July 31, 2018
Professor Shanin Specter appeared on CNN, with host Michael Smerconish, to discuss the legal ramifications of the tape of Michael Cohen speaking with then-candidate Trump about making a payment to a Playmate. “It is a new level. It’s shocking that the President would suggest that his former lawyer…
July 26, 2018
UC Law SF is pleased to announce and celebrate Chancellor & Dean David Faigman’s recent funded chair awards and those faculty members elevated to “Distinguished Faculty” status. These awards are based on the faculty member’s accomplishments and promise, and take effect as of July 1, 2018. The following faculty…
July 22, 2018
Judge S. Jay Plager of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit cited Professor Jeffrey A. Lefstin’s work on the history of the patent-eligible subject matter doctrine, in his decision for Interval Licensing LLC v. AOL, Inc., (Fed. Cir. 2018). In his opinion, concurring-in-part and dissenting-in-part…
July 20, 2018
Professor Jaime King testified on the subject of “Examining State Efforts to Improve Transparency in Healthcare Costs for Consumers” before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. “The cost of healthcare in the United States currently threatens the economic stability of our citizens, our businesses, our state and…
July 9, 2018
This op-ed appeared in the July 10, 2018, print edition of The Wall Street Journal. Excerpt: As recently as the 1990s, Harvard sociologist Michèle Lamont found that working-class men in the New York City area held generally positive attitudes toward immigrants, describing them as “family oriented” and “hard workers, just…
May 15, 2018
Professor Veena Dubal’s work, Wage Slave or Entrepreneur?: Contesting the Dualism of Legal Worker Identities (2017) 10 5 Cal.L.Rev. 65, 72, was cited in the California Supreme Court’s decision in the pivotal “gig economy” case of Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County. In a…
May 14, 2018
"The Dynamex Decision" creates a major change in the landscape for California's gig economy and follows the path of Professor Dubal's analysis from her scholarly work.
March 16, 2018
Professor Zachary Price’s SCOTUSblog post was cited by Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis in a footnote of a Memorandum & Order in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) case of Vidal v. Nielsen pending in the Eastern District of New York. As part of his preliminary injunction…
October 4, 2017
When his parents denied access to all TV except PBS wildlife specials, it sparked a life-long environmental law interest in our "infectiously enthusiastic" professor.
September 29, 2017
"The Judges' Book is the first compendium of legal scholarship I have seen specifically selected for its usefulness by the judiciary. The project is an important and welcome one." - From the Foreword by Judge Marsha S. Berzon, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
September 11, 2017
Professor Greaney's commentary suggests that regulations should target the real culprits, providers with market power and the ability to stifle competition.
June 26, 2017
The idea of becoming a lawyer is full of stereotypes, but what is truly at the heart of people dedicated to law? What does justice really mean to them? This is why we work #ForJustice.