Articles in Briefs
Professor Denno Comments on Fetal Homicide Law in Ohio Kidnapping
Professor Deborah Denno appeared on Brian Lehrer last week to discuss the Ariel Castro kidnapping case in Ohio. Prosecutors in the case recently suggested that Castro may be charged with aggravated murder for inducing miscarriage in one of the women he held in captivity. If convicted, Castro could receive the death penalty.
Denno explained that there are 23 states, including Ohio, …
Professor Reidenberg Comments on Bloomberg Data Breach
Professor Joel Reidenberg recently appeared on CNBC to comment on Bloomberg’s acknowledgement that some of its reporters had access to Bloomberg financial data terminals, which contain sensitive information about customers and transactions.
Although Reidenberg said that Bloomberg’s actions were not illegal, they were concerning.
I think it still raises some pretty serious questions about surveillance and spying. Americans generally are very concerned …
Leitner Center Releases Visual Report on International Tribunals
The Leitner Center launched a new report authored by former center fellow Daniel McLaughlin titled “International Criminal Tribunals: A Visual Overview.”
The report uses both simple and elaborate visual aids—charts, graphs, and illustrations—to introduce readers to the broad work of international tribunals and the conflicts that led to their creation.
Media attention dedicated to the work of the tribunals is too often …
Professor Rayner Identifies Obama as Guantanamo Detainees’ Jailer
In a recent op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Clinical Associate Professor Martha Rayner responded to President Obama’s recent news conference that addressed the hunger strikes occurring inside the prison walls of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
Rayner expressed concern that Obama failed to acknowledge that he is the current jailer of the Guantanamo detainees, particularly when he blamed …
Professor Reidenberg Discusses Domestic Use of Civilian Drones
Professor Joel Reidenberg appeared on CBS New York last week to discuss the use of domestic drones. Any civilian can purchase a weaponless drone, which can have high-definition cameras and GPS devices, raising serious privacy concerns.
Reidenberg said “The unregulated use of private drones has a lot of creepy aspects to it.” He also said the law hasn’t caught up with …
Prof Griffith Says Increased M&A Activity Good for Grads
Professor Sean Griffith, director of the Fordham Corporate Law Center, recently argued that the job market for recent graduate students isn’t as dismal as it’s made out to be.
In an article in the New York Law Journal, Griffith said that a recent boom in M&A work might be just the thing for well-positioned students to take advantage of while submitting …
Student Group Publishes Op-Eds Against Anti-Prostitution Pledge
Last week, members of the Fordham Law Student Advocates for Sexual Health and Rights traveled with their faculty advisor Chi Mgbako to Washington, DC to observe oral arguments for USAID v. AOSI at the Supreme Court. In this First Amendment case, the Court will decide whether the United States government can condition USAID funding on an “anti-prostitution pledge”, which requires …
CLIP Co-Publishes Report on Missing Persons and Privacy
Fordham Law’s Center on Law and Information Policy (CLIP) and the Commons Lab of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars issued a report on the legal issues that might arise after natural disasters in the search for missing persons.
The report, titled “Privacy and Missing Persons after Natural Disasters,” was prepared as part of a joint project. The two Fordham …
Fordham Law Project in Redhook Gets High Praise From Sponsor
A group of Stein Scholars made an impression on the attorneys at the Red Hook Community Justice Center this spring. The three students, Liz Ling, Prescott Loveland, and Amanda Niederauer, worked with the Center on a qualitative analysis of the Brooklyn Adolescent Diversion Program as part of a seminar class run by Professors Bruce Green and Sherri Levine.
Julian Adler, the …
Karen Greenberg Discusses Hunger Strikes at Guantanamo Bay
Center on National Security Director Karen Greenberg appeared on The Brian Lehrer Show to discuss the hunger strikes that are occurring at Guantanamo Bay.
This is not protest as so many of the earlier hunger strikes were … this is really despair, and this is what it looks like. It’s a desperate situation … these people have just given up.
Greenberg said …
