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Professor Sven Riethmueller on Pre-IPO Stock Option Discounting
In a new paper, Clinical Associate Professor of Law Sven Riethmueller critiques the practice by pre-IPO companies of granting stock options as compensation while preparing to go public.
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AI and the First Amendment: A Q&A with Jack Balkin
Jack M. Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, discusses artificial intelligence (AI) and the legal repercussions that may occur as the technology advances.
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Clinic Sues VA on Behalf of Transgender Veterans
With the help of the Veterans Legal Services Clinic, the Transgender American Veterans Association filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Foundations of American Legal Thought Explores Legal Theory Past and Present
The Program in the Foundations of American Legal Thought takes a closer look at canonical authors and movements in American legal theory past and present, connected to a formal course offered each spring.
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Clinic Lawsuit Prompts Defense Department to Partially Reform Discriminatory IVF Policies
In August 2023, the National Organization for Women–New York City (NOW-NYC) filed a federal lawsuit against the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) challenging IVF policies that discriminate against its members. NOW-NYC is represented in the suit by the Yale Law School Veterans Legal Services Clinic and Reproductive Rights and Justice Project. Under those policies, the agencies cover IVF only for veterans and service members in opposite-sex marriages who can provide their own gametes (sperm and eggs) and trace their infertility to a service-connected health issue. DoD’s and...
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Professor Forman to Present Inaugural J. Skelly Wright Lecture on Feb. 12
Professor James Forman Jr. ’92 will present the inaugural lecture of his appointment as J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law on Feb. 12, 2024.
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Hossam Bahgat to Deliver Gruber Lecture on Jan. 30
Globally renowned human rights activist Hossam Bahgat will deliver the 2023 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice.
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In Long-Awaited Volume, Professor Robert Post Tells Story of Taft Court in its Own Time
After 35 years and 1,608 pages, Sterling Professor of Law Robert C. Post ’77 has written the definitive history of the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice William Howard Taft.