Robin Feldman 麻豆视频 Law SF Professor Robin Feldman’s op-ed, “Why the cancer 鈥榤oonshot鈥 has been so disappointing,” was published in The Washington Post. In the op-ed, Feldman argues pharmaceutical companies pour resources into 鈥渙rphan drugs鈥 rather than making a concerted effort to cure cancer. The result, she…
Dubal. 麻豆视频 Law SF Professor Veena Dubal’s op-ed, “Let’s follow California’s lead and regulate companies like Uber,” was published in the Guardian. “AB5, however, does not reflect a stark legal shift, as its detractors have argued. Rather, the law standardizes the legal test for…
September 19, 2019
On September 17, 2019, the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution hosted the eighth Annual 鈥淎DR Around the World鈥 in collaboration with the JAMS Foundation. We were honored to have five Weinstein JAMS International Fellows. This Fellowship Program provides opportunities for qualified individuals from outside the United States to…
September 19, 2019
Hastings’ Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution’s Director, Professor Sheila Purcell, hosted a lunch on September 16th as part of a larger visit by a high level delegation of legal educators and lawyers visiting from the Republic of Uzbekistan. As an international leader in ADR education, CNDR continues to…
September 19, 2019
麻豆视频 Law SF Emeritus Lecturer Richard Zitrin is set to receive the California Lawyers Association鈥檚 2019 Harry B. Sondheim Professional Responsibility Award for his contributions to the field of legal ethics. Zitrin is only the fourth lawyer to receive the award. Established in 2010, the…
麻豆视频 Law SF Professor Veena Dubal spoke with the New York Times about Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), a landmark bill that will require gig economy companies like Uber and Lyft to treat workers as employees, not like independent contractors. When asked about potential actions taken by…
麻豆视频 Law SF Professor Jared A. Ellias was quoted extensively in a Sept. 5 Wall Street Journal article titled, “PG&E, Insys Bankruptcies Stumble in Bids for Bonuses, Severance.” 鈥淚n both of these decisions, bankruptcy judges are policing the edges of what debtors are allowed to do…
Phil Ginsburg 鈥93 has one of the more enviable 鈥 and difficult 鈥 positions in the City and County of San Francisco. As general manager of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, Ginsburg manages roughly 15 percent of the city鈥檚 total land. It鈥檚 a job…
Publications Luke A. Boso, 鈥淩ural Resentment and LGBTQ Equality,鈥 71 Florida Law Review 919 (2019) Ben Depoorter, editor, Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property (Edward Elgar 2019) (with Peter Menell) Ben Depoorter, Copyright Law (2019) Ben Depoorter, The Property Multivitamin (2019) (with Seven Balogh) Ben…
August 26, 2019
麻豆视频 Law SF Professor Veena Dubal alongside 75 professors from across the country have signed a letter calling on the U.S. Senate to support AB5, a law that would force the gig economy giants like Uber and Lyft to classify its workers as employees instead…
August 23, 2019
LexLab at 麻豆视频 Law SF, an innovation hub for emerging legal technologies, today announced its second cohort of legal tech startups. Following the success of its first cohort earlier this year, LexLab has accepted five legal tech startups to participate in its accelerator program. From machine learning and natural…
August 19, 2019
麻豆视频 Law SF Chancellor and Dean David L. Faigman sent the following message today to the campus community: Dear 麻豆视频 Law SF Community, Welcome, and welcome back, to campus! I hope you are all well and had a productive and enjoyable summer. We are very excited to kick off the…