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University of Virginia law professor Margo Bagley has co-authored the first stand-alone casebook focusing on international patent law in more than a decade. The casebook, "International Patent Law and Policy," by Bagley and co-authors Professor Ruth Okediji of the University of Minnesota Law School

In a 5-4 decision on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a Ball State University catering assistant who alleged that she was the victim of employment discrimination and who was represented by the University of Virginia School of Law's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic . The catering assistant

Ingrid Fuquen Zeisler, a 2001 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, helps oversee legal and compliance issues at BlackRock Inc., a multinational investment management corporation based in New York City. Zeisler recently spoke with UVA Law about her career path and how her time at the

Today Ravi Agarwal works in the mergers and acquisitions group at the law firm Simpson Thacher in New York City, but he had little exposure to the economic and business principles he would need to excel in his job until he participated in a unique program at the University of Virginia School of Law

University of Virginia law professor Michal Barzuza's article exploring how businesses incorporated in Nevada face little liability was named among the 10 best corporate and securities law articles published in 2012, according to a list compiled by Corporate Practice Commentator. Barzuza's article,

Andrew Hayashi, an expert in tax law, tax policy and behavioral law and economics, will join the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law this summer. Hayashi, who is currently the Nourallah Elghanayan Research Fellow at the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York

Ruth Mason, an expert in international and comparative taxation, will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty in the fall. Mason, who is currently a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, will begin teaching at Virginia as a professor of law in August. She expects to

An upcoming symposium at the University of Virginia School of Law will bring together experts in corporate law, academia, venture capital, angel investing and crowd funding to discuss the potential business and legal ramifications of the Jumpstart Our Business Start-Ups Act. ( Full schedule ) "Game

Is it ethical, or even legally acceptable for doctors to approve one last dance by a reality TV show contestant if it could lead to permanent damage to his back? These are the kinds of legal questions University of Virginia law professor Dr. Gil Siegal tackled recently when he led the design of a

Every corporate law student learns that in America, directors and officers face liability for breaching their fiduciary duties — duty of loyalty, good faith and care — to their shareholders. But for a while now that hasn't been entirely true in Nevada, according to University of Virginia law

It's not hard for law students to learn about the legal operations of publicly traded companies — the information on the companies' finances and governance is, after all, public. But students interested in the private equity field are getting an inside look this semester at an industry that is more

Update : "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: The Future of Financial Regulation" with Ethiopis Tafara (Podcast): Ethiopis Tafara, director of the Office of International Affairs at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, spoke at the University of Virginia School of Law as part of the the

Jeffrey O'Connell, a pioneer of insurance law reform and a member of the University of Virginia School of Law's faculty for 32 years, died Sunday. He was 84. "By seeing the connection between tort law and insurance law, Jeff O'Connell transformed both and influenced scholars, judges, and legislators

The measure approved late Tuesday to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff" is a bad deal, according to University of Virginia law professor and tax policy expert George Yin . "On a scale from one to 10, with 'one' meaning 'horrible,' this bill is a zero," said Yin, who was chief of staff of the U.S

A University of Virginia law clinic argued before a federal appeals court today for the release of information that may shed light on the causes of the financial crisis in 2008. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard an appeal by insurance and

Update : "Judge Paul Michel '66 on the U.S. Patent System" (Video, Podcast). Paul Michel '66, who held the nation's top judicial position focused on intellectual property law matters as chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from 2005-10, delivered the keynote address at a

The law on when and whether public officials can be held liable for violating constitutional rights is incoherent, says Professor John C. Jeffries Jr. in a forthcoming Virginia Law Review article. John Jeffries In " The Liability Rule for Constitutional Torts ," Jeffries observes that currently

University of Virginia law professor John Morley, an expert in mutual fund regulation, trusts and estates, and corporate governance, has been named director of the Law School's Law & Business Program . The Law & Business Program, which integrates business and legal analysis in the law school

Through a new clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law, law students are providing free legal services to startup companies founded by students at UVA's Darden School of Business. In the Transactional Law Clinic, which launched as a trial course in the spring and officially begins this

Conventional wisdom holds that strong copyright and patent laws are necessary to encourage creativity. Without such protections, the thinking goes, competitors are free to steal ideas, create knockoffs and drain profits from innovators. Yet a number of major industries — fashion, cuisine, open