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Hughes: If you're in line at 7 p.m. to vote, stay in line, it's your right
Acevedo: If Trump wins, expect a 'grinding halt' in Fulton RICO case
Nevitt: Gas leaf blowers crank more pollution than a Ford F-150
Carter joins Senator Ossoff to announce new federal foster care bill
Sag: Challenge over hallucinations could create 'immense difficulties' for AI companies
Sag comments on Penguin's 'do not scrape for AI' stance
Sag sides with parents who sued son's school for punishing his AI use
Sag: It's time to replace Communications Decency Act's liability shield
Jennings: Senate candidate's stock shorting financially smart, politically risky
Hughes: Losing Georgia Muslims' vote would impact Harris more than Trump
Blank: Pagers may not be prohibited by UN treaty designed to protect civilians
Hutchinson: We can't ignore Trump's dangerous immigrant tropes
Blank weighs in on use of pagers as explosives
Sag: Too soon to tell if new AI film tool will create or destroy jobs
Georgiev appointed to SEC Investor Advisory Committee
Acevedo: How does the law define parental negligence when a child kills?
Bagley: Hatch-Waxman's effect on the availability of generic drugs
Acevedo: Decision to charge father may be a breakthrough in how prosecutors approach school shootings
Levine comments on rare third trial in child death case
Morris on the 'Mad Hatter' opinion that could upend patent law
Nash: When is certification by a lower court appropriate?
Sag: There's an intrinsic difference in how ChatGPT and humans produce language
Nash on where Trump's state, federal cases stand a year after Georgia indictments
Jennings' new app provides free SEC Edgar alerts
Hutchinson comments on Texas case that claims school's dreadlocks policy is racist
Acevedo questions GA Senate Committee's intent to subpoena Willis
Turner Clinic helps create next generation of sustainable farms
Ajunwa: Was Crowdstrike's meltdown negligent or foreseeable?
Nash comments on proposed amendment barring presidential immunity
Analysis: Nevitt on Loper Bright Enterprises
The court’s recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises has enormous implications for environmental law and prospective climate action. While agencies and courts are digesting the ruling, there are four initial takeaways for environmental law.
Jennings: The taint of corporate criminal conviction
Analysis: Nash on Trump v. United States
In response to the prosecution by Special Counsel Jack Smith on federal charges arising out of the 2020 election and the events of January 6, 2021, President Trump claimed that as president he was entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution. After losing in the district court and court of appeals, he appealed to the Supreme Court.
Analysis: Zhang on Moore v. United States
In June 2024, the United States Supreme Court decided Moore v. United States. The Petitioners in Moore challenged of the Mandatory Repatriation Tax (“MRT”), a provision of the international-tax regime of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”).
Bagley's work supports new international IP treaty
This spring, the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization adopted its first new international treaty in over a decade—the first to connect intellectual property with the genetic resources and traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples.
Hughes: Harris is most strategic, intelligent choice for Dems
Hughes: Americans want a ticket that reflects values, ideas
Shepherd discusses impact of judges' campaign war chests
Sag on AI in film: Does it learn or copy while training?
Nash: Does Chevron ruling put other 'bare quorum' cases at risk?
Nash on Cannon's 'bombshell' dismissal of Trump classified documents case
Hughes: What happens if a presidential nominee withdraws?
Broyde: SCOTUS won't tolerate 10 Commandments display in public schools
Smith breaks down impact of Chevron's fall, immunity ruling
CSLR announces van der Vyver professorship
Emory University School of Law and the Center for the Study of Law and Religion have announced the establishment of the Johan van der Vyver Professorship in Law and Religion.
Nevitt: Current U.S. law, policy can't manage climate change
Hughes says Civll Rights Act issues persist 60 years after passage
Volokh: SCOTUS agency rulings keep government accountable
Hutchinson: SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling suggests partiality
A message to students from Dean Freer
I am honored to start my service as Dean of Emory Law today.
Nash explains absolute vs. presumptive presidential immunity
Broyde: Teaching the Bible as literature, not religion, may be constitutional
Acevedo: Racketeering is not part of the presidency
Jennings: SCOTUS ruling on SEC in-house judges could lead to stepped-up state enforcement
Nash: Trump will ask court to dismiss GA charges
Nash: Presidential immunity won't wipe out GA case against Trump
Volokh: SCOTUS considered immunity for the ages, not just Trump
Smith: Presidential immunity ruling doesn't apply to GA codefendants
Nevitt: How to break the climate disaster cycle
Simon: SCOTUS bankruptcy ruling won’t eliminate Texas two-step in mass torts
Bagley: The role of trust in advancing equity in innovation
Smith: How the SCOTUS Dobbs decision affects the presidential race
Georgiev: Workplace issues are becoming a board-level concern
Smith: Why the Supreme Court took up a transgender law case
Morris: Claiming ownership of future social posts is worthless
Georgiev testifies before Senate Climate Change Task Force
Emory Law faculty earn tenure, named professorships
The Emory University Board of Trustees recently recognized several faculty members for their accomplishments as scholars, teachers, and contributors of service to Emory and the broader community.
Ajunwa: Human bias can influence AI hiring systems
Acevedo on whether Trump could attend RNC, post-sentencing
Levine debunks false story on Judge Merchan's jury instructions
Acevedo: Trump's 'aura of invincibility' broken by NY verdict
Georgiev comments on Exxon shareholders' climate protest
Broyde: 3 reasons why Alito's flag displays don’t merit recusal
Broyde: It's OK for GA judicial candidates to air views on abortion
Commencement 2024: 'Dream in the future, live in the moment'
On Sunday, May 12, Emory University School of Law graduated more than 300 students during ceremonies held at the Gas South Convention Center in Duluth.
Lawrence: Adults on dating apps unlike kids with gaming addiction
Bagley: New patent standard to provide transparency for DSI, genetic resources
Jennings: Why Trump jury selection will take longer in Georgia than Manhattan
Georgiev: Shift to carbon neutral economy akin to industrial revolution
Morris: AI will provide a 'huge boost' for smaller firms
Emory Law honors 40 years of Fineman's Feminism and Legal Theory Project
Jennings explains Trump's NYC criminal trial involving hush money, falsified business records
Shepherd: How GA legislation could affect plaintiffs in trucking, landowner cases
Acevedo: McAfee's ruling doesn't exclude speech-based defense at trial
Carter: DFACS housing requirements keep kids in foster care longer
Ajunwa: New federal AI standards may inspire more agencies to use it
Acevedo: 1st amendment defense in Trump cases will likely fail
Ajunwa: Don't let AI's 'seeming efficiency' take over human dignity
Acevedo: McAfee's ruling a partial victory for both sides
Levine explains Ibarra's request for jury trial in UGA murder case
Acevedo expects quick action on both defense appeal, new prosecutor, in GA Trump case
Smith on the subtext of McAfee's measured, lengthy ruling in Trump case
Smith: McAfee's ruling finds no evidence of actual conflict but the appearance of one
Acevedo: 'Middle of the road' ruling in GA Trump case may cause delays
Pinder: McAfee's ruling casts shadow on Willis' career
Acevedo: Trump team exploited an 'unforced error' from Willis
Broyde: Fund private education through direct aid, not tax credits
Jacobi: SCOTUS sidestepped Constitution in ruling for Trump
Hutchinson: GA will likely try to distance itself from IVF ruling
Jacobi: The dead, embryos, now have more control over their bodies than women