Marketa Trimble (Law) presented one of her latest papers, U.S. Law of Geographical Trademarks, 'Google Effects,' Historical Developments, and U.S. International Obligations: Proposal for Changes to the Lanham Act, at the Intellectual Property Law Scholars Conference at Stanford Law School on August 11.

Francine J. Lipman (Law) was ranked as a top 50 tax law professor based on Google Scholar H-index citation counts.

Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) writes about the risk the current Supreme Court may pose to financial markets. "The Supreme Court As A Systemic Risk" appears in The University of Chicago Business Law Review.    

Frank Fritz (Law) published an op-ed, "Buildings Can Help Us Fight Climate Change," in the Nevada Independent, earlier this montn. It argues that Nevada can make enormous progress on climate change using state and local laws, like building performance standards. It urges Clark County and Nevada’s other urban areas to start …

Francine J. Lipman (Law) is the author of a recent interdisciplinary publication, "Tax Audits, Economics, and Racism," which was published on June 20 with Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. While you may assume tax laws and tax administration are colorblind, the article demonstrates that this is simply not the case.Lipman…

Sarah Gonzales (Law) co-presented a session at the Annual Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) Conference in Denver. The session was on "Geographic Trends in the International LLM Applicant Pool" with Andrew Horsfall (Syracuse University College of Law) and Rita Moriconi (U.S. State Department's EducationUSA- Latin America). The LSAC Conference is…

Marketa Trimble (Law) published her latest article, "Unjustly Vilified TRIPS-Plus?: Intellectual Property Law in Free Trade Agreements," in the American University Law Review. The article departs from the typical vilification of intellectual property (IP) law provisions in free trade agreements (FTAs) by identifying and analyzing the positive…

Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) has been appointed to the State Board of Finance by Gov. Steve Sisolak. The board reviews and approves or disapproves the policies established by the state treasurer for investment of money of the state and of money in the Local Government Pooled Investment Fund.

Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) recently published a blog post with the University of Chicago Business Law Review comparing corporate attorney-client privilege law to former President Trump's executive privilege arguments.

David Orentlicher (Law) discusses the medical, ethical, and legal implications of permitting terminally ill patients to end their lives with medication in the podcast of "Let's Get Psyched." For nearly 25 years, aid in dying, also known as physician-assisted suicide, has been legal in some U.S. states.

Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) recently was elected to the leadership of three different sections of the the Association of American Law Schools. He is now the chair-elect of the Securities Regulation Section, the secretary of the Section on Professional Responsibility, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Section on Transactional Law &…

Benjamin P. Edwards (Law) recently was elected to the leadership of three different sections of the Association of American Law Schools. He was named as the chair-elect of the Section on Securities Regulation, the secretary of the Section on Professional Responsibility, and to the Executive Committee for the Section on Transactional Law &…