In the News - December 7, 2020
Media Highlights
After 6 Months in Limbo, Philadelphia Court Sets January Date for Restart of Civil Jury Trials
Legal Intelligence—December 1, 2020
Shanin Specter: “I am optimistic that Philadelphia’s judges will do what can be done to get trials up and running as soon as possible, so parties can get justice and closure.”
Not All Frontline Workers Want First Round of COVID Vaccine
Governing—December 2, 2020
Dorit Reiss: The statutory provision that covers EUA has ambiguities, and may leave room for vaccine mandates.
U.S. employers could mandate a COVID-19 vaccine, but are unlikely to do so: experts
AMNY—December 2, 2020
Dorit Reiss: “If an employee rejects vaccination on religious grounds, an employer has to make a reasonable effort to accommodate the worker.”
Can Trump Pre-emptively Pardon Allies or Himself? Clemency Power, Explained
New York Times—December 2, 2020
Aaron Rappaport: Aaron Rappaport acknowledged that “the existence of a specificity requirement has never been acknowledged by the Supreme Court.”
It might not be so simple for Trump to pardon his children and Giuliani
Washington Post—December 3, 2020
Aaron Rappaport: “In addition to violating core democratic ideals, such a move might well prove beyond his constitutional authority.”
Why Gig Workers Might Have Benefits in Their Future After All
Inc—December 3, 2020
Veena Dubal: “$200 million is a lot of money, but it’s less than the long-term prospect of paying a living wage to workers and being responsible to consumers for safety and accessibility.”
Prisons should be a priority for COVID vaccine
San Francisco Chronicle—December 4, 2020
Hadar Aviram: “Months of analysis show correlations between pandemic spikes in prison and in the surrounding and neighboring counties.”
Scholarly Leadership
Chimène Keitner spoke to a study group for Congressional staffers on sovereign immunity, part of the Brookings/Carnegie Congressional Study Group on Foreign Relations and National Security series.
Dorit Reiss published “Digging the Rabbit Hole, COVID-19 Edition: Anti-Vaccine Themes and the Discourse Around COVID-19,” Microbes and Infection.
Jodi Short spoke about her article, “Coupling Labor Codes of Conduct and Supplier Labor Practices: The Role of Internal Structural Conditions,” at the Dare to Care Research Café, an event bringing together scholars doing empirical research on corporate sustainability.
Jessica Vapnek published “Agricultural Legislation” in International Legislative Drafting Handbook, Carolina Academic Press.
Kelly Weisberg conducted a “Domestic Violence Speaker Series” of webinars for the San Francisco District Attorneys Office.
Joan Williams published “Beyond Implicit Bias: Litigating Race and Gender Employment Discrimination Using Data from the Workplace Experiences Survey,” UC Law SF Journal.