Tag: Law
I track murder cases that use the ‘gay panic defense,’ a...
W. Carsten Andresen, St. Edward's University
On January 21, New Jersey became the ninth state in the nation to ban the gay panic defense, a...
Firearm-makers may finally decide it’s in their interest to help reduce...
Timothy D. Lytton, Georgia State University
Mass shootings have become a routine occurrence in America.
Gun-makers have long refused to take responsibility for their role in...
Why the IRS is legally required to give Congress Trump’s tax...
Philip Hackney, University of Pittsburgh
Is the IRS required to hand over the president’s tax returns if Congress asks?
According to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the...
FUCT gets day in court as SCOTUS considers dropping slippery moral...
Megan M Carpenter, University of New Hampshire
When’s a brand too scandalous to trademark?
That’s a question the Supreme Court will soon decide in a...
What Oklahoma’s opioid settlement means for other states, cities and counties...
Andrew Pollis, Case Western Reserve University
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter recently announced that the state had reached a US$270 million settlement with Purdue Pharma,...
Death penalty moratorium in California – what it means for the...
Hadar Aviram, University of California, Hastings
Both celebration – and ire – followed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement of a moratorium on the death penalty in...
Sandy Hook lawsuit court victory opens crack in gun maker immunity...
Timothy D. Lytton, Georgia State University
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled on March 14 that families of the Sandy Hook Elementary mass shooting victims could...
#MeToo whistleblowing is upending century-old legal precedent demanding loyalty to the...
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
When was the last time you agreed to keep a secret?
Perhaps it was a personal confidence shared by a...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
