ARCHIVED FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

Leslie Book

Published “District Court: Zero Returns Aren’t a Valid Return or Refund Claim” for Tax Notes on February 1.

Published “Financial Information Submitted to IRS Not Protected by Privilege” for Tax Notes on February 6.

Published “Tax Court Clarifies Admissible Evidence in Innocent Spouse Cases” for Tax Notes on February 13.

In The Media: Interviewed in “What To Know About The Child Tax Credit, The Right Time to File and A New IRS Pilot Program, According To A Philly-area Tax Expert” for The Philadelphia Inquirer on February 17.

Published “Court Denies Government’s Request to Access Texts Between Spouses” for Tax Notes on February 26.

Published “IRS Failure to Process FOIA Request Generates Attorney Fees Award” for Tax Notes on February 28.

Published “Slow FOIA Response Makes IRS Bad Faith Allegations Credible” for Tax Notes on March 12.

Published “Ex-Spouse’s Intervention in Innocent Spouse Case Highlights Procedural Oddities” for Tax Notes on March 18.

Published “Second Circuit Closes Door on Appealing Small Tax Case Dismissals” for Tax Notes on March 28. 

 

Andrew Brandt

Published “The NFL’s Gambling Hypocrisy at 2024 Super Bowl and Brock Purdy’s Pay Day” for Sports Illustrated on February 15.

Published “Business at the 2024 NFL Combine Means It’s Time for the Front Office to Shine” for Sports Illustrated on February 27.

Posted “NFL Salary Cap Takes Massive Leap, College Football 25 and More!” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on February 27.

Published “2024 NFL Free Agency: New League Year Begins With a Buyers Warning” for Sports Illustrated on March 11.

In The Media: Quoted in “Aaron Jones Released by Packers Amid Josh Jacobs Contract Rumors in NFL Free Agency” for Bleacher Report on March 11.

Posted “Kirk Cousins Does It Again: 2024 NFL Free Agency Thoughts” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on March 12.

Posted “The Latest with Shohei Ohtani’s Interpreter Scandal” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on March 12.

In The Media: Interviewed for “Former NFL Exec Explains Why Eagles Won’t Be Punished For ‘Tampering’” on 97.5 The Fanatic on March 15.

In The Media: Quoted in “Is Shohei Ohtani a Theft Victim? Is He in Trouble? Legal Experts Say Probes Underway” for The Los Angeles Times on March 21. 

 

Doris Brogan

In The Media: Quoted in “Hidden Cameras: What Travelers Need to Know” for The New York Times on March 21. 

 

David Caudill

Presented “Partition Law in Pennsylvania: Procedures and Pitfalls” at the 2024 Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges Mid-Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on February 22.

Appointed to the executive committee and elected director of communications of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Property Law for the 2024-25 academic year on March 13. 

 

Steve Chanenson

Planned and presented “New Era of Probation in Pennsylvania,” a virtual state-wide continuing judicial education program for the administrative office of the Pennsylvania courts on March 28.

Planned and presented “Pennsylvania Sentencing for Judges,” an in-person program for the administrative office of Pennsylvania courts in State College, PA, on April 9.

Co-authored the chapter “Embracing Dignity: Pennsylvania’s Experiment with Scandinavian Correctional Principles” in Excessive Punishment: How the Justice System Creates Mass Incarceration (Columbia University Press), published on April 9. 

 

Lori Corso

Moderated the “Local Perspectives” panel at the GPLLA 2024 Institute: “Keeping It Local” hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association on March 20. 

 

Michelle Madden Dempsey

Participated as a faculty commentator on Audrey Powers’ paper “Self-Defense and Domestic Violence” at the virtual 8^th Annual Graduate and Early Career Workshop hosted by The Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace on October 26.                               

In The Media: Quoted in “Think #MeToo Didn’t Make a Real Difference? Think Again” for Waging Nonviolence on November 28.

Participated in the panel “General Jurisprudence and Legal Doctrine” at the Association of American Law Schools 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on January 5.

Edited publication From Morality to Law and Back Again: A Liber Amicorum for John Gardner (Oxford University Press, 2023) was recommended by The Legal Theory Bookworm on January 13.

Presented “The Normative Force of Consent in Moral, Political and Legal Perspective” at the Rutgers Criminal Law Philosophy seminar at Rutgers University on March 6. 

 

Amy Emerson

Published “A Threshold Assessment: Is Technology Among the Competencies Test by the MPRE?” in The University of St. Thomas Law Journal (Vol. 20, Issue 1) on March 24.

 

Brenner Fissell

Participated in the panel “Democracy and Prosecutorial Declination” at the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Symposium: “The Changing Relationship Between Local Prosecutors and State Governments” held at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law on February 29.

