September 21, 2020
Media Highlights Trudging Towards Justice: The El Mozote Massacre’s Decades-Long Trials El Faro—September 18, 2020 Naomi Roht-Arriaza: “Knowing that this came from the top is still something that is not universally understood.” Congress’s Control Over the Military LawFare Podcast—September 17, 2020 Zach Price: Price…
September 14, 2020
Media Highlights Why Uber and Lyft Are Taking a Page Out of Big Tobacco’s Playbook in Labor Law Battle The Guardian—September 11, 2020 Veena Dubal: Like the tobacco companies, gig companies have spent millions of dollars to directly and indirectly challenge independent research that is critical of…
August 31, 2020
Media Highlights UC Law SF to Name New Building After Bay Area Attorney Joe Cotchett KTVU—August 27, 2020 David Faigman: “Joe Cotchett is a true lion of the law, a fierce and effective advocate for those he represents, including many without means to afford the strongest voice,…
August 24, 2020
Media Highlights Uber, Lyft Take Worker Fight to Ballot Box After Court Win Automotive News – August 21, 2020 Veena Dubal: “There’s nothing about employment status that says they are supposed to work certain hours. It’s a false narrative.” US Companies Grant Executives Big Bonuses Before…
August 17, 2020
Media Highlights Joe Biden and the Great Leaders of 2020 Are Part of a Club New York Times – August 13, 2020 Kamala Harris: So many of the elected officials who…
August 10, 2020
Media Highlights Real Life Horror Stories From the World of Pandemic Motherhood New York Times – August 6, 2020 Joan Williams: Employers are using the pandemic to get rid of mothers, and our attempts to protect them are failing. Legal Scholars Dispute Trump’s Claim to…
April 21, 2020
Professor Veena Dubal Associate Professor Veena Dubal published an op-ed in The Guardian warning of the dangers of relying on unfettered surveillance to track the spread of COVID-19. “No matter how much we want to return to ‘normal,’ we must be wary of additional for-profit use of…
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…
March 15, 2020
Media Highlights Should Straight Actors Play Gay Roles? A Star TV Writer Says No The New York Times—February 24, 2021 Matt Coles: “It’s illegal under the Supreme Court’s new interpretation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” These Mothers Wanted to Care for Their Kids and Keep Their…
March 8, 2020
Media Highlights Covid-19 disparities fuel tribes’ vaccine rollout success Native Sun News Today—February 25, 2021 Jo Carillo: “The Indian Health Service, in my view, is part of the story of Covid’s impact on Native American and indigenous communities.” Is a Mass Reckoning Coming for the Plaintiffs Bar? Law.com—February…
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…
January 25, 2020
Media Highlights Grim Prospects for Drilling on Arctic Leases Despite Trump Push Bloomberg Law—January 21, 2021 John Leshy: “As I read it, Interior needs to pause all activities in connection with the leases for the duration of the moratorium.” The Problem With Trump’s Odious Pardon of Steve Bannon…