Friday, November 5, 2021
Ackman’s Firms Fire Back at Challenge to Legality of SPACs
Law360
A story provides updates in the suit filed by Professor of Law John Morley ’06 and Robert Jackson of New York University alleging a special purpose acquisition company has been improperly operating as an investment company.
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Do Gun Rights Depend on Abortion Rights? That’s Now Up to the Supreme Court. — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Cleveland’s Guardians Will Make a Deal — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, November 2, 2021
When Dissent Is All There Is — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The Atlantic
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, November 1, 2021
Letter from U.S.: University Endowments Setting the Pace on Fossil Fuel Divestment
IPE
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law and Professor in the Yale School of Management Jonathan Macey ’82 comments on university endowments and fossil fuel investment.
Monday, November 1, 2021
Law Profs Defend Theory that SPAC is Illegal Under Investment Company Act
Reuters
A news report provides developments in the suit filed by Professor of Law John Morley ’06 and Robert Jackson of New York University alleging a special purpose acquisition company has been improperly operating as an investment company.
Sunday, October 31, 2021
The Supreme Court Case That Created the ‘Dreamer’ Narrative
Politico
Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver discusses the impact of the 1982 case Pyler v. Doe on so-called ‘Dreamers’ and their families.
Saturday, October 30, 2021
Florida Bars Professors From Testifying as Expert Witnesses in Voting Case
The New York Times
Sterling Professor of Law Robert Post '77 comments on University of Florida academics' barring from appearing as expert witnesses in a lawsuit about the state's voting laws.
Saturday, October 30, 2021
As Halls Road Zoning Advocates Emphasize Flexibility, Legal Experts Say Otherwise
CT Examiner
Clinical Professor of Law Anika Singh Lemar addresses efforts to change zoning rules in Old Lyme.
Friday, October 29, 2021
Puerto Rico Media Petitions Supreme Court in Abuse Case
Associated Press
Floyd Abrams Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law David Schulz '78 and Clinical Lecturer in Law and Associate Research Scholar in Law Stephen Stich '17 comment on a petition filed to overturn a ruling by the Puerto Rico Supreme Court cutting off all public access to judicial proceedings involving domestic violence.
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Americans Like Billionaires More Than Democrats Do — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Americans Paying 25% More Towards Car Loans than 10 Years Ago
The Guardian
Deputy Dean and Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law Ian Ayres ’86 comments on car loan interest rate trends in America.
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
No Fixed Timeline for Migrant Bond Hearings, 1st Circ. Says
Law360
A news report provides an update Reid v. Donelan et al., a suit involving detained immigrants’ rights to timely bond hearings. Plaintiffs are represented by William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law and Counselor to the Dean Michael J. Wishnie ’93, Clinical Associate Professor of Law Marisol Orihuela ’08, and students with the Worker and Immigrant Rights Clinic.
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
When Human Rights Abuses Impact Supply Chains
Marketplace
Paul Tsai China Center Senior Fellow Samm Sacks discusses U.S. retailers pulling Chinese-made tech equipment off their shelves over concerns that manufacturers have ties to human rights abuses.
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
New Jersey Is the Best-Run State in America
Slate
Professor of Law David Schleicher comments on New Jersey's state governance.
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Duke Energy Said to be Close to Letting Activist Investor Put Two Directors on its Board
Charlotte Business Journal
A news report cites a commentary by Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law and Professor in the Yale School of Management Jonathan R. Macey '82 on corporate governance and the response to activist investors.
Monday, October 25, 2021
It’s His Town Now
New York Magazine
Professor of Law David Schleicher comments on the possible post-election plans of New York mayoral candidate Eric Adams.
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Why Did the Supreme Court Stop This Execution? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, October 18, 2021
European Activists Want to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads. Why Can’t We Do That Here?
Grist
Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Faculty Co-director of the Law, Ethics and Animals Program Douglas Kysar explains why it is easier for U.S. authorities to regulate fossil fuel ads by placing stipulations on them rather than prohibiting them.
Monday, October 18, 2021
Could Property Law Help Achieve ‘Rights of Nature’ for Wild Animals?
The Revelator
Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Faculty Co-director of the Law, Ethics and Animals Program Professor Douglas Kysar summarizes the legal argument for granting property rights to wildlife to protect them from habitat destruction.
Monday, October 18, 2021
Once Again, the Most Important Supreme Court Term Ever — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Stephen Breyer’s Supreme Delusions
The New Republic
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn and coauthor Ryan D. Doerfler of the University of Chicago Law School review the new book by Justice Stephen Breyer, The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics.
Thursday, October 14, 2021
America as a “Shining City on a Hill”— and Other Myths to Die By — A Commentary by Gregg Gonsalves
The Nation
Gregg Gonsalves is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School, the co-director of the Global Health Justice Partnership, and an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale School of Public Health.
