Fordham Law Professor Jerry Goldfeder is quoted in a New York Post article discussing what’s next for former President Trump as he appeals fraud judgement. Jerry Goldfeder, a professor at Fordham Law School and senior counsel at the Cozen O’Connor law firm, told The Post that the First Department wanted to give the former commander-in-chief the opportunity to exercise his right of appeal. “It appears that the court accepted Trump’s excuse that he could not post the entire amount and wanted to give him the opportunity to post a bond so that his appeal would not be an academic exercise,”…
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Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout argues that Congress’s push to force TikTok’s sale isn’t just about data privacy— it’s about safeguarding democracy from foreign influence, echoing long-standing concerns in American history. Does congress really have the power to force a sale of TikTok? Last week, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that would require TikTok’s parent company, the Beijing-based ByteDance, to sell the U.S. version of TikTok to an American buyer within six months or have the app blocked. The bill faces an uncertain future in the Senate, but its early momentum seems to have genuinely…
Fordham Law Professor Eleanor Brown co-authored an article for The Conversation U.S. arguing that marriage may not be as effective a strategy at combating poverty as many have been led to believe. We are law professors who have written extensively about family structure and poverty. We, and others, have found that there is almost no evidence that federal programs that promote marriage have made a difference in encouraging two-parent households. That’s in large part because they forgo effective solutions that directly address poverty for measures that embrace the culture wars. Read “Marriage is not as effective an anti-poverty strategy as you’ve been led to believe” in The Conversation…
Federal lawmakers are pushing to ban TikTok in the United States unless it severs ties with its Chinese parent company. Fordham Law Professor Chinmayi Sharma spoke to Law360 about the potential First Amendment issues for such a ban. Chinmayi Sharma, an associate professor at Fordham University School of Law, agreed that it was hard to see how the TikTok bill, as currently drafted, would “get by First Amendment issues.” “This proposal is still something that’s restrictive of speech that would otherwise be legal, and it’s a very high bar to show that there is enough of a compelling state interest…
JetBlue Airways Corp., Molson Coors Beverage Co., and Leidos Holdings, Inc. are part of a growing group of companies listing DEI as a “risk factor” in their securities filings. Fordham Law Professor Atinuke Adediran spoke with Bloomberg Tax about the subject. It’s notable that DEI is now being included as a risk factor because, if there’s any litigation down the road, companies could point to their securities filing to prove to shareholders that they considered the risk, said Atinuke Adediran, an associate professor at Fordham University School of Law. While risk factors typically refer to the potential negative impact of…
Fordham Law Professor Bruce Green is quoted in a Washington Post article discussing a new policy from the federal judiciary’s administrative arm aimed at curbing litigants who seek to file lawsuits before specific judges. Bruce Green, a professor at Fordham Law School, welcomed the amended policy. “I think that it’s deeply problematic to have a party be able to choose the single judge that they want to preside in the case,” he said. “Adopting a policy that makes that more difficult is a good thing. There’s a reason why courts, in general, have the practice of randomly assigning cases within…
Director of Graduate Admissions, Martin D. Slavens, shares his thoughts on unlocking the value of an LL.M. degree. By and large, however, would-be students are fairly confident that they’ll get a return on their investment. “Usually, by the time a prospective student reaches out to me or attends an LL.M. fair they have already determined that the degree is worth the costs and efforts involved,” points out Martin Slavens, Director of Graduate Admissions at Fordham Law School. Financial concerns and questions are presented as a challenge to overcome to reach their goal of studying in the US, he adds. “I…
Idaho halted the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech, the latest in a number of botched lethal injections across the country. Fordham Law Professor Deborah Denno spoke to USA TODAY about what may have gone wrong. During the country’s first lethal injection, executioners in Texas struggled to find a suitable vein in Charles Brooks because of his heavy drug use, Fordham University law professor Deborah Denno wrote in a chapter in a forthcoming publication titled “Six U.S. Execution Methods and the Disastrous Quest for Humaneness.” Factors including dehydration, stress, room temperature and certain illnesses can also make veins more difficult to…
Director of Graduate Admissions, Martin D. Slavens, shares his opinions on the potential pitfalls of using AI tools such as ChatGPT for applicants seeking to maintain authenticity in their narratives. “Some schools may expressly state that applicants are not to use generative AI to write application essays. One potential drawback is running afoul of a school’s application requirements,” says Martin Slavens, Director of Graduate Admissions at Fordham Law School in New York. Read “Should You Use AI Tools to Write LL.M. Personal Statements?” in LLM Guide.
Fordham Law Professor Jeffrey Colon is quoted in a Bloomberg article about a fast-growing exchange-traded fund, BOXX, that has come up with a new way to avoid taxes. The fund, known by its ticker BOXX, surpassed $1 billion in assets this month. It is one of a number of efforts to use the ETF loophole in creative new ways, said Jeffrey Colon, a tax professor at Fordham University’s School of Law in New York. He called BOXX “the poster child for tax arbitrage.” Colon, the Fordham professor, said lawyers, bankers and fund managers are all kickingaround ideas for using ETFs’…