August 2023 Law Faculty Publications & News

Publications

• 13, 14, & 15, Gerry W. Beyer, West’s Texas Forms – Real Property (2^nd ed. 2023 Supp.).

• Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., July/August 2023, at 24. Probate & Property is an official publication of the Real Property, Probate, Trust and Estate Law Section of the American Bar Association.

• West Academic Publishing has just released Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s casebook, Teaching Materials on Estate Planning (5^th ed. 2023) as part of its American Casebook Series.

• Prof. Brian Shannon, Ethical Challenges in Texas Criminal Proceedings Involving Defendants with Mental Illness, 55 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 1-32 (2022), see http://texastechlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/TTLR-Vol.-55-Book-1.Shannon.PUBLISHED.pdf
• Prof. Brian Shannon, Texas Mental Health Legislative Reform: Significant Achievements with More to Come, 53 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 99-139 (2020), see http://texastechlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/ShannonTexasMentalHealthLegislative2020.pdf.

• Prof. Richard Murphy, sec. 8426 Chevron Step Zero—An Overview, 33 Fed. Prac. & Proc. Judicial Rev. (2023).

• Prof. Gerry W. Beyer. Summary of Changes to Estate Planning Law Made by the 2023 Texas Legislature (August 9, 2023). Available at SSRN: Summary of Changes to Estate Planning Law Made by the 2023 Texas Legislature by Gerry W. Beyer :: SSRN

Citations

• Prof. Murphy’s article The Social Irresponsibility of Corporate Tax Avoidance: Taking CSR to the Bottom Line was cited in the following: Ciprian N. Radavoi, Elizabeth Crawford Spencer, et. al., Law-Guided CSR: Ten Commandments for the 21st Century, 9 Loy. U. Chi. Reg. Compliance 36 (2022).

•  Prof. John L. Watts’ article Tyranny by Proxy: State Action and the Private Use of Deadly Force was cited in the following article: Maryam Jamshidi, The Private Enforcement of National Security, 108 Cornell L. Rev. 739 (2023).

•   Prof. Richard W. Murphy’s publication A Guide to Judicial and Political Review of Federal Agencies was cited in the following article: Thomas E. Baker & Kris Markarian, A Primer on the Jurisdiction of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, 3d Federal Judicial Center (2023).

• Prof. Dustin B. Benham’s article Beyond Congress’s Reach: Constitutional Aspects of Inherent Power was cited in the following article: Robert J. Pushaw, Jr. & Charles Silver, The Unconstitutional Assertion of Inherent Powers of Multidistrict Litigations, 48 B.Y.U. L. Rev. (2023).

•  Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s article Specific Characteristics of Ownership was cited in the following article: Amanda Ricci, What a Board Wants, What a Board Needs: A New Way to Evict a Property Owner for Bad Behavior in Common Interest Communities, 51 Hofstra L. Rev. 739 (2023).

•  Prof. Dustin B. Benham’s article Foundational and Contemporary Court Confidentiality was cited in the following publication: Dennis J. Wall, Stipulated Protective Orders: How and why, and best practices to honor public access and avoid possible use in concealing first-party bad faith claims, Litig. & Prev. Ins. Bad Faith 3d. ed. (2023).

•  Prof. Catherine M. Christopher’s article The Bridging Model: Exploring the Roles of Trust and Enforcement in Banking, Bitcoin, and the Bloackchain was cited in the following article: Isa Alade & Zehra G. Kavame Eroglu, Disruptive Innovations or Enhancing Financial Inclusion: What Does Fintech Mean for Africa?, 56 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 673 (2023).

• Prof. DeLeith D. Gossett’s article The Client: How States Are Profiting from the Child’s Right to Protection was cited in the following article: Melissa Moschella, Natural Law, Parental Rights, and the Defense of “Liberal” Limits on Government: An Analysis of the Mortara Case and its Contemporary Parallels, 98 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1559 (2023).

• Prof. Dustin B. Benham’s article Proportionality, Pretriall Confidentiality, and Discovery Sharing was cited in the following article: Seth Katsuya Endo, Discovery Dark Matter, 101 Tex. L. Rev. 1021 (2023).

Quotations

• Prof. Amy Hardberger was quoted in the following article: Lindsey Carnett, No more water citations? SAWS floats new drought plan to target violators, reduce consumption, San Antonio Report (August 1, 2023). No more water citations? SAWS considers doing away with tickets (sanantonioreport.org)

• Prof. Brandon Beck was quoted in “Federal gun law used in Hunter Biden case voided by appeals court,” Washington Examiner (August 9, 2023)

• Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was quoted in the following article: Taylor Goldenstein, Allie Morris, et.al., Witnesses paint Texas AG Ken Paxton as ‘stingy’ and money-obsessed ahead of impeachment trial, Houston Chronical (April 24, 2023). Witnesses paint Texas AG Ken Paxton as ‘stingy’ and money-obsessed ahead of impeachment trial | Business Information & News | TX | Westlaw Precision.

Notes

• Prof. Amy Hardberger led two new faculty panels at SEALS.

• Prof. Amy Hardberger did an interview with KCBD on drought and the aquifer that ran on August 2, 2023.

• Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was featured as an estate expert on the podcast “Under Cover of Knight.” You can find the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/things-that-arent-there/id1676146930?i=1000622904330

• Prof. Brandon Beck gave a 30-minute CLE presentation to the Lubbock Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Association on recent development in firearms law on July 20, 2023. The presentation title was “Gun Law Update.”

• Prof. Brandon Beck is representing a Texas inmate, pro bono, on a cert petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. He argues that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals distorted the attenuation doctrine beyond what the U.S. Supreme Court allows in Utah v. Streiff.

• Prof. Brandon Beck has been assisting with research and strategic planning in United States v. Rahimi, which the Supreme Court will hear in late November or early December.

• Prof. Alyson Outenreath will serve in the following positions this year with the State Bar of Texas Tax Section: Past Chair Advisory Board, Council Member and Law School Representative, CLE Committee Vice Chair, and Law School Outreach Co-Chair.

• On August 21, 2023, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was in San Antonio where he was invited to speak at Summit 2023 sponsored by the Texas Society of CPAs. His presentation and accompanying article were entitled Estate Case Law Update.