No More Bread and Water: U.S. Navy Scraps an Age-Old Penalty
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in a New York Times article about the end of the Navy’s traditional punishment of confining low-ranking sailors to bread and water.
Court advances lawsuit from PTSD-affected Army veterans with ‘bad paper’ discharges
The Military Times reports that a nationwide class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Iraq and Afghanistan Army veterans seeking to have their discharges upgraded has been certified by a federal court in Connecticut. The veterans are represented by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.
US blasts China for vast hacking campaign, indicts two allegedly China-linked hackers
Robert Williams, Executive Director of the Paul Tsai China Center, is quoted in an article about charges that China engaged in sustained hacking campaigns against technology companies and governments around the world.
Harold Koh’s Verdict on Donald Trump vs. International Law
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh is quoted in the New Yorker about his new book The Trump Administration and International Law.
Harvard Prof Wants Boston Pentagon Paper Records Released
Law360 reports that Harvard professor and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore has asked a federal judge to authorize the release of records into the leaks of the Pentagon Papers in 1971. She is represented by clinical lecturer Charles Crain and the Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic.
A Judge Ruled Obamacare is Unconstitutional, Here’s How it Could Impact Your Health Insurance
Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is quoted in an article about the various consequences a rollback of the ACA could have across the healthcare system.