Utah Law faculty updates: November 2025


Dec 01, 2025 | Faculty

Each month, we share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments—from Utah Law faculty members.

Professor Paul CassellA portrait of Professor Paul Cassell

  • Media appearances
    • Quoted in Wall Street Journal, BBC, Bloomberg, and other media about the dismissal of the criminal case against Boeing (Nov. 6, 2025).
    • Quoted in Reuters and other media on appeal filing challenging the dismissal of the criminal charge against Boeing (Nov. 13, 2025).
    • Quoted in Salt Lake Tribune on delays in filing charges in the “No Kings” rally shooting (Oct. 18, 2025). 

Portrait of Professor Jorge ContrerasProfessor Jorge Contreras

  • Presentations/panels
    • “Patent Eligibility and PERA” (online panelist), Public Interest Patent Law Inst. (Nov. 2025).
    •  “IP Strategies for Life Sciences Companies” (online panelist), Financial Poise (Nov. 2025).
    •  “SEP Licensing Fundamentals and Best Practices for Streaming Content Providers” (speaker and panelist), Perkins Coie, San Francisco, CA (Nov. 2025).
  • Media appearance
    • Quoted in Bloomberg Law, “Masimo’s twin wins over Apple boost leverage in watch-tech war” (Nov. 18, 2025).
    • Interviewed on Ipse Dixit, “Jorge Contreras on Silly Patents” (Nov. 16, 2025).

Professor Amos GuioraLecturer Professor Amos Guiora

  • Publications
    • Amos N. Guiora, “Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, and the Politics of Criticism,” in UNADORNED: CONVERSATIONS ON ANTISEMITISM (2025) with Scott Douglas Jacobsen.
    • Amos N. Guiora, “Child Maltreatment: How Best to Protect Children,”18 GOV’T L. REV. 41 (2025) with Eben Kohtz, Christina Porucznik, and Penelope Birnbaum.
  • Presentations/panels
    • “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, the War in Gaza, and the Role of International Law,” Canadian Council on International Law Conference, Ottawa, Canada (Nov. 14, 2025). 
    • “Defining Military Victory: From Vietnam to Iraq/Afghanistan to the Gaza Strip,” University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, UT (Nov. 10, 2025).
  • Media appearances

Dean Louisa HeinyAssociate Dean for Academic Affairs Louisa Heiny

  • Media appearances
    • Quoted in KUER, “Utah courts speak up to denounce ‘dangerous’ threats over redistricting ruling” (Nov. 17, 2025).

 

Professor Chris PetersonProfessor Chris Peterson

  • Media appearances
    • Quoted in KUER, “Utah courts speak up to denounce ‘dangerous’ threats over redistricting ruling” (Nov. 17, 2025).

 

Jamie PleuneAssociate Professor Jamie Pleune

  • Media appearances
    • Cited in KUER, “Utah expands its streamlined ‘Permit by Rule’ to cover seven new industrial activities” (Nov. 20, 2025).

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