Blair’s paper, co-authored with Christine Durrance, “Restrains on Quality Competition,” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Competition Law and Economics.

Jonathan R. Cohen
Professor of Law

On April 5, Cohen spoke on two panels at the American Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution’s Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Bob Dekle
Director, Criminal Prosecution Clinic; Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center; Master Lecturer

“Linguist: Accused shooter didn’t really mean man ‘begged’ to be shot” (April 2, 2013, The Daytona Beach News-Journal)

In the case of Paul Miller shooting his neighbor about an argument revolving around barking dogs, a linguist stated that statements from Miller, who is from the mountains of Tennessee, could be misconstrued because of dialect and colloquialisms.

From the article:
University of Florida Law Professor George Dekle said some defense attorneys don’t go that route in part because the burden of proof at such a hearing is on the accused while at a trial the burden of proof is on the prosecution.

“Why assume a burden of proof and tip your hand on what your defense is going to be, give the prosecution an opportunity to prepare for it at trial?” Dekle said.

Larry A. DiMatteo
Huber Hurst Professor of Contract Law & Legal Studies; Warrington College of Business Administration; Affiliated Professor, Levin College of Law

On April 10, DiMatteo was among several announced winners of the 2013 SEC Faculty Achievement Awards. The award recognizes professors from the 14 SEC-member universities who have praiseworthy records in teaching and scholarship and who serve as role models.

Alyson Flournoy
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and UFRF Professor and Alumni Research Scholar

Flournoy was selected by the Center for Law, Environment, Adaptation and Resources (CLEAR) at UNC-Chapel Hill as its highlighted “Scholar of the Week” for the week of Feb. 18.

William Hamilton
Adjunct Professor; Executive Director of ICAIR and the E-Discovery Project

Six Big E-Discovery Blunders (April 8, 2013, Law.com)

This article, written by Hamilton, discusses the recent e-discovery conference at UF Law, and the six biggest mistakes when using e-discovery and how to banish them for good.

From the article:

Our Florida conference also busted traditional conference boundaries. We had 82 in-person registrants, and 150 participants live online (that number, however, includes organizations that aired the program in conference rooms, so the “body count” for online attendees is actually higher). We streamed the entire conference live, and online attendees could ask questions of panelists via email. Most panels became engaged debates. The conference also was recorded, users who sign up for the recorded version can download all tools and resources. (Registration: www. law.ufl.edu/academics/ediscoveryconference. Fee: $99.)

Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol
Levin Mabie & Levin Professor of Law

Hernández-Truyol was appointed to the board of Southern Legal Counsel in Gainesville.

Robert H. Jerry II
Dean and Levin Mabie & Levin Professor of Law

 Dean Jerry’s essay, “Leadership and Followership” was part of the Leadership in Legal Education Symposium XII and was published in the Toledo Law Review. The cite is 44 Toledo L. Rev. 345 (2013). “Leadership and Followership,” (Toledo Law Review).

Lea Johnston
Associate Professor of Law and Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center

Johnston presented her work-in-progress, “Resentencing Prisoners with Serious Mental Illnesses,” at the Finality in Sentencing Symposium at Wake Forest School of Law on April 5.

Lyrissa Lidsky
Professor of Law; Stephen C. O’Connell Chair 

“Fiddler’s Creek suits become latest in libel, slander cases involving bloggers” (April 8, 2013, Naples Daily News)

Bloggers and Internet critics are increasingly becoming the target of slander and libel lawsuits after posting bad reviews or negative comments. An example of this is a 14-year resident of a Naples residential community.

From the article:
Consumers are increasingly turning to online reviews before purchasing products or services, prompting businesses to take negative reviews seriously, said Lyrissa Lidsky, a University of Florida Levin School of Law professor.

“Suing one’s critics, however, is a risky strategy,” said Lidsky, who specializes in defamation, First Amendment law and Internet speech. “It may be bringing more attention to the negative publicity and may even produce a backlash if it appears to be a frivolous lawsuit designed to intimidate one’s critics into silence.”

Martin J. McMahon Jr.
Stephen C. O’Connell Professor of Law

“Silicon Valley’s Mouthwatering Tax Break” (April 7, 2013, The Wall Street Journal)

Many Silicon Valley companies like Google and Facebook provide free lunches for their employees, which is causing some controversy among tax experts – some say these perks should be taxed.

From the article:
“I clearly think it ought to be taxable income,” said Martin J. McMahon, Jr., a tax-law professor at the University of Florida, who argues that in most cases the meals are really part of a compensation package.

“I buy my lunch with after-tax dollars,” said Mr. McMahon, the University of Florida professor. “And I have to pay taxes to support free meals for those Google employees.”

“Google, Facebook Workers Could Owe Taxes On Their Free Lunches” (April 8, 2013, The Huffington Post)

This article also looks at the debate over whether free lunches for employees should be a taxable fringe benefit.

From the article:
According to Professor McMahon, companies like Facebook and Google report these meals as tax-free fringe benefits, when they should be considered taxable fringe benefits. The cost of these meals, McMahon explains, should be considered a part of the employee’s salary. “Let’s say that an employee gets $2,000 in free meals and makes $50,000 a year. The company should report to the IRS that it paid the employee $52,000 in compensation on which the employee would be taxed,” McMahon says.

As Professor McMahon explained to us: “A company cannot provide tax-free meals if workers commute from home and have the ability to bring their lunches with them.”

McMahon’s paper, co-authored by Ira Shepard and Daniel Simmons, “Recent Developments in Federal Income Taxation: The Year 2012,” was published in Florida Tax Review. The cite is 13 Florida Tax Review 503-721 (2013). “Recent Developments in Federal Income Taxation: The Year 2012,” (Florida Tax Review).

On March 22, McMahon participated in a panel discussion and presented a paper about “Aspirational Tax Reform” at the 2013 University of Virginia School of Law Tax Study Group Meeting.

Winston Nagan
Samuel T. Dell Research Scholar Professor of Law 

Nagan’s article, co-authored with Joshua Root, “The Emerging Restrictions on Sovereign Immunity: Peremptory Norms of International Law, the U.N. Charter, and the Application of Modern Communications Theory,” was published in the North Carolina Journal of International Law & Commercial Regulation. The cite is 38 N. C. J. of Int’l L. & Commercial Reg. 375 (2013). “The Emerging Restrictions on Sovereign Immunity: Peremptory Norms of International Law, the U.N. Charter, and the Application of Modern Communications Theory,” (North Carolina Journal of International Law & Commercial Regulation).

