Faculty News

Vanderbilt Law Professor Brian Broughman and co-authors examine how startups and VCs have responded to heightened FTC and DOJ enforcement Read More

Patent law expert Sean Seymore proposes an alternative theory of patentability for serendipitous discoveries like Ozempic Read More

Access to Justice scholar Lauren Sudeall identifies three key values to assess court systems and guide reform efforts Read More

Christopher Slobogin offers a package of inquisitorial-based reforms to address weaknesses in America's adversarial criminal justice system Read More

Criminal law expert Christopher Slobogin provides a two-step process for restructuring a troubled institution Read More

A new paper from Yesha Yadav and Brendan Malone draws much needed attention to the engine anchoring this growth: the U.S. Treasury Market. Read More

New study co-authored by Jennifer Shinall finds changing attitudes may be mitigating unequal outcomes at the time of divorce Read More

Start-up founders and their backers traditionally plan for an “exit”—either through an Initial Public Offering or a sale to a strategic buyer—because that is how early investors and employees convert paper wealth into cash. But in recent years, the startup exit playbook has changed. Under the Biden administration, antitrust enforcers,… Read More

The following is a summary of “Bending the Rules of Evidence,” published in the Northwestern University Law Review Read More

Five Vanderbilt Law professors were honored with Hall-Hartman Awards for Outstanding Teaching from the Vanderbilt Bar Association. Read More