FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

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2025–26 Vol. 3

Leslie Book

• Presented “Transformative Technology and Tax Statutes of Limitation” at the University of Georgia School of Law Tax Colloquium on February 12.
• Updated the chapter “Judicial Review of Agency Interpretations” in IRS Practice and Procedure (Thomson Reuters) on March 25.
• Published “Should the IRS be Allowed to Create Substantive Offer in Compromise Rules in the Internal Revenue Manual?” in Tax Notes on April 1.

Andrew Brandt

• Published articles in Sports Illustrated
  • One NFL Team’s Shrewd Moves Maximized Its Return on Trade Deals” on November 14.
  • “NFL Response to NFLPA Report Cards Is Thin-Skinned But May Have Legal Standing” on November 25.
  • “Business of Football: End of Chiefs’ Run Is How the NFL Works” on December 18.
  • “Follow the Money in Our Top 10 Business of Football Stories for 2025” on December 31.
  • “The Two Super Bowl GMs Share a Background” on January 29.
  • “NFL Grievance Win May Not Stop Public Shaming From NFLPA Report Cards” on February 17.

• Posted episodes of The Business of Sports: NFL Business Podcast
  • “Mavericks Fire Nico Harrison, Remembering Paul Tagliabue & More” on November 13.
  • “The Pros & Cons of NIL and the Transfer Portal in College Football” on December 6. 
  • “Andrew's Top 10 Business of Sports Stories of the Year” on December 30.
  • “What's Going On with the MLBPA? NBA Tanking Issues & More” on February 18.
  • “NFL Combine Preview, Franchise Tag Window Opens & More” on February 26.
  • “What's Going On with Maxx Crosby? And Andrew's NFL Free Agency Takeaways” on March 12.
  • “The NBA is Officially Expanding, a Change in the NFLPA & More” on March 26.

• In the Media
  • Quoted in “Josh Jacobs May Have Just Played His Final Snap for the Packers” by Lombardi Avenue on December 12.
  • Interviewed for “Sports Executive Says Stefon Diggs’ Talent Makes Support Easier Amid Legal Trouble” on TMZ on December 31.
  • Quoted in “Did Washington Quarterback Break Lucrative Return Agreement to Enter Transfer Portal?” by AL.com on January 7.
  • Quoted in “Wizards Say $10,000 April Fools’ Day Half-Court Shot Prank was Scripted” by The New York Times on April 2.

Patrick McKinley Brennan

• Presented “Punishment, Mercy and the Common Good” at the Doing Justice & Loving Mercy: A Michigan Conversation on Criminal Justice program hosted by the Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network on October 21.
• Presented “A Constitution for Equals? Human Equality in Our Constitutional Order” at the University of Michigan Kateri Institute for Catholic Studies on October 21.
• Published “From Leo XIII to the Wagner Act” in Commonweal on November 24.
• Presented “Pope Leo XIII, Americanism and Political Society” at the University of California, Berkeley, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology on January 24.
• Presented “Students for Fair Admissions, Equal Protection and Human Equality” at University of Michigan Law School on February 10.

David Caudill

• Taught Expert Evidence and participated in a panel discussion between March 2-6 at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
• Presented “Neo-Calvinism and the Ideology of Public Science Controversies” at the 2026 Kuyper Conference hosted by Calvin University on March 27.
• Awarded a summer 2026 fellowship to research social credibility and trustworthiness of expert knowledge and science-based information from the Center for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences at Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany.

Steven Chanenson

• Taught the virtual judicial education course Probation and Resentencing in Pennsylvania hosted by the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts on March 19.
• Participated in the panel following a screening of Prison Project: Little Scandinavia hosted by the Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania on March 30.
• Published “Remembering A Sentencing Giant” on Sentencing Matters Substack on March 20.

Amy Emerson

• Participated in the panel “Liberty, Justice and AI for All” at the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section Winter Meeting on January 17.
• Presented “Salaries, Credentials and Status: Frank Conversations About Law Library Pay, Prospects and Other Uncomfortable Topics” at the Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association 2026 Institute on March 20.

Ann Juliano

• Published “Workplace Relief is Coming for Employees with Symptoms of Menstruation, Perimenopause and Menopause in Philly” in The Conversation on March 24.

James Edward Maule

• The MauledAgain blog was named to Feedspot’s “100 Best Tax Blogs to Follow in 2026” list on March 27.

Michael Moreland

• Moderated the panel “Works in Progress Panel 1-A” at the 27th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference in New Orleans on January 7.
• In the Media: Interviewed for “Supreme Court Weighs in on Trans Athlete Bans” on Studio 2 on WHYY on January 13.
• Presented “Cardinal Newman and Pope Leo XIII on Americanism” at the 2026 Annual Newman Lecture hosted by the Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture at the University of Pennsylvania on February 20.
• Participated in the panel “Is the Court Moving in the Right Direction on the Establishment Clause?” at the Daniel Webster Debate Series hosted by the Georgetown University Law Center Federalist Society on February 25.
• Joined an amicus brief on behalf of the petitioner in the Supreme Court case United States Conference of Catholic Bishops v. David O’Connell on March 6.

Peter Ormerod

• Published “Disciplining Mechanisms: Governing Data Markets with Competition and Regulation” in the Yale Journal of Law & Technology (Vol. 28) on March 5.
• In the Media        
  • Quoted in “Jury Finds Instagram and YouTube Liable in a Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial” by Associated Press on March 25.
  • Interviewed for “Legal Expert Calls Verdict in Social Media Addiction Trial a Promising Development” by 6ABC Philadelphia on March 25.

Michael Risch

• In the Media: Quoted in “NJ Transit Immunity Denial Sets Stage for More Patent Suits” by Bloomberg Law on March 16.

Kate Vengraitis

• Presented “When (Lots of) Work Disappears: Reimagining Social Security for the AI Age” at the 2026 Poverty Law Conference hosted by the University of Southern California Gould School of Law on February 20.