Faculty

Elon Law professor and retired Supreme Court Chief Justice James G. Exum, Jr., was recognized for improving the state’s justice system, developing alternatives to litigation and advancing the idea of lawyers as peacemakers at the Oct. 13 unveiling of his official portrait to be hung inside the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Elon Law Professor Scott Gaylord provides analysis of a recent N.C. Supreme Court decision for The Federalist Society's StateCourtsGuide.com.

Elon Law Prof. Eric Fink writes that recent consumer savings and rising profit for companies like Uber, resulting from on-demand transportation apps, are being realized through reduced labor protections and employee benefits "borne by workers, out-of-sight and out-of-mind to the public that enjoys their services and the companies that profit from them."

In an Elon Law Now commentary, Professor Eric Fink, a labor and employment law expert, examines the impacts on workers of on-demand services like Uber and Taskrabbit. 

Elon Law Professor Henry Gabriel presented a paper Sept. 9 at the Oxford University Faculty of Law on the international financing of agricultural, construction and mining equipment. The paper will be published in the forthcoming issue of the Cape Town Academic Law Review. 

In an Elon Law Now commentary, Professor Michael Rich applauds new policy changes at the U.S. Department of Justice developed to pursue white-collar crimes more aggressively, but questions the depth of impact those changes will have. 

Elon Law Professor David Levine kicked off Elon’s Technology and Law Speakers Series on Sept. 2 with a discussion featuring insights about evolving federal legislation designed to tackle cyber-espionage but threatening to deteriorate trade secrecy law. 

In an Elon Law Now commentary, Professor Enrique Armijo examines developing laws aimed at allowing government officials to avoid performing same-sex marriages. 

In an Elon Law Now commentary, Professor Antonette Barilla reports from Europe about growing concern across the continent over the evolving strategy to address the Greek debt crisis and the viability of the European Union.

The dangers of growing secrecy in government, for instance new North Carolina legislation to keep death penalty chemical compounds confidential from the public, forms the focus of Elon Law Professor David Levine's latest blog post for Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP).