Utah Law faculty updates: September 2025 – S.J. Quinney College of Law

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

Media appearances
- Quoted in The New York Times, “FDA’s Approval of a Drug for Autism Upends Review Process” (Sept. 23, 2025).
- Quoted in Health Affairs, “Secretary Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism is Misplaced: Try Cancer Drugs Instead” (Sept. 10, 2025).

Legislative/judicial
- Testimony on admissibility of prior crimes evidence, Utah Interim Legislative Commission (Sept. 16, 2025).
Media appearances
- Quoted in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and other media on Charlie Kirk’s assassination (Sept. 16, 2025).
- Interviewed on Radio Kempe, “Chasing Hope for America’s Children: Advocating for the Children Sexually Abused by Jeffrey Epstein (A Conversation with Paul Cassell)” (Sept. 10, 2025).
- Quoted in CBS News, Reuters, Law360 and other media on U.S. v. Boeing and victims’ families objection to motion to dismiss (Sept. 3, 2025).
- Interviewed on Jacksonville Ch. 4 on Colorado v. Counterman’s implications for stalking victims (Aug. 12, 2025).

Presentations/panels
- “Monetizing IP in the Digital Economy,” U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Speaker Program: Fifth Annual IP Rights Conference, U.S. Embassy, Luanda, Angola.
- Keynote panelist, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Symposium on Standards Essential Patents, Geneva, Switzerland (Sept. 18-19, 2025).
- “Rate-Setting for Standards Essential Patents,” UK Intellectual Property Office, Presentation to UK IP Federation (Sept. 2025).
- “Buyer Power and Power Buyers in Cellular SEP Licensing: Are There Implication for Competition?” (panelist), Dynamic Competition Initiative (DCI) (Sept. 2025).

Presentations/panels
- “Sexual Abuse in Schools: Bringing the Silence to an End,” Verifent (Sept. 25, 2025).
- “Defining Victory,” Jewish Community Center, Salt Lake City, UT (Sept. 18, 2025).
- “Protecting Israeli Democracy,” Hope for Israel Alliance (Sept. 14, 2025).
Media appearances
- Quoted in Fox 13, “Utahn responds to Netanyahu speech to UN assembly” (Sept. 27, 2025).
- Interviewed for The Good Men Project, “Amos N. Guiora on Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, and the Politics of Criticism” (Sept. 1, 2025).
- Interviewed for In-Sight Publishing, “Amos N. Guiora on Institutional Complicity and Legal Reform” (Aug. 25, 2025).

Publications
- Louisa M.A. Heiny, “Identifying the Guilty; Protecting the Innocent: Amending the Federal Rules of Evidence to Address Admissibility of Eyewitness Identification,” 58 U. MICH. J. L. REFORM 365 (2025).

Media appearances
- Quoted in Newsweek, “Could Jimmy Kimmel Sue Donald Trump After Being ‘Canceled’? What to Know” (Sept. 22, 2025).
- Quoted in CNN, “Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times is meritless, First Amendment experts say” (Sept. 17, 2025).

Awards
- Received 2025-2026 New Voices in Dispute Resolution Award from the Association of American Law Schools’ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Section as part of its New Voices in Dispute Resolution program (Sept. 2025).

Presentations/panels
- “Power of Grassroots/Lawyer Collaboration to Advance Access to Justice” (panelist), International Access to Justice Conference, Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY (Sept. 27, 2025).

Media appearances
- Quoted in Deseret News, “Could Congress’ use of this law create ‘Wild West’ for public land management?” (Sept. 19, 2025).

Media appearances
- Quoted in Pensions & Investments, “Connecticut GOP leaders ask governor to end plan for state pension fund to buy stake in WNBA team” (Sept. 24, 2025).