Each month, we share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments—from Utah Law faculty members.
Associate Professor Daniel Aaron
- Publications
- Daniel G. Aaron, Designating Cartels as Terrorist Organizations: The Wrong Path to Addressing the Illicit Fentanyl Crisis, AMERICAN J. PUBLIC HEALTH (2025) with Jack Wolthuis.
- Daniel G. Aaron, Health Regulation at Risk: The Supreme Court and Women’s Health, J. GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (2025) with Sonya Chechik.
- Daniel G. Aaron, Law and Policy Efforts to Dismantle Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, AMERICAN J. PUBLIC HEALTH (forthcoming 2025) with Fatima Cody Stanford and Avery Emery.
- Daniel G. Aaron, Presidential Powers for LGBTQI+ Equity: Advances and Rollbacks, HEALTH AFFAIRS FOREFRONT (2025) with Gilbert Gonzales, Kyle Gavulic, and Carson Ferrara.
- Presentations/panels
- “Law, Cancer, and Innovation” (speaker), Healthcare Innovation Colloquium, New York University School of Law, New York, New York. (Jun. 12, 2025).
- “Law-Policy Interpolation, Structural Issues and Theories in Health Law Panel” (panelist), Health Law Professors Conference 2025, Boston University School of Law and Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA (Jun. 6, 2025).
- “Law, Politics, and Medicine: Understanding the Executive Orders” (Poynter Fellow and speaker), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (May 29, 2025).
Professor Paul Cassell
- Legislative/judicial
- Filed briefing in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas objecting to Boeing non-prosecution agreement.
- Media appearances
- Quoted in Law.com about Boeing non-prosecution agreement and victim objections.
Professor Jorge Contreras
- Publications
- Jorge L. Contreras, Unpacking Open Source Bio, 100(4) INDIANA L.J. 1567 (2025).
- Jorge L. Contreras, Patent Pledges as Portfolio Management Tools: Benefits, Obligations and Enforcement, in A MODERN GUIDE TO PATENTING. CHALLENGES OF PATENTING IN THE 21ST CENTURY 166-196 (Knut Blind & Nikolaus Thumm, eds., Edward Elgar, 2025).
- Jorge L. Contreras, Searching for Meaning in the Utah Constitution’s Free Market Preamble, in FRAMING DEVICES AND GLOBAL LEGAL TRADITIONS: FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD TO THE MODERN NATION STATE 228-46 and 272-75 (Susan Longfield Karr and Laura Culbertson, eds., Routledge, 2025).
- Jorge L. Contreras, Rate-Setting for Standards-Essential Patents: International Evidence and Analysis, Report Prepared for the UK Intellectual Property Office, Project C3198 (Jul. 1, 2025).
- Presentations/panels
- “Standards-Essential Patents – Licensing and Litigation” (lecturer), World Intellectual Property Org (WIPO) and Nanjing Univ. of Sci. & Tech., WIPO Summer School on Intellectual Property (online, Jul. 2025).
- Awards/formal recognitions
- Licensing Executives Society Intl. Article of the Month for R2B Contracts: Complexities And Considerations When Contracting With Universities And Other Not-For-Profit Research Organisations, with Mark Anderson, Brian A. Coblitz, Jorge L. Contreras, Steven M. Ferguson, Naomi Hawkins, Alison Slade, and Anji Miller (Jul. 2025).
- Media appearances
- Quoted in Bloomberg Law, “Patent Lawyer Buoyed in Pursuit of 1700s Injunction Argument” (Jul. 7, 2025).
Lecturer Professor Amos Guiora
- Presentations/panels
- “October 7th: Expanding Legitimate Targets and Collateral Damage?,” U.S. Attorney Office (Chicago), National Security & Cybercrime Section, Chicago, IL (Jul. 15, 2025).
- “Enablers: Normalizing the Unimaginable,” Jerusalem Demonstration Calling for Hostage Release/Cease Fire in Gaza, Jerusalem, Israel (Jul. 12, 2025).
- “Comparative Negotiation Approaches from the Middle East: Hostage Release Paramount,” Utah Council on Conflict Resolution/Utah State Bar, Salt Lake City, UT, (Jul. 10, 2025).
- “The Role of Bystanders from the Holocaust to Hamas,” The George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, Washington, D.C. (Jun. 26, 2025).
- Media appearances
- Interviewed by Deseret News, “A Utah professor spoke at an Israeli hostage rally. Here’s what he said” (Jul. 13, 2025).
- Interviewed by KSL Inside Sources, “Hostages, Hamas and hard truths” (Jul. 14, 2025).
Librarian Hiroko Hashitani
- Presentations/panels
- “Hitting the Documentation Trail: Where Every Step Is a Guidepost” (panel moderator), American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) 2025 Annual Meeting & Conference, Portland, OR. (Jul. 20, 2025).
Professor Robert Keiter
- Publications
- Published CONSERVING NATURE IN GREATER YELLOWSTONE: CONTROVERSY AND CHANGE IN AN ICONIC ECOSYSTEM (University of Chicago Press, Jul. 2025).
Emeritus Professor John Martinez
- Publications
- In LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW (Thomson-Reuters, 2nd ed.) added annual supplement and revised chapters Creation and Change of Local Government and Hegemony of State Power over Local Affairs.
- In GOVERNMENT TAKINGS (Thomson-Reuters) added annual supplement.
Associate Research Professor Jamie Pleune
- Media appearances
- Quoted in Pagosa Daily Post, “OPINION: Permitting Reform Under Trump Would Spell Disaster” (Jul. 22, 2025).
Research Professor Danya Rumore
- Media appearances
- Quoted in Marketplace, “Could public lands help alleviate the housing shortage in the West?” (Jul. 3, 2025).
Research Professor John Ruple
- Media appearances
- Quoted in Associated Press, “With AI plan, Trump keeps chipping away at a foundational environmental law” (Jul. 29, 2025).