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Rodrigues featured in Agence France-Presse article
No full textInterim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in an Agence France-Presse article regarding claims made by a short-seller against Adani Group. The article titled A US corporate scourge deflates the empire of Indian tycoon Adani was written by Thomas Urbain and published 1/31/23. The article was reprinted by media outlets around the globe
Simon featured in Reuters article
No full textAlston Associate Chair in Corporate Law Lindsey Simon was featured in a Reuters article regarding mass tort liabilities and bankruptcy filings. The article titled U.S. court rejects J&J bankruptcy strategy for thousands of talc lawsuits was written by Tom Hals, Mike Spector and Dan Levine and was published 1/30/23. It has been reprinted by media outlets around the globe
Redeeming SPACs
Get PDFSpecial purpose acquisition companies (SPA Cs) exploded in popularity in the recent past, luring both adventurous retail investors and sophisticated institutional investors. In a SPAC, a publicly traded shell corporation acquires a private target, thereby taking it public in a manner that circumvents the rigors of a traditional initial public offering (IPO). Proponents vaunt SPACs\u27 ability to simplify the process of accessing the public markets and democratize capitalism, but in their current form, they pose risks to retail investors and to the market as a whole. Using a hand-collected dataset spanning 2010- 2021, this Article fills a gap in the literature by providing new empirical data regarding a critical feature of SPA Cs-the redemption right. SPACs allow their shareholders to vote for an acquisition target while simultaneously pulling their money out-a species of empty voting, where a vote is decoupled from any economic substance. We document a disturbing level of empty voting in SPACs and demonstrate an inverse correlation with stock performance: SPA Cs with more empty voting perform worse. Backed by this empirical support, we propose a tailored reform that we believe could make SPACs a viable and valuable alternative to traditional IPOs
UGA Law ACS Chapter receives programming award
No full textCongratulations to the School of Law\u27s American Constitution Society student group for receiving a programming award from the national organization. The award is presented to the strongest chapters who have conducted at least 18 substantive and compelling events during the school year. Notably, in March, the law school\u27s ACS chapter was named Student Chapter of the Week
School of Law finishes as regional finalists and semifinalists at ABA moot court competition
No full textCongratulations to second-year students M. Larkin Carden and Kendra Hansey who finished as regional finalists at the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition. A second law school team, comprised of Allison J. Fine and J. Briana Hayes, completed the tournament as semifinalists. Notably, Hayes was named the competition\u27s best oralist and Fine was selected fourth best oralist. The teams were coached by Assoc. Director of Advocacy Joe Lester and third-year students Ellen T. Ellie Williams and E. Reed Ferguson
Jones wins Beaird 1L Closing Argument Competition
No full textFirst-year law student M. Drake Jones is the winner of the School of Law\u27s 2023 J. Ralph Beaird 1L Closing Argument Competition. Congratulations to all who competed, including finalist Presley C. Sneed, on their performances
Bruner presents on artificial intelligence and fraud risk at the National University of Singapore
No full textStembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law Christopher M. Bruner presented “Managing Fraud Risk in the Age of AI” at the Fraud and Risk in Commercial Law conference hosted by the EW Barker Centre for Law & Business at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law during June
Evans presents at Best Practices Exchange conference
No full textMetadata Services & Special Collections Librarian Rachel Evans presented The Building Blocks of Project Management Design at the Best Practices Exchange (Un)Conference during June. Best Practices Exchange is an online community for librarians, archivists, records managers and other information professionals dedicated to managing digital information in government and non-government settings
Kadri publishes article in Journal of Free Speech Law
No full textAssistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri published Brokered Abuse in 3 Journal of Free Speech Law 137 (2023)
Phillips-Sawyer publishes article in the University of Chicago Law Review
No full textAssociate Professor Laura Phillips-Sawyer published Restructuring American Antitrust Law: Institutionalist Economics and the Antitrust Labor Immunity, 1890-1940s in 90 University of Chicago Law Review 659 (2023)