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Experts in the business of health care will convene at the University of Virginia School of Law to examine the future of the industry on Friday, April 6 in Caplin Pavilion. Earl "Duke" Collier '73 The conference, sponsored by the Virginia Law & Business Review and the Sadie Lewis Webb Program in Law

Athletes should be "good sports" in how they act toward each other, but good sportsmanship should also oblige professional sports organizations to treat their athletes well, National Football League Players Association head DeMaurice Smith '89 said Friday at the University of Virginia School of Law

Burcak Unsal, who graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law's LL.M. program in 2003, was recently named Google Inc.'s head legal counsel in Turkey. Burcak Unsal Prior to joining Google, Unsal led the law firm DLA Piper's corporate/mergers and acquisitions group in Istanbul. Unsal

In his State of the Union address , President Barack Obama outlined a number of significant tax reform proposals that he said would spur domestic economic growth, encourage job creation and require the wealthiest Americans to pay more in taxes. George Yin , a University of Virginia School of Law

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments today in Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations , a case that will test the FCC's authority to regulate profanity and nudity on broadcast television. The television networks are challenging the FCC's indecency policies

University of Virginia law professor Chris Sprigman, an expert in intellectual property and a Freakonomics blogger on innovation and copyright, is available to discuss the Stop Online Piracy Act, which is currently under review in the U.S. House of Representatives. Chris Sprigman "Big companies will

While conventional wisdom holds that mandatory disclosure of political activities chills political speech, University of Virginia School of Law professor Michael Gilbert argues that greater disclosure could actually lead to an increase in political speech. Gilbert, who authored a forthcoming paper

A group of students at the University of Virginia School of Law is working to ensure that the migrant farmworkers who bring in the harvest — primarily apples and peaches — at farms across the Charlottesville region are being treated fairly and that farmers are complying with the law. The Migrant

Not all media attorneys agree that sunshine is the best disinfectant." Anonymity can be an important part of the democratic process, said a prominent lawyer in the field Saturday at the University of Virginia School of Law. Baker Hostetler partner Bruce D. Brown carefully vetted U.S. Supreme Court

In a tough economy, it may be difficult for lawyers to champion ethical behavior, but the wisdom of conducting business ethically should be clear if you carefully weigh the benefits and costs, University of Virginia School of Law lecturer and alumnus Michael Ross '77 illustrates in his new book.

Legal experts will address free-speech rights and the controversial requirement to disclose campaign gifts during the inaugural Jefferson Symposium at the University of Virginia School of Law on Oct. 29 in Caplin Pavilion. The symposium, "Disclosure, Anonymity, and the First Amendment," is sponsored

Pharmaceutical companies have been enormously profitable in recent years, thanks in large part to sales generated from drugs protected by patents and other mechanisms that reduce or eliminate competition in the marketplace, according to University of Virginia School of Law professor Margo Bagley.

University of Virginia law professor Douglas Laycock made his third oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in a case concerning whether employees of religious organizations can sue for employment discrimination.

University of Virginia law professor Douglas Laycock will argue before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that the justices should retain limits on the ability of employees of religious organizations to sue for employment discrimination. Laycock, a leading expert on the law of religious liberty, is

Attorneys representing the parties involved in the controversial Supreme Court case Wal-Mart v. Dukes will debate the issues surrounding the decision on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in Caplin Pavilion. Mark Perry, attorney for Wal-Mart and a partner in the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and Joseph Sellers

University of Virginia law students in Professor Margo Bagley 's patent law classes got a rare first-hand look Friday at how patent disputes are decided at the federal appellate level. The students traveled to Washington, D.C., to observe oral arguments in four cases before a three-judge panel of

Deborah Platt Majoras '89, chief legal officer and secretary of Procter & Gamble and former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, will be the featured speaker at the University of Virginia School of Law's orientation for the Class of 2014 on Monday. Majoras, who chaired the FTC from 2004 to 2008

University of Virginia law professor George Yin recently spoke at an international symposium on Chinese income tax reform that attracted a broad cross-section of Chinese policymakers, including representatives of China's cabinet, treasury department, state tax administration and national legislature.

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UVA Law School Dean Paul G. Mahoney recently attended an unprecedented summit in Beijing between deans from leading law schools in the United States and China. Dean Paul G. Mahoney and eight other U.S. law school deans joined Chinese educators for a summit in Beijing. Photo courtesy University of