Winners of Inaugural Bloomberg Law Write-On Competition for Law Students Announced

ARLINGTON, Va., June 4, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bloomberg BNA today announced the winners of its inaugural Bloomberg Law Write-On Competition for which 75 students from the nation's top law schools submitted original articles on current legal trends, which were published in Bloomberg BNA legal publications. Five articles were chosen by the company's senior editorial executives to be published and $5,000 prizes were awarded to the authors of the articles. Winners worked directly with editors at Bloomberg BNA to edit and prepare their submissions for publication.

"We are extremely pleased to recognize the winners of the first Bloomberg Law Write-On Competition," said David Perla, President of Bloomberg Law and Bloomberg BNA's Legal Division.  "These students represent the best and brightest future attorneys from our nation's top law schools and we are excited to provide them with a platform to showcase their original scholarly work.  We look forward to continuing our relationship with them as they embark upon their legal careers and supporting them with our flagship Bloomberg Law solution, which provides attorneys a platform for their wide-ranging legal research and business intelligence needs."

The winners of the competition are:

• Amelie Doublet, University of Michigan School of Law, The United States Law Week, Motorola Mobility II and the Circuit Split Over the Interpretation of the FTAIA: The Necessity for Supreme Court Review
• Michelle Huynh, Vanderbilt Law School, Employment Discrimination Report, Do Penalties in Mandatory Wellness Programs Violate ADA's Title I?
• Eileen Woo, New York University School of Law, Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, The Doctrine of Unexpected Results Following the Federal Circuit's Decision in BMS v. Teva
• Jacob Walley, University of Chicago School of Law, Health Law Reporter, Paradox and Policy: The Affordable Care Act and King v. Burwell
• Marcel T. Rosner and Valian A. Afshar (shared prize), University of Michigan Law School, Corporate Law & Accountability Report, Recent Trends in Financial Adviser Liability and Tips for Mitigation

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