ARCHIVED FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

Leslie Book

Presented “Developments Affecting Lower Income Taxpayers” at the Tax Legislative and Regulatory Update Conference in Washington, DC on January 26.

Presented “Thoughts on Building an Antiracist Tax Administration” at the Race and Tax Symposium at the American Tax Policy Institute in Washington, DC on February 24.

Published “Collection Due Process at Twenty-Five: A Still Important and Needed Check on IRS Collection Power” in Pittsburgh Tax Review (Vol. 20, No. 1) on March 16.

 

Andrew Brandt

In The Media: Interviewed for “Andrew Brandt Explains How Bears’ Salary Cap Flexibility Helps Them in Many Ways” on the Mully & Haugh Show on 670 The Score Chicago on February 1.

Interviewed Ross Tucker, former NFL Player and founder of RT Media, for “Ross Tucker: Tom Brady Announces Retirement, Sean Payton Traded and More!” on The Business of Sports on February 2.

Published “Eagles’ Howie Roseman Deserves to be Executive of the Year” for Sports Illustrated on February 8.

In The Media: Interviewed for “How Does This Eagles Team Stack Up to Philly’s Previous Championship Squads?” on The Mike Missanelli Podcast on February 8.

Co-presented “Race and the NFL” for a professional development class at Villanova Law on February 14.

In The Media: Interviewed for “NFL Predictions, AI Competitions” for the Motley Fool Monday podcast on February 19.

Published “Big Quarterback Contracts Are Not the Problem. Salary Cap Management Is” for Sports Illustrated on February 22.

Interviewed Don Van Natta Jr., journalist, author and broadcaster, for “Don Van Natta Jr. – Inside Dan Snyder’s Alleged ‘Secret Loan’” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on February 23.

In The Media: Interviewed for “MMQB’s Andrew Brandt Talks Rodgers, Lamar, Daniel Jones, Bears & More” on The Rich Eisen Show on February 24.

Posted “Brandt’s Rants: Aaron Rodgers to New York? Lamar Jackson Gets Non-Exclusive Franchise Tag” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on March 8.

Published “Why the Franchise Tag Still Exists and How It Impacts Free Agency” for Sports Illustrated on March 9.

In The Media: Interviewed for “MMQB’s Andrew Brandt: Why Aaron Rodgers’ & Packers’ Relationship Soured” on The Rich Eisen Show on March 19.

Published “The Aaron Rodgers Era Is Over in Green Bay and It’s Time for the Jets to Go Get Him” for Sports Illustrated on March 20.

In The Media: Interview for “Hour 3 – Andrew Brandt – Sports Business Insider + NFL News & Notes” on OutKick Hot Mic with Hutton and Withrow on March 20.

Presented “An Analysis of Name, Image and Likeness” at the 10^th Annual Penn Carey Law Entertainment and Sports Law Society Symposium on March 23.

Presented “The Changing Landscape of Sports Law” at the New York University School of Law Sports Symposium on March 24.

Posted “Brandt’s Rants – NFL Draft Eligibility, Roger Goodell’s Contract Extension” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on April 11.

 

Patrick Brennan

Authored the chapter “The Forgiveness of Love in Charity: Getting Conversationally Opened Up” in Christianity, Ethics and the Law: The Concept of Love in Christian Legal Thought (Routledge) published on December 30.

 

John Cannan

Published “Schoolhouse Rock! Rules: Orthodoxies and Unorthodoxies in Congressional Procedure” published in University of Detroit Mercy Law Review (Vol. 100, Issue 1) on March 1.

Presented “Joel Bishop’s Reign as King of the Treatise Writers and What It Means for Persuasive Authority” at the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School Legal Information Symposium: “The Legal Treatise: Past, Present and Future” on March 24.

 

David Caudill

Presented “Legal Ethics in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” at the 22^nd Annual Symposium on Legal Malpractice and Ethics at the St. Mary’s School of Law on January 27.

Presented “The Role of Ideology in the Crisis of Expertise” for a sociology of science class at York University on March 3.

Presented “Expertise in Crisis: Post-Covid Examples” for a sociology of science class at James Madison University on April 14.

 

Amy Emerson

Named a finalist in Bloomberg Law’s inaugural Law School Innovation Program for the Leveraging Technology to Promote Access to Justice course in January.

Appointed to the Law Archive Advisory Board at Yale Law School on March 20.

 

Brenner Fissell

Published “Police-Made Law” in Minnesota Law Review (forthcoming) on March 17.

Co-authored an amicus brief in support of the appellant in United States v. Gilmet (No. 23-0010) on March 24.

 

Daniel Friedman

Presented “The Difficulty of Distinguishing: How Fear Gave Us Powerful Presidents, Passport Photos and 21^st Century Biometrics” at the 2023 American Historical Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on January 5.

 

Brett Frischmann

In The Media: Quoted in “Should You Really Let Your Browser Save Your Passwords?” for HuffPost on February 1.

Presented “Overcoming Techo-Social Engineering” at the Metropolitan State University of Denver on March 14.

Presented “Common Nonsense about Password Security and the Expert-Layperson Knowledge Gap” virtually at the CyberGreen Institute on March 23.

