July 25, 2024
Check out Professor Aliza Hochman Bloom’s Jotwell review of a new study that presents data on the connection between race and group-imposed liability.
July 25, 2024
Northeastern Global News shines a spotlight on Professor Wendy Parmet's illustrious career and her emergence as a leading authority on disability and public health policy in the United States — from AIDS to COVID-19.
July 24, 2024
In her new Forefront article for HealthAffairs, Professor Wendy Parmet argues that the Supreme Court's repeal of Chevron deference will invite regulated industries to challenge government regulations, and make it far more difficult for agencies to protect the nation’s health.
July 23, 2024
Professor Alexandra J. Roberts, faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Information and Creativity (CLIC), comments for Sportico on Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s trademark challenge against Troy Aikman over the number eight.
July 23, 2024
As the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) gathered for their annual conference in San Diego this week, Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) released a new video to highlight the ethical and scientific failure of the “Responsible Gambling” model.
July 22, 2024
“If Harris becomes the nominee, the Biden-Harris campaign fund shouldn’t see any interruption,” Professor Jeremy Paul tells Northeastern Global News. “If the Democrats chose someone else, transferring the money would be a lot trickier.”
July 19, 2024
“AI is a technology with the potential to transform — not just the potential, it will transform — every aspect of our life,” says Governor Maura Healey ’98, who visited Northeastern’s EXP research complex this week to learn from university professors how artificial intelligence can solve some of the most pressing issues in the state and the world.
July 16, 2024
Professor Alexandra Roberts tells the Wall Street Journal the Supreme Court’s decision this month in Corner Post v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may spur legal challenges to disclosure requirements that went into effect years ago.
July 15, 2024
“If there is going to be any legal implications immediately it will be on gun safety legislation, and whether some of members of Congress who have opposed any gun safety legislation might be moved by this attack to change their minds,” Professor Jeremy Paul tells Northeastern Global News.
July 10, 2024
Drew Ketterer ’74, an attorney with more than 30 years experience as a trial lawyer, has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Maine Bar Association. He was presented with the prestigious award at the annual summer meeting of the Maine State Bar Association, held in Bar Harbor in July.
July 09, 2024
Professor Daniel Medwed says Karen Read’s motion to dismiss could influence prosecutors regardless of the judge’s ruling: “The information contained in it may give the DA’s office pause about the viability of the second-degree murder charge in another trial. In other words, prosecutors may be asking: If we decide to retry Karen Read, should we only advance the reckless homicide theory [included in the manslaughter count]? Did we reach too far with murder 2?”
July 08, 2024
Gretchen Engel, executive director of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, is part of the legal team representing Frank Junior Chambers, who has lived half his life on North Carolina’s death row and is seeking a new trial based on the Batson challenge. The case “has cried out for relief since 1994 when the jury selection happened,” she says.