Professor Susan Scafidi, founder and academic director of Fordham Law’s Fashion Law Institute, joined KCBXFM to share her thoughts on the rise of “the vest” as a staple in the financial and technology industry and the reasons that dress codes have relaxed in recent years. Ever since the rise of Silicon Valley, followed by the financial crisis, the dress code of the finance and technology industries has become more relaxed. Hoodies and jeans are one thing but, lately, tech and finance companies have embraced a different accessory: the vest. Worn over business casual attire, often with a company logo on…
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Fordham Law student Daria Schieferstein along with classmates Elaina Aquila, Gaby Kornblau, Rachel Smith, and Sam Zuckerman wrote an op-ed featured in Times Union, Albany’s daily newspaper, discussing the recent amendment to a New York State tax law that they worked to enact through Fordham Law’s Poverty, Tax, and Justice Clinic. Since 2014, the state has mandated that the Department of Taxation and Finance suspend the driver’s license of any individual owing $10,000 or more in past-due taxes and related interest and penalties. … The recent amendment helps to put an end to this unjust practice, creating an exemption from…
Shared on Law360, Robert S. Insolia ’84 has been named as the next firmwide chairman by Goodwin Proctor, a global 50 law firm. A founding member of the Goodwin’s New York Office established in 1997, Insolia has been the firm’s managing partner since 2012. In his new role, Robert Insolia will focus on overall firm strategy, market and client relations and external communications activities, according to an announcement Wednesday. He will take over from David Hashmall at the beginning of Goodwin’s next fiscal year on Oct. 1. … “Rob, Mark and Joanne have all played a critical role in the…
Professor Nestor Davidson talked with Shumita Basu from the Gothamist and WNYC about the legal realities of trying to sue a public service provider like the MTA. Here’s how Davidson puts it: If you’re trying to sue for spotty service, the courts in New York have been pretty clear that what you’re really saying is you don’t like the decision-making process and allocation of resources that have led to the conditions that created bad service. Which means, you have a beef with the political system around the MTA, not with the courts. … “When you’re dealing with any public entity…
Professor Mark Patterson provides perspective on the breaking news that after two years of ongoing lawsuits, Apple and Qualcomm have agreed to dismiss all of the legal battles between the two companies around the world. The companies appeared in court on Monday in a trial that was expected to last for four to six weeks in San Diego. Apple CEO Tim Cook was expected to take the stand. Apple alleged that Qualcomm — which has made crucial chips for the iPhone — charged an unfair amount to license its patents to place calls, connect to the internet and for other technologies,…
Visiting Professor, Wojciech Sadurski, wrote an op-ed published in EuroNews on what he believes is needed to restore liberal democracy. Firstly, we need to realize that the onslaught of populism was a reaction to deficits rather than excesses of liberal democracy. The latter ideal carries with it certain promises; those of genuine equality of opportunity, of equal political access to political decision-making and of a truly secular state, to mention just three. Have we been faithful to the ideal and consistent in fulfilling those promises? A sincere introspection must bring an answer which is, at best, ambiguous. Secondly, we need…
Professor Jed Shugerman was quoted in an article published in Newsweek discussing the legal standards for recusal when it comes to Attorney General William Barr’s involvement with the Mueller Report. Attorney General William Barr is already under fire for his March letter to Congress, which reported the results of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation in a way many feel was mostly beneficial to President Donald Trump. … Why? A few of Barr’s previous employers are connected to key subjects in the probe. And some argue that, even if Barr didn’t break any rules, his financial ties to companies linked to…
Director of Fordham Law’s Center on National Security, Karen J. Greenberg, joined KPFA Radio host Mitch Jeserich for an episode of his podcast Letters and Politics to discuss the arrest of Julian Assange. The episode aired on Monday, April 15th at 8:00am (PST). You need to remember that we have a White House that has designated journalists in many cases as enemies of the state, so this comes in a context of journalists being seen as those who should be punished one way or another. And I think that makes this very worrisome, even though Julian Assange may stand at…
Law360 sourced an essay from Fordham Law Review Online co-authored by James Gamble, senior counsel and director of the Justice Index Project at the National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law School, and Amy Widman, deputy director of the National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law School that highlights the need for accurate data in the civil justice reform movement. To get from the personal story to the complete picture requires more data than we currently have. Alongside the stories of individual families who have lost their homes, we need to be able to share with…
Surrounded by a large crowd of colleagues, friends and family members, former Fordham Law Dean Michael M. Martin was honored on April 15 with the unveiling of his official portrait. Dean Martin’s family—his wife Ellen, his son Andrew and his daughter-in-law Bethany with their children Clare and Jeffrey—helped unveil the new portrait before an audience of over 100 gathered inside the Gorman Moot Court Room. The portrait, a creation of artist Peter Thompson, depicts Dean Martin standing in front of Fordham Law’s building on West 62nd Street in Manhattan. It will be hung outside of the Dean’s Suite on the…