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‘It’s creating enormous chaos’: Legal experts, political leaders blast Texas court ruling that could affect access to abortion pill
April 10, 2023
Massachusetts political leaders and health advocates pledged an all-out defense of women’s reproductive rights Saturday following an order from a Texas judge Friday that experts…
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So you’ve been defamed by a chatbot
April 7, 2023
Add defamation to the long list of legal areas that are on a collision course with AI. Yesterday, the mayor of an Australian shire northwest…
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Nearly three decades old, HIPAA appears obsolete and riddled with new technology-induced gaps. Why it matters: With regulators unable and politicians unwilling to address the…
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Michelle Yeoh to speak at Harvard Law School’s Class Day
April 6, 2023
Harvard Law School announced that actress Michelle Yeoh will be its 2023 Class Day speaker. The Class Day ceremony will be held on May 24.
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Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire
April 6, 2023
IN LATE JUNE 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet…
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The U.S. government asked a North Carolina federal judge to deny a former assistant federal public defender’s deposition of Chief Circuit Judge Roger L. Gregory…
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Environmental Advocates Protest Outside EPA Headquarters Over the Slow Pace of New Climate and Clean Air Regulations
April 6, 2023
As supporters and opponents of Donald Trump traded chants of “Lock him up” and “USA” outside a Manhattan courtroom during the arraignment of the former…
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An article by Joe Bak-Coleman: Over the past month, generative AI has ignited a flurry of discussion about the implications of software that can generate…
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Coming up on today’s show: Alejandra Caraballo, a clinical instructor at Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic and former staff attorney at the Transgender Legal Defense…
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Experts say Trump prosecution far from sure thing
April 5, 2023
The juxtaposition could hardly be starker. In one of the most consequential prosecutions in the country’s history, the alleged criminal acts are based on routine…
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One day after he was arrested and arraigned on 34 counts of falsifying business records, Donald Trump is calling for Republicans to “defund” the FBI…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The criminal indictment of former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump is historic and unprecedented. It stands for the…
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The U.S. Department of Energy issued a draft report in February that found a “pressing need” for new electric transmission infrastructure across the country to…
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An article by Susan Crawford: Predictions about how much water is coming vary greatly. Some scientists say we should be planning on three feet of…
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Labs of Oppression
April 5, 2023
On very clear days, you can follow the rolling hills surrounding the Palestinian city of Yatta all the way to the Dead Sea on one…
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Stronger protections needed to stop ‘upsurge’ in US child labor violations, expert says
April 4, 2023
Labor law expert Terri Gerstein has one word to describe the current trends in child labor: “bizarre.” Recent investigations by The New York Times, the…
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President Joe Biden’s efforts to diversify the federal bench haven’t included someone with a career in environmental law, something progressives and environment advocates would like…
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When universities become ‘safe spaces’ from free speech
April 4, 2023
An op-ed by Elizabeth Bartholet: Recent events at Stanford Law School are a sad sign of the state of academia. Students screamed sexual and other…
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Harvard expert shares her No. 1 ‘undesirable’ trait CEOs see in employees: It’s ‘a huge red flag for me’
April 4, 2023
Of the many traits people bring to the workplace, one stands out as an absolute “trust breaker,” according to a Harvard career expert. It’s “taking…
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Hashim Thaci, the former president and prime minister of Kosovo, is seen as a war hero in many parts of his homeland, where he led…
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Regulating AI Will Be Essential. And Complicated.
April 3, 2023
An op-ed written by Noah Feldman: Whether or not calls for pausing AI development succeed (spoiler: they won’t), artificial intelligence is going to need regulation.