July 2, 2024

Professor Emeritus Carl Esbeck publishes blog for Federalist Society on Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Statute

This summer, the governor of Louisiana signed into law House Bill No. 71, requiring all Louisiana K-12 public schools, charter schools, and state post-secondary institutions place in their classrooms a poster-size copy of the Ten Commandments (“10Cs”). Carl Esbeck, the R.B. Price Professor Emeritus and the Isabelle Wade & Paul C. Lyda Professor Emeritus, wrote a blog post about the new statute on the Federalist Society’s website. You can read his full article here: https://fedsoc.org/commentary/fedsoc-blog/louisiana-s-ten-commandments-statute-and-the-establishment-clause.

June 25, 2024

Professor Boyack to publish article on abuse of boilerplates in contracts

Andrea Boyack, the Floyd R. Gibson Endowed Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, recently had an article, “Abuse of Contract: Boilerplate Erasure of Consumer Counterparty Rights,” accepted in the Iowa Law Review. In her article, Professor Boyack examines the potential abuse of contracts through boilerplate design as well as suggests how data from a recent study of companies’ online terms and conditions can assist advocates in more effectively protecting and empowering consumers. To read the full article, visit:…

June 20, 2024

Professor David Gamage Cited in Supreme Court Concurrence

Professor David Gamage was cited by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in her concurrence to the decision in the Moore case that was issued on June 20, 2024. In her opinion, Justice Brown Jackson cited the amicus brief co-authored by Professor Gamage and John R. Brooks, which pointed out that an artificial limit on Congress’s taxing power appears nowhere in the Sixteenth Amendment. For more on the decision, visit: https://www.theusconstitution.org/news/in-narrow-ruling-supreme-court-rejects-baseless-effort-to-shield-corporate-derived-income-from-taxation/. 

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

Mizzou Law hosting alumni happy hour events across the state this summer

This summer, Mizzou Law is hosting a series of networking happy hours for our alumni around the state of Missouri and we are coming to an area near you! See the following dates and locations to determine which happy hour event is closest to you! Registration is FREE but requested for planning purposes. We hope to see you this summer! July 9: Springfield Alumni Happy HourThe Hotel Vandivort, 305 E Walnut St, Springfield, MO 65806 July 17: St. Louis Alumni Happy HourMoonrise Hotel, 6177 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112 Aug. 1: Columbia Alumni Happy HourLaw Library…

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.