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Monday, August 12, 2019

Profs talk pop culture at law school conference

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At the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools in the last week of July, colleagues and I had the opportunity to share...
Sunday, August 11, 2019

'Lights, Camera, Execution!': Political scientist Helen Knowles co-authors new book on capital punishment and popular culture

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A new book by poli sci prof and legal researcher extraordinaire Dr. Helen Knowles , SUNY Oswego, has hit the shelf.  It explores the dark ed...
Saturday, August 10, 2019

State FOIA critical in practice, not so much in law school, law student observes

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Connor Gillen, UMass Law '21 and a thriving alum of my 1L Torts class, was featured in the local Cape Cod Times during his summer inter...
Thursday, August 8, 2019

Polish court enjoins Facebook 'private censorship':
just one sign of new norms in digital rights

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Much worry about censorship today focuses on the private sector, specifically and especially the large tech companies--Google, Facebook, Twi...
Monday, August 5, 2019

Tragic legacy of conquest renders astonishing diversity on South America's northern coast today

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The Guianas ( ArnoldPlaton , CC BY-SA 3.0 ) I spent time this summer exploring the Guianas--Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, on Sou...
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Friday, July 26, 2019

Torte-spotting

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Not savory. Not a tort. Possibly not actual food. And yet my interest is piqued. Spotted at Rummy Mini Mart, Factory Road, Port of Spain...
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Monday, July 15, 2019

'Genetically modified humans are among us'

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An alum of my constitutional law class, Paul Enríquez, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D.—Structural and Molecular Biochemistry, is doing some stellar acade...
Saturday, July 13, 2019

Law student, doctor's blog explores medmal issues

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An alum of my Torts I & II classes and a medical doctor, Joseph Grillo is doing some intriguing blogging at his Medical-Legal Consultin...
Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Amity Dubai hosts global mass comm conference

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My plenary session on "the death of journalism?" and desinformación online. In June, I had the privilege of talking about mass...
Monday, July 8, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court widens tort liability exposure of New Deal-era, state-owned enterprises

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On April 29, the U.S. Supreme Court held against the Government by reversing and remanding unanimously in Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Author...