Submitted by: Becky Jacobs, University of Tennessee Session Summary: Sustainability Cross-Disciplinarity: Collaborating Across Colleges and Campuses On Saturday afternoon, Becky Jacobs, University of Tennessee; Noah Sachs, University of Richmond; and Judd Sneirson, Savannah Law School, moderated a lively discussion about cross-disciplinary initiatives involving law schools. Participants, including Joan Heminway, University of Tennessee; Marcia Narine Weldon, […]

Summary provided by Caprice Roberts (Savannah Law School) Session Summary: The Future of Independent Agencies and Consumer Protection after PHH Corp. v. CFPB Our panel addressed the D.C. Circuit’s startling ruling in PHH Corp. v. CFPB that the single-head management structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was unconstitutional. The circuit granted en banc, vacating […]

Submitted by Steve Vladeck (University of Texas School of Law) Session Summary: Discussion Group—The Law of National Security and Foreign Affairs in the Trump Administration In one of the final sessions of the conference on Saturday afternoon, Professor Andy Wright (Savannah) led a wide-ranging discussion group exploring national security and foreign affairs issues arising out of […]

Submitted by Steve Vladeck (University of Texas School of Law) Session Summary: Workshop on National Security Law—Discussion Group: Trump’s Executive Actions on Immigration: Travel Ban, Extreme Vetting, Border Surveillance, and Mass Deportation Few contemporary legal disputes have generated as much interest as President Trump’s Executive Orders on immigration, especially the so-called Travel Bans (1.0 and […]

Summary provided by Bradley A. Areheart, University of Tennessee College of Law Discussion Group: New and Existing Voices in Labor and Employment Law The purpose of this program was to give junior and more seasoned scholars feedback on current works in progress. Each of the five papers that were selected was assigned two or three […]

Summary provided by Michael Ariens (St. Mary’s University School of Law) Inequality, (Re)Distribution of Wealth, and the Federal Tax System Prof. Andrew Swain discussed the burden of proof in equitable tax apportionment cases for multistate businesses, who look to apportion income most favorably to different state tax regimes. These are Indiana and Mississippi cases, both […]

Summary provided by Keith Robinson, Southern Methodist Dedman School of Law Discussions Group: Digital Pressures in Intellectual Property The discussion group on Digital Pressures in Intellectual Property Law met on Friday afternoon from 3:30 – 6:30 pm.  Approximately twenty IP scholars participated in a wide-ranging discussion.  Lucas Osborn organized the group and presided over the […]