Since former President Donald J. Trump’s booking photo was released on August 24, it has appeared on merch all across the internet. Professor Susan Scafidi spoke with the New York Times on the subject. Susan Scafidi, the founder of the Fashion Law Institute, said that federal law does not protect the right to publicize your own likeness — albeit in some cases “protection against false endorsement or association may apply.” “Trump could, in theory, attempt to shut down sales of merch with his mug shot,” Ms. Scafidi said, “not unlike the way Obama objected to appearing on a Weatherproof Garment Company billboard,…
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Since the early pandemic lockdowns, the no-bra movement has been picking up steam. A number of states, including New York, allow women to go topless in public — which also means braless. Professor Susan Scafidi spoke with the New York Times on the topic. This gets a little more complicated when it comes to workplace dress codes, according to Susan Scafidi, the founder of the Fashion Law Institute. New York City was, she said, the first jurisdiction to insist on “full gender neutrality,” meaning an employer can “require an individual identifying as female to wear a bra or hide her…
Alabama is seeking to become the first state to execute a prisoner using nitrogen. Nitrogen hypoxia has been authorized as an execution method in Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi, but no state has used the method to carry out a death sentence. Professor Deborah Denno gave her thoughts on Alabama’s proposal. Deborah Denno, a death penalty expert at Fordham Law School, said that unlike lethal injection and electrocution, which have been used for decades, “experts could only speculate about how a state might conduct a nitrogen hypoxia execution.” She said the filed Alabama protocol does not provide answers because of its vagueness…
As former President Donald Trump’s legal team continues planning their defense strategy, Professor Cheryl Bader discusses a key benefit for the former President having some of the cases — especially his — moved to federal court: the lack of cameras. “Trump does not want the cameras trained on him while he is sitting humbled in the defendant’s chair while the prosecutor is speaking to jurors, feeding them actual facts and the judge is sitting on the bench above him calling the shots,” said Cheryl Bader, a professor at Fordham School of Law. “He would rather have the cameras rolling outside…
Professor Janet Freilich wrote an op-ed for Government Executive outlining how some government-published websites may be loaded with misinformation, and how that creates a big problem for AI. Read the full piece in Government Executive.
Professor Cheryl Bader appeared on CBS News New York to discuss what to expect as former President Donald Trump surrenders to face criminal charges in Georgia today. Watch the segment, “Legal expert: What to expect as Trump surrenders to face Georgia charges,” on CBS News New York.
On August 21, the Legal English Institute (LEI) at Fordham Law School welcomed 18 new participants. The participants are practicing lawyers and law students who earned their law degrees from 10 countries around the world: Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Indonesia, Italy, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, and Ukraine. This semester-long program will take place fully in person at the Law School’s campus in New York City. “After an extremely successful return to in-person LEI last August, we were very happy to greet this impressive cohort in person again this fall,” said Bernard Daraz, director of international and non-J.D. programs and a…
Adjunct Professor Jerry Goldfeder is quoted in a Law360 article covering how former President Trump’s social media tirades presage future bail fights. Jerry Goldfeder, special counsel at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP and adjunct law professor at Fordham University School of Law in New York, added, “I don’t think anyone should underestimate a judge’s authority in controlling the courtroom. Judges become impatient pretty quickly with someone who’s trying to circumvent correct procedure.” Read “Trump’s Social Media Tirades Presage Bail Fights Ahead” on Law360.
Professor Rebecca Kysar wrote an article in Bloomberg Tax arguing that critics of Biden’s Global Minimum Tax Deal are missing the bigger picture. Read the full piece in Bloomberg Tax.