Nagan also recently published “Eruditio, Issue 2, Part 1,” which is the E-Journal of the World Academy of Art & Science for which Nagan serves as editor-in-chief.

Kenneth Nunn
Professor of Law; Associate Director, Center on Children and Families; Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center 

“Body image forum promotes open discussion” (April 2, 2013, The Gainesville Sun)

Students gathered at the Institute of Black Culture Tuesday night to discuss body issues and race issues, and how those two often go hand-in-hand.

From the article:
Nunn, a UF law professor, said he spoke at the forum because students are his No. 1 priority.

“I want to make sure the next generation of scholars we need in this country and community are well-prepared,” he said in an interview.

Nunn spent a lot of his presentation discussing relationships and family structure.

“It’s really healthy for the African-American community both inside and outside of the community to encourage healthy relationships,” he said.

Meshon Rawls
Master Legal Skills Professor

Rawls played a leadership role in the Law and Justice Conference, held at UF Law on Feb. 27. About 85 high school students attended, and WCJB-20 covered the event.

Danny Sokol
Assistant Professor of Law

Sokol was named chairman of the Hispanic National Bar Association’s new Law Professor Committee.

Dale recently edited the first volume of Law and History Review as editor-in-chief.

Robin Davis
Director, Institute for Dispute Resolution; Associate Director, Center on Children and Families; Senior Legal Skills Professor

Chief Justice Ricky Polston appointed Davis to the Supreme Court standing Mediator Qualifications Board. She was appointed to represent the Northern Division for an initial four-year term.

Bob Dekle
Director, Criminal Prosecution Clinic, Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center; Master Lecturer

 “Rape suspect serving as own lawyer called extreme” (Feb. 8, 2013, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Dekle commented in this article about a man on trial for rape, who is representing himself, questioning his alleged victim in court.

From the article:
While shaken, some victims rise to the occasion, answer the questions with remarkable strength and help the defendant to his downfall, said George R. “Bob” Dekle, legal skills professor at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law and a former prosecutor and defense attorney.

Often, defendants who represent themselves “don’t have extremely good judgment. They make bad decisions, and they don’t learn by their mistakes,” Mr. Dekle said.

Mr. Dekle said defendants may represent themselves because they’re suspicious of court-appointed lawyers or so manipulative that they believe they can game the legal system, perhaps by aggravating the judge into making an error that could overturn a case on appeal.

Judges sometimes give defendants “more rope than they would a lawyer” while questioning witnesses, said Mr. Dekle, who was not familiar with the Henderson case.

Nancy E. Dowd
David H. Levin Chair in Family Law; Director, Center on Children & Families

Dowd gave two lectures at Willamette University in Salem, Ore. She gave the faculty a lecture titled “Fatherhood, Masculinities and Equality” and gave a public lecture, called the Paulus Lecture — attended by an estimated 150-175 people — on “Asking the Man Question:  Men, Masculinities and Equality.”

Dowd leaves on Thursday for Sweden to be a visiting professor at Lund University and will return March 26. Her second part of this visit will occur in June.

Omri Y. Marian
Assistant Professor of Law

On Jan. 28, Marian presented his work-in-progress, “Meaningful Corporate Tax Residence,” at the Florida State University College of Law in Tallahassee.

Diane H. Mazur
Professor of Law

“Situation Report: Is Kim Jong for real? Why the guys-are-gross argument won’t work against integrating women…” (Jan. 25, 2013, Foreign Policy Magazine)

Mazur was quoted in a Foreign Policy magazine article on the Pentagon’s plan to lift the ban on women serving in combat roles.

From the article:
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Marty Dempsey made their historic announcement yesterday that the Pentagon would begin the process to lift the ban on women serving in combat roles, ending what some would say is a fiction given that they are serving in combat zones already. In response to yesterday’s WSJ op-ed by a former Marine who argues that combat shouldn’t be open to women because of the gross things guys do in the field, Diane Mazur, a law professor at the University of Florida and author of A More Perfect Military, says: “If we accept this one, I suppose women shouldn’t be medics, doctors, or nurses either, because women shouldn’t be exposed to the raw reality of the human body. I know arguments ebb and flow, but this one is more than a hundred years old.”

Jason P. Nance
Assistant Professor of Law; Associate Director, Center on Children & Families

Nance’s paper “School Security Considerations After Newtown” was recently published in the Stanford Law Review Online. The cite is 65 Stan. L. Rev. Online 103 (2013). “School Security Considerations After Newtown” (Stanford Law Review Online)

Kenneth Nunn
Professor of Law; Associate Director, Center on Children and Families; Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center

“Pill-mill docs often avoid prison, but street-level dealers get locked up” (Feb. 21, 2013, Orlando Sentinel)

This article highlights a disparity in sentencing between doctors who are arrested for illegally distributing prescription drugs and street dealers arrested on similar charges. While doctors often plead no contest to racketeering charges and get probation, street dealers wind up with jail time. Nunn spoke about how street-level dealers might not have access to high-priced lawyers.

From the article:

“You get the justice you can afford,” said Kenneth Nunn, a professor at Levin College of Law at the University of Florida.

“For the most part, people who have status in our society generally get better treatment than others,” Nunn said. “I don’t think that the criminal-justice system is different from that.”

Elizabeth A. Rowe
Feldman Gale Term Professor in Intellectual Property; UF Research Foundation Professor of Law; Director, Program in Intellectual Property Law

Rowe served as a panelist at the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Mid-Winter Institute Jan. 31. She discussed choosing among different forms of IP when starting and growing a high-tech company.

John Stinneford
Associate Professor of Law; Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center

Stinneford’s paper  “Punishment Without Culpability” was published in the Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology Jan. 17. The cite is 102 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 653 (2012). “Punishment Without Culpability” (Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology)

Michael Allan Wolf
Professor of Law; Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law

Wolf hosted and made a presentation called “Preemption Puzzles: Ambiguity Breeds Exempt/Preempt” at the Nelson Symposium Feb. 8.

Wolf also presented “Unintended Consequences of ‘Easement’ Terminology” at the Perpetual Conservation Easements: What Have We Learned and Where Should We Go from Here? conference at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Feb. 15.

