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February 18, 2008 | Vol. XI, Issue 22


Faculty Scholarship & Activities

SeigelMichael Seigel
Professor

  • Presented a lecture on Feb. 11 entitled, Establishing and Maintaining a Norm of Collegiality in the Law School Setting, to the faculty at Florida International University Law School in Miami.


UF Law Faculty in the News

LittleJoseph W. Little
Professor; Alumni Research Scholar

  • St. Petersburg Times, Feb. 7. Interviewed about two Tampa Bay area lawmakers who want to put a $1 tax on strip club admissions so they can give low-income nursing home residents more spending money. The bill is aiming to increase the Medicaid allowance to $70 a month, but the adult entertainment industry says it will fight the bill. Little said he thinks the tax would pass muster because the Legislature has the ability to create revenue streams and devote that money to certain causes.

MillsJon L. Mills
Professor; Director of Center for Governmental Responsibility; Dean Emeritus

  • Associated Press, Jan. 30-31. Quoted in stories on the state Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in a Seminole Indian gaming case. Governor Charlie Crist signed an agreement with the tribe in November that allows for Vegas-style slots and games such as blackjack and baccarat at its seven Florida casinos. Acting as an attorney for the Florida House, Mills said Crist violated the Florida Constitution when he agreed with the tribe to expand gambling in the state. But attorneys for the governor and the tribe argue that Crist was only acting on existing state and federal law. Mills also argued that any agreement made by the governor should be approved by the Legislature. But the attorney for Crist says the governor was under a federal order to negotiate with the tribe. "This compact, as it stands before you, is unconstitutional," Mills said. Tax dollars from gambling will be funneled into a state education fund. The high court has no timetable for a ruling. Mills was quoted in stories appearing in newspapers, news websites and other publications, including Florida Today, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, St. Petersburg Times, Tallahassee Democrat, and the Fort Myers News-Press.

SloboginChristopher Slobogin
Stephen C. O’Connell Chair; Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry; Adjunct Professor, University of South Florida Mental Health Institute; Associate Director, Center for Children and Families

  • Harper's Magazine, National Public Radio, Jan. 29. Interviewed about his new book, Privacy at Risk: The New Government Surveillance and the Fourth Amendment, which appeared in Harper's Magazine online http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/01/hbc-90002270. Also interviewed about the book on a Texas affiliate of National Public Radio, and the book was favorably reviewed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, D.C. in its monthly "Epic Alert."

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