“For any court process to be seen as fair, people must see the judge as unbiased and believe the judge based the decision only on the evidence presented,” Professor Robert Lawless writes in an opinion article published by Bloomberg Law. Though this statement seems uncontroversial, the practice of “venue shopping” for bankruptcy proceedings undermines the […]
In the world of technology, there is a maxim about the division of labor that states, “The US produces technology and the EU produces rules.” This is the center of a new article by Anu Bradford, which was recently reviewed by Professor Verity Winship. In her review, Winship notes “Bradford’s super-power as a scholar is […]
After the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, citing war crimes and crimes against humanity, including starvation, Real Clear History put together a primer on how starvation went from a tactic to a war crime. Professor Patrick Keenan helped provide some context, sharing […]
Professors Heidi M. Hurd and Michael Moore delivered keynote lectures at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg, Germany, as part of a multi-day, international, multi-disciplinary conference on the topic of Criminal Liability for Negligence. Hurd spoke about the topic of Criminal Responsibility for Carelessness and Moore spoke […]
The practice of using “patent thickets,” which allow pharmaceutical companies to delay low-cost generic medicines reaching the market, is being targeted by a rule change proposed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The change would reduce the number of terminal disclaimers, an important part of patent thickets, which offers the potential to speed the […]
Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, there has been a concerted effort among lawmakers to codify the right to access contraception. This manifested itself this summer in Senate Bill 4381, which Professor Robin Wilson says is “a worthy legislative endeavor,” with the caveat that “it needs to be done with sensitivity to our constitutional […]
Writing with Leila Sadat of Washington University, Professor Patrick Keenan argues President Biden has been misguided in his criticism of arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israel and Gaza. “The law must be applied impartially to all. The U.S. should not stand behind the […]
Whether or not DNA sequences are subject to trade secrecy protections is the critical question examined by Professor Jacob Sherkow in his latest article, published in the Hastings Law Journal. Despite decades of scholarship assuming DNA sequences would be subject to protection, recent research has suggested this assumption was incorrect. Sherkow explores why DNA sequences […]
Professors Vikram Amar and Jason Mazzone take aim at the perception that the Supreme Court has taken a hard-right turn in their latest article written for Justia Verdict. “In the current term, at least, the Court has not been consistently conservative in a partisan way. Nor has the Court been particularly aggressive in taking up […]
The University of Illinois College of Law is thrilled to welcome five new faculty members to our roster this fall. Sara Gerke joins Illinois as an Associate Professor of Law and Richard W. & Marie L. Corman Scholar. Her research focuses on the ethical and legal challenges of artificial intelligence and big data for health […]