In the News - February 16, 2021
Media Highlights
Skinny labelling of generics: the beginning of the end for this practice?
Pharmaceutical Technology—February 12, 2021
Robin Feldman: A benefit of ‘skinny labelling’ is that “patients could have access to lower-cost versions of drugs.”
Let Employers Mandate Vaccines
Barrons—February 12, 2021
Dorit Reiss: “If a private company decides that a mandate is the best tool to protect its workforce and customers, then the state should not prohibit it.”
Boston Globe—February 11, 2021
Center for WorkLife Law: “DiBona’s case is among an “explosion of litigation” involving caregiving during the pandemic, according to the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, which has identified at least 60 such lawsuits nationwide.”
Trump impeachment trial begins with a standoff over constitutionality
Daily Republic—February 11, 2021
Rory Little: “If the Senate were controlled by Republicans, they could decide that this is a broad precedent.”
Mandated vaccines threaten to divide long-term care industry
News Observer—February 11, 2021
Dorit Reiss: “Whether the consequences can include losing one’s job is unclear.”
DHS blames Trump while continuing to deport children and families under Biden
Independent—February 9, 2021
Karen Musalo: “The US has a legal obligation to not return individuals to persecution, and the deportation of Haitians to the current levels of violence and instability in Haiti clearly violate those obligations.”
Ballot Measure’s Model of Labor Law Has Potential to Spread, Professor Says
SF Public Press—February 9, 2021
Veena Dubal: “What we have been able to decipher is that the majority of the work that is conducted for Uber and Lyft in California is conducted by drivers who work full time and more than full time.”
A DoorDash Driver’s Van Was Stolen With His Two Kids Inside
VICE—February 8, 2021
Veena Dubal: “If this driver were properly classified as an employee, he would get a minimum wage guarantee, overtime expenses, paid sick leave, health insurance, and other benefits so that he could possibly afford childcare.”
The Working Woman’s Anthem ‘9 to 5’ Needed an Update. But This?
The New York Times—February 7, 2021
Joan Williams: “There may have once been a wage penalty for overwork — commonly defined as workweeks of 50-plus hours — but these days we place a premium on overwork.”
Op-Ed: Why moms have it so much harder than dads during COVID time
LA Times—February 7, 2021
Joan Williams: “Nearly 80% of mothers have been primarily responsible for doing the housework since March, while 66% are chiefly responsible for the child care among partnered parents.”
College and Community Stories
Preparation and Innovative Teaching Methods Produce Stellar Bar Passage Results
Despite pandemic-related challenges and delays, UC Law SF graduates posted an overall first-time pass rate of 86% on the October 2020 California Bar Exam, the highest pass rate for Hastings graduates in more than a decade.
Indigenous Law Center Launches with Panel on COVID-19
UC Law SF’s Indigenous Law Center kicks off its important work Feb. 10 with a panel discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on Native American and Indigenous communities. The panel features leading figures including Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez.
Scholarly Leadership
Dorit Reiss published “Employer-Mandated Vaccination for COVID-19,” American Journal of Public Health (2021) (with Mark A. Rothstein and Wendy E. Parmet).
Robin Feldman published “What is the Price of a Prescription Drug?” in Promarket (February 4, 2021).
Chimène Keitner presented “Prosecuting Foreign States” (forthcoming, VJIL) at the Temple International Law Colloquium.<