Forthcoming article “The Military’s Constitutional Role” was accepted for publication by the North Carolina Law Review on March 1.

Appointed a senior research scholar for the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the US Naval Academy for the 2024-25 academic year on April 2. 

 

Ann Juliano

Moderated “The Missing Indian Affairs Clause” at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School on January 24.

Participated in the panel “Intersectionality in Equal Pay” at the University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender & Class Equal Pay Symposium: “Celebrating the 60^th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act: Where Are We Now and Where Can We Go?” at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law on March 15.

Participated in the panel “Personal Jurisdiction after Mallory” at the 2024 DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Seminar in Philadelphia on March 21.

Participated in “Dress to Transgress,” a discussion on professionalism and identity hosted by the OutLaw student group at the University of California, Irvine School of Law on March 28. 

 

Preston Lim

Appointed to the organizing committee for the American branch of the 2024 American Society of International Law Annual Meeting: “International Law in an Interdependent World” on February 8. 

Presented “The Great Depression and Canada’s Originalist Decade” at the 15th Annual Hugh & Hazel Darling Foundation Originalism Works-in-Progress Conference hosted by the University of San Diego on February 10.

Posted “Episode 11 – Dalhousie Law School” on the Time Immemorial podcast on February 20.

Published “Canada’s Special Economic Measures Act Under International Law” for Just Security on February 27.

Published “How Canada Can Better Combat Uyghur Forced Labour” for The Globe and Mail on March 18. 

 

Christine Mooney

Presented “Leveraging Your Skills for Success” at Office and Trial 2023 – Mediation Primer: It’s Elementary hosted by The Delaware State Bar Association (DSBA) in Wilmington, DE, on November 16. 

 

Itay Ravid

In The Media: Quoted in “Media Attention Flood Could Influence Prison Time For Franke, Hildebrandt and Other Cases” for KUTV on February 22.

Presented “Rethinking Criminal Intent in the Algorithmic Age” at the Howard University School of Law faculty workshop on March 19. 

 

Michael Risch

In The Media: Interviewed for “At the Round Table with Intellectual Property & Internet Law Expert, Michael Risch” for the Discussions at the Round Table podcast on February 21.

Co-published “Canceling Appellate Precedent” in Florida Law Review on March 19.  

 

Ana Santos Rutschman

Participated in the Association of American Law Schools 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on January 5:

• Panelist for “The End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Lessons Learned and the Future of Pandemic Law” in the Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care.
• Panelist for “Artificial Intelligence and IP in the 21st Century: Who Owns What?” in the Section on Intellectual Property.

Appointed to the executive committee of the Association of American Law School Section on Intellectual Property on January 6.

Participated in the Seventh Annual Health Law Works-in-Progress Retreat at Seton Hall University School of Law on January 13.

In The Media: Quoted in “Pennsylvania AG’s Clout in Opioid Deal Likely Has Wide Reach” for Law 360 on February 2.

Co-published “A Codified Liability Regime to Stimulate Greater Investment in Subpatentable Innovation” in UC Davis Law Review (Vol. 57, Issue 3) on February 18.

Presented “FDA Regulation of Vaccines” virtually at the Syracuse Intellectual Property Law Institute (SIPLI) Speaker Series hosted by Syracuse University College of Law on March 6. 

Published “Asthma Meds Have Become Shockingly Unaffordable − But Relief May Be On The Way” for The Conversation on March 8.

Participated in the panel “The Legal Risks of AI-Driven Innovation in the World of Medicine” virtually at the 2024 Jaharis Symposium: “Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Existential Challenges for Law & Ethics” hosted by DePaul University College of Law on March 14.

In The Media: Quoted in “Asthma Inhalers Get a Price Cut. Black Users Shouldn’t Breathe Easy” for Word In Black on March 20. 

 

Chaim Saiman

Presented “Contemporary Rabbinical Courts: Between Jewish and American Law” at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on February 22.

Presented “American Arbitration Law and the Rise of the Neo-Kahal” at a faculty seminar at Bar-Ilan University in Israel on February 28.

Published “Keeping Kosher in the Age of AI” for Mosaic on March 18.

Published “Is Insurance ‘Just a Contract’ or a ‘Just Contract’?” in Maryland Law Review (Vol. 83, No. 3) on March 28. 

 

Tuan Samahon

Participated in the panel “FOIA: Everything You Want to Know and Aren’t Afraid to Ask” at the American Bar Association Section of Taxation 2024 Midyear Tax Meeting in San Francisco on January 20.

