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When President Donald Trump addresses Congress on Tuesday, George Yin, the University of Virginia School of Law professor who explained how Congress can obtain and reveal the president's tax returns without his consent, will be there.

Students at the University of Virginia School of Law have been recognized by the American Bar Association with the 2016 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Award for leading University efforts to help taxpayers prepare their own returns. Each year, the Law School's VITA program collaborates with other

The possibility of an international legal instrument to protect indigenous IP rights remains alive thanks to the efforts of Professor Margo Bagley and international delegates who worked down to the wire at recent World Intellectual Property Organization General Assembly talks.

UVA Law professor George Yin, who previously held one of the most influential tax positions in the country when he headed the nonpartisan staff of the U.S. Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation, claims in his latest paper that the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee violated the law in 2014 when it released to the public the tax return information of 51 taxpayers.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Ruth Mason , an expert in comparative taxation, facilitated a victory for tax justice in the U.S. when her amicus brief , co-authored with Michael S. Knoll of the University of Pennsylvania, helped persuade the Supreme Court in its decision last month

The First Amendment Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law has prevailed in its latest Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Justice. The clinic recently obtained copies of 18 deals the department made with big businesses and other entities to settle alleged

An article by University of Virginia School of Law professor Dotan Oliar , economics Ph.D. student Nathanial Pattison and third-year law student K. Ross Powell has been selected for inclusion in the 2015 edition of Intellectual Property Law Review, an anthology of the best IP law scholarship

Several University of Virginia School of Law alumni are teaching students in a new short course about the role of corporate lawyers in business transactions and how that role evolves throughout the life cycle of a company. The Role of Counsel in Business Transactions, a one-credit course offered

Both quarterbacks facing off in the Super Bowl on Sunday have ties to the University of Virginia School of Law. Donald Yee '87 Harry Wilson '80 New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's long-time agent is Donald Yee '87 , co-founder of Yee & Dubin Sports, a sports management and consulting firm

A new University of Virginia School of Law course set in Israel offered students a unique way to study the nation's business laws and entrepreneurial practices last week. UVA Law professors Michal Barzuza , a corporate law expert, and Dotan Oliar , an intellectual property expert, led the six-day

Some of the most elite tech companies in the world will defend themselves in a patent litigation hearing to be held at the University of Virginia School of Law on Jan. 20 from 1-5 p.m. in Caplin Auditorium. U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis of the Eastern District of Virginia will preside at the

As the 14th Powell Fellow in Legal Services , University of Virginia School of Law student Cat Martin '15 will help Philadelphia homeowners avoid foreclosure due to back taxes. Next year Martin will start her fellowship at the Homeownership and Consumer Law Unit of Community Legal Services of

How authorities decide whether a threat is criminal has grown murky in a world where many of us communicate electronically, often on social media.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Brandon Garrett's new book, "Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations," which will be released this month by Harvard University Press, examines the lenient backroom deals federal prosecutors are increasingly forging with big business.