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A group of experts will explore the changing world of copyright law in the digital age at a Law School symposium Friday. The rapid emergence of technologies such as peer-to-peer music sharing and streaming online video has made digital delivery of music, movies and other media as simple as the click

Top scholars, business leaders and practitioners will explore the role of the United States in the global credit crisis during a symposium at the Law School on Friday. Featuring speakers and panels on the government bailout, country defaults, the future of the financial crisis and the slowdown in

In part, it was a viral video of two well-known comedians hurling obscenities at each other that prompted a pair of University of Virginia law professors to take a serious look at how professional comics protect themselves from joke theft. Professors Chris Sprigman, left, and Dotan Oliar In February

Corporate executives hiring outside counsel want realistic advice, consistency and credibility, said David Snively, senior vice president, secretary and general counsel of agribusiness giant Monsanto. David Snively Snively, who spoke to students Monday, is experienced in dealing with outside counsel

Intellectual property creators deserve to be protected by institutional systems, just like any other kind of property owner, said Professor Rob Merges at the Law School's Lester Zittrain Distinguished Lecture Tuesday. Rob Merges "Intellectual property really is, and should be, a form of property

The nation's foremost securities law scholars will gather at the Law School on Friday to mark the 75th anniversary of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

An "early offers" program in which medical malpractice and product liability lawsuits could be quickly settled would improve a tort system that is often slow, expensive and unfair, according to a new book co-authored by Law School Professor Jeffrey O'Connell. In "A Recipe for Balanced Tort Reform,"

The histories of tort and insurance law are inextricably intertwined, a Law School professor writes in a new book published by the Harvard University Press. Kenneth Abraham In "The Liability Century: Insurance and Tort Law From the Progressive Era to 9/11," Kenneth Abraham, David and Mary Harrison

There are strong advantages to a system in which businesses facing personal injury lawsuits could promptly pay injured parties for out-of-pocket medical expenses and lost wages while avoiding long court battles, high legal fees and "pain and suffering" damages, according to a new study. Law School

After a year in Justice David Souter's chambers, Leslie Kendrick '06 will join the Law School faculty this fall, bringing the myriad experiences in U.S. law and politics that come with a Supreme Court clerkship. Leslie Kendrick "This kind of bird's-eye experience of the legal process is a good

Business law expert George Geis will become a permanent member of the Law School faculty in the fall. George Geis Geis, who previously taught at the University of Alabama School of Law, was a visiting professor at the Law School this year, teaching contracts, agency and partnership and corporate

Lawmakers should resist the temptation to try and legislate a quick-fix solution to the housing woes associated with the subprime mortgage collapse, a Law School alum told a room full of students on March 27. Todd Zywicki '93 "Right now there is a substantial possibility that Congress or regulators

Courts and prosecutors need more guidance on how to regulate agreements allowing the use of private attorneys to monitor corporate fraud settlements, law professor Brandon Garrett told the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Tuesday.

Advocates for national security over privacy should consider the inherent security risks of surveillance and other security measures, said Jennifer Chandler, luncheon speaker at the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology symposium, "Modern Topics in Information Privacy" Feb. 8 at the Law School.

Business law experts will gather at the Law School in Caplin Pavilion on Friday, Feb. 15 to explore whether tumbling U.S. stock markets and recent economic distress signal a decline in U.S. capital and competitiveness on the global stage. At the symposium, titled "The Competitive Edge: Is the U.S

The Virginia Journal of Law and Technology (VJoLT) and McGuire Woods are hosting a symposium to address the myriad legal issues that arise when technology and privacy collide. Scheduled for Friday, Feb. 8, in Caplin Auditorium, the conference features scholars from the Wharton School and the

University of Virginia law professor George Cohen has lodged an informal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission regarding potential legal ethics and antitrust violations triggered by what could be a multibillion-dollar settlement agreement over the controversial painkiller Vioxx.

Papers on dying without a will, the right to die, and retirement securities took the top three spots at the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) writing competition — and all of them were written by UVA law students. Their articles will be published in the NAELA Student Journal, which is

The Law School will host an Entrepreneurial Boot Camp program Friday, October 12 in Withers-Brown Hall's Purcell Reading Room, featuring members of the Alumni Business Advisory Council. Starting and building a business is one of the most challenging and rewarding initiatives an individual can

Professor George Yin , recently named the inaugural Edwin S. Cohen Distinguished Professor of Taxation and Law, argued that temporary-effect legislation rather than permanent legislation facilitates fiscal responsibility in Congress during his chair lecture in Caplin Pavilion, Sept. 12.