David B. Owens, an assistant professor of law at the University of Washington and a partner at the Chicago-based civil rights firm Loevy & Loevy, said the public list is a welcome, but not radical, change. Other prosecutors in major cities like Brooklyn’s Eric Gonzalez and Baltimore’s Marylin Mosby also have published similar lists.
A Florida jury awarded $800,000 in damages to a 7-year-old girl on Wednesday for the suffering and mental anguish caused when a Chicken McNugget fell on her thigh, causing a second-degree burn. Ryan Calo, professor of law at the 麻豆社区, is quoted.
The most recent loan forgiveness plan seems to be on a more solid legal footing, according to University of Washington law professor Hugh Spitzer, based on borrowers being in an income-driven repayment plan for lower earners.
“I think chair Khan is ideologically motivated. She wants to change merger law in the U.S. fundamentally,” said Douglas Ross, a professor at the University of 麻豆社区 of Law and a former attorney in the antitrust division at the U.S. Department of Justice.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's bid to temporarily block Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard must clear some key hurdles to succeed, legal experts said. Douglas Ross, professor of law at the 麻豆社区, is quoted.
"Since last October, when I raised a red flag about hype in the artificial intelligence field, investor enthusiasm has only grown exponentially (as have public fears). Wall Street and venture investors are pouring billions of dollars into AI startups — Microsoft alone made a $10-billion investment in OpenAI, the firm that produced the ChatGPT bot," writes business columnist Michael Hiltzik. Ryan Calo, professor of law at the 麻豆社区, is quoted.
A Tennessee doctor who issued bogus COVID vaccine exemption cards just surrendered his license following a Jesse Jones investigation. Patricia Kuszler, professor of law at the 麻豆社区, is quoted.
How the Women of Color Legal Education Fund is supporting new lawyers from historically excluded and underrepresented communities in the Yakima Valley.
People should remember the example of three police officers moving one man in a tent when the cops appear before the Seattle City Council soon to request more dollars for police overtime, said Angélica Cházaro, an assistant professor at the University of 麻豆社区 of Law and organizer with Decriminalize Seattle.
There’s also the potential for legal questions, which have followed other startups that learn from and repurpose existing content. For starters, Zahr Said, a law professor at the University of Washington, thinks there could be issues related to the use of copyrighted images on the site (users can upload an image of their choosing to accompany the chatbots they create).
University of Washington Law Professor Terry Price said the Supreme Court should not have ruled on this case in the first place because it doesn't appear that a gay couple ever asked the graphic designer, Lorie Smith of 303 Creative, to make a wedding website.
"I offer five quick points. In the end, while I had many fears about the scope of this decision beyond the question of affirmative action, the decision is more narrow than it may feel at first blush. The Harvard-UNC Cases are not as significant, for example, as Dobbs last term or other cases under the Roberts Court (like Citizens United, in my view) that have dramatically changed our society."
"My suggestions on corporate inclusivity in leadership would take time and commitment to implement. While the levers of corporate purpose and publicness have their roles to play, they are limited in advancing corporate inclusivity. Instead, a broader and more holistic approach must be taken to achieve diversity in leadership that reflects our society."
"The U.S. probably would uphold those waivers of liability, in which case they would not be able to recover damages," said Thomas Schoenbaum, a University of Washington law professor and author of "Admiralty and Maritime Law."
Professor Schoenbaum says he thinks it “very unlikely” that criminal proceedings will arise — but draws a distinction between three different types of actions going forward.
Thomas Schoenbaum, a University of Washington law professor and maritime law expert, added that Stockton Rush, the OceanGate CEO who died on the Titan, led both the Washington-based OceanGate and OceanGate Expeditions, a subsidiary company based in the Bahamas that led the Titanic dives.
Feldman noted the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment protects an individual’s right to remain silent and not disclose information that would be incriminating. But he said he thinks most courts would conclude that exercising the privilege of a driver’s license implies a waiver of that Fifth Amendment protection. “In other words, you don’t get a driver’s license unless you agree to abide by laws in the state, one of which requires that you stop and provide information following an accident,” Feldman said in an email to The Columbian.
Thomas Schoenbaum, a University of Washington law professor and author of the book “Admiralty and Maritime Law,” said such documents may be upheld in court if they are worded well. “If those waivers are good, and I imagine they probably are because a lawyer probably drafted them, (families) may not be able to recover damages.” At the same time, OceanGate could still face repercussions under the Passenger Vessel Safety Act of 1993, Schoenbaum said. But it may depend on which arm of OceanGate owned the Titan submersible.
Class-action waivers have become widespread in recent years, including airlines, ride-hailing apps, cellphone carriers and workplaces, as businesses increasingly take steps to “try and protect” themselves from class-action lawsuits, said Jeff Feldman, a University of Washington law professor and attorney who has defended against class-action lawsuits.
"Startup Biases is a project that grew out of a prior paper, The Landscape of Startup Corporate Governance in the Founder-Friendly Era, which employed survey and interview methods to understand the current state of startup corporate governance from the perspective of experienced lawyers in venture capital financings."
This commentary assesses the prospects for the U.S.-Japan alliance in, through, and at the nexus of the contemporary space domain. It surveys the threats the two allies face, their collaborative responses to date, and, looking ahead, the interconnected technology frontiers that will require preemptive and sustained diplomacy to reposition their allied interests in the final frontier. Three elements are critical to that mission: capabilities, clarifications, and communications.
A public fixation on extinction from AI could empower industry insiders and distract from AI’s more immediate harms.
Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes speaks with Monte Mills, a professor at the University of 麻豆社区 of Law and director of the school's Native American Law Center. He co-authored an amicus brief in the case on behalf of a number of tribal nations in this case.
"Some of the OGs in the field are here, queer and ready to support you. That's an exciting thing," Hutson said. "This is a diverse and amazing community of folks doing cool work."
Anita Ramasastry, a law professor and director of the Sustainable International Development graduate program at the University of Washington, said she wasn’t surprised that the sustainable development goals are off track. Ramasastry, who had no part in the report, said she doesn’t think many governments with more advanced economies, like the U.S., have embraced the goals or made them relevant to citizens’ daily lives.
