In the News - March 22, 2020
Media Highlights
Where Anti-Vaccine Propaganda Went When YouTube Banned It
Notable—March 18, 2021
Dorit Reiss: “What Del Bigtree did that anti-vaccine people didn’t have before is create this weekly program that’s a focal point for everyone.”
In a first, Uber agrees to classify British drivers as ‘workers’
Economic Times—March 17, 2021
Veena Dubal: “What Uber is being forced to give workers in the U.K. is quite significant.”
Law professors sue in S.F. to lift Trump sanctions on international court prosecutors
San Francisco Chronicle—March 17, 2021
Naomi Roht-Arriaza is among the legal advisers to the International Criminal Court, who have sued to challenge the Trump administration’s sanctions on the court’s prosecutors for investigating Israel and U.S. actions in Afghanistan.
Facebook and Twitter resist calls to ban anti-vaxx campaigner
Financial Times—March 15, 2021
Dorit Reiss: “The anti-vaccine movement is kind of like a pyramid scheme. A few well-funded people at the top create the disinformation content, then a network of social media influencers share it, and then there are lots of local groups that pick it up.”
IBM’s Patent Income Slips as Companies Resist ‘Godfather’ Deals
Bloomberg—March 12, 2021
Robin Feldman: “IBM’s position as the largest aggregator of U.S. intellectual property is more akin to being a patent godfather.”
Public Justice Receives Unprecedented Gift to Fund Richard Zitrin Anti-Secrecy Attorney
Public Justice—March 11, 2021
Richard Zitrin: “We must break the barriers that prevent public awareness about dangers to the public health and safety. When corporations put profits before safety and trial courts issue overbroad secrecy orders in the interests of ‘efficiency,’ the public becomes the victim.”
College and Community Stories
Students Pitch Innovative Ideas in Legal Tech Startup Course
As technology revolutionizes the legal industry—a trend that has gathered steam during the pandemic—an innovative UC Law SF collaboration is connecting students with Silicon Valley companies at the forefront.
Scholarly Leadership
Joan Williams gave a TEDx Talk on “Why corporate diversity programs fail & what to do instead.”
Emily Murphy hosted a plenary discussion on “Socioeconomic Status and Neuroscience” at the William & Mary Law Review Symposium: Imagining the Future of Law and Neuroscience.
Robin Feldman testified before the Oregon Senate Committee on Healthcare regarding proposed pay-for-delay legislation.