Was Oceangate Negligent? Why a Successful Lawsuit Against the Submersible Company is Unlikely
”A lawsuit is unlikely unless the company misrepresented the safety of the submersible,” Professor Richard Daynard tells Northeastern Global News.
”A lawsuit is unlikely unless the company misrepresented the safety of the submersible,” Professor Richard Daynard tells Northeastern Global News.
Professor Margo Lindauer talks to Northeastern Global News>about the potential lasting impact of Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault case.
Hema Sarang-Sieminski ’05 Deputy Director, Jane Doe Inc.
Hilary Franz ’97 has entered the 2024 Washington state governor's race!
Between the grassroots communities at the frontlines of the climate justice fight and the policymakers who determine the rules and regulations that govern clean energy there is often a deep and dark gap in terms of information and evidence. To shine light on that space, Professor Shalanda Baker ’05 is joining forces with Shiva Prakash ’16 and Subin DeVar to launch the Initiative for Energy Justice. The Kresge Foundation and Surdna Foundation are providing seed funding to the Initiative, which is sponsored by Northeastern University in conjunction with the Sustainable Economies Law Center.
While attacks on vaccines at the state level and in litigation have been ongoing, the growing federal attacks led by Kennedy have made this a “multipronged attack” on vaccine infrastructure, Professor Wendy Parmet, faculty co-director of Northeastern University Law‘s Center for Health Policy and Law, tells The Washington Post.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard arguments this week at Northeastern Law, transforming Dockser Hall’s moot court room into a temporary bench for federal court hearings.
The switch by food delivery drivers to motorized two-wheeled vehicles “is really an attempt to make low-wage, high-risk labor available so that all of us can have cheap goods and services,” Professor Hilary Robinson tells the Associated Press. “It’s perhaps one of the reasons why people are starting to realize that there really is no such thing as a free lunch.”
“On platforms like YouTube and TikTok, doctors basically are like any other person,” Professor Claudia Haupt tells the Association of American Medical Colleges. “The underlying principle is that it’s so important to a democracy not to allow the state to restrict free speech that it’s worth living with some terrible advice floating around.”
“The Trump administration is trying to fundamentally reshape what notice-and-comment rulemaking is by fiat,” Professor Sharmila Murthy tells Bloomberg Law.