Prof. Howard Erichson spoke with Law.com about the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California case for the future of class action suits. Howard Erichson (Fordham Law) told me why the growing debate over Bristol-Myers and class actions matters so much: “Lawyers on both sides of class actions are going to be anxious to see what the Seventh Circuit and D.C. Circuit do in these cases, but ultimately it’s not going to stop here. This is a question that is very likely to go to the Supreme Court. It is a…
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Fordham Law’s clinics offer students the opportunity to apply what they’re learning in the classroom to real-world legal and public interest work. Students who participate have the opportunity to gain practical experience in a variety of areas including international human rights, family advocacy, immigration rights, and corporate social responsibility. Several Fordham Law clinic alumni, inspired by their clinical experience and the professors who supervised them, have gone on to become clinical professors, founders, and directors themselves. Fordham Law caught up with 10 of them to find out how their time in Fordham Law’s clinics impacted their work and lives after…
Professor Karen Greenberg was asked by Politifact to provide comment on Rudy Giuliani’s involvement with Ukraine’s investigation of Joe Biden. That same day, ABC’s Martha Raddatz asked Pompeo what he knew about reports that Trump pressed Ukraine’s president to work with Giuliani to investigate Biden’s son. Pompeo said he hadn’t seen the related whistleblower complaint, but later added that if Biden had “behaved inappropriately,” then “we need to get to the bottom of that.” Soliciting help or anything of value from foreign officials in an election is unusual and could be illegal, said Yoshiko Herrera, professor of political science at the University of…
Professor Jed Shugerman was quoted in a BNN Bloomberg article about his take on the attempt by President Trump’s lawyers to block a subpoena for Trump’s tax records. They’re trying to block the Manhattan District Attorney’s subpoena for Trump’s tax records. But while Trump could succeed in his challenge, legal experts said they don’t expect the judge to rule in a way that grants the sweeping degree of immunity from prosecutorial scrutiny that Trump is claiming for himself, his companies and the people around him. “Trump’s lawyers are arguing that because he can’t be criminally charged, he can’t even be…
Law360 published an article by Prof. Sean Griffith and co-author Dorothy Lund defending the research and findings from a previous article that they wrote titled, “Toward a Mission Statement for Mutual Funds in Shareholder Litigation.” We are flattered that Ropes & Gray LLP attorneys Amy Roy and Robert Skinner took the time to comment on our forthcoming article, “Toward a Mission Statement for Mutual Funds in Shareholder Litigation,”[1] in their recent Law360 article. We only wish they had read it more carefully. Our article observes that it is passing strange that mutual funds, which have recently made so much noise about engaging with portfolio companies, do not use one…
In the first webinar of the 2019-2020 school year, Dean Matthew Diller sat down to talk with Professor Ron Lazebnik about the intersection of law and technology and how it affects the education provided at Fordham Law School. Other topics include the latest Fordham Law news and updates. Dean Matthew Diller: Ron, how is the transformation in technology affecting legal practice and the legal profession? Prof. Lazebnik: It’s doing it in several different ways. Lawyers have always had to keep up with the changes in the industries of their clients but now the lawyers’ practice itself is starting to change. We…
On September 24, the Stein Scholars Program in Public Interest Law and Ethics Program honored former faculty director and current Fordham Law legal ethics and criminal law professor, Bruce Green. Green was awarded with the Stein Scholars “In the Service of Others” Award for his outstanding leadership of the Stein Scholars Program. The award recognizes his overall leadership and commitment to shaping the values and ethics of students and alumni. Started in 1992, with Green as one of the founding faculty directors, the Stein Scholars Program encourages and prepares students interested in pursuing the practice of law in public service…
This past week, Fordham Law alumna Danielle Citron ’94 was one of 26 recipients of a “genius grant,” the prestigious fellowship awarded annually by the MacArthur Foundation. Professor Citron, currently a Boston University law professor, was a visiting professor at Fordham Law in fall 2018. The MacArthur Foundation recognized Citron’s trailblazing work on cyber harassment and online abuse. The generous MacArthur Fellowship awards are provided annually to a select handful of individuals for their outstanding accomplishments, creativity, and potential to continue valuable work. Only a couple of days before the MacArthur recognition, Professor Citron returned to Fordham with Professor Bobby…
A Reuters article quoted Professor Howard Erichson about the ruling by U.S. District Judge Dan Polster to reject the request that he disqualify himself from a pending nationwide opioid case. The U.S. judge overseeing nationwide opioid litigation on Thursday rejected a request by several big pharmacy chains and drug distributors to disqualify himself because he appeared to be biased against them and pressed too hard for a costly settlement. Calling the opioid crisis “one of the greatest tragedies of our time,” U.S. District Judge Dan Polster in Cleveland admitted he had been “very active” in encouraging a settlement, but said…
Professor Nestor Davidson provided his take to The Nation on a new bill called “A Place to Prosper Act” put forth by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) intended to provide a solution to the affordable housing crisis by protecting tenants, not big landlords. Her legislation—called the “A Place to Prosper Act”, and one of a six-bill package to address economic inequality titled “A Just Society”—aims to keep tenants in place by establishing a national cap on annual rent increases, restricting evictions without just cause, and guaranteeing a right to counsel for tenants facing eviction. In focusing on tenants’ rights, the legislation…