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Professor Jena Martin Speaker in the University of Essex Human Rights Speaker Series

Tags: Jena Martin Human Rights Antiracism Racism Business and Human Rights

West Virginia University College of Law professor Jena Martin was featured as a speaker in the University of Essex Human Rights Speaker series on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. The series is hosted by the University of Essex Human Rights Centre and the Essex Armed Conflict and Crisis Hub. Professor Martin's talk, titled "Racism and Business & Human Rights" was given with co-authors Erika George and Tara Van Ho. Professors Martin and George, and Dr. Van Ho published Reckoning: A Dialogue about Racism, AntiRacists, and Business & Human Rights in volume 30 of the Washington International Law Journal earlier this year.

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WVU College of Law SSRN Paper Series Publishes Volume 9, Issue 3

Tags: SSRN Caroline Osborne Sean Tu Will Rhee Jena Martin Amy Cyphert Jesse Richardson

The West Virginia University College of Law Research Paper Series published Volume 9, Issue 3 on October 27, 2021. The following authors were featured for their new scholarship recently published to SSRN:

Caroline Osborne, Copyright, Pandemics, and Emergencies: When Desperate Times Dictate Contextual Responses.

New Citations to WVU Law Scholarship, July to September 2021

Tags: Valarie Blake Amy Cyphert Amelia Rinehart James Friedberg Anne Marie Lofaso Jena Jena Martin Caroline Osborne Will Rhee Jesse Richardson John Taylor Matthew Titolo Sean Tu James Van Nostrand Joshua Weishert Nicholas Stump

The scholarship of West Virginia University College of Law faculty members is frequently cited as authority in numerous legal disciplines. The following is a list of faculty authored works cited this year and made available on Westlaw Edge between July 1 and September 30, 2021.

Valarie Blake

Professors Jena Martin and Amy Cyphert Interviewed on South Korean Radio Show Morning Wave in Busan

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On Monday October 11, 2021, West Virginia University College of Law professors Jena Martin and Amy Cyphert were interviewed on South Korean radio program Morning Wave in Busan. In the interview, Professors Martin and Cyphert discuss the recent testimony of Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, before Congress and the potential consequences for Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

The interview can be heard in full here.

Professor Jena Martin Publishes Commentary on Facebook and the SEC with The Conversation

Tags: Jena Martin SEC securities regulation

West Virginia University College of Law professor Jena Martin recently posted commentary at The Conversation on Facebook about potential action by the SEC based on public statements by Mark Zuckerberg that contradict the company's internal documents. The issue in controversy is Facebook's enforcement on its policy for offensive material. Zuckerberg's public statements indicate that all Facebook users are on equal footing with regard to application of the policy while internal documents suggest otherwise. Professor Martin offers expert commentary as a scholar and former enforcement attorney with the SEC. The article is titled "Why Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg may be in hot water with the SEC".

Find more of Professor Martin's scholarship on SSRN and on her SelectedWorks scholarship profile.