Dec. 6, 2024

Professor Boyack’s research featured on podcast

Professor Andrea Boyack was recently a guest on a podcast discussing her forthcoming article, “Abuse of Contract: Boilerplate Erasure of Consumer Counterparty Rights.” The Consumer Finance Monitor podcast episode examines Professor Boyack’s research and discusses two separate consumer contract initiatives. To listen to the episode, visit: https://www.ballardspahr.com/insights/blogs/2024/11/podcast-an-empirical-study-of-boilerplate-in-consumer-contracts…

Nov. 25, 2024

Dean Sperino provides employment law training this fall

In October, Sandra Sperino, associate dean for research and faculty development, traveled to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland to provide training about employment discrimination law at the Titus Employment Law Seminar. In November, Sandra Sperino provided CLE at the Boone County Bar Association’s monthly meeting. She discussed new issues in employment discrimination law.

Nov. 21, 2024

Dean Sperino publishes article in the Texas Law Review

Sandra Sperino, associate dean for research and faculty development and the Elwood L. Thomas Missouri Endowed Professor of Law, this fall published an article, “Bostock and the Forgotten EEOC” in the Texas Law Review. On June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court issued a historic opinion. In Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, the SCOTUS formally recognized that federal discrimination law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Supreme Court barely mentioned the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency charged with enforcing federal discrimination law. In her article, Dean Sperino argues that…

Nov. 18, 2024

Professor Ryan Vacca presents at University of Iowa conference

On Nov. 15, Professor Ryan Vacca presented on the costs associated with trade secret investigations at the Iowa Intellectual Property Law Association’s annual meeting. The meeting was held at the University of Iowa.

Nov. 15, 2024

David Gamage’s article profiled in Jotwell

Professor David Gamage, along with coauthors Brian Galle and Darien Shanske, had their article, Money Moves: Taxing the Wealthy at the State Level, profiled in the JOTWELL law blog by Kent Schenkel in a piece titled Practical Considerations for State Taxation of Wealth. To view the full profile, visit: https://trustest.jotwell.com/practical-considerations-for-state-taxation-of-wealth/…

Nov. 14, 2024

IP Rights and AI Regulation: Finding the Right Balance

by Dennis Crouch, Judge C.A. Leedy Professor of Law I’m excited to share a new article I recently published examining the relationship between intellectual property rights and artificial intelligence regulation, recently published in Volume 89, Issue 3 of the Missouri Law Review. Before diving into the substance, I want to express my sincere gratitude to the Missouri Law Review editors and staff, not only for their exceptional editorial work on this article but also for their tremendous efforts in organizing our March 2024 symposium that I co-organized on “AI and Society: Government, Policy, and the Law.” The symposium…

Oct. 14, 2024

Professor Lietzan presents in health policy webinar

On Oct. 8, Professor Erika Lietzan participated in a Hudson Institute webinar entitled, “Do Drug Patents Cause High Prices?” with Professor Adam Mossoff from the Antonin Scalia Law School and Corey Salsberg, vice president and global head of intellectual property affairs for Novartis. They discussed the importance of evidence-based policy making, and the work that has been done to explore the connection between drug patents and drug prices.  In this webinar, Professor Lietzan discussed several important empirical studies that she has published on this issue.  She focused on a paper she published in 2023, Solutions Still Searching for…

Oct. 10, 2024

Professor Renee Henson Speaks about A.I. in the Classroom

Professor Renee Henson, a visiting professor of law at Mizzou Law, spoke KBIA, the local Columbia NPR affiliate, to discuss her use of A.I. in the classroom to help students learn negotiation skills. To read and listen to the story, visit: https://www.kbia.org/kbia-news/2024-10-09/1008ailaw…

Oct. 7, 2024

Professor Crouch Presents at IPO Conference

Dennis Crouch, the Judge C.A. Leedy Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, presented twice at the annual meeting of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) in Chicago. His first presentation was delivered to a specially convened group of chief intellectual property counsel. The talk was derived from an ongoing research project on the role of myth and legend within intellectual property law.  This talk used a Jungian frame to highlight a key shadow many attorneys face – that of perfection – and how it limits both our creativity and power.  In the talk, Professor Crouch relied on the Greek…

Oct. 3, 2024

Mizzou Law to host preeminent scholar at Health Law Colloquium

Professor Barak Richman of the George Washington University School of Law and of Duke University, will present his new draft paper, “Hiding in Plain Sight: ERISA’s Cure for the $1.5 Trillion Health Benefits Market”, co-authored with Amy Monahan, as part of the Mizzou Law Health Law Colloquium, on October 9th, from 4:20 to 5:20 pm Central Time. The Mizzou Law Health Law Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Some of the speaker sessions will be closed to only Professor Gamage and his Mizzou health law students. Other sessions will be open to guest participants via…