June 14, 2024
As part of Boston Partners in Education's Pathfinders initiative, Professor Darryl Walton, director of Northeastern Law's Community Business Clinic, recently visited a group of students at the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics & Science to share pivotal moments in his life and career path.
June 13, 2024
Professor Alexandra Roberts comments on Scarlett Johansson's recent OpenAI clash and the broader implications of AI technology in the entertainment industry: “Because the synthetic voice doesn’t sound like any one person, individuals are unlikely to succeed on right of publicity or false endorsement claims.”
June 13, 2024
“Some minors view marriage as a way out of the foster care system or difficult home lives. And opponents to child marriage bans view it as a solution to teenage pregnancy,” Professor Hayat Bearat, interim director of Northeastern Law’s Domestic Violence Institute, tells Newsweek.
June 13, 2024
Professor Alexandra Roberts, a leading authority on intellectual property and social media, has been named faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Information and Creativity (CLIC), which combines the study of innovation and creativity with the law school’s social justice mission.
June 12, 2024
Commenting for Fox News, Professor Richard Daynard says OceanGate victim’s families have no case to sue.
June 12, 2024
Professor Martha Davis’ proposed affordability programs for combatting inequities in water access are outlined in The Regulatory Review.
June 12, 2024
Could Justice Clarence Thomas be impeached as a result of his failure to disclose alleged gifts from Republican mega donor Harlan Crow? “The odds are long” says Professor Dan Urman in an appearance on FOX’s LiveNOW.
June 11, 2024
The Right to IVF Act would ensure patients have access to the fertility treatment and ensure coverage, a move Professor Katherine Kraschel, an expert on health policy and reproduction, calls “an important step.”
June 10, 2024
“Imagine what happens if CDC guidance changes to, ‘Vaccination is a question for families. CDC recommends that families talk to their provider or minister about vaccines,’ and doesn’t recommend anything…. Some state laws are going to change with a blink of an eye,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells Politico.
June 10, 2024
The switch by food delivery drivers to motorized two-wheeled vehicles “is really an attempt to make low-wage, high-risk labor available so that all of us can have cheap goods and services,” Professor Hilary Robinson tells the Associated Press. “It’s perhaps one of the reasons why people are starting to realize that there really is no such thing as a free lunch.”
June 06, 2024
“This is an issue writ large in the system that these cases are not prioritized. There are not enough district attorneys, there are not enough lawyers to lawyer the cases and the cases are pushed,” Professor Margo Lindauer tells WCVB-TV “As far as we know the mother did everything she could to protect her children, and it wasn't enough. And that is something the Massachusetts system has to take responsibility for.”
June 06, 2024
“The marriage story is a story of democracy in action,” said Mary Bonauto ’87 in recorded remarks for GLAD’s 20th anniversary celebration of the freedom to marry. Mary argued successfully for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges two decades ago.