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Professor of Law Zachary Liscow ’15 has joined the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as its Chief Economist, the White House announced on Aug. 18.

A court agreed with the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic that the FDA cannot withhold information about a drug’s approval solely because the drugmaker considers it confidential. An exemption to the law is not meant to protect confidentiality for the sake of confidentiality, the court ruled.

A new report co-authored by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law finds fewer people in solitary confinement in U.S. prison systems than in years past, according to prisons surveyed. However, 41,000 to 48,000 people in the U.S. were still in solitary confinement as of last year.

The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School has released the first entry in its Policy Model Series, a group of concrete proposals for achieving a community-centered justice system. This entry focuses on defining state and local police authority.

Dean Heather K. Gerken, speaking at convocation, encouraged students to get to know one another and take advantage of Yale Law School’s vast opportunities and rich academic community.

A federal court ruled that Walgreens can be held responsible for its role in San Francisco’s opioid crisis — a win for the city and the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project, which worked on the case with the City Attorney’s Office.

The PACT Act, the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic-exposed veterans in decades, extends coverage to veterans exposed to radiation in a 1996 nuclear cleanup in Palomares, Spain. The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School has represented the Palomares veterans since 2017.

Dean Heather K. Gerken reflects on her first decanal term, a vision for legal education, and plans for the future.