Wentong Zheng
Assistant Professor of Law

Zheng recently presented a work-in-progress, “The Revolving Door,” at the University Of Tennessee College Of Law Faculty Forum. He presented his paper “Reforming Trade Remedies” at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., and recently spoke as a panelist on “Understanding State Capitalism” at the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington, D.C.

Media hits

In recent weeks, UF Law has been featured in a number of news stories featuring events and visitors at UF Law:

• WUFT, 89.1 featured a radio story about Stevens’ visit
•  GTN News featured a story on Stevens’ visit
• WCJB TV-20 News featured a story on Stevens’ visit
• The Gainesville Sun featured a photo from Justice John Paul Stevens’ visit
• The Saint Peters Blog included a preview of Stevens’ UF Law visit
• The Alligator included a story about UF Law’s partnering with Colombian law schools to create a human rights center
• The Gainesville Sun ran a photo story featuring the 29^th annual Raymer F. Maguire Jr. Appellate Advocacy Competition, where the Florida Supreme Court were guest judges
• The Gainesville Sun covered a talk on the 2^nd Amendment, co-sponsored by CaribLaw and the UF Law Federalist Society
• The Florida Bar News ran a preview of the upcoming e-discovery conference, “Electronic Discovery for the Small and Medium Case”

Florida Supreme Court justices to visit UF today (Jan. 24, 2013, The Alligator)

This article was about all seven Florida Supreme Court justices coming to UF Law to judge the moot court competition.

From the article:
Mary Adkins, the team’s faculty adviser, said it was an accomplishment that all seven justices were coming to the exhibition.

“They are usually busy listening to real cases in Tallahassee,” she said.

Bob Dekle
Master Legal Skills Professor

“Settlement possible after NCAA admits misconduct in UM probe” (Jan. 24, 2013, The Miami Herald)

The NCAA admitted misconduct when working with Nevin Shapiro to find out information about how he gave gifts and money to University of Miami football stars. The NCAA could either restart the investigation from scratch or it could cut a deal with UM.

From the article:
“Just because someone has obtained evidence through chicanery doesn’t mean the evidence is not admissible,” said Dekle, a former state prosecutor. “I don’t see any legal bar to the NCAA using this evidence.”

Then he added: “I’m sure the NCAA is looking for a way to bring the matter gracefully to a conclusion with a limited amount of egg on their face. It’s more a matter of perception than reality about the admissibility of improper evidence. The NCAA is displaying an excess of concern about image, it looks like to me.”

Larry A. DiMatteo
Affiliated Professor of Law

DiMatteo has three books in press relating to international sales law, international contract law, and comparative law.  All three books will be published in the current year: Global Challenge of International Sales Law (Larry DiMatteo ed. Cambridge University Press 2013); Commercial Contract Law: Transatlantic Perspectives (Larry DiMatteo, Qi Zhou & Severine Saintier eds., Cambridge University Press 2013); and International Contracting:  Law & Practice (3^rd ed., Wolter/Kluwer 2013). Global Challenge of International Sales Law contains contributions from 44 international sales law scholars from 19 countries. The papers were presented at a conference at the University of Florida, which was co-sponsored by the Levin College of Law. Commercial Contract Law: Transatlantic Perspectives was the product of a conference held at the University of Sheffield, UK. The conference paired law professors from the UK and the United States to study comparative issues in the development of English and American common law.

Mark Fenster
Professor of Law ; Cone, Wagner, Nugent, Hazouri & Roth Tort Professor

U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Central Florida land-development case (Jan. 30, 2012, Orlando Sentinel)

This article is about the U.S. Supreme Court hearing arguments about a Central Florida property-rights case that began two decades ago when the owner of some land along State Road 50 in east Orange County sought permission to fill in some wetlands so he could build on the property. The Supreme Court must decide whether government agencies, when landowners seek permits to develop their acreage, may demand anything in return that doesn’t bear directly on the property.

From the article:
“That’s not very good government, and that’s not very good for property owners,” said Mark Fenster, a professor of land-use law at the University of Florida.

“What might likely happen is that government would be willing to engage in negotiations with a few players, like the big developers, who they know they can trust not to turn around and sue them,” Fenster said.

Claire M. Germain
Associate Dean for Legal Information & Clarence J. TeSelle Professor of Law

Germain served on an ABA Accreditation Site Visit team at the University of California Irvine School of Law Nov. 3-7, 2012.

She was an invited speaker and moderator at a conference in Paris on E-Justice, held at the House of the Paris Bar in late November. “E-Justice” refers to all the activities that aim to harmonize the dissemination and the use of judiciary and legal paperless procedures among the European Union member states. The topic of her panel was: “Are specialized social media professional networks for lawyers and legal professionals ‘walled gardens’ or open access collaborative networks?”

Read more: http://www.legalaccess.eu/?Flyer&lang=en

Martin J. McMahon Jr.
Stephen C. O’Connell Professor of Law

McMahon presented “Recent Income Tax Developments” jointly with Professor Ira B. Shepard at the American Bar Association Tax Section Midyear Meeting in Orlando on Jan. 26, 2013.

John Stinneford
Associate Professor of Law; Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center

Stinneford just published “Punishment Without Culpability” in the Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology.

“Jordan Davis killed for loud music: mirror image of the Martin case?” (Nov. 30, 2012, Christian Science Monitor)

An unarmed black teenager was killed outside of a convenience store in Jacksonville when he was shot by a man following an argument in which the man said the teenager’s music was too loud. At the time, the shooter claimed Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law as his defense, drawing comparisons to the Trayvon Martin shooting earlier in the year. The man has since been charged with first degree murder to which he pled not guilty.

From the article:
Two weeks ago, a state task force deemed that the stand your ground law is, on the whole, sound and needs no major legislative reform. Florida has seen a growing number of “stand your ground” claims, even in prosecutions with minor injuries, says University of Florida law professor Bob Dekle. Stand your ground claims are successful about 70 percent of the time, according to a recent St. Petersburg Times analysis.

Omri Y. Marian
Assistant Professor of Law

In early December, Marian returned from Beijing where he actively participated in the seventh Sino-U.S. International Tax Forum. As part of the forum he participated in round-table discussions on trends in international taxation at Peking University Law School, Tsinghua University Law School, Renmin University Law School and at the Central University of Finance and Economics, all in Beijing. He also presented his paper, “Jurisdiction to Tax Corporations,” at the China Youth University of Political Science who hosted the forum.

