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Media Mentions
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An op-ed co-written by Terri Gerstein: Earlier this month, the Teamsters union announced that UPS workers had voted 97% in favor of authorizing a strike…
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Opinion by Terri Gerstein [Director of the State and Local Enforcement Project at the Harvard Law School Center for Labor and a Just Economy] and…
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In a historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday effectively ended race-conscious admission programs at colleges and universities across the country. In a decision…
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Story by Jeannie Suk Gersen, John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law: Race-conscious affirmative action, in which schools consider applicants’ race as a factor in…
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Employers will have to meet a higher standard to deny religious accommodations in the workplace, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday. … “This decision…
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The Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action
June 29, 2023
Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Harvard law professor Charles Fried about the court’s decision.
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Editorial by Noah Feldman, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law: Affirmative action died today at the hands of the Supreme Court’s conservative constitutional revolution. In a…
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Between World War II and the 2011 repeal of the policy that banned openly LGBTQ+ people from serving in the U.S. military, it is estimated…
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9 New Books We Recommend This Week
June 29, 2023
CHARLESTON: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm by Susan Crawford [John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law]. This cogently argued book by a Harvard law…
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Seaview Trading, A Cautionary Tale
June 29, 2023
In Seaview Trading, LLC v. Comm., (CA 9 2023) 31 AFTR 2d ¶2023-476, the en banc Ninth Circuit held that delinquent partnership returns must be…
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What Comes After Affirmative Action
June 29, 2023
[Podcast] In October, the Supreme Court heard two cases—against Harvard and U.N.C.—that are expected to bring about the end of affirmative action at American colleges…
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After Affirmative Action Ends
June 29, 2023
Editorial by Jeannie Suk Gersen, Jeannie Suk Gersen, John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law: What happens after the Supreme Court ends affirmative action, as…
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Supreme Court OKs state’s corporate consent-to-jurisdiction law, but door is ajar for future challenges
June 29, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a Pennsylvania law that requires companies to consent to personal jurisdiction in state courts if they do business…
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Laurence H. Tribe, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Emeritus at Harvard Law School, appeared on Anderson Cooper 360°, where he discussed the audio recordings…
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Advocates Say Wage Theft Fight Needs Community Orgs
June 27, 2023
Worker advocates Rachel Deutsch and Terri Gerstein want to highlight how pivotal community enforcement programs are to advancing workers’ wage rights, particularly as government agencies…
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An Era of Debt Crisis Catastrophe Is Dawning
June 27, 2023
As of this article’s publication, the Zambian government is reportedly—at long last—on the verge of a restructuring agreement with its bilateral creditors. Whereas Silicon Valley…
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‘Hot FERC Summer’?: Energy Lawyers Watching for Burst of Action From Overworked Agency
June 27, 2023
It started as an attempt to draw attention to an understaffed agency and over permitted process. Rep Sean Casten, D-Illinois, took to the floor of…
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Essay by Terri Gerstein, Director of the State and Local Enforcement Project at the Harvard Law School Center for Labor and a Just Economy: Last…
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DOJ ‘likely’ to indict Trump’s ‘whole criminal gang’ for conspiracy to ‘overthrow the government’: legal expert
June 27, 2023
Special Counsel Jack Smith is “likely” to indict Donald Trump and those who assisted him in conspiring “to overturn the presidential election and overthrow the…
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Appellate lawyers can go their whole careers without experiencing a stretch of arguments like the one Weil, Gotshal & Manges associate [and Harvard lecturer on…
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July marks two years since the Biden administration announced it would open a fast-tracked immigration court in Boston. The so-called “Dedicated Docket” was supposed to…