 

Christine Speidel

Participated in the American Bar Association Section of Taxation 2024 Midyear Tax Meeting in San Francisco:

• Participated in the panel “Innocent Spouse Relief for Domestic Violence Survivors” on January 19.
• Moderated “Recent Cases Addressing Jurisdiction to Litigate Your Tax Dispute and Equitable Tolling” on January 20.

Presented “Towards ‘Taxpayer First’ Innocent Spouse Relief” at the Mid-Atlantic Clinical Legal Education Conference hosted by the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law on February 24. 

Presented “Transparency and Access Issues in Tax Preparation” at the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development meeting on March 20.

Co-published “Squeezing Blood From Stones – A Comparative Analysis of Tax Relief for Victim-survivors of Economic Abuse in Australia and the United States” in the Australian Tax Forum UNSW Business School Research Papers (forthcoming) with Leslie Book published on March 6. 

Andrew Brandt

Posted “Reacting to Penn National’s Deal with Barstool Sports & More!” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on August 9.

Published “NFL Owners Are Succeeding in Taking More Power Back From the Players” for Sports Illustrated on August 15.

Published “Jonathan Taylor, Joe Burrow, Chris Jones Have Offseason Business Left to Resolve” for Sports Illustrated on August 31.

Posted “Breaking Down Joe Burrow & Nick Bosa’s Historic Contracts” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on September 7.

Presented “Leadership Lessons Learned from the Sports World” at the CVS Leadership Conference in Woonsocket, RI on September 12.

Posted “Aaron Rodgers Tears His Achilles, Grass vs. Turf Fields, & More” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on September 15.

Published “Comparing Every 2023 Offseason NFL Quarterback Contract” for Sports Illustrated on September 15.

Posted “NFL Files Grievance Against the NFLPA, Patrick Mahomes Restructures Contract, & More!” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on September 22.

Posted “Damian Lillard Traded to the Bucks, the Latest with Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift, & More!” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on September 27.

Published “Examining Patrick Mahomes’s Contract Restructure and a New NFL Ownership Committee” for Sports Illustrated on September 27. 

 

Doris Brogan

Presented “Teaching Leadership Using the Case Study Method” at The Association of American Law Schools Teaching Leadership webinar on September 26. 

 

Leslie Book

Presented “Public Engagement in Rulemaking” at the Center for Taxpayer Rights Transforming Tax Administration: Toward an Effective, Inclusive & Trusted IRS Conference in Washington, DC on September 13. 

 

John Cannan

Published “On the Trail of Francis Channing Barlow: Military Prodigy and Legal Warrior Against Corruption” on the In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress blog on September 15. 

 

David Caudill

Participated in the panel “Improving the Quality of CLE” at the Symposium on Continuing Legal Education and the Professional Education of Lawyers hosted by Villanova Law on October 6.

 

Steve Chanenson

Moderated the “Historical Review and Lessons for Today” and “Sentencing Information for Modern Judges” panels at Frankel at 50: A Half-Century’s Perspective on Criminal Sentences: Law Without Order hosted by the New York City Bar Association on April 24.

Co-published “Frankel at 50: A Half-Century’s Perspective on Criminal Sentences: Law Without Order” in Federal Sentencing Reporter on June 1.

Appointed to the Sentencing Standards Task Force by the American Bar Association on August 1.

Participated in the 2023 National Association of Sentencing Commissions Conference in Stateline, NV on August 8 and 9:

• Presented “An Approach to Evidence-based Sentencing: Review and Policy Options.”
• Participated in the panel “Guidelines Uniformity and Consistency: Are We Deceiving Ourselves?”
• Moderated “Frankel at 50: A Half-Century’s Perspective on Criminal Sentences: Law Without Order.”

Designated as vice chair of the Pennsylvania Continuing Judicial Education Board of Judges by the Supreme Court on September 14. 

 

Lori Corso

Published a review of How to Be a Badass Lawyer: The Unexpected & Simple Guide to Less Stress and Greater Personal Development Through Mindfulness and Compassion by Claire E. Parsons in Law Library Journal (Vol. 115, No. 3) on August 11. 

 

Amy Emerson

Participated in the panel “Negotiation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” at the Life in the Big City XXIX: Law Department CLE in Philadelphia on July 28.

 

Abraham Gafni

Published “Equitable Tolling of the FAA’s Deadline for Vacating an Arbitration Award” in The Legal Intelligencer on August 14. 

 

Preston Lim

Presented “The Great Depression and Canada’s Originalist Decade” at the Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop at the University of Toronto on September 13.

In The Media: Quoted in “How China Might Affect Canada’s Dispute with India” for Toronto Star on September 20.