Jon Mills
Dean Emeritus; Director, Center for Governmental Responsibility

“UF launches human rights collaboration in Colombia” (Nov. 28, 2012, Law.com)

UF Law, along with the Center for Latin American Studies and the College of Education, will receive nearly $757,200 from the U.S. Agency for International Development through Higher Education for Development to create the Colombian Caribbean Human Rights Center. Over the next three years, UF will work with two universities in Colombia to enhance the human rights programs at their law schools. Mills quotes from the press release were used in the article.

From the article:
“Respect for the rights of individuals, especially vulnerable populations, is vital to the development of the democracy and economy of a nation,” said Jon Mills, who heads the law school’s Center for Governmental Responsibility and will help direct the new project. “We are honored to have this opportunity to work with two distinguished Colombian universities on such an important priority for the U.S. government.”

“Gainesville funeral service Saturday for former Chief Justice Ben Overton” (Jan. 2, 2013, Gainesville Sun)

This article remembers UF Law graduate, adjunct professor and former Florida Supreme Court Justice Ben Overton, who passed away on Dec. 29.

From the article:
“He is the profile of what you would expect a judge to be. He was smart, fair. He wrote some terrifically important opinions in education, privacy and a broad number of constitutional areas,” said UF Levin College of Law dean emeritus Jon Mills. “He was an independent thinker. When he was on the bench, he could look pretty fearful.”

Mills, also a former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, said he had several cases before Overton when Overton was on the court but got to know him better once he started teaching at UF.

Overton cared deeply about teaching and would take his students to oral arguments at the Supreme Court, Mills said, adding the justices often would have lunch with Overton and the students.

Michael Allan Wolf
Professor of Law; Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law

The Public Trust awards “Halos” and “Horns” each month in its e-newsletter and Wolf was awarded December’s “Halo” for his book, The Supreme Court and the Environment  –The Reluctant Protector.  Wolf has joined a list that includes Bob Graham, Nathaniel Reed, and Robert Kennedy, Jr. Click here for a link to this month’s e-newsletter.

“Kindle users could get refunds on e-books” (Oct. 18, 2012, The Alligator)

A judge is looking to approve a settlement that says that Kindle users will get 30 cents back to each $1.32 spent on e-books due to the inflated price of books.

From the article:
Jonathan Cohen, a UF law professor, said a judge has grounds to sign this order because both parties have worked at a settlement, and it is enforceable. In this case, he said, it’s the court’s decision.

George “Bob” Dekle
Director, Criminal Prosecution Clinic; Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center, Master Lecturer

“Trayvon Martin shooting: Should victim’s high school file be made public?” (Oct. 19, 2012, The Christian Science Monitor)

This article discusses the changes that will be made in the Trayvon Martin case as a new judge presides over the hearings. The final trial date was set, leading to questions surrounding whether or not it is acceptable to make Martin’s high school files open to the public.

From the article:
Currently, Nelson is dealing with practical legal questions as well as the deeper moral and ethical dilemmas the trial is likely to present, says law professor George “Bob” Dekle of the University of Florida. “Right now, she’s likely playing catch-up, trying to get up to speed on what the case really involves,” he says.

“Unnecessary does not mean unlawful, and just because somebody whose stupidity or an excess of testosterone puts himself in a situation where he has to use deadly force, the defense argument is that he still has a right to defend himself, and that is a justifiable argument that could be made in this situation,” says Professor Dekle.

“Let’s say you walk up to somebody and slap him in the face and he turns around and decides to try to use deadly force against you,” he adds. “Because you provoked that situation, under the law you don’t have a right to stand your ground, but under preexisting law, if you get backed into a corner, where you cannot retreat anymore, you still have a right to defend yourself, and use deadly force doing it.”

“Of course I can’t say anything specifically about this judge, but I have seen judges in similar situations initially deny [self-defense] motions, let the jury decide, and then come back and review the decision after the conviction and then revisit the immunity issue and dismiss the case,” says Dekle. “There could be a stimulus on the part of the judge in a situation like this to see if the jury will take care of it for them.”

Paul R. Gugliuzza
Visiting Assistant Professor

The Georgetown Law Journal recently published two online responses to Gugliuzza’s article, “Rethinking Federal Circuit Jurisdiction,” as well as Gugliuzza’s reply, “Pluralism on Appeal.”  You can find the entire discussion here:  http://georgetownlawjournal.org/ipsa-loquitur.

Jon Mills
Dean Emeritus; Director, Center for Governmental Responsibility

“Florida Supreme Court discuss merit retention” (Oct. 19, 2012, The Alligator)

Dean Mills introduced the four justices who came to discuss the importance of an independent judiciary. They discussed merit retention decided through voter election as a threat to a fair and balanced judicial system.

From the article:
UF adjunct law professor Carl B. Schwait began the event, and Dean Jon L. Mills introduced the justices.

“We take for granted what the Constitution did for an independent judiciary,” Mills told the crowd.

Jason P. Nance
Assistant Professor of Law

Nance presented a working paper titled “An Analysis of Strict Security Measures in Public Schools: Evidence of Racial Disparities” at the Southeast Law School’s faculty workshop held at Tulane Law School.

“‘Stand Your Ground’ Under Microscope” (March 21, 2012, WCJB TV-20),

Dekle, along with several UF Law students, contributed to this segment from TV-20 News. Dekle said Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law would be better described as the “get away with murder law,” and that it adds unnecessary layers of litigation and hoops to jump through in order to prosecute somebody.

“Legal experts weigh in on soundness of Lindsey defense strategy” (March 22, 2012, Tampa Bay Times)

The lawyer representing a teenager who shot a St. Petersburg police officer is saying the teenager, Nicholas Lindsey, did in fact kill the office – he just didn’t mean to do it. The defense is focusing on the issue of intent to possibly reduce the teenager’s sentence from life to several decades. Dekle weighed in on the strategy.

From the article:
“It ain’t the only possible strategy,” said University of Florida law professor Bob Dekle. “But it sounds like the only viable strategy.”

