In-game betting, which allows people to bet on specific plays during a game, is a particularly pernicious way that these companies have “deliberately engineered” the process to guarantee addicts stay hooked, says Professor Richard Daynard, president of Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute.
“Shooting Pains,” “Rethinking Business As Usual,” “Active Duty” and many more stories await readers in the summer 2022 issue of Northeastern Law magazine. Read it online now!
“A high court decision handing the authority to regulate abortion back to the states would only exacerbate existing interstate divisions,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells Bloomberg Law. “You’re creating a potential interstate powder keg.”
Congratulations to Barbara Buell ’71, Angela Carr ’04, Taramattie Doucette ’88, Ellen Gallagher ’91,
Jacklyn Gurany ’10 and Elizabeth Rodgers ’76 who will be honored as trailblazers and role models by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly at a virtual event on Wednesday, November 17.
Will Disney fight back against Florida's law stripping the multinational conglomerate of its self-governing privileges? Professor Claudia Haupt explains why it might not be that easy.
Congratulations to Professor Martha Davis whose work “An Experiment in Making Water Affordable: Philadelphia's Tiered Assistance Program (TAP),” has been recognized as a #TopCitedArticle in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association.
The Pennsylvania court's controversial 2021 ruling to vacate Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction had “nothing to do with guilt or innocence,” Professor Daniel Medwed tells People magazine. "It's really more of a reaction to what I would consider a prosecutorial misstep."
“It is far beyond time to turn the page—to move on from a punishment that, while deeply rooted in our history, has never proven worthy of retention,” write Professors Michael Meltsner and Daniel Medwed in a co-authored piece for Slate.
Professor Margo Lindauer ’07, director of Northeastern Law’s Domestic Violence Institute, doesn’t buy the idea that Ghislaine Maxwell served in court as a proxy for prosecuting Jeffrey Epstein. “He would not be able to do what he did without her," she tells News@Northeastern.
President Biden has a chance to make history with his Supreme Court pick, but he'll need the deadlocked Senate’s approval. Will he get it? Professors Martha Davis and Jeremy Paul share their insights...