In a 49-page lawsuit filed in California, athletic apparel retailer Lululemon has accused retail wholesaler Costco of selling knockoff versions of its Scuba clothing and popular ABC men’s pants. Susan Scafidi, founder and director of Fordham Law’s Fashion Law Institute, spoke with The New York Times about how Lululemon has previously dealt with dupes. How has Lululemon dealt with dupes? Lululemon, with its unadorned styles and high prices, is famously a target for knockoffs. Hashtags on TikTok direct shoppers to cheap, duped versions of the brand’s leggings and athletic wear. Since Lululemon’s inception in Canada in 1998, fashion law experts in…
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Fordham Law Professor Jeffrey Colon spoke with The Daily Upside about the obscure exchange-traded funds (ETF) tax perk for wealthy investors, which he predicts will draw more attention from Congress. Importantly for companies focused on this tax technique, the legislation, as currently worded, would not apply retroactively. Firms such as Cambria Investments and Alpha Architect offer 351 exchange ETF services, and some RIAs have started up ETFs with clients’ SMA assets, said Jeffrey Colon, a tax law professor at Fordham University. Alpha Architect is preparing its US Equity ETF (AAUS), which has a minimum investment of $1 million for contributed portfolios and is slated for…
The first episode of ‘Looking Back, Moving Forward’—a new podcast from Ms. Studios hosted by Carmen Rios—will examine the growing political power feminists hold as voters and candidates through numerous interviews, including with Fordham Law Professor Julie Suk, author of We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment (Skyhorse Publishing, 2020). The first episode of Looking Back, Moving Forward comes out next week, on July 4, and examines the growing political power feminists hold as voters and candidates through interviews with Allison, pollster Celinda Lake, New Mexico State Sen. Angel Charley, constitutional law scholar Julie C. Suk, RepresentWomen founder Cynthia…
As New Yorkers wait for all votes of New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary to be counted and the results to be certified, Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Jerry H. Goldfeder, director of Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project, explains the history of ranked-choice voting, in this op-ed for Dan’s Papers (see page 136). Dan’s Papers June 27, 2025 Publish at Calameo Read “Op-Ed | Democracy Defender: And the Winner Is…” in the June 27, 2025 edition of Dan’s Papers.
After Anna Wintour announced she would be stepping away from her post as editor-in-chief of U.S. Vogue, Susan Scafidi, founder and director of Fordham Law’s Fashion Law Institute, spoke with Women’s Wear Daily, weighing in on what that means for the future of the fashion industry. The job of helming Vogue has changed — it’s no longer chauffeured town cars and caviar lunches on the company card. Instead, it’s about shifting and sharing copy and photoshoots with fellow Vogue titles, and answering directly to Wintour. The American title is following in the footsteps of the other international Vogue magazines by…
Ten years ago today, the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in a landmark 5-4 ruling that changed the course of U.S. history. Fordham Law Professor Ethan J. Leib told FOX News Digital about that he wouldn’t be surprised to see someone challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, pointing to the Court’s recent decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti. Skrmetti was one of the most closely watched cases of the Supreme Court’s term, and advocates for LGBTQ+ organizations such as the ACLU and Lamda Legal, which argued the case in December, have cited fears that the decision could serve as a legal pretext for…
A book chapter by Fordham Law Professor Aditi Bagchi—titled “In Search of the Wrongdoer behind Unjust Prices,” forthcoming in 2026—was summarized on Legal Theory Blog. This chapter argues that a price can be unjust because it is the product of wrongful conduct by one of the parties to the sale, or because it is the product of an unjust market. In both cases, it is sensible to refer to the price itself as unjust not unlike the way we speak of unjust enrichment. But while the legal concept of unjust enrichment tends to refer only to enrichment that is the product of…
With voters heading to the polls this week in New York City for the mayoral primary, Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Jerry H. Goldfeder, director of Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project, talks about the history that led to the timing of elections in the United States, in this op-ed for Dan’s Papers (see page 126). Dan’s Papers June 20, 2025 Publish at Calameo Read “Op-Ed | Democracy Defender: Summer Solstice and Election Day” in the June 20, 2025 edition of Dan’s Papers.
A novel New York bill allowing the state to oversee private union disputes while the National Labor Relations Board lacks a quorum heralds legal battles over a decades-old doctrine that reserves labor-relations authority to the federal government. Fordham Law Professor James Brudney spoke with Bloomberg Law about how effective the bill would be. Nominations are “imminent,” NLRB Chair Marvin Kaplan said June 10. But if the board continues without a quorum, that strengthens the argument that Garmon preemption should be reconsidered, Fordham University School of Law professor James Brudney said. “An extended period in which the board is nonfunctional,” Brudney said, “should not mean…
Fordham Law Professor Elizabeth Cooper, a former member of the LGBTQ+ Law Section’s Executive Committee, reflects on what Pride means to her as a lawyer and shares the advice she would give to the next generation of law students who are interested in promoting LGBTQ+ rights, in this Q&A with the New York State Bar Association. Who are your heroes in the legal world? Like many of us, my heroes are those who were tenacious enough, and smart enough, and wise enough to challenge barriers to full equity and equality for all – Thurgood Marshall, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Tom Stoddard…