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I currently consult with four start-up pharmaceutical companies. Although I consult in a variety of areas for the companies, my expertise is intellectual property law.

The U.S. Supreme Court today dismissed a class-action lawsuit involving up to 1.5 million women who sued Wal-Mart for gender discrimination, citing the work of three University of Virginia law professors who have criticized the empirical methodology behind the plaintiffs' argument. From left, Greg

Ethan Yale , a University of Virginia law professor who focuses on tax law issues with real-world repercussions, was awarded the Law School's Professor Carl McFarland Prize on Friday. Ethan Yale The prize goes to a junior faculty member for outstanding research. It was very exciting. I was very

Influential intellectual property law scholar John Duffy will join the University of Virginia law faculty in the fall, expanding the school's notable roster of IP law experts. John Duffy Duffy, currently the Oswald Symister Colclough Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law

Experts from across the country will gather to discuss business ethics and corporate social responsibility at the Fifth Annual Virginia Law & Business Review Symposium on Feb. 25 at the University of Virginia School of Law. "The business crises of the last decade — from Enron to the current

A third-year Law School student is the winner of the Virginia State Bar's 2010 Intellectual Property Law Student Writing Competition, the organization announced. Timothy Cook Timothy A. Cook won for his article, " A Comparative Institutional Analysis of Pharmaceutical Reverse-Payment Settlement

A legal education can benefit even those with little interest in practicing law, Randal J. Kirk '79 told students last week. Randal J. Kirk '79 Kirk, a former country lawyer turned billionaire biotech investor, spoke about nontraditional career paths at a Sept. 14 event sponsored by the Student

Associate Professor Michal Barzuza , a law and economics scholar, has pursued a data-enriched approach to corporate law research. In one of her most recent working papers, "What Happens in Nevada?", written with UVA Professor David C. Smith of the McIntire School of Commerce, she explores how firms

My summer has started with the privilege of researching for Professor George Yin , tax scholar extraordinaire. My first assignment began with some tax minutiae, such as when a credit card receipt is actually reportable for a business, or when a mailed credit card number can be considered a donation

Four University of Virginia law professors are presenting at the annual meeting of the American Law and Economics Association on May 7-8 at Princeton University. Michal Barzuza "There is no higher-quality academic conference in law than the ALEA annual meeting," said Law School Dean Paul G. Mahoney

Experts from academia and the private sector will explore the role of private equity in the new global economy during a Virginia Law & Business Review symposium Friday. The symposium, which begins at 10 a.m. in Caplin Pavilion, will feature several panel discussions and addresses by Robert Bartlett

I have had the good fortune to spend my summer in Minneapolis working for both Littler Mendelson P.C., a leading labor and employment law firm and Ameriprise Financial, Inc. a key financial planning, asset management and insurance company. Melinda Hightower '11 is working for both Littler Mendelson

I have spent the past two months researching for Professor George Geis , who will be teaching a class on the global financial crisis in the spring of 2010. The financial crisis has affected many if not all facets of human life, and my research has focused on gathering scholarly articles that touch

As our nation's capital, Washington, D.C., is the seat of our federal government, but it's also home to the busiest Civil Division of any U.S. Attorney's Office, and that is where I am working this summer. Although our office represents the federal government in some affirmative capacities, there's

As a research assistant to Professor George Yin , I will be conducting research on a variety of tax issues during the upcoming summer months. The main focus of my work is researching and identifying tax shelters, or transactions aimed at tax avoidance. This area of the tax law continues to feature

Professors Tom Nachbar and Glen Robinson demystify communications law in their new casebook, "Communications Regulation." Professors Glen Robinson, left, and Thomas Nachbar "I've wanted to write [this casebook] for quite a few years," said Robinson, who served as the commissioner of the Federal

The Bush administration's tax cuts should expire once the United States reaches a target level of economic growth, Law School professor George Yin told the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance on Thursday during a hearing on middle-income tax relief.

Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld, founders of the Innocence Project, will be awarded the 2009 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law during the University's Founder's Day festivities in April. Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld "Nothing the legal system does is more important than

Injunctions in patent cases should be eliminated because they restrict public access to technology and undermine economic productivity, a Law School alum and leading patent reformist told students Feb. 12. Daniel Ravicher Daniel Ravicher '00, executive director of the Public Patent Foundation

Though it took most of the world by surprise, there were indicators that predicted the recent global economic crisis, according to panelists at the Virginia Law & Business Review Symposium's practitioner panel. From left: Franklin Edmonds, Robert Bruner and Paul Mahoney The symposium, "Global Credit