Faculty News
11/25/2014
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As the number of patents issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office grows upwards toward 300,000 annually, Laura…
11/19/2014
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Copyright and trademark laws are intended to protect the creative work and symbols that permeate our culture, from…
11/17/2014
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President Obama has stated that he wants “to begin engaging Congress” over a new Authorization for Use of Military…
11/14/2014
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This semester, Geoffrey Miller, Stuyvesant Comfort Professor of Law, together with Professor David Yermack of the Stern…
11/11/2014
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Just eight days after the most recent federal elections, Richard Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law…
11/11/2014
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We live in a vast administrative state. Federal agencies issue and implement rules governing a wide range of areas,…
11/06/2014
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As the first cases of Ebola have reached the United States, concern about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the…
11/06/2014
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On October 16 and 17, Catherine Sharkey, Crystal Eastman Professor of Law, gave a series of four lectures on US…
11/05/2014
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Noted climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer, visiting professor at NYU School of Law and a principal author of a just-…
11/03/2014
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On October 15, Philip Alston, John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law, gave a keynote address at the Nordic Trust Fund for…
10/31/2014
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Harry First
On October 24, the Law School hosted a daylong conference on antitrust law in emerging and…
10/27/2014
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Professor Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative who teaches NYU Law's Equal Justice and…
10/22/2014
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On October 21, the American Law Institute (ALI) announced the election of 50 new members. Among the exceptional group…
10/22/2014
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This September, the Occupy Central with Love and Peace (OCLP) movement began a campaign of civil disobedience for true…
10/14/2014
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What’s even dicier than planning months in advance to teach an entire course about a young, wildly fluctuating digital…
10/13/2014
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Spurred by the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri after the police shooting of an unarmed, young black man, New York Times…
10/08/2014
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Thomas Piketty
Intense curiosity and a bit of professional envy imbued the fourth annual NYU/UCLA Tax Policy…
10/07/2014
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On Wednesday, October 1, the Milbank Tweed Forum presented the annual Supreme Court (P)Review. Led by Burt Neuborne,…
10/06/2014
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“While people come and people go, philosophical questions are forever, and their fascination and importance…
09/30/2014
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Professor of Law Emeritus John “Jack” Slain ’55 passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, September 27.
A…