Many long-time readers of this blog know of my close friendship, deep respect and profound affection for Edge colleague Ed Wesemann who recently was taken from us after a valiant battle with cancer. The…
On February 8, 2016, the United States District Court in the Southern District of Georgia approved the settlement agreement ending a whistleblower lawsuit initiated on March 9, 2011 against Memorial Health University Medical Center (“Memorial Medical Center”) and three affiliated…
Racial ambiguity is an experience that I am intimately familiar with. My actual background is unambiguous: I am South Asian American, with two Asian Indian immigrant parents from the same part of India. Yet, with unfailing regularity, I am…
A Respectful (But Not Respectable) Dissent Against Black Respectability PoliticsIn an article entitled “Lifting as We Climb: A Progressive Defense of Respectability Politics”—which appears in the October 2015 issue of Harper's Magazine—Professor Randall Kennedy of Harvard Law School…
Al Brophy (UNC) has posted Re-Integrating Spaces: The Possibilities of Common Law Property (Savannah Law Review) on SSRN. Here’s the abstract:”Re-Integrating Spaces” is part of a symposium on progressive property held at Savannah Law School as part of the re-dedication…
Bram Industries, Ltd., an Israeli plastics products manufacturer, announced plans to open its first U.S. plant in Savannah, Ga. David Schulman, a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Atlanta office, supported Bram Industries in its efforts. The company will invest several…
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015, five nursing students from Georgia Southern University were tragically killed in a crash with a tractor trailer just outside of Savannah.Unfortunately, the investigation into the accident has revealed that the trucking company involved has a…
Marc Roark (Savannah) has posted Human Impact Statements (Washburn Law Review) on SSRN. Here’s the abstract:When a city undertakes a development project, low income and homeless persons face risks of expulsion. Public and private developers often target low-income neighborhoods and…
Marc Roark (Savannah) has posted Slavery, Property, and Marshall in the Positivist Legal Tradition (Savannah Law Review) on SSRN. Here’s the abstract:In 1819, a slave ship called the Antelope entered the harbor of Savannah carrying Africans originally detained as slaves…
I just returned home from the [Re]Integrating Spaces Colloquium at Savannah Law School. The event was terrific. Al Brophy of UNC (and of Faculty Lounge blogging fame) gave a sweeping keynote address on the development of property law from…