Presented “Governance Seams” at Harvard Law School on March 31.

 

Abraham Gafni

Published “Is Your Petition to Compel Arbitration Barred by the Statue of Limitations?” in The Legal Intelligencer on February 6.

Published “Four Joint Insurers – Does an Arbitration Clause Appearing in Only One Policy Control?” in The Legal Intelligencer on April 10.

 

Michael Moreland

Presented “Human Dignity and Religious Liberty” at the University of Pennsylvania Collegium Institute Legal Humanities Fellowship on February 6.

Presented “Free Speech and Critical Thinking for Today’s Students” at the Villanova in Hawaii alumni reception in Honolulu on February 17.

Presented “The Establishment Clause: Precedent and History” and participated in the panel “The Supreme Court and the Modern Republic" at St. Anselm’s College on February 22.

In The Media: Quoted in “Biden Loan Forgiveness Has Narrow Path to Victory Via Standing” for Bloomberg Law on March 1.

Presented “The Evolving Establishment Clause” at Augustana University on March 27.

Participated in the panel “Carson v. Makin, Parental Choice, and Religious Liberty” presented by Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative on April 14.

 

Itay Ravid

Published “The Right to Social Expungement” in American Criminal Law Review (Vol. 60) on March 1.

 

Michael Risch

Named a senior fellow for the Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship at the Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy at the Antonin Scalia Law School of George Mason University in January.

Participated as a senior commentator for the first 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 of George Mason University on March 10.

In The Media: Quoted in “Bucks County Sues Social Media Companies Over Harm to Kids” for the Delaware Valley Journal on March 16.

In The Media: Quoted in “Is the Manhattan DA’s Case Against Trump Well-Founded or a Political Sham?” for the Delaware Valley Journal on April 6.

Presented “Intellectual Property for Artificial Intelligence” at the Rutgers Law School on April 14.

 

Tuan Samahon

Appointed vice chair of the Continuing Legal Education Board by The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on March 13.

 

Ana Santos Rutschman

Participated in the panel “Power of Technology & the Governance and Sharing of Data” at the Eighth Annual VU Women in Tech conference at Villanova University on January 27.

Participated in the panel “Health Misinformation and Social Media” at the Annual Health Law Symposium: “Health Misinformation, Social Media and the Medical Profession” hosted by Seton Hall University School of Law on January 31.

Presented her book Vaccines as Technology: Innovation, Barriers and Public Health at DePaul College of Law on February 23. 

Presented “Advertising the Start-Up: Vaccine R&D and Intellectual Property” virtually at Syracuse University College of Law on March 1.

Presented “Technology Specificity and the Allocation of Medicines During Transnational Public Health Crisis” at the Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property Symposium at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law on March 10.

Presented “The Role of UN Institutions in Pandemic Preparedness” virtually at the University of Lisbon Center for Pharmaceutical Law on March 16.

Authored the chapter “The Case for A Liability Rule to Stimulate Investment in Sub-Patentable Innovation” in Improving Intellectual Property (Edward Elgar, 2023) published on March 17.

 

Amy Spare

Presented “Effective Tax Research” at the annual Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic Grantee Conference in Phoenix on December 6.

 

Christine Speidel

Co-authored “Comments on User Fees for Private Letter Ruling Requests,” formal comments to the IRS with members of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation on December 21.

Presented “Individual Taxation: The Future of Refundable Tax Credits” at the DC Bar Taxation Community’s Annual Tax Conference: “2023 Tax Legislative and Regulatory Update” on January 25.

Presented “Aligning Adjudication with Remedial Policy Goals” at the First Annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Clinical Conference hosted by the George Washington University Law School on February 4.

Presented “Tax and Bankruptcy: The Usual and Unusual” at the American Bar Association Section of Taxation Mid-Year Meeting in San Diego on February 9.

In The Media: Quoted in “Posts Mislead on Legal Basis for Paying Federal Income Taxes” for FactCheck.org on March 7.

Co-authored “Comments on Form 8857” formal comments to the IRS with members of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation on March 17.

In The Media: Quoted in “Treasury Proposes Rules for Supervisory Approval of IRS Penalties (2)” for Bloomberg Tax on April 10.

Published “Protecting Taxpayer Rights at VITA: When to Put the Brakes on E-Filing” for Prosperity Now on April 11. 

Heather Baum

Presented “The Revolving Door of Feedback” at Georgetown University Law Center on July 22.

 

Patrick Brennan

Organized and presented the 17th Annual John F. Scarpa Conference on Law, Politics and Culture: “Criminal Justice Reform: Refusing to Return Evil for Evil” at Villanova Law on January 20.

 

Doris Brogan

Elected president of the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Innocence Project as of January 1.

 

David Caudill

Presented “Dutch Jurisprudence: Dooyeweerd's Encyclopedia of the Science of Law” at the Workshop on the Dooyeweerd Translation Project in Wellington, New Zealand on October 27.

Presented “Expertise in the Courtroom: The Question of Trust in Consensus Science” at the Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting in Puebla, Mexico on December 8.

Participated in the Contracts Section Works-in-Progress session at the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego on January 5.

