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National & World Affairs
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Sports law expert examines the legal fallout of the Brendan Sorsby sports betting controversy
July 16, 2026
Sports law expert Michael McCann breaks down the Brendan Sorsby gambling saga and what it may mean for the NCAA.
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Does HIPAA protect what you tell ChatGPT?
July 15, 2026
Harvard Law’s Glenn Cohen explains why sharing your medical records with AI can expose you to new risks.
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Harvard Law Professor Daniel Tarullo explains the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Cook
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Harvard Law Professor Benjamin Sachs unpacks the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Flowers Foods v. Brock.
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Financial regulation expert Howell Jackson says greater oversight is needed of wager-on-anything prediction markets given the risk of insider trading and worsening of gambling problems.
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What’s missing from the ‘independent Fed’ debate?
May 14, 2026
Harvard Law Professor Christine Desan says that the debate about presidential control of America’s central bank is a threat to Congress’ money-making power.
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Breyer makes case for civic education
May 1, 2026
Retired Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer says path to less polarization runs through the classroom.
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Petrie-Flom Faculty Director I. Glenn Cohen and Senior Fellow and Project on Psychedelics Law and Policy (POPLAR) Lead Mason Marks discuss the implications of an executive order to accelerate research and treatments based on psychedelic drugs.
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Security Breach
April 21, 2026
Defending our data against rising cyberattacks relies on a patchwork of laws and regulations, strong public ‑ private partnerships — and a whole lot of luck
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What it will take to turn things around
April 17, 2026
Mitt Romney offers a critique on nation’s divisiveness, foreign policy, and the value of the hard, thankless work of governing.
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Does AI ‘threaten to destabilize’ the criminal trial?
April 15, 2026
Former federal prosecutor Duncan Levin argues that as AI-generated media blurs reality, the technology has the potential to “destabilize” some aspects of the criminal system.
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Is a more perfect union still possible?
April 3, 2026
Faust, Buttigieg, and Glaude look at past, present of nation’s divides.
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Two Americas, then and now
April 2, 2026
Panel featuring filmmaker Ken Burns and professors Bruce Mann and Annette Gordon-Reed probes ‘disjunction’ between Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
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Once eroded, rule of law can be hard to restore
April 2, 2026
In Election Law Clinic’s inaugural Gregory and Emily Harvey Memorial Lecture, Professor Aziz Huq warns of threats to U.S. legal system.
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Former US ambassador to Israel reflects on global crises
April 1, 2026
Jack Lew, who served under President Biden, talks about the Gaza and Iran wars, and the difficult choices inherent in diplomacy.
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Can mail-in ballots be counted after election day?
March 22, 2026
Election law expert Nicholas Stephanopoulos shares how an election law case could impact voting across the U.S.
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Visiting professor Rebecca Haw Allensworth discusses ‘vertical integration,’ why DOJ originally sought breakup, and what’s next.
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Are last-mile delivery drivers working interstate?
March 19, 2026
Professor Benjamin Sachs explains what’s at stake in Flowers Foods v. Brock