In the News - March 1, 2020
Media Highlights
Policing experts from 3 countries examine video of fatal shooting in U.S.
The Telegraph—February 24, 2021
Setsuo Miyazawa: “Under Japanese law, an officer may finally shoot at the body only when the person came very close with a clear intention to attack an officer.”
Bills to Block Mandatory Worker Vaccines Falter in the States
Insurance Journal—February 24, 2021
Dorit Reiss: “Nationwide, the bills could face opposition from both business and public health groups.”
The fight to overcome vaccine hesitancy among African Americans
Financial Times—February 24, 2021
Dorit Reiss: “These groups are working very hard to create vaccine hesitancy, building on existing and justified mistrust.”
Lawsuits against Trump may depend on ‘outer perimeter’ of presidential authority
San Francisco Chronicle—February 22, 2021
David Levine: “We don’t want government officials to worry unduly that choices they make in their jobs would lead them to be sued for damages.”
Every Major Gig Company Has Now Raised Prices In California After Prop. 22
Forbes—February 19, 2021
Veena Dubal: “We’ve known for a long time that service fees were going to have to go up because the entire business model is based on capturing the market, addicting consumers to the service and then raising fees.”
Is There A Place For ‘Good Union Jobs’ In Tech?
Science Friday—February 19, 2021
Veena Dubal: “The reality is that these workers have come to understand that their companies are having impacts, social, political, and economic impacts in the world that do not sit well with them.”
Scholarly Leadership
Marsha Cohen published “Written Informed Consent – Translating into Plain Language: A Pilot Study,” Healthcare (2021) (with Agnieszka Zimmermann, Anna Pilarska, Aleksandra Gaworska-Krzeminska, and Jerzy Jankau).
Dorit Reiss posted “Workers with COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects Deserve Time Off to Recover,” Health Affairs Blog (February 5, 2021) (with Arthur L. Caplan).
David Takacs reviewed Red Gold: The Managed Extinction of the Giant Bluefin Tuna (by Jennifer Telesca) for Law and Society Review (2021).