Fox News interviewed Sarah Peck ‘96 about PHAI’s UnitedOnGuns initiative and the resources it has produced to help mayors prepare for a mass shooting: “Mayors rarely think about how they’d respond to a mass shooting until it happens, and they don’t appreciate the magnitude of their role.”
DigiBoston cites a 2022 report by students in LSSC Law Office 3, “Parole, Power, and Punishment The Massachusetts Parole Board’s Discriminatory Treatment of People with Mental Health Disabilities.” The report was produced in partnership with the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee (MHLAC) under the supervision of Professor Andrew Haile.
“There is a real question about Juul’s ability to contribute much to a settlement if there’s a strong possibility its income is substantially curtailed,” said Mark Gottlieb, executive director of Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, tells Insurance Journal. “That has reduced the settlement value for the enormous pool of cases brought against Juul.”
”This decision has opened up uncertainty and could well mean that companies have shot themselves in the foot,“ Professor Wendy Parmet, faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law, tells STAT.
“I really believe that clemency is so important and plays such an important role in our system,” says Mia Teitelbaum ’15, a partner at Shapiro and Teitelbaum and attorney for Ramadan Shabaz, who is petitioning the Parole Board to reduce his charge from first-degree murder to second-degree murder.
Mass. AG Maura Healey ’98 will be traveling the state (and hitting the court!) over the next few months as she campaigns to be the next governor of Massachusetts. Check out The Boston Globe’s coverage of her recent visit to Lawrence.
“Guidance on the question of what to do when consent to register a mark that references a famous individual is granted and then subsequently revoked is surprisingly scant,” Professor Alexandra Roberts tells Sportico.
Professor Margaret Burnham’s new book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners, is reviewed by The New York Times!
Congratulations to Betty Francisco ’98, CEO at Boston Impact Initiative, who has been named to the Boston Business Journal’s Power 50: Movement Makers for 2022, an annual list of Boston-area business people who are making the most impact on the region. #NUSLPride l
Professor Margaret Burnham’s new book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners, has been selected for the longlist for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction! #NUSLPride