Oct 25, 2019 By: yunews
Professor Stanley Fish Writes Op-ed in Daily News
Professor Stanley Fish wrote in a Daily News op-ed regarding the NBA/China Twitter controversy, 鈥淲hen Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned the National Basketball Association not to put profits ahead of free speech, he joined a chorus of many, including President Trump, who have miscategorized the tiff between China and the league. The controversy is a complicated one and touches on many concerns, but freedom of speech isn鈥檛 one of them. There is no free speech issue in sight.鈥
Victor Wang '15 Joins Cardozo as new Director of Cardozo/Google Project for Patent Diversity
Victor Wang 鈥15 joins Cardozo as the new director of the Cardozo/Google Project for Patent Diversity, which aims to increase patents issued to minority and underprivileged groups. The Google-funded project is a partnership with Cardozo鈥檚 Tech Startup Clinic and will offer students a unique hands-on experience in patent law. 禄
Professor Ekow Yankah Comments on Drug Settlement in The Hill
Three of the country鈥檚 top drug distributors and a drug manufacturer announced a settlement, marking a significant development in the legal fight over accountability for the nation鈥檚 opioid epidemic. 鈥淭here are now thousands of cases, but this will set a precedent on pricing,鈥 Professor Ekow Yankah told The Hill. 鈥淭his, to me, sets a baseline market rate for liability, and only the people who really want to gamble are the ones who will take the next phase to trial.鈥
Professor Jessica Roth is a Guest on MSNBC's Morning Joe
Professor Jessica Roth was a guest on Morning Joe to talk about Rudy Giuliani鈥檚 involvement in the Ukraine scandal: 鈥淥ne of the three areas I鈥檇 investigate, includes potentially a violation of the FARA statute, the foreign agent registration act, in whether he actually was working as an agent of foreign interest in his efforts to oust the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.鈥
Professor David Rudenstine Comments on Vance Subpoena in New York Law Journal
As Cy Vance continues to fight for the President鈥檚 personal tax records, Professor Rudenstine told The New York Law Journal, 鈥淭rump goes farther in his argument than then-President Nixon did when he was trying to avoid subpoena for audiotapes recorded in the Oval Office.鈥
Professor Chris Buccafusco Talks 黑料社 His Book, Happiness and the Law, on Inclusionism Radio Show
Professor Christopher Buccafusco was a guest on Inclusionism鈥檚 radio show to talk about his book. He said, 鈥淭he law, most of the time, is trying to make people's lives better off...the book incorporates new research in hedonic psychology to try to understand what it means to make people better off.鈥
Professor Kate Shaw is a Guest on 538 Podcast
Professor Kate Shaw said on 538, 鈥淭he phrase 鈥榦ther high crimes and misdemeanors鈥 is obviously the most important phrase in the Constitution that deals with impeachment.鈥
Professor Kyron Huigens Talks 黑料社 Giuliani on Al-Jazeera
Professor Kyron Huigens told Al-Jazeera, 鈥淩udy Giuliani is a walking circus, and it鈥檚 hard to tell who would benefit from his testimony. If you look at his television appearances, he鈥檚 extremely partisan, and he could easily let slip a number of things he probably shouldn鈥檛 say. He鈥檚 done that already in his TV appearances.鈥
Designer Steve Madden Visits Cardozo to Talk IP, Fashion and Careers
Madden鈥檚 outspoken personality and honesty continued to shine through at the FAME and Fashion Law Society event 鈥淎n Evening with Steve Madden鈥 on Oct. 17. Aya Kanai, Chief Fashion Director at Hearst Magazines, moderated the discussion.
Professor Ed Zelinsky Quoted in Forbes; Authors Article in Law360 on California's Worker Classification Law
Professor Ed Zelinsky told Forbes, in reference to Beto O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 remarks about revoking tax-exempt status of religious institutions such as colleges, churches and so on for opposing same-sex marriage, 鈥淪olicitor General Verrilli raised this possibility in the oral argument in Obergefell, i.e, that tax exemption could be denied to churches refusing to perform same sex marriage."
