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The possibility of an international legal instrument to protect indigenous IP rights remains alive thanks to the efforts of Professor Margo Bagley and international delegates who worked down to the wire at recent World Intellectual Property Organization General Assembly talks.

University of Virginia School of Law professor Ruth Mason , an expert in comparative taxation, facilitated a victory for tax justice in the U.S. when her amicus brief , co-authored with Michael S. Knoll of the University of Pennsylvania, helped persuade the Supreme Court in its decision last month

The First Amendment Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law has prevailed in its latest Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Justice. The clinic recently obtained copies of 18 deals the department made with big businesses and other entities to settle alleged

An article by University of Virginia School of Law professor Dotan Oliar , economics Ph.D. student Nathanial Pattison and third-year law student K. Ross Powell has been selected for inclusion in the 2015 edition of Intellectual Property Law Review, an anthology of the best IP law scholarship

Several University of Virginia School of Law alumni are teaching students in a new short course about the role of corporate lawyers in business transactions and how that role evolves throughout the life cycle of a company. The Role of Counsel in Business Transactions, a one-credit course offered

Both quarterbacks facing off in the Super Bowl on Sunday have ties to the University of Virginia School of Law. Donald Yee '87 Harry Wilson '80 New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's long-time agent is Donald Yee '87 , co-founder of Yee & Dubin Sports, a sports management and consulting firm

A new University of Virginia School of Law course set in Israel offered students a unique way to study the nation's business laws and entrepreneurial practices last week. UVA Law professors Michal Barzuza , a corporate law expert, and Dotan Oliar , an intellectual property expert, led the six-day