FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

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2024–25 Vol. 3

Leslie Book

Co-published “The Need For A General Two-Year Statute of Limitations” for Tax Notes on January 27.
Published “Technology is Speeding Up Tax Season, But Not the Audit Process” for The Hill on February 25.
Published “Loper Bright and Uncertainty” for the Procedurally Taxing blog on Tax Notes on March 5.

Andrew Brandt

Posted “Eagles Win Super Bowl 59, Lakers Trade Fiasco & More” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on February 11.
Published “Business of Football: Eagles’ Talent Differential Was Too Much for Chiefs” for Sports Illustrated on February 13.
In the Media: Appeared in “S.I.’s Andrew Brandt: How Bengals Should Handle Their Free Agents Situation” on The Rich Eisen Show on February 28.
Posted “Saquon Barkley Signs Extension & NFL Franchise Tag Deadline” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on March 4.
Published “Business of Football: What to Expect in Free Agency, Start of New League Year” for Sports Illustrated on March 10.
Posted “Boston Celtics sell for $6.1 Billion, March Madness & More” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on March 20.
Published “Business of Football: Celtics’ Record Sale Is Great for NFL Owners” for Sports Illustrated on March 26.
In the Media: Interviewed for “Andrew Brandt On Why The NFL Shouldn't Ban The Tush Push” on 97.5 The Fanatic on March 27.

David Caudill

In the Media: Interviewed for “Judges Should Be Discerning Consensus, Not Evaluation Scientific Expertise” on the Excited Utterance podcast on October 28.
Presented “Ethical Contours in Perkins-Valdez's Novel, Take My Hand” at Washington & Lee Law and Literature Seminar in Lexington, Virginia on November 1.
Authored the chapter "Ethics: Law and Literature as an Ethical Enterprise" in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Law and Literature (Edward Elgar Publishing), published on January 9.

Steven L. Chanenson

Participated in a closed drug sentencing roundtable with the U.S. Sentencing Commission in Washington, DC on November 20.
Elected co-chair of the Voices of the Commonwealth Committee, part of the transition committee for Attorney General-Elect Dave Sunday, on January 15.
Presented “Sentencing Commissions: A Snapshot from the Keystone State” at the New York State Justice Task Force on February 10.
Presented “What Pennsylvania is Learning From Scandinavia About Corrections” with Jordyn Hyatt ’08 at the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges Midyear Meeting in Pittsburgh on February 21.
In the Media: Interviewed for “Why Are US Attorneys Resigning from Office” on KYW Newsradio on February 23.
Presented “The Scandinavian Prison Project: Nordic-Inspired Correctional Reform in Pennsylvania” at the Symposium on Prison Research and Innovation hosted by the Urban Institute in Washington, DC on March 20.

Michelle Madden Dempsey

Presented “Sex & Coercion” at the University of California-Irvine Legal Philosophy Seminar on March 26.
Presented “Defining Sex Trafficking: Comparative Legal Perspectives” virtually at the Widener Commonwealth Law Review Symposium on April 4.

Michael Moreland

In the Media: Interviewed for “President Joe Biden Pardons Son Hunter Biden” by 6ABC Philadelphia on December 1.
In the Media: Interviewed for “President Biden’s Decision to Pardon His Son” by NBC10 Philadelphia on December 2.
In the Media: Quoted in “Could Donald Trump Just Ignore a TikTok Ban?” by Newsweek on January 10.
In the Media: Interviewed for “Trump has Pledged Pardons for Jan. 6 Capitol Rioters, Local Attorneys Prepare” by NBC10 Philadelphia on January 17.
In the Media: Interviewed for “President Trump’s Historic Comeback” by NBC10 Philadelphia on January 20.
In the Media: Quoted in “Pride, Puppies and a Charter School: A Look at the Blockbuster Religion Cases at the Supreme Court” for USA Today on February 2.
In the Media: Quoted in “Supreme Court that Trump Helped Shape Could Have the Last Word on His Aggressive Executive Orders” by The Associated Press on February 10.

Michael Risch

In the Media: Quoted in “They Spoke Out Against Their Employer. Then They Were Hit With Trade Secrets Lawsuit s.” by Business Insider on January 25.
Published an amicus brief in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (en banc) case EcoFactor v. Google on January 25.
In the Media: Interviewed for “EU Presses Apple for Use of Encrypted Data in Criminal Investigations” by KCBS Radio on February 7.

Tuan Samahon

Presented “Special-Purpose Disclosure: Accessing the Government’s X-Files” at the Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law faculty workshop on March 26.

Ana Santos Rutschman

In the Media: Quoted in “5 Ways RFK Jr. Could Undermine Lifesaving Childhood Vaccines” by The New York Times on November 19.
Published “From Myriad to Moderna: The Modern (Bio)Pharmaceutical Company” in the Texas A&M Journal of Property Law (Vol.11, No. 1) on January 1.
In the Media: Quoted in “Can RFK Jr. really take away ADHD Medications?” by Rolling Stone on February 23.
In the Media: Quoted in “RFK Team's Moves on Vaccines, Bird Flu Stoke Health Worries” by Bloomberg Law on February 28.
In the Media: Quoted in “Could 'Make America Healthy Again' Impact Mental Health Treatment?” by Fox47 News on March 11.
In the Media: Quoted in “Trump CDC Pick Gets Praise for Science Credentials, With Limits” by Bloomberg Law on March 27.
In the Media: Quoted in “23andMe Wants to Sell its Most Valuable Asset. Will Your Private DNA Data Be Safe?” by MarketWatch on March 27.