Published “The Originalism of F.R. Scott” in Supreme Court Law Review on September 21.

In The Media: Interviewed for “As Spat Builds, India Claims Students at Risk in Canada Despite Envoy Avowing Safety” on CTV News on September 22.

 

Michelle Madden Dempsey

Co-authored From Morality to Law and Back Again: A Liber Amicorum for John Gardner (Oxford University Press) published on August 17.

Appointed to the executive board of The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy organization on September 21. 

 

MarySheila McDonald

In the Media: Interviewed for “Episode #25: MarySheila McDonald” on Slice of Mentorship podcast on October 3.

 

Michael Moreland

Published “Contingency and Contestation in Christianity and Liberalism” in the Notre Dame Law Review on June 16.

Published “Germaneness and Religious Liberty” in the Notre Dame Law Review on July 14.

Presented “First Amendment: Establishment and Free Exercise of Religion” at the National Constitution Center’s Summer Teacher Institute in Philadelphia on July 18.

In The Media: Interviewed for “The Issue Of Religious Public Charter Schools” on NPR on August 7.

Participated in the panel “Religious Liberty and the American Founding” at the University of Notre Dame on September 22. 

 

Luke Repici

Presented at the Legal Writing Institute New Teacher Training Bootcamp hosted by the Temple University Beasley School of Law on August 3. 

 

Michael Risch

Participated as a senior commentator at the second meeting of the Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship at the Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University on September 7.

 

Ana Santos Rutschman

Presented “No Sue Pledges: Enforceable or Performative” at the American Bar Association Intellectual Property Section Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on April 6.

Presented “Vaccines, Misinformation and Equity” at the Annual Meeting on Law and Society in San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 2.

Presented “Technology Specificity in Pandemic Preparedness” remotely at the Symposium on Biomedical Innovation Law hosted by Copenhagen University on June 15.

Presented “The Role of the FDA in Public Health Crises” remotely at the Japanese American Society for Legal Studies 2023 Symposium on June 18.

Presented “Reconsidering Patent Pledges: The Case of the Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine Pledge” at the 23^rd Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law on August 3.

Published “Increasing Equity in the Transnational Allocation of Vaccines Against Emerging Pathogens: A Multi-Modal Approach” in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics on September 1.

Presented “Assessing COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Use Authorizations” at the 2023 America Disease Prevention and Control Summit in Philadelphia on September 7.

Presented “Technology Specificity in Pandemic Preparedness” at the 2023 National Vaccine Law Conference: Advancing the Vaccine Law Dialogue at the George Washington University on September 14.

Published “What the New York City Marathon Can Teach Us About Equitable Access to Vaccines” on the Bill of Health blog on September 20. 

 

Christine Speidel

In The Media: Quoted in “Fraud Risks Rises as IRS Fixes Low-Income Credits, Tax Pros Warn” for Bloomberg Tax on September 29.

 

Emily Stolzenberg

Received the 2023-24 Haub Law Emerging Scholar Award in Women, Gender and Law from the Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law on August 9.

“Tribes, States, and Sovereigns Interest in Children” (North Carolina Law Review, forthcoming)

• Selected for presentation at the 2023 Equity Law Scholars Forum at the Boston University School of Law on August 10.
• Presented at the University of Virginia School of Law faculty workshop on September 8.
• Presented at the AALS Sections on Education Law & Children and the Law mid-year works-in-progress session at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law on September 22.

Presented “Private Law and Intimates’ Obligations” (Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 48, Issue 2) at the Fifth Roundtable on Nonmarriage and Law at the Rutgers Law School on September 29. 

 

Les Book

Presented “Attorney Well-Being and the Tax Bar” at the NYU Tax Controversy Forum on June 8.

Presented “IRS Collection Policies and Procedures” at the Center for Taxpayer Rights in Washington, DC on July 17. 

 

Andrew Brandt

Posted “The NFL Schedule Release from an Executive’s Perspective with Ross Tucker” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on May 16. 

Published “Separating Fact From Fiction Over How the NFL Salary Cap Works” for Sports Illustrated on May 17.

In The Media: Interviewed for “#158 Goodell’s Contract Extension, Tom Brady’s Stake In The Las Vegas Raiders, And More NFL Inside Takes With Andrew Brandt” on The Joe Pomp Show on May 26.

Posted “Inside Jimmy Garoppolo’s Contract & an Interview with Joe Pompliano” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on June 1.

Published “New Kickoff Fair Catch Rule Makes Good Business Sense for the NFL” for Sports Illustrated on June 2.

Posted “PGA & LIV’s Historic Merger, Lionel Messi’s Groundbreaking Contract with Inter Miami” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on June 7.

