July 26, 2023
It is possible to trademark a single letter, but doing so will make it harder for Musk’s company to sue for infringement or to avoid lawsuits from other companies that use X, Professor Alexandra Roberts tells NBC News.
July 25, 2023
Professor Bearat joins Northeastern University Law School as a visiting associate professor and director of the Domestic Violence Institute.
July 25, 2023
Naomi Oberman-Breindel has joined Northeastern Law’s Legal Skills in Social Context program as a Social Justice Teaching Fellow. Oberman-Breindel previously served for eight years as a public defender in New York City criminal courts.
July 25, 2023
Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) Probate and Family Diversity Fellowship program has announced that Shreya Vijay ’23, Jennifer Gonzalez ’24 and Pavithra Venkataraman ’25 will receive fellowships to work with judges of the Massachusetts Suffolk County Probate and Family Court, as well as observe the work of the Suffolk County Juvenile Court and the Administrative Office of the Probate and Family Court.
July 25, 2023
Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) is pleased to announce the summer term recipients of the Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants Judicial Scholarships. The two Northeastern Law students awarded $8,000 scholarships are Andrew Anderton ’25, on co-op with Judge Mark Coven, Norfolk County District Court (Dedham), and Hannah Saturley ’24 on co-op with Judge Peter Krupp, Massachusetts Superior Court (Boston).
July 22, 2023
"The new plan Biden announced has a higher chance of surviving lawsuits, but with a 6-3 conservative supermajority, nothing is certain," Professor Dan Urman, director of online and hybrid programs, tells Newsweek.
July 21, 2023
While Mattel hasn’t registered “Barbie pink,” it can try to restrict people like Semple from using it, Professor Alex Roberts tells The Washington Post.Extensive use of a color or design can form the basis for a trademark claim — or the threat of one — even if a company hasn’t secured official registration.
July 21, 2023
The Honorable Anita Earls, associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, has been named by Northeastern Law’s Judith Olans Brown Forum for Women in the Law (WIL) as its Practitioner-in-Residence for 2023-2024.
July 20, 2023
Northeastern Global News profiles Professor Michael Meltsner, “a legend in civil rights and anti-death penalty circles,” who is retiring after 44 fruitful years.
July 19, 2023
“If the extremist 5th Circuit lets Judge Doughty’s ruling stand, victims of unpoliced lies will surely suffer,” Professor Jeremy Paul tells Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. ”Ultimately, free speech itself will pay the price.”
July 19, 2023
Northeastern Law’s Legal Skills in Social Context program is delighted to welcome Sarah Lee Day ’21 as a visiting assistant teaching professor.
July 14, 2023
The San Francisco Chronicle looks to Professor Beth Noveck, director of the Burnes Center for Social Change for her thoughts on generative AI: “At the very least it’s like a really good word processor.”