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Nevitt named fellow to the ACOEL
The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) announced April 8 the election of 18 new fellows, including Mark Nevitt, associate professor of law.
Georgiev: How changing tariffs are creating a dealmaking freeze
Nevitt: How presidential administrations address climate change
Sag on OpenAI’s choice to stop producing imagery of living people
Acevedo: Gun rights protected, but people frustrated by violence
Volokh on whether President Trump can seek a third term
Ajunwa: 23andMe may leave African American genetic data at risk
Das Acevedo: Academic job loss differs from other job losses
Volokh on how Court may rule in Wisconsin religious rights case
Nevitt explains why climate change is a national security threat
Smith: We’re in constitutional peril
Ajunwa on whether 23andMe’s genetic data will be protected in bankruptcy sale
Roberts: 23andMe users may not be protected by the company’s privacy policy
Volokh: How US Supreme Court may rule on “nondelegation doctrine”
Nevitt on whether Trump can invoke Insurrection Act for immigration enforcement
Volokh: Impeaching judges could lead to the death of judicial independence
Bagley on legal uncertainties of accessing digital genetic data
Nevitt on Defense Secretary Hegseth’s move to replace judge advocate generals
Smith provides insights on landmark reverse discrimination case
Nevitt on how the Pentagon personnel firings threaten our apolitical military
Levine on “excessive” sentencing of Carbon Nation cult leader
Simon: Margin for error small in prominent startup companies
Hughes: Lawsuit over protected disabilities goes beyond education
Smith: Trump testing outer boundaries of the law
Davis on the cost of immigration enforcement in Georgia
Emory Law hosts 18th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies
More than 250 scholars from five different continents gathered at Emory Law in November 2024 for the 18th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS). Professors and Society for Empirical Legal Studies co-presidents Tonja Jacobi, Jonathan Nash, and Joanna Shepherd were instrumental in bringing the conference to Emory.
Shepherd on Georgia tort law and competing interests
Acevedo: Laken Riley Act may see legal challenges
Nevitt on President Trump’s potential deployment of the U.S. military
Acevedo: ICE arrests cause fear, uncertainty, long-term economic impact
Lawrence: Federal spending freeze may violate Impoundment Control Act
Strong’s work on mediation and arbitration cited in Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales’ President’s Circle Lecture
Nevitt: Trump may push US military towards more border security
Nevitt: How new immigration policy will impact sanctuary states
Acevedo on Trump Administration’s moves to end birthright citizenship
Davis: Trump administration's deportation plans may violate due process
Hughes on why federal judge rejected plan to fix racial bias in Cobb Co. fire department
Nevitt: Emergency orders should not be tapped day-to-day
Davis: How new policies will affect recent immigrants
Nevitt on impact of Trump's declaration of 'energy emergency'
Davis: President Trump attempting to circumvent Congress on immigration laws
Nevitt: How invoking a national emergency affects U.S. borders
Trump emergency order could halt the trade of outside energy sources to the U.S.
Nevitt on impact of declaring national energy emergency
Davis comments on Trump’s new immigration policy
Nevitt: Climate adaptation predictions for 2025
Nevitt: Georgia's immigrant communities brace for mass deportations in new Trump term
Nevitt advises Senate against using military for deportations
This week, Associate Professor Mark Nevitt provided a written statement for the record for a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that weighed the impact of using military personnel to enforce federal immigration laws.
Hutchinson: Fulton jail needs DOJ consent degree, plus political will
Jennings: If SEC doesn't police Trump Media, blue state regulators may
Nash: Fact-checking Trump's criminal charges
Nevitt on COP29 and the current state of international climate progress
Lawrence comments on Trump's plan to withhold funds from sanctuary cities
Das Acevedo on the history of sati and a widow's 1987 immolation
Acevedo: Technology, data, were key to conviction in Laken Riley case
Cavedon on a bipartisan win for life
The Turner Clinic: 25 years of defending the environment
In 1998, the Turner Foundation established Emory Law’s Turner Environmental Law clinic, which recently celebrated 25 years of public service. The clinic's pro bono work focuses clean and sustainable energy; regenerative agriculture and local food systems; natural resource protection; and environmental justice.
Sag on upcoming court cases that will shape AI's development
Nash: Trump DOJ picks, Blanche and Bove, have prosecutorial experience
Acevedo: The presidency shields Trump, but not his Georgia co-defendants
Acevedo: What a mass Trump pardon would do for 1,000+ convicted on Jan. 6 crimes
Sag on the ongoing legal skirmishes between publishers, OpenAI
Nevitt on the dangers of deploying troops on US soil
Das Acevedo: Academic extramural absolutism is an extraordinary privilege
Hughes: If you're in line at 7 p.m. to vote, stay in line, it's your right
Nevitt: US military rarely involved in civilian protest
Hughes: Gen Z didn't wait for political torch to be passed, they took it
Acevedo: If Trump wins, expect a 'grinding halt' in Fulton RICO case
Nevitt: Gas leaf blowers crank more pollution than a Ford F-150
Carter joins Senator Ossoff to announce new federal foster care bill
Sag: Challenge over hallucinations could create 'immense difficulties' for AI companies
Sag comments on Penguin's 'do not scrape for AI' stance
Sag sides with parents who sued son's school for punishing his AI use
Sag: It's time to replace Communications Decency Act's liability shield
Jennings: Senate candidate's stock shorting financially smart, politically risky
Hughes: Losing Georgia Muslims' vote would impact Harris more than Trump
Blank: Pagers may not be prohibited by UN treaty designed to protect civilians
Hutchinson: We can't ignore Trump's dangerous immigrant tropes
Blank weighs in on use of pagers as explosives
Sag: Too soon to tell if new AI film tool will create or destroy jobs
Georgiev appointed to SEC Investor Advisory Committee
Acevedo: How does the law define parental negligence when a child kills?
Bagley: Hatch-Waxman's effect on the availability of generic drugs
Acevedo: Decision to charge father may be a breakthrough in how prosecutors approach school shootings
Levine comments on rare third trial in child death case
Morris on the 'Mad Hatter' opinion that could upend patent law
Sag: There's an intrinsic difference in how ChatGPT and humans produce language
Nash: When is certification by a lower court appropriate?
Nash on where Trump's state, federal cases stand a year after Georgia indictments
Jennings' new app provides free SEC Edgar alerts
Hutchinson comments on Texas case that claims school's dreadlocks policy is racist
Acevedo questions GA Senate Committee's intent to subpoena Willis
Turner Clinic helps create next generation of sustainable farms
Ajunwa: Was Crowdstrike's meltdown negligent or foreseeable?
Analysis: Zhang on Moore v. United States
In June 2024, the United States Supreme Court decided Moore v. United States. The Petitioners in Moore challenged of the Mandatory Repatriation Tax (“MRT”), a provision of the international-tax regime of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”).
Analysis: Nevitt on Loper Bright Enterprises
The court’s recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises has enormous implications for environmental law and prospective climate action. While agencies and courts are digesting the ruling, there are four initial takeaways for environmental law.
Analysis: Nash on Trump v. United States
In response to the prosecution by Special Counsel Jack Smith on federal charges arising out of the 2020 election and the events of January 6, 2021, President Trump claimed that as president he was entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution. After losing in the district court and court of appeals, he appealed to the Supreme Court.
Nash comments on proposed amendment barring presidential immunity
Jennings: The taint of corporate criminal conviction