Presented “Proposals for a Consensus Rule of Evidence to Replace Daubert & FRE 702” at the International Virtual Workshop on Expertise hosted by the Center for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise & Science (KES) at Cardiff University, Wales on January 20.

Authored Expertise in Crisis: The Ideological Contours of Public Scientific Controversies (Bristol University Press) published on January 31.

In the Media: Interviewed for Episode 132: Dave Caudill, Expertise in Crisis for the Excited Utterance podcast on February 13.  

 

Michelle Dempsey

Presented “The Voice of Criminal Law” at Hebrew University in Jerusalem on May 17.

Participated in “New Approaches to Prosecuting Sex Crimes” hosted by the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College on September 8.  

Participated in “The Arc of Women’s Rights: How Did We Get Here and What’s Next?” hosted by Villanova Law on October 26.

Published “Sex and Coercion: Comments on Green’s Criminalizing Sex” published in Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies (Vol. 26, Issue 1) on December 21. 

Received the  Annual Reviewer Award from the Legal Theory (Cambridge University Press) on January 17.

 

Amy Emerson

Co-hosted Philadelphia's First Social Justice Hackathon from October 28-30.

Presented “The Ultimate Assessment: Is Technology Among the Competencies Tested by the MPRE?” at A Roadmap for Law School Modernity: Teaching Technology Competence symposium hosted by the University of St. Thomas School of Law on November 4.

Elected to the Executive Board of the AALS Technology, Law and Legal Education Section on January 5.

 

Brett Frischmann

Coordinated and participated in the “Smart Cities Workshop: Data, Tech, Institutions and Trustworthy Governance” virtual speaker series hosted by Villanova Law throughout the fall semester.

Participated in “Plenary Session: Wikimedia and Access to Knowledge” at the Mosaic IP Law and Policy Roundtable Conference hosted by The Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice on October 29.

Co-authored “Externalities, Scarcity and Abundance” published in Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics (Vol. 7) on January 11.

Presented “Friction-In-Design Regulation as 21st Century Time, Place and Manner Restriction” at the Plamadiso Talk hosted by the Digital Economy, Internet Ecosystem & Internet Policy research group at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society on January 12.

 

Abraham Gafni

Published “Arbitration Award Confirmed Despite Denial of Discovery and Evidentiary Hearing” in The Legal Intelligencer on October 17.

Published “Can Attorneys Be Sanctioned if Their Client Fails to Appear at Mediation” in The Legal Intelligencer on December 12.

 

Michael Moreland

Presented "Germaneness and Religious Liberty" at the Notre Dame Law Review Unconstitutional Conditions and Religious Liberty Symposium on October 24.

Published “Friendship as the Primary Purpose of Law” in The American Journal of Jurisprudence (Vol. 67, Issue 2) on October 25.

Presented at the Notre Dame Law Review Liberalism, Christianity and Constitutionalism Symposium on November 11.

 

Itay Ravid

Presented “No Credit: Reproductive Rights and Women’s Access to Capital” at the 16^th Annual Conference of Empirical Legal Studies hosted by the University of Virginia Law School on November 4.

In the Media: Quoted in “Fraud in the Valley” for Forbes on December 20.

Participated in “Personal Identity in the Modern World” hosted by Stanford Law School on January 13.

 

Michael Risch

Presented “Worse Than Human?” at the Ethics and Algorithms Panel hosted by the Villanova University Falvey Memorial Library on October 27.

 

Mary Ann Robinson

Published “Bye-bye PowerPoint; Let’s Just Talk” in AALS Teaching Methods Section Newsletter “Collected Wisdom Continued: What We Learned About Teaching During The Time of Covid” in December 2022.

 

Chaim Saiman

Participated in “The Big in Jewish Law” hosted by the Center of Jewish Studies at CUNY Graduate Center on November 1.

Testified in federal court as an expert witness in Jewish law and business practices on November 8.

Presented “The American Beth Din System: Halakhah, Law and Society” at The New American Halakah: The Praxis of the Contemporary American Beth Din hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Katz Center for American Judaic Studies on December 5.

Presented “What is Halakah: Methodological Reflections” at the 54^th Annual Association for Jewish Studies Conference in Boston on December 20.

Published “Why Insurance Needs A Restatement: The Case of Settlement Decision Law” in The Connecticut Insurance Law Journal (Vol. 28, Issue 2) in January 2022.

 

Ana Santos Rutschman

Presented “The COVID-19 Vaccine Race” at the World Intellectual Property Forum in Bangkok, Thailand on October 12.

Participated in the panel “Vaccine Manufacturing & Development: Who, Where, and How?” at the Inter-Pandemic Vaccine Regulation: Justice and Global Equity Conference hosted by the Institute for International Law and Justice at New York University School of Law on October 28.

Presented “The Role of Technology-Specificity in Promoting a Human-Centered Approach to Access to Medicines During Transnational Public Health Crises” at A Human-Centered Approach to Health Innovations: Reconciling Intellectual Property with Human Rights workshop hosted by the Global Justice Program at Yale University on October 29.

In the Media: Quoted in “Patent Wars: Moderna’s Battle for the Spoils of Covid Vaccines” for Financial Times on November 8.