“Appeal court ruling in Collier case frees man accused of operating a grow house” (March 25, 2012, Naples Daily News)

Dekle reinforced an appeals court decision, which ruled that although a man who was accused of operating a grow house allowed police into his backyard to speak with him, he didn’t consent for them to further search his yard, which eventually led to the discovery of a grow house.

From the article:
George R. Dekle Jr., professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, agreed search and seizure issues are “heavily driven” by the facts of each case.

“The officers had consent to come onto the property to speak with the defendant,” Dekle said. “When they left his presence and started roaming around the property, they obviously weren’t talking to the defendant and had no right to be where they were when they smelled the marijuana.”

Michelle Jacobs
Professor of Law

“Students react to the death of Trayvon Martin” (March 22, 2012, The Alligator)

Jacobs weighed in on the Trayvon Martin shooting in this article that also addresses some student reactions to the 17-year-old’s death.

From the article:
UF law professor Michelle Jacobs said she’s not surprised Zimmerman hasn’t been charged.

“When a black person gets killed in questionable circumstances by a white person, no one should be surprised that law enforcement was slow to launch an investigation,” she said.

“Inside the Trayvon Martin Tragedy” (March 28, 2012, Legal Talk Network)

Jacobs, along with University of Missouri-Kansas City Criminal Justice Department Chair Kenneth Novak, participated in an in-depth discussion on this podcast about issues surrounding the Trayvon Martin shooting, including Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, neighborhood watches and racial profiling.

Lyrissa Lidsky
Stephen C. O’Connell Chair & Professor of Law

“Facebook advises users not to give out passwords to prying employers” (March 28, 2012, The Alligator)

Lidsky addressed the legality of potential employers asking job candidates for the their Facebook login information, following a warning from Facebook about the growing trend.

From the article:
It is legal to ask for Facebook login information, said Lyrissa Lidsky, professor at Levin College of Law.

She said giving the information isn’t the best idea, though.

“The consent is economic coercion, in a sense,” Lidsky said.

It is tough to say no to an interviewer, she said, especially in a tough economy.

“A lot of things we consent to we consent to because of social pressures,” she said.

Joseph Little
Professor Emeritus

“Collier commission aides amassed two months worth of overtime in 2011″ (March 25, 2012, Naples Daily News)

This article looks into Collier County employees who have worked over 40 hours a week and are opting to take comp time rather than the mandated time-and-a-half overtime pay.

From the article:
Joseph Little, a law professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville, said the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act for county employees.

“Ordinarily, it requires time and one-half for overtime,” he wrote in an email. “It does permit compensatory time for employees of state public agencies.”

Jon Mills
Dean Emeritus; Director, Center for Governmental Responsibility

“Legal questions raised over new practice by employers seeking Facebook access of applicants” (March 23, 2012, WUFT 89.1 FM)

WUFT spoke with Mills in this radio interview about it is increasingly more common for employers to ask for potential employees’ Facebook login information so they can see the applicant’s personal Facebook account. Mills said it is important for individuals to be aware of how much personal information they put online, and said although it is legal in the U.S. it is not allowed in some other countries.

Kenneth Nunn 
Professor of Law

“Racism Is the Problem Here” (March 21, 2012, The New York Times)

Nunn contributed an editorial piece as part of New York Times’ “Room for Debate” column, which was comprised of arguments from experts in various disciplines exploring different angles of the Trayvon Martin shooting case.

From the article: Stand Your Ground statutes may be problematic for a number of reasons. But if we really want to save lives and prevent future miscarriages of justice, we will have to confront the reality of race.

Leonard Riskin
Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law

Riskin gave a presentation for students, faculty and alumni of at UCLA School of Law entitled “The ‘Negotiation’ Within: Connecting and Managing Inner and Outer Conflict” in March.

Last semester, he conducted a workshop on “Mindfulness and Conflict for the Chicago Center for Conflict Resolution.”

Katheryn Russell-Brown
Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law; Director, Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations

“Outrage unites people of all colors, but divide still exists” (March 24, 2012, Orlando Sentinel)

In this article that examines some of the racial issues tied into the Trayvon Martin case, Russell-Brown discussed how people relate to crime victims through race.

From the article:
Katheryn Russell-Brown, director of the University of Florida’s Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations, said it’s natural for people to view crime through the lens of their own race and identify with victims who look most like them.

Whites might not understand the depth of the black community’s outrage over Trayvon Martin’s death any more than blacks understood the national obsession with Natalee Holloway or the disappearance of Jennifer Kesse, or the time, money and attention devoted to the Casey Anthony case.

“It’s who you see as a family member, who you could step into their shoes and it could be you,” Russell-Brown said.

Michael Seigel
University of Florida Research Foundation Professor of Law; Director, Criminal Justice Center

“UF Professor Breaks Down ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law” (March 21, 2012, GTN News),

In this television interview, Seigel explains Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law and the ideas behind the law when it was established in 2005. Seigel said the logic behind the law was shaky from the beginning and people didn’t realize how powerful the law could be.

“‘Stand Your Ground Law’ at center of Fla. Shooting” (March 22, 2012, Associated Press)

Seigel commented on the Trayvon Martin shooting, saying that the Sanford police should have done more thorough investigation into the events before deciding not to bring charges to shooter George Zimmerman.

From the article:
“The law has definitely shifted and given a signal to law enforcement to be more careful,” he said. “But in a case where the self-defense claim is weak, you would think they would do their job.”

“Federal Prosecutors Won’t Retry Polk Bribery Case” (March 25, 2012, The Ledger)

A bribery case will not be pursued again by federal prosecutors after the case fell apart because of a wording error in the grand jury’s indictment. The indictment references “Polk County” but should have referenced the “Polk County School Board,” as employing a man accused of accepting bribes from a construction company.

From the article:
Seigel described the indictment’s wording as “a serious oversight” and a “major catastrophe” for federal prosecutors.

“There is no way to really sugarcoat it,” Seigel said. “It’s a major error on behalf of the prosecution. They did not do their homework.”

The indictment’s poor wording wasn’t a small error and touches on an important constitutional right, he said.

The Fifth Amendment includes the right that defendants know clearly and specifically what allegations they are facing, he said.

“Experts: Hazing case could be tough” (March 17, 2012, St. Augustine Record)

This article looks at challenges prosecutors are facing in the hazing death of Florida A&M student Robert Champion last November. Dekle discussed how some witnesses might be uncooperative and difficult to work with in a case like this.

