Columbia Law hosts conference on technology innovation and regulation
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — One way is by increasing the potential for market manipulation, according to participants at a Technology Conference held on October 4 and sponsored by the Program in the Law and Economics of Capital Markets, where Mitts is a program fellow. The conference, co-sponsored by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), was…
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COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Professor Vincent Blasi gathered leading First Amendment scholars at Columbia Law School for an illuminating symposium on Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.’s famous dissent on free speech.
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THE CORNELL DAILY SUN — To supplement what they learn in the law school classroom with real-life experience, Cornell law students participate in courses, dubbed “clinics,” where students assist real clients with real legal problems. Many people are unaware of their legal protections or have trouble accessing government agencies that do assist workers with certain types of…
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TRIB LIVE — Pennsylvania should consider abolishing the kind of grand jury report that detailed extensive allegations of child sexual abuse among Catholic clergy, a task force of lawyers, judges and legal scholars said. Pennsylvania’s investigative grand jury procedures came under fire after highly publicized grand jury investigations into allegations of child sexual abuse against…
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EMORY LAW — Spanish businessman and philanthropist Gonzalo Rodriguez-Fraile has pledged a substantial gift that will support the work of Emory’s Spruill Family Professor of Law and Religion Rafael Domingo. The gift is a continuation of Rodriguez-Fraile’s long-running support of Domingo’s scholarship on fundamental questions of law, religion and spiritualization.
Read More about Gift to Emory Law supports research in law and spiritualityFordham Law professor Olivier Sylvain publishes essay on technology regulatory reform in Columbia Law Review
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Professor Olivier Sylvain‘s essay was published in the Columbia Law Review and argues that any reform should treat social media companies as commercial businesses that focus mainly on optimizing for advertisers.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The New York Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Fordham Law School held a conference on November 1, 2019, that focused on fraudulent and manipulative schemes that target victims based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, and other associations. Participants from the SEC, Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau…
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GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ANTONIN SCALIA LAW SCHOOL — As the Dulles high tech corridor grows and Maryland’s biotech sector expands, the DMV continues to draw technology titans like Amazon to the region. Professor O’Connor, Executive Director of the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, leads Scalia Law’s Innovation Law Clinic. Under his supervision, Innovation Law Clinic…
Read More about A look at the Innovation Law Clinic at George Mason Scalia LawGeorge Washington Law professor Jeffrey Rosen publishes book on the life and legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW — President of the National Constitution Center and Professor of Law Jeffrey Rosen’s new book, Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law, looks at the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Told through personal vignettes of conversations with RBG, Professor Rosen builds upon onstage conversations between himself and…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Research using the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society’s Lumen database shows the problem is larger than previously understood. Through Lumen — an online database of takedown requests related to online content, containing approximately eleven million notices referencing over four billion URLs — Volokh was able to access thousands of relevant…
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