June 20, 2024

Professor Andrea Boyack develops a new framework for consumer contracts in Denver Law Review article

Andrea Boyack, the Floyd R. Gibson Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, recently published a new piece, “The Shape of Consumer Contracts,” in the Denver Law Review. In her article, Professor Boyack presents a new approach to consumer contract law that she argues would “treat a consumer’s choice to do business with a company as legally distinct from assent to that company’s online terms.” In a piece about her new article in Bloomberg Law, Professor Boyack wrote, “Companies have long claimed that their online boilerplates must be afforded contractual status, or else the world of commerce would be…

June 17, 2024

Professor Andrea Boyack Quoted in New York Times

Professor Andrea Boyack was quoted in a New York Times article regarding “zombie mortgages.” To read the full story, visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/16/realestate/zombie-second-mortgage-inflation-rates.html.

June 13, 2024

Dean Litton featured on Missouri Lawyers Media

Dean Paul Litton was featured on Missouri Lawyers Media in their Legal Limelight series. In the piece, Dean Litton answers a number of questions about his time at Mizzou Law and his plans as dean. To read the full piece, visit: https://molawyersmedia.com/2024/06/13/legal-limelight-paul-j-litton.

June 13, 2024

Professor David Gamage has article reviewed on JOTWELL

Professor David Gamage recently had his article, The Original Meaning of the Sixteenth Amendment reviewed on the Jotwell blog. To read the full review, click here: https://tax.jotwell.com/an-original-take-on-the-original-meaning-of-the-sixteenth-amendment/…

June 12, 2024

Professor Thom Lambert Quoted in Law.com

Thom Lambert, the Wall Chair in Corporate Law and Governance and Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, was quoted last week in a piece on Law.com about U.S. antitrust enforcement agencies filing complaints against companies using AI. “They want to maintain their reputations for being very aggressive,” law professor Thom Lambert said of the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice agreeing to target top AI firms on antitrust grounds. “My guess is this seals the deal: These companies are going to get sued.” To read the full article, visit: https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2024/06/06/as-us-antitrust-enforcers-target-ai-firms-legal-experts-predict-lawsuits-will-follow/.

June 11, 2024

Professor Thom Lambert Discusses Major Antitrust Case

Thom Lambert, the Wall Chair in Corporate Law and Governance and Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, last week discussed U.S. v. Apple, a major antitrust case, with other antitrust experts at the George Mason University Scalia Law School Law & Economics Center. To view the moderated panel, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MribQaMcNxU.

May 30, 2024

Librarian Laura Wilcoxon’s article selected as a 2023 Top 20 Instruction article

The ALA Library Instruction Round Table Top 20 Committee has selected Mizzou Law librarian Laura Wilcoxon’s article “A Next-Generation Framework: Using Critical Legal Research Pedagogy to Prepare Law Students for the Nextgen Bar Exam,” as one of the 2023 LIRT Top 20 instruction articles. A full list of the articles awarded can be found here.

May 29, 2024

Professors Mitchell, Freyermuth and Lietzan win 2024 Mizzou Law Faculty Awards

Each year, three faculty members receive Mizzou Law awards for their outstanding work: one for a scholarly work, one for teaching, and one for the administration of justice. The Husch Blackwell Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award is awarded for teaching excellence, and the recipient is chosen by the Missouri Law Review’s editorial board. This years’ awardee is Professor S. David Mitchell. In a nomination letter, the Missouri Law Review’s editor-in-chief wrote that Professor Mitchell “consistently show[s] acceptance for diverse viewpoints, and . . . encourage[s] his students to step outside of their comfort zones to expand their perspectives.” The Shook, Hardy…

May 23, 2024

Professor David Gamage’s recent article reviewed in Jotwell

Professor David Gamage recently had his article, Wage Enslavement: How the Tax System Holds Back Historically Disadvantaged Groups of Americans reviewed on the Jotwell blog. To read the full review, click here: https://trustest.jotwell.com/towards-tax-and-racial-and-equal-justice/.

May 22, 2024

Professor Lietzan Speaks at Food & Drug Law Institute Annual Meeting

Last week, Professor Erika Lietzan spoke at the Food & Drug Law Institute’s annual meeting. Her talk discussed the Fifth Circuit’s Apter v. HHS decision (which relates to FDA’s famous “you’re not a horse” tweet.) The FDLI is a nonprofit membership organization for specialists in food and drug law, whether they are in private practice, industry, government, or academia. Professor Lietzan has held multiple leadership positions at the FDLI since the early 2000s, most recently serving on the committee organizing programs and publications to celebrate its 75th anniversary.  Her talk on Apter focused mainly on sovereign immunity and…