From the article:
There could be potentially dozens of versions of what happened on the bus. Some witnesses will likely be reluctant to cooperate because they don’t want to be implicated or because they feel sympathy for, or an alliance with, the individuals who are considered most culpable, said professor Bob Dekle, who teaches legal skills at the University of Florida’s law school in Gainesville.

“Reluctant witnesses can sometimes be difficult to handle and difficult to get to court and difficult to answer questions on the witness stand,” said Dekle, a retired assistant state attorney. “Just because a crime has occurred, that doesn’t mean you can prove it — and being able to prove it depends in large measure on witnesses.”

Berta Hernandez-Truyol 
Levin Mabie & Levin Professor of Law

“Gainesville city officials take stand against Arizona illegal immigration law” (March 20, 2012, The Alligator)

This article reports hat Gainesville has joined a legal brief to oppose an Arizona immigration law that gives police officers the right to stop or arrest anyone who they suspect might be an illegal immigrant.

From the article:
The federal government, not individual states, has the right to pass immigration laws, said Berta Hernandez-Truyol, a UF law professor and expert in human rights law. However, states can pass laws that deal indirectly with immigration.

Briefs like this one are filed by parties that are not involved in the case but would like to express their support for one side, she said.

“This clearly signals that Gainesville believes we should treat people fairly and not single out a certain population,” Hernandez-Truyol said.

Lyrissa Lidsky
Stephen C. O’Connell Chair & Professor of Law

“Professor discusses potential impact of media coverage before Trayvon Martin trial” (March 20, 2012, WUFT, 89.1)

This radio segment points out that as news unfolds in the Trayvon Martin case, many news outlets have been issuing corrections to stories that included incorrect information. Lidsky discusses how prior knowledge of a case may or may not impact a jury’s decision in a case, and said the call for further investigation is warranted.

From the interview:
“There definitely are procedures in place to try to make sure that errors in pretrial publicity don’t prejudice the outcome of criminal trials.”

Joseph Little
Professor Emeritus

“Tuition rate setting debate goes to higher court” (March 16, 2012, WUFT, 89.1)

This radio segment looks at questions and background surrounding the ongoing debate about who should set tuition rates at state universities, a case which the Florida Supreme Court recently decided to hear. Little explained that the basis of the debate is whether the Board of Governors or Legislature should set tuition rates. After the Board was granted control, an appellate court then ruled that the Legislature should have that power. Little said this next decision should settle it once and for all.

Kenneth Nunn 
Professor of Law

“Trayvon Martin: Sanford officials, Rep. Corrine Brown, meet with Justice officials in Washington” (March 20, 2012, Orlando Sentinel),

In this article, which recounts the latest news in the Trayvon Martin case, Nunn addressed the likelihood of the Justice Department charging shooter George Zimmerman with any civil rights violations.

From the article:
Kenneth Nunn, a civil rights expert on the faculty at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, said Tuesday that the Department of Justice seldom charges people with civil rights violations and that those charges are unlikely in this case, unless investigators come up with compelling new evidence.

They will look for signs that Zimmerman intentionally set out to deprive Trayvon of his right to life, Nunn said.

“You have to show that it’s willful,” said Nunn. “You can’t show that it was negligence or stupidity. You have to show it was intentional.

Also appeared in: http://www.wsbt.com/news/os-trayvon-martin-doj-investigation-20120320,0,4710790,full.story

Michael Seigel
University of Florida Research Foundation Professor of Law; Director, Criminal Justice Center

On March 2, Seigel gave a lecture entitled “Criminal Evidence Update, State and Federal Courts” at the Topics in Evidence Seminar sponsored by The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee, Code & Rules of Evidence Committee, Criminal Law Section, and Trial Lawyers Section. The lecture took place in Tampa.

“Stand your ground” laws and the Trayvon Martin case” (March 20, 2012, 89.3 KPCC, NPR affiliate in Los Angeles)

Seigel was a guest panelist on this radio program that looked at the Trayvon Martin case and Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which allows a person to use deadly force if he or she feels physically threatened in a public space. Seigel offered some background on the law and how it replaced the previous “Duty to Retreat” law.

From the interview:
“If the judge believes you were defending yourself lawfully, he or she can dismiss the case and not even allow it to go to a jury.”

Michael Allan Wolf
Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law

On March 14, Wolf made a presentation on “How to Make Sea-Level-Rise Adaptation Strategies Takings-Proof” at the Environmental Law Distinguished Lecture 25th Anniversary Symposium at the FSU College of Law.

“Blood-alcohol tests under fire in DUI cases” (March 11, 2012, Orlando Sentinel)

An Orlando woman suffered mental and physical injuries after her vehicle was struck by a woman charged with drunk driving. Defense attorneys are attempting to have the driver’s blood alcohol test dismissed. Dekle commented on the issue.

From the article:
Emboldened by the success they’ve found in quashing breath-test results, defense attorneys may be looking to employ the challenges in more cases, said longtime prosecutor Bob Dekle of the University of Florida School of Law.

“A defense attorney is going to attack the evidence even if it came down from Mount Sinai on two tablets written by the hand of God,” Dekle said. “That is what they do.”

But if there is a trend of increasing success for defense attorneys, he said it’s likely because DUI prosecutors are among the least-experienced in the State Attorney’s Office.

“They quite frequently confront the big guns: the most experienced, highly prestigious defense attorneys,” he said.

Lea Johnston
Assistant Professor of Law

Johnston’s article “Theorizing Mental Health Courts” was published by the Washington University Law Review. Johnston also presented her current work in progress, titled “Vulnerability and Desert: A Theory of Sentencing the Mentally Ill” to faculty at the University of Georgia.

Shani King
Co-Director, Center on Children and Families; Associate Professor of Law

Professors Ruiz and King presented “Essential Ethics for Advocates: Avoiding the Unauthorized Practice of Law” at The Annual COPAA (Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates) in Miami on March 10.

Lyrissa Lidsky
Stephen C. O’Connell Chair & Professor of Law

“Cincinnati Engineer Sued for Tweet: Do You Fact Check your Tweets?” (March 8, 2012, The Take Away)

In this radio interview, Lidsky was part of a conversation about a Cincinnati man who was sued for making false statements via Twitter about taxpayer money being used for a new municipal project. The lawsuit was dropped when it was ruled the man wasn’t lying. Lidsky said the question here is whether the government could punish someone whose lies aren’t directly harming an individual.

