Northeastern Law Magazine: Summer 2022 Issue

“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!

Northeastern Law Student’s Essay on ‘Kidfluencers,’ Perils of Social Media Wins American Bar Association Contest

Amber Kolb ’23, winner of the ABA’s Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest, is featured in News@Northeastern! Amber’s winning essay, “Influencing a New Generation: Guardians’ Duties to Protect the Interests and Safety of Children on Social Media,” addresses the potential harms of child stardom by exploring the lack of legal protections for toddlers and tweens using the internet. #NUSLPride

The Cruise Ship Was Kept at Bay. the Spread of Coronavirus Was Not.

“This is not a problem of passports and nationality. This is a problem about human beings,” says Professor Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern Law's Center for Health Policy and Law. “Until the global community sees this as a global problem, that everybody needs to work together in terms of resources and dollars and having a coordinated response, then we’re going to have a problem.”

Expect a Wave of Pro-IP Proposals from Industry in the Wake of the COVID-19

Although we can expect some pricing moderation by industry in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as it seeks to refurbish its tarnished reputation, the industry’s long-term goals are clear: more monopoly protections for a longer period of time and more opportunities to charge ever higher prices,"" cautions Professor Brook Baker in a piece for Health GAP. ""If industry succeeds, we will reap the consequences."