Presented “The Role of Technology-Specificity in Promoting a Human-Centered Approach to Access to Medicines During Transnational Public Health Crises” at the TECHNIS Innovation and Intellectual Property Webinar Series on November 15.

In the Media: Quoted in “FDA Oversight of Clinical Trials was 'Grossly Inadequate,' Report Claims” for Healthline on November 18.

In the Media: Quoted in “ACSH: Who Wants ‘Pox Parties’ For COVID? ” for the American Council on Science and Health on November 23.

Participated in “Advancing Global Equitable Access to Vaccines: Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer and Contracts” presented virtually by the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore on December 2.

Published “Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement (WTO) ” in International Legal Materials (Cambridge University Press) on December 2.

Presented “Contemporary Issues in Intellectual Property” virtually at VIT School of Law in Chennai, India on December 8.

In the Media: Quoted in “COVID Treatments Weren’t Suppressed to OK Vaccines’ Emergency Use” for Associated Press on December 30.

Authored the chapter “Rights and Wrongs in the Vaccine Informational Ecosystem” in Law, Regulation and Governance in the Information Society: Informational Rights and Informational Wrongs (Routledge) published on December 30. 

In the Media: Quoted in “In the Next Pandemic, Let’s Pay People to Get Vaccinated” for Wired on January 11.

In the Media: Quoted in “COVID-19 Vaccines Tested in Clinical Trials, Despite Bogus Social Media Claims” for FactCheck.org on January 18.

 

Stephanie Sena

In the Media: Quoted in “A New Shelter for People Experiencing Homelessness Opens in Upper Darby” for The Philadelphia Inquirer on December 18.

In the Media: Quoted in “Upper Darby Pet-Friendly Shelter Already at Capacity, Expanding Services” for WHYY on January 21.

In the Media: Interviewed for “New Upper Darby Shelter Hopes to Break Down Barriers for the Homeless” for 6ABC on January 26.

 

Emily Stolzenberg

Published “Nonconsensual Family Obligations” in BYU Law Review (Vol. 48, Issue 2) on December 23.

Presented “Private Law’s Intimate Assumptions” in the Women in Legal Educations Works-in-Progress session at the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego on January 7.

Todd Aagaard

Presented “24/7 Clean Energy” at the Section Works-in-Progress session of the 2022 AALS Annual Meeting on January 5.

Co-authored Electricity Capacity Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2022) published in February 2022.

Moderated “Lead in Drinking Water” at the 2022 Villanova Environmental Law Journal Blank Rome LLP Symposium on February 11.

Presented “24/7 Clean Energy” at Resources for the Future academic workshop on February 14.

Presented “24/7 Clean Energy” at the Seton Hall Law School faculty workshop on February 23.

Co-authored “Why Capacity Market Prices Are Too High” published in Utilities Policy (Vol. 75) in April.

Moderated “Climate (De)Regulation in the Courts” alumni panel hosted by the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Office of Alumni Relations on April 27.

 

Gilat Bachar

Participated in the panel “Lay Perspectives on Settlements” at the Settlement in the 21st Century conference hosted by the University of Illinois College of Law Anderson Center for Advocacy and Professionalism on April 1.

 

Leslie Book

Presented “Subregulatory Guidance and Audits” at the ABA Tax Section in Washington, DC on May 15.

Participated in the panel “A Taxpayer Rights/Human Rights Framework for Tax Collection Practices” at the 7^th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights: Tax Collection & Taxpayer Rights in the Post-COVID World hosted by Harvard Law School on May 23.

Published “Republican Scare Tactics About IRS Funding Are Becoming Increasingly Dangerous” on NBC News on August 20.

 

Andrew Brandt

In the Media: Interviewed for “Why Aaron Rodgers & Packers are Likely to Part Ways” on The Rich Eisen Show on March 2.

Published “Aaron Rodgers’s Return to the Packers Went Against Two Years of Clues” for Sports Illustrated on March 8.

In the Media: Interviewed for “Packers-Rodgers Aren't Committed Beyond One Year Despite Deal Terms” on The Rich Eisen Show on March 10.

Published “The Early Top 10 Business of Football Stories for 2022” for Sports Illustrated on March 23.

Interviewed Joe Banner, former president of the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles, for “Joe Banner: The Future of Guaranteed NFL Contracts” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on March 24.

In the Media: Interviewed for “I Don't See How Watson Plays a Significant Part of this Year” on The Ken Carman Show with Anthony Limia on 92.3 The Fan Cleveland on March 30.

Interviewed AJ Perez, senior reporter at Front Office Sports, for “AJ Perez: NFL Visiting Team Shared Ticket Revenue” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on April 5.

Published “Bills Signed the Best Deal in Sports Business History; Impact of Deshaun Watson Contract” for Sports Illustrated on April 12.

Published “Derek Carr’s Contract Didn’t Take Advantage of Deshaun Watson’s New Precedent” for Sports Illustrated on April 26.

Posted “The Business Side of the 2022 NFL Draft” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on April 28.

Published “NFL Had Precedent for a Longer Deshaun Watson Suspension, Even with New Disciplinary Process” for Sports Illustrated on August 1.

In the Media: Interviewed for “The MMQB’s Andrew Brandt on Whether Big Contracts for WRs Is Money Well-Spent” on The Rich Eisen Show on August 9.