Elizabeth A. Rowe
Professor of Law; Director, Program in Intellectual Property Law

On Feb. 28 Rowe delivered a lecture on the “Basic Principles of Patent Law” to United Nations diplomats at the World Intellectual Property Organization in New York.

Daniel Sokol
Associate Professor of Law

“Apple’s market clout likely to draw more scrutiny” (March 12, 2012, Associated Press)

The U.S. Justice Department is considering filing a lawsuit against Apple based on evidence of the company working with five publishing companies in a scheme to raise the price of electronic books. Sokol commented on why Apple might not have had as much scrutiny in the past as companies such as Microsoft and Google.

From the article:
Apple may simply behave better than some of its rivals, or it may be doing business in areas that are so new that government regulators are still learning how those nascent markets function, says D. Daniel Sokol, an associate law professor who focuses on antitrust issues at the University of Florida.

“To attract antitrust attention, you have to be more than just big. You have to be big and bad,” Sokol says. “It was only 2007 when Apple released the iPhone, and only 2010 when it released the iPad. The company hasn’t had that long to be bad yet, if it is indeed bad.”

“Law School Transparency to provide info about law schools” (Feb. 14, 2012, The Alligator)

Bishop spoke to the Alligator about when UF Law will submit information for Law School Transparency – a nonprofit organization that will provide detailed information about law school statistics.

From the article:
Pascale Bishop, assistant dean of the law school’s Center for Career Development, said UF will submit information about its 2011 graduates in late February or early March. The data for the class of 2010 was submitted in early January.

Bob Dekle
Legal Skills Professor

“No Trial in Sight in ’09 Murder Case; Progress Halted Because of Language Barrier” (Feb. 10, 2012, The Ledger)

A Guatemala native and illegal immigrant in Bartow was arrested in 2009 on murder charges, but the case hasn’t been able to move forward because the man speaks a mixture of a Mayan language and some Spanish. His limited understanding of Spanish has prevented him from communicating with his lawyers to understand how the Florida criminal justice system works.

From the article:
George “Bob” Dekle, a legal professor for the University of Florida, said Lemos’ situation calls attention to a fundamental right of all people in the criminal justice system.

“How can you put somebody through a process, and they don’t know what’s going on?” asked Dekle.

“It’s basic to any criminal justice system that the person who is being prosecuted have an understanding of what the charges are against him and what the process is whereby they’re going to be held accountable for it.”

“Inmate set to die for slaying of St. Pete woman” (Feb. 12, 2012, The Associated Press)

A Florida inmate was scheduled to be executed after spending over 30 years on death row. Dekle addressed some of the reasons why it is not uncommon for death row inmates in Florida to remain in prison for such long periods of time before execution.

From the article:
University of Florida law professor George R. “Bob” Dekle, a former prosecutor who sent notorious serial killer Ted Bundy to death row, said Florida governors have rarely been forthcoming about the reasons they select one inmate over all the others for execution.

Dekle said appellate lawyers do their best to make sure it’s not an easy choice for the governor. They file whatever they can for as long as they can to keep their cases alive in the courts. New issues based on recent court rulings and changes in the law provide new fodder for appeals all the time, he said.

“It’s guerilla warfare,” Dekle said. “As long as you can put it off, as long as you can delay, as long as you can keep the thing going in any way, shape or form possible, that’s how much time you’ve got.”

Meshon Rawls
Legal Skills Professor

“The law is a friend, not a foe, youth told at UF conference” (Feb. 11, 2012, The Gainesville Sun)

Rawls, who is also the Josiah T. Walls Bar Association president, commented on the inaugural Law and Justice Youth Conference held at UF Law. The Walls Bar Association co-sponsored the event with the UF Law chapter of the ABA Young Lawyer Division.

From the article:
UF law professor and Walls Bar Association President Meshon Rawls said Saturday’s event was a condensed version of the Street Law program, a series of classes held in neighborhoods throughout Gainesville to introduce youngsters to the legal system.

Rawls said the one-day conference also enabled more kids to participate along with more attorneys and law students, who may not be able to attend Street Law classes when they are held after school.

“We turned a six-week program of one day a week into a one-day conference,” Rawls said. “We hope to make this an annual conference.”

Jennifer Zedalis
Legal Skills Professor

“1 administrator soon will oversee 2 hospitals for mentally ill” (Feb. 14, 2012, The Gainesville Sun)

The administrator of the Northeast Florida State Hospital in Macclenny will be the head of the Macclenny facility as well as the North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center in Gainesville when Bill Baxter retires from the Gainesville location. The Gainesville facility serves “people who are incompetent to proceed to trial or who have been judged to be not guilty by reason of insanity.” There have been concerns raised about the effectiveness of one administrator running both facilities. Zedalis commented on the issue.

From the article:
But Jennifer Zedalis, a University of Florida law professor, said that the facility she regularly tours with her students is operating on a shoestring as it is.

“A forensic facility is charged with the awesome responsibility of handling individuals who have been found incompetent to stand trial,” she said, explaining that the state is legally obligated to restrict an individual as little as possible.

“There’s not much controversy associated with the North Florida Treatment Facility because of its dedicated staff,” she said. “I’m not sure we should be lumping these two facilities together under one umbrella.”

Attila Andrade Jr.

Visiting ProfessorAndrade has conceived a new formula according to which moral damages and abstract pain can be calculated in law suit cases. His formula is explained in volume II of his book “Comments on Brazil’s New Civil Code” published by Companhia Editora Forense in 2003. His purpose is to avoid judge’s uncertainties and ambiguities in issuing money judgments for these kinds of law suits.

Bob Dekle

Legal Skills Professor“Robbery suspects face life” (Sept. 29, 2010, The News-Press)

Two men connected with the robbery of a McDonald’s restaurant in Fort Myers could face life in prison. The ordeal resulted in the death of one police dog and one robbery suspect. The charges will not be in connection with the dog’s death, however, because the dog’s shooter was already shot and killed by the police.

From the article:
“University of Florida law professor Bob Dekle said even though prosecutors haven’t charged Amaya and Fermin with Rosco’s death, it wasn’t a foreseeable crime and one that was furthered of the armed robbery.”

