Themes
National & World Affairs
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Recent Supreme Court decisions contribute to an “existential threat” for labor law, according to experts at Harvard Law's Center for Labor and a Just Economy.
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Harvard ‘taught me how to govern’
October 7, 2024
At a panel featuring the current leader of Luxembourg, and the former leaders of Peru and Taiwan, Harvard Law’s 100-year-old LL.M. program was praised for its global perspective and for emphasizing ‘how to be kind even when you have strong disagreements.’
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Low-profile, but not for long: Tracking trends ahead of the Supreme Court’s new term
October 4, 2024
Harvard Law emeritus professor Mark Tushnet explains why decisions are getting longer even as there are fewer of them — and how the election will affect the Court’s work.
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Experts preview the new Supreme Court term, at Harvard Law
October 3, 2024
Professor Stephen Sachs discusses high-profile cases on terrorism and medical care for transgender minors at an event sponsored by the Harvard Federalist Society.
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(Anti)Trust Issues
October 1, 2024
The Biden administration is cracking down on Big Tech. But will Amazon, Apple, Google, and Meta go the way of Standard Oil?
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Lone Wolf No More
September 30, 2024
Five decades in, the Endangered Species Act remains one of the country’s most muscular environmental laws — and, despite its popularity, a continued target
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An economic soft landing is very plausible — but not guaranteed, says Harvard Law expert
September 12, 2024
Daniel Tarullo, a law professor and former Federal Reserve Bank member, says interest rates are coming down, but maybe not the cost of groceries.
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Truth in advertising, and now in politics
September 11, 2024
“TrueViews,” a new public opinion data tool designed by Harvard experts, could reduce political polarization by educating politicians about what their constituents actually believe.
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Did lawmakers know role of fossil fuels in climate change during Clean Air Act era?
September 11, 2024
According to a new paper by a team of science historians, more was known at mid-20th century about the dangers of human-caused climate change.
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Harvard Law expert Oren Bar-Gill helps deconstruct Disney’s argument for arbitration in a wrongful death lawsuit
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DOJ’s lawsuit against TikTok signals more aggressive policing of children’s privacy online, says Harvard Law expert
August 12, 2024
Harvard Law digital privacy expert Leah Plunkett says that children’s data safety is just one of many problems with kids’ use of popular apps like TikTok.
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Harvard Law constitutional scholar Ryan Doerfler says that President Biden’s Supreme Court reforms don’t go far enough to ‘return … decision-making authority to elected officials’
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Neil Eggleston, an expert on presidential powers at Harvard Law School, explains a pivotal case against Richard Nixon and how it squares with the Court’s decision in Trump v. U.S.
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Although prior Supreme Court precedent suggests a new law violates the First Amendment, Harvard Law scholar Sanford Levinson says that ‘with this Court, nothing is settled’
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Can Kamala Harris access Biden campaign funds?
July 24, 2024
Harvard Law elections expert Nicholas Stephanopoulos says that, if chosen by Democratic delegates, ‘Harris has the keys to the [Biden reelection] account.’
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Harvard Law expert discusses data breaches, failures and the vulnerability of everyday technology
July 23, 2024
Visiting professor Andrew D. Selbst, an expert in technology and the law, says the CrowdStrike snafu ‘illustrates … how fragile our infrastructure is.’
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Former White House counsel and Lecturer on Law Neil Eggleston offers his analysis of Judge Aileen Cannon’s ruling in the Trump documents case and weighs what’s next in a conversation with the Harvard Gazette.
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As the Supreme Court wraps up another blockbuster term, Harvard Law School faculty members reflect on the ways the justices’ most recent decisions might reshape the law.
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Harvard Law expert Richard Lazarus ’79 shares his take on the Supreme Court following a blockbuster term of monumental decisions.
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Harvard Law faculty members share their thoughts on where the Supreme Court justices ultimately landed on prominent cases — and on the longer-term implications of the Court’s decisions.
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Harvard Law School visiting fellow Afrooz Maghzi shares insights on women’s struggles for equality and democracy in her home country of Iran.