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Professor Colleen Murphy has been nominated to become a part of the Big Ten Academic Alliance Mellon Fellows for the Humanities/Academic Leadership Program. The BTAA-ALP was created by the Provosts of the Big Ten Academic Alliance, the academic consortium of the Big Ten Universities, to develop the leadership potential of participating faculty, with particular emphasis […]
Bankruptcy Judge David S. Jones of New York ruled recently on a chapter 11 plan from cosmetics company Revlon regarding asbestos claims arising from products containing talc. In his ruling, Judge Jones noted that future asbestos claims can be discharged without a trust. In the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Rochelle’s Daily Wire, Professor Ralph Brubaker provided […]
Professor Richard Kaplan has a new article in the Elder Law Journal, titled “Analyzing the New Planning Opportunities in SECURE 2.0 for Retirement Plan Participants.” The article examines six major changes enacted by the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 pertaining to current plan participants in retirement plans. Kaplan notes that the changes continue the pattern […]
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed the Worker Freedom of Speech Act into law, prohibiting employers from subjecting their employees to mandatory “captive audience” meetings. The law was swiftly challenged by the conservative Illinois Policy Institute, who argue it infringes on free speech rights. Professor Matthew Finkin shared his take on the dispute with Courthouse […]
Professor Jennifer Robbennolt has been elected as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, effective January 1, 2025. Fellow status is awarded to those who have demonstrated outstanding contributions in the field of psychology, enhancing the field by their diligent work and commitment. In addition, Fellows are those whose work has had a national impact […]
Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy charged with the murder of Sonya Massey, was discharged from the U.S. Army for serious misconduct, according to military records. Professor Anthony Ghiotto, a former Air Force prosecutor, spoke to Illinois Public Media about the case and the relevance of Grayson’s discharge. “A good way of looking […]
Professor Ralph Brubaker’s article, “Mass Torts, The Bankruptcy Power, and Constitutional Limits on Mandatory No-Opt-Outs Settlements,” was recently added to SSRN’s Top Ten Download list. The article, published by the Florida State University Business Review, is an examination of “constitutional tensions produced by aggressive efforts to resolve mass-tort liability through federal bankruptcy proceedings, as illustrated […]
Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson has spent significant time researching the Right to Contraception Act, put forward by Democratic leaders who want to preserve rights regarding matters of reproductive health care. Drawing upon her work in Utah and other states on laws associated with religious freedom, LGBTQ rights, and adoption, Wilson thinks this bill is a […]
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy, Professor Ralph Brubaker—who submitted an amicus brief in the case—published an article in the Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable on the implications of the ruling and issues that remain unsettled after the ruling. “Unless bankruptcy is to become a facile end-run around […]
Jamelle Sharpe, dean of the University of Illinois College of Law, has been named one of the 2024-25 President’s Executive Leadership Program (PELP) Fellows by University of Illinois System President Timothy Killeen. Out of 80 nominations, Sharpe is one of six individuals from the Urbana-Champaign campus and 20 overall chosen for this honor. PELP is […]