“‘It is an area of the law where reasonable people can disagree about what is foreseeable,’ Dekle said.”

Teresa Drake

Director, Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Clinic (IPVAC)
Drake lectured at the Advanced Institute for the Prosecution of Domestic Violence, sponsored and produced by the Office of Violence Against Women, Aequitas and The Battered Women’s Justice Project in August in Washington, D.C. Her topic was interviewing victims of domestic violence.

Drake spoke at The Battered Women’s Justice Project conference “Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Children” in Providence, R.I., last month. Her topic was interviewing and preparing children to testify.

Joseph Jackson

Legal Skills ProfessorTV interview (Sept. 24, 2010, WCJB TV-20), link not available at this time

Jackson commented on the recent 3rd District Court of Appeal ruling, which overturned Florida’s ban on gay adoptions. Jackson was the primary author of an amicus brief submitted to the court regarding the case.

Martin J. McMahon Jr.

Stephen C. O’Connell Professor of LawMcMahon presented “Recent Developments in Federal Income Taxation” with University of Houston Law Center Professor Ira Shepard at the 45th annual Southern Federal Tax Institute last month in Atlanta.

McMahon presented “Litigating The Application Of Anti-Tax Avoidance Statutes: Learning From The Canada Experience” with the Honorable Patrick Boyle, Richard Sapinski, Nathalie Goyette, and Henry Schneiderman at the Court Procedure and Practice Committee Program, American Bar Association, Tax Section, Fall Meeting, in Toronto last month.

McMahon also presented “How Canada’s Experience with the General Anti-Abuse Rule Might Inform US How to Live with the Codified Economic Substance Doctrine” with the Honorable Donald Bowman, former Chief Judge of the Tax Court of Canada at the Joint Meeting of Partnerships & LLCs and Real Estate Committees, American Bar Association, Tax Section, Fall Meeting in Toronto last month.

Diane Mazur

Professor
“Gay activists look to the courts to end ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’” (Sept. 22, 2010, The Washington Post)

While the debate over the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy continued to unfold in Federal courts, Mazur discussed arguments in favor of repealing the law.

From the article:
“Gay rights groups said the government has no obligation to appeal. Diane H. Mazur, legal co-director of the Palm Center, a think tank at the University of California at Santa Barbara that is devoted to repealing ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ cited a 2003 Supreme Court decision that struck down a Texas sodomy law because it restricted a person’s right to sexual privacy.”

“‘Judge Phillips recognized that “don’t ask, don’t tell” can no longer be justified under current constitutional doctrine, and President Obama is not required to argue otherwise,’ Mazur said. ‘He need not defend laws that are based on old, discredited constitutional assumptions.’”

“Witt decision offers preview of post-’don’t’ ask, don’t tell’ world” (Sept. 27, 2010, San Diego Gay and Lesbian News)

Mazur commented on the recent U.S. District Court ruling in Washington in favor of Air Force Major Margaret Witt regarding the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

From the article:
“Diane Mazur, Palm Center legal co-director and University of Florida law professor, also responded to Judge Leighton’s written opinion in Witt.”

“‘Witt and Log Cabin were the first challenges requiring the government to produce evidence that “don’t ask, don’t tell” improved military readiness, and in both cases the government was unable to do so,’ Mazur said. ‘The government pointed to an earlier case upholding the policy, Cook v. Gates, but there the court barred the plaintiffs from introducing evidence that “don’t ask, don’t tell” harms the military and excused the government from producing any evidence at all. Once the policy is put to a test of fact, it fails.’”

Kenneth Nunn

Professor“Panel hears from the wrongly convicted” (Oct. 1, 2010, The Florida Bar News)”

As a member of the new Innocence Commission in Florida – which examines the causes behind wrongful convictions to avoid future wrongful convictions – Nunn weighed in on a debate over the wording of the commission’s mission statement. The phrase in question was: “exoneration cases in Florida based on DNA testing.” The sentence was eventually removed altogether.

From the article:
“University of Florida College of Law Professor Kenneth Nunn added: ‘We are not saying these are individuals who are angels of the Lord, shall we say. But we are saying they are entitled to rely on the presumption of innocence that all American citizens are entitled to,’ because they have not been proven guilty. Exoneration, Nunn said, ‘is the correct legal term for the status of affairs we are talking about.’”

“Professor Nunn offered a friendly amendment to replace ‘exoneration’ with ‘cases in Florida where convictions have been reversed based on DNA testing.’”

Elizabeth Rowe

Associate ProfessorRowe’s article “Contributory Negligence, Technology, and Trade Secrets,” originally published in the George Mason Law Review in 2009, has been republished in the Defense Law Journal.

“UF takes on high schools to protect logo” (Sept. 21, 2010, The Gainesville Sun)

In an effort to protect its logo and identity, the University of Florida and the licensing company that represents the school is cracking down on several schools around the country who are using similar logos as the Gators.

From the article:
“Under trademark law, universities essentially have a legal obligation to police the use of their marks, said Elizabeth Rowe, associate professor of law and director of the program in intellectual property law at UF. Failing to do so could mean giving up the right to stop unauthorized uses, she said.”

“The issue is becoming more significant as college football becomes increasingly lucrative, she said. But she said the issue is somewhat different when dealing with high schools that might send students to the universities.”

“‘With sports you have the argument, “We’re using the mark to support you,”‘ she said.”

Michael Seigel

ProfessorUpon invitation by Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Patrick Leahy, Seigel testified as an expert witness last week in Washington, D.C. regarding honest services mail and wire fraud in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Skilling v. United States.

Seigel presented a lecture titled, “Ethical Lessons Learned from the Duke Lacrosse (Non)Rape Case,” to the faculty of the Saint Louis University School of Law on Sept. 16.

Michael Allan Wolf

Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law“Florida voters enter battle on growth” (Sept. 27, 2010, The New York Times)

Wolf commented on the debate in Florida surrounding Amendment 4 on the November ballot, which would allow citizens to vote on state-mandated plans regarding land development and growth in counties and municipalities.

From the article:
“‘Most planning advocates would love to have the structure we have in Florida, but most Floridians know that the structure doesn’t work,’ said Michael Allan Wolf, a University of Florida law professor. ‘Amendment 4 suggests that, on the ground, this system is really broken.’”