28/what-will-history-books-say-about-2018-2235610f5778d10ae7209869257ce897e0bad6Politico asked 16 historians how the past year will be viewed by coming generations. "2018 will be remembered as the year of cruelty," writes Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law Mary L. Dudziak. From child deaths at the border to President Trump's refusal to sanction Saudi Arabia for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, it was a brutal year, Dudziak said. "The list goes on and on--there is too much cruelty for one paragraph. Congress, and the American people, aided the president's cruelty by failing to do whatever it would take to stop him."Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0500http://law.emory.edu//news-center/releases/2018/12/witte-invited-gifford-lecturer-scotland-2020.html75a615c50ae720982e41b2a2dbd021e9John Witte Jr. has been invited as a Gifford Lecturer for 2020, a celebratory year that marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Scottish jurist Adam Lord Gifford, founder of the esteemed lecture series begun in 1888. Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0500http://www.ip-watch.org/2018/11/27/panellists-cbd-funds-needed-save-biodiversity-genetic-resources-not-nagoya-protocol-included/76110df70ae720982e41b2a2d8a0fbc8"The access and benefit sharing protocol of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity is based on bilateral agreements between providers and users of genetic resources. There are, however, many cases where genetic resources are dispersed, and difficult to attribute to only one location," reads an IP Watch story. "The issue is being discussed at the biennial meeting of the CBD member states, in particular the possibility of a global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism to address those genetic resources not yet covered by the protocol." Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law Margo Bagley served as a source for the story.Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/georgia-kingpin-mayor-daughter-escape-prosecution-involving-missing-city-funds/85-191f9213-3c57-406c-886d-61d0bc48539d763555380ae720982e41b2a2b4368066Professor Kay Levine is interviewed by 11Alive's Andy Pierrotti for The Reveal about the case of a Georgia mayor and his daughter escaping prosecution for missing city funds. "Eight years ago, a grand jury believed a former mayor and his daughter deserved to stand trial after an audit discovered more than $500,000 went missing from a small town. It never went to trial," the story reads.Mon, 19 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500https://cen.acs.org/policy/intellectual-property/Countries-debate-plan-equate-digitized/96/i4675daa73a0ae720982e41b2a27323b46bResearchers teasing out genetic codes from plants, animals, fungi, and microbes have deposited quadrillions of digital nucleotide sequences in open access databases, Chemical and Engineering News reports. "Now, more than 110 countries are considering a proposal that would affect scientists' ability to use these data. The aim is for the users to share benefits--financial or otherwise--that accrue from application of this information with the countries that are home to the organisms whose genes were sequenced." Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law Margo Bagley was quoted as an expert.Mon, 19 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/01/opinions/racism-is-one-helluva-drug-brown/index.htmld5ff13e20ae7209872515ec0073d1ad9President Trump has tweeted a frightening video of an undocumented immigrant from Mexico talking about killing police in the past and in the future, Emory Law Professor Dorothy Brown writes for CNN. But,"The research is clear," she says. "Undocumented and legal immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native-born American citizens." Trump's card is racism, but his ad might prove to be his "biggest political blunder yet," she writes.Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0400https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/10/impeachment-west-virginias-supreme-court/574495/d609b9bc0ae7209872515ec062d18335"Courts, it is often remarked, control neither armies nor treasuries. Their power comes from their legitimacy," says The Atlantic. Emory Law Professor Joanna Shepherd is quoted in a story about the Republican legislature in West Virginia impeaching state supreme court justices. Post Citizens United, new judicial dark money overwhelmingly came from conservative groups, which resulted in a surge of TV attack ads on judges. They are often missing "any sort of nuance or explanation for why a judge voted that way . . . They fail to mention that there was an illegal search and seizure or something like that," Shepherd said, adding, "The system is forcing judges to act a lot more like politicians than as true judges."Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0400https://www.11alive.com/article/news/nation-world/verify-do-other-countries-have-birthright-citizenship-can-trump-take-it-away/85-609663277cb2b200a0ae7209872515ec07981acfbPresident Donald Trump says he wants to use an executive order to end the constitutional right to American citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented parents, 11Alive reports. Emory Law Professor Alexander Volokh says that idea is meritless. "The idea that Trump can end birthright citizenship by executive order is probably one of the most illegal ideas that Trump has expressed," he said. An executive order doesn¿t override the Constitution, he said, and Congress would have to vote to change the constitutional provision concerning citizenship.Tue, 30 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0400https://www.wabe.org/episode/closer-look-election-2018-amendment-4-marsys-law/cb284b1b0ae7209872515ec03ad7bd9bMarsy's Law was originally passed in California in 2008, and other states have adopted it, WABE reports. What does the language mean for both victims and the accused? Emory Law Professor Kay Levine was interviewed about what passing the amendment would mean for Georgians. Georgia already has some of the strongest victims rights laws in the country, and changing the law through constitutional amendment is "the most significant and the hardest to accomplish, and it's also the hardest to reverse," Levine says. So such changes should be made cautiously. Also, the language voters see doesn't reflect the entire amendment. Ballot draft text "has become too brief and too simple, and it is insulting to voters to assume that they couldn't handle a bit more complexity," Levine says.Tue, 30 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0400