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Faculty Scholarship and Activities

• Published "Case Management: Time for a Tune-Up," Law Technology News (March 13, 2009).

• Published his review of Steven J. Heyman, Free Speech and Human Dignity, in 199 Ethics 367 (2009).

• April 1, 2009, The Independent Florida Alligator
  Jerry was interviewed by The Independent Florida Alligator about the state budget cuts and how it will effect the UF College of Law. Since the college is graduate only, it can charge all of its students extra tuition on top of state set tuition. It will also use almost $600,000 of the differential tuition money to fund faculty positions currently funded by the state. Four vacant faculty and staff positions would be cut and one visiting lecturer position would not be renewed. Other cuts, such as those to operating expenses and library subscription fees, would possibly be funded by tuition money as well, said Jerry.

• March 30, 2009, Hotel Online and Orlando Sentinel
  Lidsky was used as a legal expert to provide perspective on why theme parks are susceptible to liability suits. Lidsky said a theme park "operates on so many different levels -- it involves all kinds of business models combined. It's hard to imagine another business that has such a wide array of activities that create a potential for tort liability."
• March 31, 2009, Ocala Star Banner
  Lidsky provided legal clarification on the First Amendment rights of students in regards to attire. "Students don't have full-fledged First Amendment rights. It's a supervised setting. It's a particular mission, and the student speech is not allowed to interfere in the student's school," said Lidsky.

• March 22, 2009, Sun-Sentinel and Palm Beach Post
  Little was used as a legal reference in regards to Gov. Crist accepting rides on private plans for personal use from power-wielding individuals. “The governor should be forthcoming and explain who it was who provided these planes and what the purpose was, or at least that there was no public business and no expectation of favors in return,” said Little.

• Elected to the Board of Trustees of the World Academy of Art and Science. The Academy describes itself as a "non-official network of individual Fellows from diverse cultures, nationalities, and intellectual disciplines chosen for eminence in art, the natural and social sciences, and the humanities. Its activities focus on the social consequences and policy implications of knowledge." See http://www.worldacademy.org.

• Published the paperback edition of his 2007 book, The Microsoft Case: Antitrust, High Technology, and Consumer Welfare (with John Lopatka) (University of Chicago Press, 2009).

• Presented "Creating Value in a Value-Claiming World," Manatee Florida Association of Women Lawyers (CLE workshop), Sarasota (March 2009).

• Presented "The Professionalism and Ethics of Practicing in Federal Court," Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee and the Young Lawyers Division, Basic Federal Practice 2009 (CLE course), Miami and Tampa (April 2009).
• March 30, 2009, Orlando Sentinel
  Seigel was used as a legal source to talk about the number of innocent people jailed each year. "Depending on whether you talk to people who are prosecution-oriented or defense-oriented, you're going to get widely divergent numbers," said Seigel. "The criminal justice system does a pretty good job; there isn't widespread error. But there is error ... one person who is innocent and is in jail is one too many."

• Presented "Emerging Antitrust Regimes: Conflict, Convergence and Harmonization Issues in International Antitrust," at the ABA, Antitrust Section Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C. (March 2009).