Experts from UC Law SF are increasingly invited to spend time overseas, engaging in dynamic exchanges with their counterparts at prestigious international institutions of higher learning. In so doing, faculty, alumni, and students not only bring their expertise to conferences and classrooms throughout the world but also gain invaluable exposure…
November 1, 2019
UC Law SF joins San Francisco in mourning the passing of Burk “Buck” Delventhal ’69, a scholar, professor, city servant and one of the sharpest legal minds in California. Called the “heart and soul of the governmental side of the city,” Delventhal, who spent 49 years in the San Francisco…
Publications Scott Dodson, “Leading Cases,” 9 International Journal of Procedural Law 146 (2019) Chimène Keitner & Scott Dodson, “Jam v. International Finance Corp.,” 113 American Journal of International Law 805 (2019) Works Accepted Jodi Short, “The Politics of Regulatory Enforcement and Compliance: Theorizing and Operationalizing Political Influences,” Regulation &…
Robin Feldman UC Law SF Professor Robin Feldman’s op-ed, “Why the cancer ‘moonshot’ has been so disappointing,” was published in The Washington Post. In the op-ed, Feldman argues pharmaceutical companies pour resources into “orphan drugs” rather than making a concerted effort to cure cancer. The result, she…
Dubal. UC Law SF Professor Veena Dubal’s op-ed, “Let’s follow California’s lead and regulate companies like Uber,” was published in the Guardian. “AB5, however, does not reflect a stark legal shift, as its detractors have argued. Rather, the law standardizes the legal test for…
September 19, 2019
UC Law SF Emeritus Lecturer Richard Zitrin is set to receive the California Lawyers Association’s 2019 Harry B. Sondheim Professional Responsibility Award for his contributions to the field of legal ethics. Zitrin is only the fourth lawyer to receive the award. Established in 2010, the…
UC Law SF Professor Veena Dubal spoke with the New York Times about Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), a landmark bill that will require gig economy companies like Uber and Lyft to treat workers as employees, not like independent contractors. When asked about potential actions taken by…
UC Law SF Professor Jared A. Ellias was quoted extensively in a Sept. 5 Wall Street Journal article titled, “PG&E, Insys Bankruptcies Stumble in Bids for Bonuses, Severance.” “In both of these decisions, bankruptcy judges are policing the edges of what debtors are allowed to do…
June 25, 2019
UC Law SF Professor Tim Greaney spoke before a Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights about ways competition in health care markets can be improved. Greaney told the Senate Committee on Wednesday, June 12 that “it is especially appropriate that this subcommittee…
June 5, 2019
UC Law SF Professor and Associate Academic Dean Jeffrey Lefstin testified before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property this week about patent eligibility issues facing inventors in the U.S. The hearing was titled “The State of Patent Eligibility in America: Part I,” and was part…
It took roughly two decades, but earlier this spring the implementation of the settlement of Holocaust-era class actions against Swiss banks was completed. The final step was the issuance of the special master’s final report on the settlement process. The voluminous document highlights the significant role…
April 12, 2019
UC Law SF Professor Jared A. Ellias will present his new article “Bankruptcy Hardball,” which is forthcoming in the California Law Review in 2020, at this year’s prestigious Yale/Stanford/Harvard Junior Faculty Forum. The Article is co-authored with Robert Stark of Brown Rudnick LLP, a leading…