Published “Watson and the NFL Settled on a Suspension, but There Are No Winners” for Sports Illustrated on August 19.

Interviewed Joe Banner, former president of the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles, for “Joe Banner: Watson Settlement” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on August 22.

Published “Russell Wilson’s Contract Is a Huge Win for NFL Owners” for Sports Illustrated on September 1.

Interviewed Sports Agent Mark Rodgers for “Mark Rodgers: Russell Wilson's Agent” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on September 5.

Published “Why Lamar Jackson’s Contract Stalemate with the Ravens Will Continue Another Year” for Sports Illustrated on September 14.

Interviewed Andrew Marchand, sports media columnist for the New York Post,  for “Andrew Marchand: The NFL's TNF Streaming Deal With Amazon” on The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on September 19.

Published “Jalen Hurts’ Contract the NFL’s Most Undervalued at $1 Million a Year” for Sports Illustrated on September 27.

Participated in “Moral and Legal Considerations of the Deshaun Watson Case” with Shea Rhodes, hosted by the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Office of Alumni Relations on September 28.

 

Patrick Brennan

Organized the 16th annual John F. Scarpa Conference on Law, Politics and Culture: Citizenship and Discipleship in Disintegration: Legal, Theological and Spiritual Perspectives on Catholic Life Today" and presented the paper "What Happens When All Human Conflict is Ultimately Theological" on May 2.

Participated in “Moral Constitution? A Debate on 'Common Good’ Constitutionalism” for the Philadelphia Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society on September 28.

 

Lev Breydo

Published “Russia’s Bond Roulette: May 25 Payment Safe Harbor Expiration Pushes Odds of ‘Nightmare’ $40B Sovereign Default Near 90%” on Business Law Today on May 20.

 

Doris Brogan

Presented “Lawyers as Leaders – How Giving Voice to Values Empowers Lawyers as Value Driven Leaders” at the 2022 Joint Annual Conference hosted by the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Public Defenders Association of Pennsylvania on April 28.

 

David Caudill

Moderated the panel “Interdisciplinary Insights from Studies in Expertise and Experience” at the Annual Villanova Law Review Norman J. Shachoy Symposium: "The Consensus Rule: A New Approach to Admissibility of Scientific Evidence" on March 18.

Published “Covid-19 Policies at Sports Venues: The NFL Should Have Required Attendees to Be Vaccinated” in the Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (Vol. 29, Issue 1) on April 21.

Presented “Law and [In]justice: Ethical themes in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein” at Villanova Law Reunion 2022 on May 17.

Taught “Expert Evidence,” a virtual five-day intensive course for LLM students at the University of Melbourne, Australia May 17-23.

Presented “The Sexsomnia Defense in Rape Trials: Is Conventional Expertise Adequate?” at the International Academy for Law and Mental Health held at the University of Lyon in France on July 7.

Presented “Ethical Issues in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein” at the 2022 Law and Literature Weekend Seminar hosted by Washington and Lee University on October 14.

 

Candance Centeno

Presented “COVID at 2 Years: Time for a Check Up and a Booster” at the 20th Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference hosted by the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University on March 5.

Participated in the panel “Leading through Change” at the Villanova University Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women's Leadership on March 9.

 

Steven Chanenson

Participated in the panel “The Modern Supreme Court” at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court at 300: Past, Present & Future conference host by the Pennsylvania Bar Association at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on May 20.

 

Diane Edelman

Presented “Cultural Heritage Law and Removal of Monuments” at Law Day 2022 hosted by Delaware County Community College on April 26.

Moderated “Innovations in Teaching International Law during the Pandemic – and Beyond” at the American Bar Association International Section Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on April 29.

Moderated “Antiquities Trafficking, Art Crimes and the Law” at Villanova Law Reunion 2022 on May 16.

Presented “Bringing Legal Practice to Life – Hosting Guest Speakers and Alumni in the Classroom” as part of the virtual European Legal Practice Integrated Studies (ELPIS)/U.S. Law Schools Transatlantic Legal Lectures on June 2.

Presented “Building an International Community in Your Legal Writing Class: Benefits and Strategies” at the 2022 Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference hosted by Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC on July 23.

Participated in the discussion “International Committee Programming: International Course Collaborations” at the 2022 Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Annual Conference on August 2.

 

Amy Emerson

Presented “So You Want to Teach Law Practice Technology?” at the southeastern chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries on April 7.

Presented “Teaching the Law Tech Teacher” at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries on July 16.

Appointed by the president of the American Association of Law Libraries to participate in discussions with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) about access to historical federal web records, which will inform NARA’s efforts to develop a new model for the capture, preservation and access to federal websites.

 

Brett Frischmann

Presented the featured address at the 2022 Consumer Law Review Symposium hosted by Loyola University Chicago School of Law on April 1.

Participated in “Scarcity, Regulation and the Abundance Society Roundtable” at Stanford Law School on April 22.

Presented “Friction-By-Design Regulation as Twenty-First Century TPM” at the 2022 Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference on April 30.

Hosted the virtual workshop “Smart Cities Workshop: Data, Tech, Institutions and Trustworthy Governance” on October 9.

