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Tim Wu Discussed Book on Attention
On Tuesday, April 18, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy welcomed Professor Tim Wu of Columbia Law School for a discussion of his book, The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads.
We Robot Conference Discusses Intersection of Tech and Law
On March 31 and April 1, Yale Law School hosted the the sixth annual robotics law and policy conference—WeRobot 2017.
Legal scholar speaks about why free speech matters
In Europe, Donald Trump could have been arrested for some of the comments he made about Muslims and Mexicans while campaigning for president, legal scholar Floyd Abrams LAW ’59 pointed out during a campus visit on April 5.
Laura DeNardis Speaks on Internet Governance
Dr. Laura DeNardis, Professor at the American University School of Communications, spoke on “Rethinking Internet Freedom in the Age of Cyber Control.”
MFIA Clinic Seeks to Unseal Records Relating to Former Trump Associate Felix H. Sater
On March 22, 2017, the Yale Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) on behalf of Forbes Media LLC (Forbes) and Forbes magazine’s Contributing Editor of Investigations Richard Behar, filed a motion in the Second Circuit to unseal records in a matter related to the criminal prosecution of Felix H. Sater. Sater is reported to be a former business associate of President Trump with connections to Russian oligarchs and organized crime, according to the motion. The documents Forbes and Behar seek should shed light on the nature of Sater’s reported connection to Russia and President Trump...
Floyd Abrams ’59 Writes New Book on First Amendment
In The Soul of the First Amendment (Yale University Press; publication date April 25, 2017), Floyd Abrams '59 examines the degree to which American law protects free speech more often, more intensely, and more controversially than is the case anywhere else in the world.
Dustin Lewis Discusses Algorithmic Decision-Making
Dustin A. Lewis, Senior Researcher at the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC) joined YLS students over lunch on Tuesday, January 17.
MFIA Clinic Convenes Panel To Discuss Conflicts of Interest In New Administration
On January 10, 2017, approximately 40 journalists and media lawyers attended a free-form discussion with legal experts on the federal conflict of interest laws and the incoming Trump Administration
Weaponizing Information Conference to Be Held January 24
The Center for Global Legal Challenges and the Information Society Project will co-host a conference on “Weaponizing Information: Propaganda to Cyber Conflict,” on January 24, 2017 at Yale Law School.
Judge Rules in Favor of MFIA Clinic in Arizona Department of Corrections Case
A federal judge ruled in favor of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic in a recent case against the Arizona Department of Corrections.