Fordham Law Professor Cheryl Bader is quoted in an ABC News article describing the importance of charging the jury in the criminal hush money trial against former President Donald Trump. How Judge Juan Merchan instructs the jury — and how the jury understands those instructions — will be critical to how this historic case is decided, experts told ABC News. “I can’t overemphasize the importance of the judge’s instructions — jurors cling very tightly to the roadmap the judge provides,” Cheryl Bader, a professor at Fordham Law, told ABC News. “The verdict is not just a determination of what facts…
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Fordham Law Prof. Linda Sugin is quoted in a New York Times article discussing reports that a pro-Trump nonprofit had paid millions to companies with ties to its own leaders. Federal law allows nonprofits like this one to hire insiders as long as they properly disclose the payments and ensure the insiders do not overcharge. Legal experts still advise against it because of the temptation for insiders to abuse their power over charity funds. “You have an obligation to behave in the interest of that organization,” said Linda Sugin, a professor of nonprofit law at Fordham University. “The problem is,…
Fordham Law Prof. Tanya Hernández argues that, while new OMB standards for data collection on race & ethnicity aim for inclusivity, the exclusion of Afro Latinos misses that mark and underscores the importance of nuanced data collection. The recent OMB decision to list Latino ethnicity as commensurate with the existing racial categories on federal government data collection forms like the Census is mistakenly rooted in the idea that Latin American mestizo/mixed-race culture conflicts with having a racial identity. Hence the notion that Latinos are too mixed to embrace race. The reality of actual Latin American census taking gives the lie…
Fordham Law Professor Susan Scafidi, director of Fordham Law’s Fashion Law Institute, is quoted in a Reuters article discussing a new antitrust lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission seeking to block the merger of Tapestry, which owns the Coach and Kate Spade brands, and Capri, which owns Michael Kors. “There’s so much the FTC didn’t consider,” Susan Scafidi, director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University School of Law, told me, including how today’s handbag consumers shop, the blurred market segment lines and the impact of new competitors. “The case simply doesn’t make logical sense in many ways.” The FTC on…
Fordham Law Professor Cheryl Bader is quoted in The Washington Post in an article describing how a New York court tossing out Harvey Weinstein’s conviction may offer a potential avenue of appeal to former President Donald Trump’s attorney’s. Judges need to carefully consider what evidence gets introduced, making sure that the material is relevant and doesn’t prejudice jurors against a defendant, according to Cheryl Bader, an associate law professor at Fordham Law School. Merchan has tried to “thread the needle to lessen the risk of prejudice in this case,” Bader wrote in an email, pointing to his decision on the…
Adam Shlahet, Director of the Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center, appeared on CNN to discuss the testimony of former National Enquirer publisher, David Pecker, in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial.
Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout is quoted in a Marketplace article discussing the history of Congress working to limit foreign ownership of telecommunication firms in the United States. It’s not every day that Congress takes aim at a specific foreign-owned company over national security worries. But limiting foreign ownership of firms in the U.S., especially in telecommunications, is a practice with a long history. By long history, we mean like all the way back to the founding of the United States, says Zephyr Teachout, a professor at Fordham Law School. “The focus and anxiety about foreign corruption and foreign powers…
Adam Shlahet, Director of the Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center, appeared on Fox 26 Houston to discuss the challenges in finding an impartial jury for former President Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial. Watch the segment, “Trump’s trial struggles with jury section” on Fox26 Houston.
After months of buildup, Donald Trump will become the first former president to ever stand criminal trial. Fordham Law Professor Cheryl Bader, a former federal prosecutor, is quoted in the The Guardian analyzing this high profile case. Like all of the trials against Trump, there will be a case in the courtroom and in the court of public opinion. And first-term district attorney Alvin Bragg will need to clear both hurdles by not only presenting a cut-and-dried case about falsifying business records, but reminding the American public who the true victims are: them. “The prosecutor is going to want to…
Dean Matthew Diller and Director of Professionalism, Maya FitzGerald, are quoted in a Law.com article discussing the need for a stronger focus on mental health protections in law school. “We joined in 2020 because we were in the midst of a whole set of initiatives focused on the student experience, and really building a culture of professionalism at our law school,” Matthew Diller, dean and Paul Fuller Professor of Law at Fordham University Law School, told Law.com in a recent interview. Students also have a wellness workshop as part of orientation, “Where not only do we talk about mental health…