 

Abraham Gafni

Published “Does an Arbitration Provision Survive an Unenforceable Contract?” in The Legal Intelligencer on April 11.

Published “What Is Required When Consent to Mandatory Arbitration Is Sought Online?” in The Legal Intelligencer on June 20.

Published “Are Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Enforceable Against Trustees and Beneficiaries?” in The Legal Intelligencer on August 15.

 

Deeya Haldar

Presented “Trauma-Based Lawyering: How to Effectively Represent Emotionally Traumatized Clients” at the Pennsylvania Bar Association Civil Litigation Section Retreat in Gettysburg, PA on May 1.

 

Richard Harvey

In the Media: Quoted in “Corp. AMT Proposes Controversial Mix Of Tax, Financial Data” for Law360 on August 3.

 

Ann Juliano

In the Media: Quoted in “Yes, It’s Legal to Not Hire Any Virgos  ” for Marketplace on September 2.

In the Media: Quoted in “Kelly’s Cracks Down on Fake IDs, Students Placed on 'Tagged List'” for The Villanovan on October 5.

 

MarySheila McDonald

Moderated “Intrapreneurship: Building an Entrepreneurial Mindset and Culture Inside Your Organization” hosted by Villanova Law on September 21.

Participated in the CLE “Let's Kill All the Lawyers, said Serial Entrepreneur Bill Shakespeare” hosted by Villanova Law New York City alumni chapter on September 15.

 

Michael Moreland

In the Media: Interviewed for “Federal Judge Lifts Rule that Made Perk Valley Schools the Last in MontCo to Require Masks” on KYW Newsradio on March 14.

Presented “Seeking the Common Good: Catholics in Politics” at the meeting of the American Academy of Catholic Scholars and Artists in Naples, FL on March 25.

Appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Enlightened World Foundation on March 30.

In the Media: Interviewed for “Group Suing City Over Renewed Mask Mandate has a Shot at Winning, Says Villanova Law Prof” on KYW Newsradio on April 18.

Elected chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California on April 23.

In the Media: Interviewed for “Villanova Law Professor Speaks on Abortion Rights Battle” for NBC Philadelphia on May 3.

In the Media: Quoted in “Biden Says His Lawyers Are 'Ready' for Ruling Overturning 'Roe.' Legal Experts Say There's Little He Can Do” for The National Law Journal on May 3.

In the Media: Quoted in for “Religious Divide on Abortion Debate Draws Criticism for Biden” for Local12 on May 4.

In the Media: Interviewed for “The Supreme Court’s Draft Opinion Ending Abortion Rights” for WHYY’s Radio Times on May 4.

Presented “Glucksberg at 25: Substantive Due Process and Health Care” at the meeting of the European Academy of Religion in Bologna, Italy on June 21.

In the Media: Interviewed for “What Supreme Court Ruling on Concealed-Carry Permits Could Mean for PA, NJ” on KYW Newsradio on June 23.

In the Media: Interviewed for “Roe v. Wade Overturned” for 6ABC Philadelphia on June 24.

In the Media: Interviewed for “Abortion Laws in PA, NJ, DE: What Happens as Roe v. Wade Is Overturned?” for NBC Philadelphia on June 24.

In the Media: Interviewed for “Supreme Court Backs a High School Coach's Right to Pray on the 50-Yard Line” for NPR’s Morning Edition on June 27.

In the Media: Quoted in “Supreme Court Standing Slips as Politics Creeps Onto the Bench” for U.S. News & World Report on July 1.

In the Media: Interviewed for “Supreme Court to Hear Case Impacting State Elections” on KYW Newsradio on July 4.

In the Media: Interviewed for “Future of Abortion Rights in Pennsylvania” for NBC Philadelphia on July 8.

In the Media: Interviewed for “Vouchers, Prayers and Religion in American Schools” on the We the People podcast from the National Constitution Center on August 10.

In the Media: Interviewed for “Challenges Over 2003 Law Likely as Legality of Biden’s Student Debt Plan Questioned” on KYW Newsradio on August 29.

Delivered the 2022 Constitution Day lecture on “The Supreme Court and Abortion” at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, PA on September 15.

Participated in “Human Dignity and the Human Future: Law, Religion and Biotechnology” at the meeting of the International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies in Cordoba, Spain on September 19.

 

Jennifer O’Hare

Published “Don’t forget the “G” in ESG: The SEC and Corporate Governance Disclosure” in Arizona Law Review (Vol. 64, Issue 2) on May 2.

Published “Corporate Governance Guidelines:  How To Improve Disclosure and Promote Better Corporate Governance in Public Companies” in Florida State University Law Review (Vol. 49, Issue 2) on September 1.

 

Itay Ravid

Presented “The Right to Social Expungement” at the 2022 Privacy Law Scholars Conference hosted by Northeastern University in Boston, MA on June 2.

In the Media: Quoted in “Economic Fallout from Abortion Bans Will Hit the Poor Hardest” for Financial Times on July 10.

Presented “The Right to Social Expungement” at the 2022 Law and Society Annual Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal on July 14.

 Presented “The Collateral Damage of Colorblindness” at CrimFest 2022 hosted by Cardozo Law School on July 18.

