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In the news: Stucke comments on potential Google-Twitter merger in Fortune

August 7, 2015 11:00 am

Maurice Stucke, a UT Law professor and former trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, recently echoed sentiments that a merger between technology companies Google and Twitter is unlikely.

In the news: White discusses politicization of judiciary with The Tennessean

July 29, 2015 9:07 am

Penny White, a UT Law professor and former Tennessee Supreme Court justice, argued for “the judiciary being an independent, nonpolitical branch of government” in a recent article by The Tennessean in Nashville.

In the news: Cornett discusses Atticus Finch portrayal with National Law Journal

July 27, 2015 10:54 am

Professor Judy Cornett recently joined other law school professors in a literary analysis of novelist Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman," the highly anticipated sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," for The National Law Journal.

Oxford publishes UT Law professor’s book on benefits of legal profession’s challenges

July 22, 2015 10:42 am

Today's legal profession faces a number of challenges, including a smaller job market and fewer law school applicants. But University of Tennessee College of Law Professor Benjamin Barton argues that these struggles may transform the practice of law and benefit American consumers.

In the news: Heminway discusses crowdfunding history

July 22, 2015 10:35 am

Joan Heminway, the W.P. Toms Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law, recently spoke to The Real Deal, New York City’s most prominent real estate magazine, about legislative reform that has affected crowdfunding in the past few years.

In the news: Heminway discusses Mylan land deal

July 13, 2015 10:57 am

Joan Heminway, the W.P. Toms Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law, recently spoke to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review for their story on Mylan N.V., a global generic and specialty pharmaceuticals company.

In the news: Barton discusses upside of legal profession crisis

July 13, 2015 9:37 am

Benjamin Barton, Helen and Charles Lockett Distinguished Professor of Law, recently penned an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education in which he details how the changing legal profession will ultimately benefit consumers, practitioners, and law school students and faculty.