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Writing from the perspective of an immigration lawyer who has represented hundreds of clients in asylum claims, professor and director of the Immigration Law Clinic Lauren Aronson recently published an op-ed in The Fulcrum. An excerpt follows: “In my dual role as a clinical law professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, my […]
Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson joined Utah state representative Mike Petersen on the Political as Heck Utah podcast for a conversation about the conversion therapy case that was recently decided at the U.S. Supreme Court. They spoke about the history behind Utah’s own conversion therapy law, how the decision in the Supreme Court case might impact […]
On Monday, June 1, Professor Jacob Sherkow will deliver a lecture at the 15th Waseda-Penn Global Patent Law Conference in Japan. His talk will introduce the fundamentals of indirect patent infringement under U.S. law, with a focus on inducement doctrine under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). Drawing on recent litigation and scholarship — including the “infringement […]
Professor Sarah Lawsky, along with co-author Leandra Lederman, published the paper “Constructing Deductions” on SSRN.com. The abstract follows: This Essay identifies drafting “building blocks” that are present in the Internal Revenue Code and that are used to construct many of the deductions available to individuals. The Essay represents these building blocks using mathematical formulas and […]
In a new co-authored article for Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Professor Sara Gerke explores the risks of “deskilling” for physicians as the use of AI proliferates in the practice of medicine. Gerke and her co-authors also explore whether such systems violate the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act, the world’s first comprehensive regulatory framework on artificial […]
The book “Making Sense of Youth Crime: A Comparison of Police Intelligence in the United States and France,” co-authored by Jacqueline Ross and Thierry Delpeuch, was recently reviewed in the American Journal of Comparative Law. The reviewer offers high praise, stating, “One cannot fail to appreciate the brilliant achievements of Ross and Delpeuch. This book […]
Writing for Justia Verdict, UC Davis Law professor Vikram David Amar and Illinois Law professor Jason Mazzone discuss the federal lawsuit brought by former Illinois judge James Brown against the Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court following his removal from a temporary recall appointment. Professors Amar and Mazzone argue that while judicial immunity likely bars […]
After struggling financially for years and failing to secure a government bailout, Spirit Airlines announced that it would begin the process of shutting down in early May. Investors were strongly opposed to the government bailout, especially those that had made Spirit debtor-in-possession loans. Such loans have high interest rates, and the investors who own them […]
Professor and constitutional law expert Jason Mazzone recently joined Jon Hansen on the WGN radio show Let’s Get Legal to break down how the Supreme Court makes decisions, how the emergency docket works, and how the court has decided national issues quickly and with limited briefings. Listen to the episode.
A first-of-its-kind pilot program in Utah developed by a health-technology startup company uses artificial intelligence to automatically renew certain prescriptions for patients with chronic conditions such as hypertension and diabetes. But according to a new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign expert in legal issues surrounding cutting-edge medical technology, autonomous AI-based drug prescribing […]