In the Media: Quoted in “Women's Wages Fall By At Least 5% After Abortion Restrictions, New Study Finds” for Axios on August 3.

Presented “The Future of Roe and the Gender Pay Gap” at the 2022 American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting at Columbia Law School on August 5.

In the Media: Quoted in “Abortion Restrictions Shrink Women’s Income by 5%, Study Finds” for Bloomberg on August 19.

In the Media: Quoted in “Abortion Restrictions Widen the Gender Pay Gap and Can Have Big Impacts on Income, According to a New Study” for Fortune on August 19.

In the Media: Quoted in “State Abortion Bans Will Harm Women and Families’ Economic Security Across the U.S.” for American Progress on August 25.

Presented “Renegotiating Theories of Punishment” at the University of Illinois Law Review Criminal Law in Virtual Spaces workshop on October 14.

 

Luke Repici

Published “Bringing Twenty-First Century Law Practice into the Classroom” in Proceedings: Online Journal of Legal Writing Conference Presentations (Vol. 2, Issue 3) on April 18.

 

Michael Risch

Participated as a senior commentator for the 2022-23 Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship meeting at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School on March 24.

Participated in “Patent-Litigation Lessons for Copyright Cases” hosted by the Copyright Society of the USA on April 6.

In the Media: Quoted in “How Amazon's One-Click Checkout Patent Gave the Company an E-Commerce Edge the Competitors Like Bolt and Shopify Are Still Trying to Overcome” for Business Insider on April 28.

Presented “Fairly Using Fair Use” at the PA State Office of General Counsel on May 5.

Presented “Identification of Trade Secrets” at the 2022 Sedona Conference on Trade Secrets on May 9.

Presented “Growth of Trade Secrets in Patent Cases” at the 2022 Intellectual Property Scholars Conference hosted by Stanford Law School on August 11.

Participated as a senior commentator for the 2022-23 Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship meeting at George Mason University on September 16.

In the Media: Quoted in “Uber Executive’s Conviction Puts Spotlight on Secrecy About Hacking” for Bloomberg on October 11.

 

Ana Santos Rutschman

In the Media: Quoted in “Pfizer Isn’t Sharing COVID Vaccines with Researchers for Next-Gen Studies” for StatNews on September 6.

Authored the chapter “Patent Law” in Laws of Medicine (Springer, 2022) published on September 8.

Presented “Vaccines as Technology” at the Health Law Distinguished Speaker Series hosted by Saint Louis University School of Law on September 20.

 

Michael Semes

Presented “The Perils of Maryland's Tax on Digital Advertising” at the Virtual 2022 American Bar Association/Institute of Tax Professionals Advanced Tax Seminar on March 14.

In the Media: Quoted in “States Content to Watch and Wait on Digital Ad Tax, Practitioner Says” for Tax Notes on March 16.

In the Media: Quoted in “PA Justices Told Tax Dept. Sourcing Undercut by Texas Ruling” for Law360 on April 6.

Co-authored “Is Attracting the Best Talent Worth the Employment and Tax Law Compliance Burdens of Remote Work Arrangements?” for Thomas Reuters on April 27.

Moderated “As Remote Work Evolves, How Will Taxing Jurisdictions Keep Up?” hosted by the Villanova University Graduate Tax Program on May 3.

 

Christine Speidel

Presented “‘Taxpayer First’ Innocent Spouse Adjudication” at the 17^th Annual Junior Tax Scholars Workshop hosted by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on June 7.

Presented “Tax Compliance for Refugees” co-sponsored by the ABA Tax Section on June 15.

Presented “Taxpayer First Innocent Spouse Relief” at the Mid-Atlantic Clinicians Writing Workshop on July 8.

Presented “Taxpayer First Innocent Spouse Relief” at the Seventh Global Meeting on Law and Society hosted by the Law & Society Association in Lisbon, Portugal on July 13.

Co-authored an amicus brief in Thomas v. Commissioner (No. 12982-20) on July 22.

Presented “Communicating with Refugees about Tax Matters” at the American Bar Association Section of Taxation Pro Bono and Tax Clinics Committee on August 16.

In the Media: Quoted in “Spreading the Word on Penalty Relief Could Spare IRS Headaches” for Tax Notes on August 26.

Presented “Innocent Spouse Relief” at the California Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Network Annual Conference on September 16.

 

Emily Stolzenberg

Presented “Nonconsensual Family Obligations” at the 13^th Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference: Applied Feminism and "The Big Idea” hosted by the University of Baltimore Center on Applied Feminism on April 8.

 

Arthur Traldi

Published “Soldiers, Not Soldiers of Fortune” for Lawfare on July 19.

Appointed to the American Bar Association's Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative Council on August 10.

 

Jane Voegele

Presented “The Revolving Door of Feedback” at the 2022 Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference hosted by Georgetown University Law Center on July 22.

Andrew Brandt

Published “Business of Football: Aaron Rodgers Criticism, Roger Goodell’s Salary, Trade Deadline Dud” for Sports Illustrated on November 10.

Published “Business of Football: Packers’ Stock, the Rams’ Experiment and Thanksgiving Memories” for Sports Illustrated on November 24.

