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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.

Law and economics expert Rich Hynes will join the Law School faculty this fall, bringing his expertise in law and business issues, with a particular focus on consumer bankruptcy.

In the face of the changing needs of patent applicants, increasing technological complexity, and the challenges inherent to an ever-expanding global economy, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is examining ways to adapt and change for the better, said PTO deputy director Stephen Pinkos.

Third-year law student Tom Chen is the recipient of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law's 2006 award for student writing for his article examining the controversial practice in which brand-name drug companies release generic versions of their own drug after their patent is challenged.

The Law School has named Musictoday executive vice president Jim Kingdon director of its Law & Business Program .

Redefining content distribution in response to rapid technological change is a critical matter for lawyers in the sports and entertainment industries, explained a panel of eminent experts in Caplin Auditorium Feb. 2. The panel, "Negotiating Sports and Entertainment Property Rights in the Digital Age

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will deliver the keynote address at this year's Conference on Public Service and the Law, to be held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16 and 17, at the Law School.

Third-year law students Jason McIntosh and Sarah Pendergraft have been selected to compete in the semifinals of the American Bar Association's Law Student Tax Challenge, an alternative to traditional moot court competitions that asks students to solve cutting-edge and complex business problems. Teams from about 40 law schools vied for the six slots; semifinalists will travel to the ABA Tax Section's midyear meeting Jan. 19 in Hollywood, Fla., where they will defend their solution before some of the top tax practitioners in the country.

Last March, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered CBS Broadcasting Inc. and its affiliate networks to forfeit $3.35 million for airing Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction," in which the singer's breast was exposed during the 2004 NFL Super Bowl halftime show. At the same time the FCC issued an "omnibus order" that fined networks and stations for airing "indecent" and "profane" material. Now the networks are fighting back in two cases- CBS v. FCC and Fox Television Stations et al v. FCC -that challenge the Commission's ruling in the Second and Third U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.

Virginia's strong business law curriculum has yielded many alumni who have pursued jobs as general counsels, and several returned to the Law School Oct. 19 to discuss their experiences and offer advice to students. Moderated by Professor Earl Dudley , the panel included Sharon Owlett '75, general

A panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit lobbed quips and tough questions at attorneys arguing four cases at the Law School Oct. 2, in what was the court's first hearing in Virginia. Chief Judge Paul Michel, a 1966 graduate of the Law School, presided, along with Senior Judge S. Jay Plager and Judge Randall R. Rader, who has taught at the Law School.

In 1998, Mickey Mouse was only a few years away from being owned by the public. But Disney and other powerful lobbyists accomplished what their predecessors had also succeeded at over the past two centuries: getting Congress to extend the copyright term, this time 20 more years, making protection last for the life of the author plus 70 years.

From couture fashion on New York runways to the suburban, mall-dwelling The Gap, shoppers see each season's fashion trends duplicated from store to store.

David Mordkoff and other students who have unique summer positions expect them to serve as excellent educational opportunities as well as assets during their future job searches.

The North Carolina Guardian ad Litem (GAL) State Office budget didn't include funds for an intern this summer-but the fellowships first-year law student Cary Brege received will allow her to work there for free while gaining invaluable insight into the areas of juvenile law and child advocacy that are so central to her career.

When a Virginia state employee was disciplined for posting documents to her employer's Web site at the direction of a superior, she found help from an unlikely place-Law School students eager to get experience in a real employment law case.

There are many ways to think about family within the context of immigration and citizenship law, according to Hiroshi Motomura, a law professor at the University of North Carolina, and it makes a difference how family is interpreted in the law.

Law firms that have greater proportions of male partners and that value stereotypically male characteristics may be less likely to hire and promote female candidates, according to U.Va. sociology professor Elizabeth Gorman, who spoke at a talk sponsored by Virginia Law Women Feb. 15.

Hiring practices in America's law schools are vulnerable to an age discrimination lawsuit, according to Douglas Richmond and Ethan Burger, the co-authors of a forthcoming article on the issue in the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law.

Bringing business to your law firm can offer job security and put you on the track to being a partner, said Todd Sloan '72, who spoke Nov. 3 on how young lawyers can learn to be rainmakers for their firms.