2007 Fordham Law Graduate, Julie Leonhardt LaTorre talked with Thrive Global about her high power career in real estate and the journey to her current role as Chief Operating Officer for Sotheby’s International. Thank you so much for doing this with us Julie! Can you tell us a story about what brought you to this specific career path? The thought, “I’ll just stay put,” was never part of my mindset. I began my career teaching in California and while I loved my students, I was itching for something different. I ended up moving to New York City after falling in…
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Professor Joel Reidenberg was quoted in a Law360 article on the recent $5 billion fine imposed on Facebook by the FTC for privacy violations which critics argue was not a severe enough penalty. Law360 (July 15, 2019, 10:40 PM EDT) — Facebook’s reported deal to pay the Federal Trade Commission a $5 billion fine over privacy violations would shatter agency records yet hardly make a dent in the social media giant’s bottom line, sparking some critics to question the agency’s credibility as an enforcer. “Five billion dollars may be a record-breaking fine for a privacy case, but it’s still not…
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, FCRH ’79, came to Fordham Law on July 18 to sign the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act into law. With former U.S. Vice President Al Gore standing beside him, Cuomo signed into law a bill that will dramatically increase the state’s efforts to mitigate and reverse the effects of global climate change. “In a few minutes, I will sign the most aggressive climate law in the United States of America,” Governor Cuomo said to raucous cheers and applause from an audience filled with assembly members and activists. The law requires statewide greenhouse gas…
The law community has experienced a great loss with the passing of retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens who died yesterday, July 16, 2019, at the age of 99. Appointed in 1975, Justice Stevens served the Court for thirty-five years and was known for his unique insights and commitment to civil rights, equality, and accountability. Just before his thirtieth anniversary on the court in 2005, Fordham Law School had the honor of hosting Justice Stevens for a Fordham Law Review Symposium. The event, organized by Fordham Law Professor Abner Greene, a former clerk to Justice Stevens, examined his jurisprudence…
Professor Lawrence Brennan contributed to S&P Global’s analysis on the likelihood that Japan will agree to join a U.S. coalition to protect commercial shipments in areas including offshore Iran. Lawrence Brennan, who teaches maritime law at Fordham University and is a retired Navy captain who served in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, said: “I would not be surprised to see a Japanese presence.” “Japan is probably the dominant or leading party interested in transit through the Strait of Hormuz — they and the Chinese are most dependent on Middle East oil,” Brennan said. Brennan added that Japan provided support to…
Professor John Pfaff talked with the Huffington Post about a new bill being introduced by Senator Corey Booker that aims to reduce the prison sentences of currently incarcerated individuals. Booker announced on Monday that he will be introducing the Matthew Charles and William Underwood Second Look Act in the Senate later this week, while Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) will do the same in the House. The legislation would give federal prisoners who have served more than 10 years of their sentence the opportunity to petition a judge to determine whether they’re eligible for a reduced sentence or release. … John…
Professor Aaron Saiger talked with Bloomberg Law about a recent National Labor Relations Board ruling that makes it easier for employers to oust unions. The Republican-controlled NLRB’s ruling also overturned precedent for employers withdrawing recognition of unions in its July 3 decision in Johnson Controls without being asked to do so by the parties in the case. The board has similarly overturned prior decisions on its own initiative in most of those cases in which it didn’t request public briefing. … An NLRB decision that overturned precedent without prior notice or invitation for briefing could be susceptible to claims that the board violated…
Professor John Pfaff shared his findings for an article in The Appeal that discusses two new expert reports shedding light on a federal lawsuit brought against Port Authority police for allegedly targeting and wrongly arresting men perceived to be gay or gender nonconforming. John Pfaff, a law professor at Fordham University hired by the plaintiffs, found that just five officers out of more than 1,700 in the department, including Opromalla, were responsible for 70 percent of the public lewdness arrests in 2014, the year of Holden’s arrest. Seventy-three percent of Opromalla’s arrests that year were for public lewdness, according to…
Professor Lawrence Brennan was consulted by Business Insider about the potential outcomes of the recent attempt by three Iranian gunboats to seize an unloaded British oil tanker passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Lawrence Brennan, a former US Navy captain and a professor of Maritime Law at Fordham University, told Business Insider that an unladen tanker could easily ignite if fired on. “Had Iran’s boats fired on MT BRITISH HERITAGE it could have caused a major catastrophe if the empty tanker’s cargo tanks were filled with flammable vapors,” Brennan wrote to Business Insider. While there is a way to bleed empty…
Adjunct professor Joel Cohen wrote an op-ed for Law & Crime that explores the legality of the charges against Jeffrey Epstein by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York given the overlap with the previous federal case settled against him by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami. Here, though, is the problem for the administration of justice that a highly publicized case such as Epstein’s might raise. Let’s assume another Epstein-type (whether pedophile or not) is being asked to plead guilty to some offenses in one federal district (District 1) but can be prosecuted for the same or similar conduct…