John Shahar Dillbary
Associate Professor of Law
205-348-9988
sdillbary@law.ua.edu
Areas of Expertise:
Intellectual Property
Economic Analysis Of The Law
Antitrust
Torts
John Shahar Dillbary
Professor Dillbary received his B.A. in Economics and LL.B in Law, Summa Cum Laude, from Bar Ilan University, Israel and his masters, with honors, and his doctorate degree from the University of Chicago. At the University of Chicago, he was a Fulbright Scholar and a John M. Olin Scholar in Law and Economics. Professor Dillbary holds a Joint Appointment in the Business School, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration and he is a member of the Graduate Faculty. He is also the co-director of the Cross-Disciplinary Legal Studies Program. Professor Dillbary teaches antitrust, torts and law and economics.
Professor Dillbary joined the faculty at the University of Alabama in 2007 after practicing law at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LL.P. in New York where he represented and advised in an array of antitrust and intellectual property matters, including horizontal and vertical arrangements, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, patent pools and standard setting. His practice also included false advertising and unfair competition. Professor Dillbary is also admitted to the Israeli Bar where he practiced law with S. Horrowitz, LLP. and then with Meitar, Liqournik, Geva, LL.P. in Tel Aviv until 2002 focusing on complex commercial litigation. During his time at Meitar, he provided legal counsel to private and public companies on matters including shareholders' conflicts, bankruptcy proceedings, trademarks and privacy.
Professor Dillbary taught, presented, lectured and advised, among other places, in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is the recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Member Award (2010), the Commitment to Academic Excellence Award (2011), and the Dean Thomas W. Christopher Award for making a lasting contribution to legal education and the Law School (2012). Professor Dillbary's scholarship focuses on antitrust, intellectual property, torts and the intersection between law and economics. His recent work includes:
J. Shahar Dillbary, Tort-fest, forthcoming in the University of Chicago Law Review (2013) (available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2050999).
J. Shahar Dillbary, Apportioning Liability Behind a Veil of Uncertainty, 62 Hastings L. J. 1729 (2011) (available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1703431).
J. Shahar Dillbary, Predatory Bundling and the Exclusionary Standard, 67 Wash & Lee L. Rev. 1231 (2010) (available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1354863).
J. Shahar Dillbary, Trademarks as a Media for False Advertising, 31 Cardozo. L. Rev. 327 (2009) (available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1351862).
J. Shahar Dillbary, Emergencies, Body Parts and Price Gouging, in Sovereignty, Emergency, Legality, Cambridge University Press, 2009) (available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1351871).
J. Shahar Dillbary, Getting the Word Out: The Informational Function of Trademarks, 41 Ariz. St. L.J. 991 (2009) (available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1126857).
J. Shahar Dillbary, Famous Trademarks and The Rational Basis For Protecting Irrational Beliefs, 14 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 605 (2007) (available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=890632).