“Settling for an American GDPR-lite would be a tragic ending to a real opportunity to tackle the critical problems of the information age,” writes Professor Woodrow Hartzog in a co-authored blog for the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL).
Professor Ari Ezra Waldman has been named one of the world’s top 50 thinkers by Prospect magazine. A leading authority on law, technology and society, Waldman directs the School of Law’s Center for Law, Information and Creativity (CLIC).
“We have here the beginning of a renaissance,” Professor Deborah Ramirez, faculty co-director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Equity and Race, tells CBC Boston. “[ Rachael Rollins ’97] has already proven that her method and her version are effective and make us stronger and safer, and I think that she will do that again.”
Congratulations to Rachael Rollins, class of 1997, who has been confirmed by the US Senate as President Biden’s choice for US Attorney for Massachusetts!
Professor Alexandra Roberts, a leading authority on intellectual property and social media, shares her take on copyright protections on TikTok: “If the creator’s work was protectable and was incorporated into someone else’s work without their permission, that could constitute copyright infringement.”
“In a well-functioning polity, we would not need litigation to ensure that children can remain healthy at school,” writes Professor Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law, in an op-ed for The Atlantic.
On July 14, 2021, Professors Brook Baker and Martha Davis joined a panel of experts to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, inequality and vaccinations. The webinar was sponsored by Northeastern Law’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and University of Minnesota Law School Human Rights Center.