In The Media: Interview for the Dan Patrick Show on June 9.

Published “How Running Backs Face Financial Disadvantages at Every Stage of Their Careers” for Sports Illustrated on June 21.

Posted “2023 NBA Free Agency Primer, NFLPA Names New Executive Director” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on June 28. 

 

David Caudill

Presented “The Role of Daubert in a Consensus Regime” at Vanderbilt University Law School on April 16.

Presented “Law as Religion: A Response to Orenstein’s ‘The Religion of Evidence’” at Vanderbilt University Law School on April 16.

In The Media: Interviewed about his new book, Expertise in Crisis (Bristol University Press), on June 12.

Published “Expertise in Crisis: How Can ‘Those People’ Not See the Truth?” for Transforming Society on June 13. 

 

Amy Emerson

Authored the chapter “Villanova Law Library – A Collaborative Library Model” in Academic Law Library Structures: Past, Present, and Future (William S. Hein & Co., Inc.) published on May 1.

Participated in the panel “ChatGPT in the Legal Profession: Uses, Limitations and Future Implications” at the Pennsylvania Bar CLE on May 19.

Co-authored the chapter “Attaining Academic Tenure” in Academic Law Librarianship (University of Arizona) published on June 1.

Participated in the panel “The Philly Social Justice Hackathon: Catalyzing Cross-Disciplinary Problem Solving and Creative Collaboration in Legal Education” at the 2023 CALI Conference for Law School Computing at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School on June 15.  

 

Brenner Fissell

Presented “Police-Made Law” at the 2023 Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum at Yale Law School on June 29.

Presented “Private Collections Agencies and Criminal Fines” at CrimFest 2023 at Brooklyn Law School on July 17. 

 

Abraham Gafni

Published “Review the Arbitration Providers’ Rules Carefully” in The Legal Intelligencer on June 21.

 

Michael Moreland

Participated in the panel “Abortion Drugs and Federalism Post-Dobbs” at the Notre Dame Vita Institute at the University of Notre Dame on June 13.

Presented “Germaneness and Religious Liberty” at the 13^th Annual Law and Religion Roundtable symposium at the University Virginia School of Law on June 23.

Led a discussion for New York City high school teachers on the First Amendment’s religion clauses as part of the Justice for All: Courts and the Community Initiative on June 29.  

In The Media: Quoted in “Supreme Court Has Ruled to End Race-Based Admissions in College. This is What Philly-Area Schools are Saying” for The Philadelphia Inquirer on June 29.

In The Media: Quoted in “U.S. Supreme Court Sends Former Holtwood Mail Carrier Back to Appeals Court After Clarifying Rule” for Lancaster Online on June 29. 

 

Itay Ravid

Co-published “The Future of Roe and the Gender Pay Gap: An Empirical Assessment” in the Indiana Law Journal on May 1.

Participated as a panelist at the 2023 Richmond Junior Faculty Forum at the University of Richmond School of Law on May 23.

Participated in the Annual Meeting on Law and Society in San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 1:

• Presented “Renegotiating Theories of Punishment.”
• Panelist for “Collateral Consequences and Blurring the Boundaries of Punishment.”
• Panelist for “The Media and The Representation of Marginalized Communities.”  

 

Michael Risch

Participated as a commentator at the Lastowka Cyberlaw Colloquium at the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law on May 13.

In The Media: Interviewed for “What Regulations Are Being Considered as AI Becomes More Accessible” on KCBS Radio on May 14.

In The Media: Interviewed for “Twitter May Have to Pay Up Millions of Dollars Over Copywrite Infringements” on KCBS Radio on June 15. 

In The Media: Interviewed for “Twitter’s Attorney Alleged That Meta Is Stealing Intellectual Property Rights” on KCBS Radio on July 7.  

In The Media: Interviewed for “Comedian Sues Two AI Companies, What Precedent Does This Set?” on KCBS Radio on July 11.   

 

Christine Speidel

Presented “Are You on the Record? Don’t Fall Trap to the Record Rule” at the American Bar Association 2023 May Tax Meeting in Washington, DC on May 5.

Presented “Patching the Backstop: Equitable Remedies in Tax” at the 18^th Annual Junior Tax Scholars Workshop at Northeastern University on June 17. 

 

Emily Stolzenberg

Presented “Perpetuating Political Communities: Tribes, States and Sovereigns’ Interest in Children” at the 2023 Family Law Scholars and Teachers Conference at the Boston College Law School on June 15.

Participated in the panel “Domestic Relations” at the Tenth Biennial Conference on the Law of Obligations hosted by Western Law on July 12.