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Congress Itself Should Prosecute Those It Charges With Contempt — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Saturday, October 9, 2021
Beside Classrooms, Americans Have Learned About Democracy at the Movies
NPR
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law Stephen L. Carter ’79 discusses the movies that have shaped his view of American democracy.
Thursday, October 7, 2021
U.S. Rights Groups Petition for a Stop to Asylum Seeker Expulsions
Al Jazeera
A news report describes how the Lowenstein Human Rights Project and others submitted an emergency request to demand the U.S. stop using a public health directive to expel migrants.
Thursday, October 7, 2021
In Yale Forum, Whistleblower Warns of How Facebook Promotes Violence
New Haven Register
A news report describes an Information Society Project panel discussion featuring a former Facebook employee who is now speaking out against the company.
Thursday, September 30, 2021
An Early History of Rulemaking Power
The Regulatory Review
A paper by William K. Townsend Professor of Law Professor of Law Nicholas R. Parrillo on an early exercise of federal administrative power is summarized.
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
The Solutions to Democracy’s Problems Lie in Books — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, September 24, 2021
How California Plans To Turn the Screws on Nimby Cities
Full Stack Economics
Professor of Law David Schleicher discusses how the state of California can put pressure on cities to accommodate more new homes.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
What We Lost When We Lost Sandra Day O’Connor — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
‘I Lost Everything’: Deported Army Veteran From New Mexico Petitions for Return Home
Stars and Stripes
Casey Smith ’22 is quoted about a U.S. Army veteran deported to Mexico who is being assisted in his petition for military naturalization by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Has War Become Too Humane?
Foreign Affairs
The new book by Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn is reviewed.
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Still Provokes a Debate Over Decency — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
The Washington Post
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, September 17, 2021
Texas Bounty Hunters, or a Private Army? — A Commentary by Paul W. Kahn ’80
Austin American-Statesman
Paul W. Kahn ’80 is the Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities and the Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School.
Friday, September 17, 2021
How the Supreme Court Is Quietly Bolstering the Power of Religion
WNYC
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL discusses what recent Supreme Court rulings say about the current makeup’s views on religious liberties.
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Until I’m Told Otherwise, I Prefer To Call You ‘They’ — A Commentary by Ian Ayres ’86
The Washington Post
Ian Ayres ’86 is Deputy Dean and the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor at Yale Law School and a Professor at the Yale School of Management.
Thursday, September 16, 2021
The Problem With Making War “Humane”
The Nation
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn discusses his new book.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Lawsuit Against Air Force Aims To Overturn Less-Than-Honorable Discharges Among Those With Trauma
WSHU
Alexis Kallen ’23 comments on a proposed nationwide class action suit filed by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.
Monday, September 13, 2021
Madison Police Step up Fight To Withhold Barbara Hamburg Murder Investigation Files From HBO’s ‘Murder on Middle Beach’ Filmmakers
The Hartford Courant
Clinical Lecturer David Schulz ’78 discusses efforts by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic to gain public access to police records from a 2010 murder in Madison, Connecticut.
Monday, September 13, 2021
How the Real Jane Roe Shaped the Abortion Wars
The New Yorker
A review of The Family Roe: An American Story cites research by Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel and Clinical Lecturer in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL.
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Where Roe v. Wade Stands After Texas Abortion Ban Allowed To Go Into Effect
ABC News
Clinical Lecturer in Law Priscilla Smith comments on the Texas abortion ban.
Saturday, September 11, 2021
How 9/11 Radically Expanded the Power of the U.S. Government
Time
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 discusses potential dangers of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
Friday, September 10, 2021
60 Words, 20 Years
RadioLab
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 and Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh were interviewed about the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
God Has No Place in Supreme Court Opinions — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
BlackRock, Defying Soros Warning, Breaks New Ground in China
Bloomberg
Professor Taisu Zhang ’08 comments on U.S. asset managers’ willingness to invest in China.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The Dangers of Making War Less Dangerous
The New York Times
The New York Times reviews Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, the new book by Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
From a Founder — What Critical Race Theory Means
Dear Ohio Podcast
Professor of Law Gerald Torres ’77 was interviewed about critical race theory.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
YLS Liman Center Members Testify on Solitary Confinement in Pennsylvania
Yale Daily News
The Yale Daily News reported on testimony given by Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik before the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee on the use of solitary confinement. Liman Center Director Jenny Carroll is quoted, and Liman Center clinical fellow Skylar Albertson ’18, Sarita Benesch ’23, and Wynne Graham ’22 are mentioned.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The Current for Sept. 8, 2021
CBC
Clinical Lecturer in Law Priscilla Smith discusses how the new Texas abortion law works and how it might be challenged.