Professor Andrew Kent is quoted in a Law360 article about a border patrol shooting case that is going to the U.S. Supreme Court and will decide if the father of the victim has the right to pursue civil damages. The full Fifth Circuit decided against extending the Bivens remedy to the cross-border shooting in this case, holding that it would “interfere with the political branches’ oversight of national security and foreign affairs.” Meanwhile, the Ninth Circuit in a very similar case found that a border patrol agent was not immune to liability and allowed a dead teenager’s mother to proceed with…
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A paper called, FOSTA: A Hostile Law with a Human Cost, written by Fordham Law student Lura Chamberlain ’20 and published in Fordham Law Review was cited in an Engadget article that discusses Silicon Valley’s involvement in the fight against online sex trafficking. Silicon Valley’s biggest companies have partnered with a single organization to fight sex trafficking — one that maintains a data collection pipeline, is partnered with Palantir, and helps law enforcement profile and track sex workers without their consent. Major websites like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and others are working with a nonprofit called Thorn(“digital defenders of children”) and, perhaps predictably, its methods are dubious. … “Why don’t…
Fordham Law’s 2019 graduation ceremony commencement speaker, U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen, was featured in a Law360 article for her address to the graduating class which drew from the comedy “Mean Girls.” With advice stemming from “Mean Girls” and encouragement to resist the impulse to play it safe, 2019 law school commencement speakers haven’t hesitated to commend diversity and urge their future legal colleagues to embrace new opportunities amid what many referred to as challenging times. During their recent addresses to graduating classes across the country, U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen stressed the importance of authenticity and former U.S. Attorney…
Fordham Law alumna and international arbitration lawyer, Jadranka Jakovcic ’16, was interviewed by the Kluwer Arbitration Blog for her specialized work in Investment Treaty Arbitration. What drew you to the world of International Arbitration? Before moving to the United States, I practiced law in Croatia where I gained litigation experience, among other. I love the dispute resolution aspect of legal work, and especially that of advocating for clients before a court or tribunal. During my Bluebook traineeship at the Legal Service of the European Commission, I had the invaluable opportunity of attending a hearing before the Court of Justice of…
Professor John Pfaff was quoted in a Politifact article that reviews the facts surrounding the impacts of then-Senator Joe Biden’s 1994 crime bill. It’s impossible to draw a straight line between any of these changes and the crime bill. Many factors play a role. “Criminal policy is driven mostly by state and local decisions, not federal,” Fordham University professor John Pfaff noted. Also, crime fell during the 1990s, and that relieved the pressure to put more people behind bars. … While Biden’s bill incentivized states to adopt truth-in-sentencing laws that would effectively extend the amount of time offenders’ served on…
Associate Professor James Cohen was quoted in The New York Times for an article on the trial of Thomas Gilbert Jr. who stands accused of killing his father, a wealthy New York City hedge fund founder. He yelled “Objection!” repeatedly as his mother took the witness stand to describe his slow mental unraveling in the years before prosecutors say he killed his father. Prosecutors have said they will prove Mr. Gilbert showed up unannounced at his parents’ Turtle Bay apartment in January 2015 with a pistol and shot his father in the head after learning his parents were drastically cutting…
The Office of International and Non-J.D. Programs is delighted to announce that it has just concluded a program in collaboration with the Centro de Estudios Garrigues (Spain) in U.S. Business Law and Practice for students in the Master in International Business Law at Garrigues. This is the sixth consecutive year in which Garrigues has partnered with Fordham Law to offer this program. The program, which takes place from May 13-24, combined classroom training with institutional visits designed to introduce participants to the practice of law in the U.S. Classroom sessions, taught by a mix of Fordham Law faculty members and…
Fordham Law Alumnus, Franklin Mitchell ’09, was named partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. Located in the firm’s New York office, Michell is a member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group. His practice focuses on a broad range of executive compensation and employee benefits matters in corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings, and on the design, negotiation and implementation of employment agreements and equity-based incentive and other compensation programs for public and private companies, financial sponsors, management groups and individual executives. He also regularly advises financial services clients and investment funds on the fiduciary responsibility…
Professor Jed Shugerman was used as a reference for a Vox article that asked legal experts to weigh in on if a sitting president can legally be prosecuted. Jed Shugerman, law professor, Fordham University The OLC policy that a president cannot be indicted relies on something that simply does not exist in our legal system: the equitable tolling of criminal statutes of limitations. In civil cases like contracts and torts for money damages, that means a judge can give a plaintiff extra time to bring a case for general fairness concerns (like the defendants’ fraud). But those considerations are different…
On the same day of his graduation from Fordham Law on May 20th, Casey Adams ’19 was honored with a Law360 Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing. Each year, the Burton Awards, in partnership with the Library of Congress, choose ten winners among the “finest law school writers.” Adams has been selected for his paper entitled, “Home Rules: The Case for Local Administrative Procedure,” which analyzes and advocates for the importance of procedural statutes for cities in the United States. “In my first year at Fordham, I took Legislation and Regulation with Professor Saiger,” said Adams. “The class taught me…