Adjunct Professor Matt Gold was quoted in a CNBC article about U.S. trade relations under the Trump administration. Rarely has the WTO faced so many disputes about a handful of actions, experts say. But President Donald Trump’s pursuit of protectionist trade policies has stoked nationalism around the globe. His disregard for international rules of the road has forced other countries to sidestep the system as well. And the WTO is struggling to keep up with the changing tides. “The Trump administration has significantly increased their workload,” said Matt Gold, a law professor at Fordham University and a top trade…
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The National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law was mentioned in a Law360 article about pro bono legal services. When individuals in the United States face civil legal issues, they do not have a constitutional right to legal counsel and therefore must secure paid counsel, qualify for free legal aid assistance or proceed pro se. It is therefore no surprise that a justice gap exists in the United States for low-income and modest-means Americans attempting to navigate the civil legal system. Studies consistently show that roughly 80 percent of the civil legal needs of low-income Americans go unmet.…
3L Stein Scholar Dana Kai-el McBeth was mentioned in a New Yorker article regarding the interaction she had at a Fordham Law event with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. Krasner arrived at the Fordham University School of Law, on West Sixty-second Street in Manhattan. Outside the building, he changed his shirt and put on a new tie—his routine when he has three or four speaking events in a day. In a lecture hall, before some thirty students, he launched into another law-school stump speech. After he finished, several hands rose. He called on a young woman in the front row,…
Adjunct Professor Jerry Goldfeder wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Law Journal about voting reforms. As the outgoing chair of the New York City Affairs Committee of the New York City Bar Association, I recently testified at the City Council’s Charter Revision Commission, proposing that it adopt our “Democracy Agenda”—mandating early voting, enhanced registration and enrollment opportunities, no-excuse absentee voting and instant run-off for our municipal elections. Without having to wait any longer for Albany to enact these reforms, the city should exercise its state constitutional and statutory authority to do so on its own. That…
Professor Marc Arkin wrote a review of a new biography of Elizabeth Ann Seton for the Wall Street Journal. Ms. O’Donnell’s story encompasses a cast of characters worthy of a Russian novel; readers may be forgiven for wanting a Seton-Bayley family tree as well as a separate table of names. For the secularly inclined, the number of extended deathbed scenes—albeit standing in a long religious tradition of edifying deaths—may verge on the morbid. And, to this reader at least, the book does not do justice to the charm and humor that formed a central element in Mother Seton’s charisma. But…
Professor Rebecca Kysar’s article on the new international tax regime was published in The Yale Law Journal. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA)1 significantly changed the way the United States taxes multinational corporations on their cross-border income. The legislation, however, both failed to solve old problems in the international system and opened the door to new ones. … One of the most disappointing aspects of the legislation is its immense cost. The TCJA’s tax cuts will shrink revenues over the next decade by $1.9 trillion.2 The actual decrease in revenue is likely to be much greater…
Alumna Alison Miller ’07 has been appointed senior vice president of Omni Management Group. Omni Management Group, an affiliate of Beilinson Advisory Group, today announced the expansion of its leadership team with the appointment of Alison Miller as Senior Vice President. Ms. Miller will focus on sourcing new opportunities, developing and directing strategic initiatives aimed at growing the firm’s market share, and supporting its relationships within the bankruptcy, restructuring and investing communities. “The expansion of the Omni leadership team to include Alison and her business development expertise and expansive network is in line with Beilinson Advisory Group’s commitment to…
Susan Scafidi was cited in an IDS News article about cultural appropriation. Susan Scafidi, author of “Who Owns Culture: Appropriation and Authenticity in American Law,” advises that we evaluate using the three S’s: source, significance and similarity. When considering source, we should ask ourselves if it’s a group that has experienced persecution. Significance refers to the importance of something within a culture. Does it have a specific meaning? Is it sacred to them? In regards to similarity, we need to evaluate whether we are pulling inspiration or copying something. Read full article.
Sean Griffith was featured in a Bloomberg article about his objection to a proposed settlement in a lawsuit against Goldman Sachs. Shiva Stein, a Goldman investor, sued the bank last year challenging a stock-incentive plan for managers and directors, saying it wasn’t properly outlined to shareholders. Besides hiring a consultant to review non-employee directors’ pay, the bank offered to make additional disclosures in its 2018 proxy, including that those board members’ compensation is “the highest among’’ their U.S. peers. “We are disappointed that the settlement of these claims was not approved, but they remain subject to our pending motion to…
Sean Griffith was featured in a Law360 article about his objection to a proposed settlement in a lawsuit against Goldman Sachs. Activist investor Sean J. Griffith — also a professor at the Fordham University School of Law — had objected to the settlement, saying Stein overrepresented the value of the consideration being given to the shareholder and the company, especially in light of the fact that the releases would bar any shareholder from ever pursuing derivative claims over the director compensation issues. … As a result of his conclusions, Vice Chancellor Glasscock denied a request for attorneys’ fees and expenses…