Interviewed Patrick Rische, Director of the Sports Business Program & Professor of Practice in Sports Business at Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School, for “Washington University Sports Economist: Patrick Rishe” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on December 1.

Interviewed Andrew Zimbalist, Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College, for “The MLB Lockout with Sports Economist Andrew Zimbalist” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on December 6.

In the Media: Interviewed for “Andrew Brandt: "The owners want a little more certainty…the players want a little more free market” on Ben & Woods on 97.3 The Fan on December 7.

Published “Business of Football: Mixed Feelings on St. Louis Settlement; Don't Compare Antonio Brown to Aaron Rodgers” for Sports Illustrated on December 8.

Interviewed Matthew Futterman, Sports Journalist for The New York Times, for “NY Times Matt Futterman re: Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on December 13.

Published “The Top 10 Business of Football Stories of the Year” for Sports Illustrated on December 21.

Posted “Brandt's Rants: Omicron in Pro Sports” on Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast on December 23.

 

David Caudill

Drafted three questions for the California Bar Exam on December 3.

Appointed as Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne to teach one course each year for a three-year term on December 7.

Presented "The Impact of Reformational Philosophy on Legal Theory and Practice" for the virtual international conference Philosophy in the Reformed Tradition 2021: Celebrating the Heritage, Facing the Challenges, and Embracing the Future on December 9.

Presented "Response to Jadi Lima's 'Christian Neo-Fascism'" for the virtual international conference Philosophy in the Reformed Tradition 2021: Celebrating the Heritage, Facing the Challenges, and Embracing the Future on December 11.

 

Michelle Dempsey

Presented “The Normative Force of Consent: In Moral, Political, and Legal Perspective” virtually for the Max Planck Institute in Berlin on November 5.

Presented “Sex and Coercion” virtually to the Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on December 15.

Published “Authority, Obedience, and Justification” in the University of Cincinnati Law Review (Vol. 90, Issue 2) on December 16.

 

Amy Emerson

Served as the Law Library Director on an ABA Reaccreditation Site Team in November.

 

Abraham Gafni

Published “Are the ADR Provisions in Your Contract and Subcontract Consistent?” in The Legal Intelligencer on December 13.

 

J. Richard Harvey

In the Media: Quoted in “Corp. AMT Plan May Blur Line Between Tax, Financial Data” for Law360 Tax Authority on November 24.

 

Christine Mooney

Participated in the virtual panel “Making a Lateral Move to a Law-Related Career” for the Considering a Lateral Move? series presented by Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Alumni Relations on December 16.

Presented “Negotiation Skills” to practice groups at DLA Piper on January 19.

 

Michael Moreland

Moderated the panel “Dignity and Human Rights: A Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue Between Ethics and Law” at the 'I Have Called You by Name': Human Dignity in a Secular World Fall Conference hosted by the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame on November 12.

In the Media: Interviewed for “The Supreme Court weighs the right to abortion” on WHYY’s Radio Times on December 2.

In the Media: Interviewed for “California guns and Texas abortion: how the states are testing the federal courts” on KYW Newsradio In Depth on December 15.

 

Diane Penneys Edelman

Taught a virtual course on oral advocacy for the Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law in Bhutan on November 22 and 29.

Presented “Integrating International and Comparative Legal Issues into Legal Skills Classes: Their Importance in Everyday Law Practice” virtually for the European Legal Practice Integrated Studies (ELPIS)/U.S. Law Schools Transatlantic Legal Lectures on December 14.

Elected to assistant secretary of the Philadelphia Bar Association on January 1.

Designated as the chair-elect of the AALS Section on Global Engagement on January 1.

 

Michael Risch

Presented “Worse than Human?” at the AALS Section on Internet and Computer Law: AI and the Academy on January 9.

 

Chaim Saiman

Appointed a visiting professor at the University of Haifa Faculty of Law on December 1.

Published a review essay, “The Status of the Halakhic State,” in Tradition (Vol. 53, Issue 4) on December 15.

 

Michael Semes

Participated in the panel “Maryland and the Expanding Map for Digital Advertising Taxes” at the Bloomberg Tax Leadership Forum: Navigating the Future of Tax on November 17.

Participated in the panel “The M&A 'Dirty Dozen' Sub C, Sub K, and SALT Issues” with Joy Mullane for a Villanova University Graduate Tax Program webinar on December 9.

Published “Pennsylvania Greenwood Gaming Decision Could Have a Big Impact” for Bloomberg Tax on December 21.

In the Media: Quoted in “Taking the risk out of tax season” on Accounting Today on January 4.

 

Stephanie Sena

In the Media: Featured in “Homeless advocate creating a shelter from the ground up in Upper Darby” for The Philadelphia Inquirer on December 27.

In the Media: Interviewed for “After 12 People Died in a Fire in Philadelphia Public Housing, Expert Says It Could Happen Anywhere” on LX News on January 7.

 

Christine Speidel

Presented “Taxpayer First Innocent Spouse Adjudication” for the Mid-Atlantic Clinicians Writing Workshop on November 12.

Presented “Reimagining Tax Adjudication for Family Benefit Programs” at the Reimagining Tax Administration: Social Programs Through the Tax Code online workshop on November 15.