Israel Levies National Security Law to Shutter Six Palestinian Civil Society Organizations

November 16, 2021

Citing its National Security Law, Israel recently designated six Palestinian civil society organizations as terrorist groups. This designation, based on classified evidence, amounts to an attempt to shut down swaths of civil society without meaningful due process. Around the world, similar national security laws have proliferated, sparking concerns about countries’ potential to misuse such laws…

Harvard Law Review

“Victim” or “Complaining Witness”: Why Kyle Rittenhouse’s Verdict May Depend on the Distinction

November 9, 2021

The decision of Judge Bruce Schroeder, the judge presiding over the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, to bar the prosecution from referring to the people he shot as “victims” has sparked debate. This Essay discusses the significance of this distinction as researched in a recent study. In August 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse traveled from Illinois to Kenosha, Wisconsin,…

Michael Conklin

Recent Case: Larson v. Perry

November 6, 2021

The New York Times Magazine’s story “Who is the Bad Art Friend?” sparked a flurry of online debate about friendship, literary ethics, and social media use. Much of the discourse revolved around the personal dispute between the two main characters, Dawn Dorland and Sonya Larson, but copyright law also played a role in the story:…

Harvard Law Review

Arbitration

Recent Case: Calderon v. SIXT Rent a Car, LLC

October 24, 2021

Almost one hundred years after the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)’s enactment, a long-overlooked limit in its text is attracting the attention of federal judges. The FAA commands courts to enforce arbitration clauses in private contracts and empowers them to do so by staying judicial proceedings and ordering arbitration when a litigant shows that her opponent…

Harvard Law Review

Consumer Protection

How the CFPB Can Enhance Competition in Consumer Finance Right Now

September 11, 2021

Earlier this summer, President Biden delivered on a highly anticipated campaign promise to crack down on corporate monopolies and boost competition across the economy. In a comprehensive executive order, President Biden pledged to take a “whole-of-government” approach to rigorously enforcing the nation’s antitrust laws, documenting how rising corporate consolidation harms consumers and small businesses in…

Pamela Foohey

Disability Rights

How to Strengthen the Americans with Disabilities Act after 30 Years: Promoting Supported Decision-Making for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

August 7, 2021

Authors’ Note: In an effort to make this blog post accessible to as broad a range of readers as possible, we have developed an easy read version of it. That version is available here. Editors’ Note: This piece is a part of our series celebrating the thirty-year anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)….

Bill Alford, Anne Fracht, Marie Hennessy and Hezzy Smith

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