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NYU School of Law and its faculty, students, alumni, centers and programs are frequently featured in the media. The following lists recent news stories, interviews and op-eds.

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"When, if ever, does employment discrimination against ex-offenders violate Title VII?"
02/03/2015
Volokh Conspiracy
Author: James Jacobs
"Pushing Ethics Reforms, Cuomo Wants Lawmakers to Reveal Income or Lose It"
02/03/2015
New York Times
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"Should Vaccination Be a Choice? In Many States, It Already Is"
02/03/2015
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Richard Epstein
"Cuomo Talks Tough on Ethics (Again) and Invites Us to Trust Him"
02/03/2015
The Nation
Author: Stephen Gillers '68
"Determining Material Participation by Trusts: The Leo L. Schmolka Approach-Part 2"
02/03/2015
Forbes
Expert: Leo Schmolka LLM '70
"Spy agencies add restrictions to use of email and cellphone data"
02/03/2015
Los Angeles Times
Expert: Elizabeth Goitein, Brennan Center for Justice
"Measles: Misinformation Gone VIral"
02/02/2015
Defining Ideas
Author: Richard Epstein
"Judges Skeptical of Uber-Lyft Claims in Labor Cases"
02/02/2015
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Samuel Estreicher
"An economic benefit from counterfeit items"
02/02/2015
Fox Business (Video)
Expert: Christopher Jon Sprigman
"Amid California’s drought, water chief preaches conservation – and balance"
02/02/2015
Sacramento Bee
Expert: Felicia Marcus ’82
"New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Vows to Toughen Ethics Laws"
02/02/2015
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"Is employment discrimination against ex-offenders immoral?"
02/02/2015
Volokh Conspiracy
Author: James Jacobs
"Bryan Stevenson: ‘America's Mandela’"
02/01/2015
The Guardian
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
"Officials, critics agree change was needed at DOC"
01/31/2015
Montgomery Advertiser
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Q&A: Dorchen A. Leidholdt"
01/30/2015
New York Law Journal
Featured: Dorchen Leidholdt '88
"How A Post-9/11 Law Can Get You Arrested For Your Emoji Choices"
01/29/2015
BuzzFeed News
Expert: Burt Neuborne
"It Really Is A Permanent Record"
01/29/2015
Brian Lehrer Show (Audio)
Expert: James Jacobs
"Thompson Says Review Unit Will Take on Non-Murder Cases"
01/29/2015
New York Law Journal
Expert: Erin Murphy, Kenneth Thompson '92
"Can Taylor Swift Really Trademark 'This Sick Beat'? Yes, and Here’s Why"
01/29/2015
Time
Expert: Christopher Jon Sprigman
"Lawyers in Anti-Police Video Knew of Violent Tone, Inquiry Finds"
01/29/2015
New York Times
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"What if There Were a New Type of Worker? Dependent Contractor"
01/28/2015
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Wilma Liebman
"Yankees vs. Alex Rodriguez: How lawyers say team could avoid paying him"
01/27/2015
NJ.com
Expert: Clayton Gillette
"Why Putin Is the Big Winner in Greece’s Elections"
01/27/2015
Foreign Policy
Expert: Zachary Goldman '09, Center on Law and Security
"FCC Commissioner says Marriott shouldn't be able to block your Wi-Fi hotspot"
01/27/2015
The Verge
Expert: Jessica Rosenworcel '97
"Albany Is a Cesspool. Here’s How to Clean It Up"
01/26/2015
The Nation
Author: Stephen Gillers '68
"The Sad State of the Union"
01/26/2015
Defining Ideas
Author: Richard Epstein
"Solitary confinement on trial"
01/26/2015
National Post
Author: Lisa Kerr LLM '09, JSD '13
"New EPA methane rules are a good start, but work isn't done"
01/26/2015
The Hill
Author: Jayni Hein, Institute for Policy Integrity
"Lessons from the Microsoft Antitrust Cases"
01/25/2015
World Financial Review
Author: Harry First
"Let The Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger Go Through; Déjà vu All Over Again"
01/25/2015
Forbes
Author: Richard Epstein
"OMG! Bay Area federal judge joins Twitter"
01/25/2015
San José Mercury News
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"How to Test North Korea"
01/23/2015
New York Times
Author: Jerome Cohen, US-Asia Law Institute
"Why Tolerate Terrorist Publications?"
01/23/2015
New York Times
Author: Martin London '57
"McDonald's sued over claims of racism"
01/23/2015
CNN Money
Expert: Samuel Estreicher
"A Lawyer’s Error Could Cost $1.5 Billion: Business of Law"
01/23/2015
Bloomberg News
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"Podcast: Should elected judges be allowed to ask for donations?"
01/22/2015
Constitution Daily (Audio)
Expert: Burt Neuborne
"Madison’s Music: On Reading the First Amendment"
01/22/2015
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
Author: Burt Neuborne
"Graffiti artist sues developer over use of images in advertisements"
01/22/2015
New York Post
Expert: Jeanne Fromer
"Defending those accused of unthinkable crimes"
01/21/2015
Boston Globe
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"Top of the Class: NYC’s Top Professors"
01/21/2015
New York Observer
Featured: Kenji Yoshino
"There Is No National Home for Art"
01/21/2015
New York Times
Expert: Anthony Appiah
"Obama Tax Agenda Widens Partisan Gulf"
01/21/2015
Bloomberg
Expert: David Kamin '09
"Analysis: A better economy, a more hostile Congress"
01/21/2015
USA Today
Expert: Michael Waldman '87, Brennan Center for Justice
"International Court Urged for Central African Republic"
01/21/2015
Associated Press
Expert: Philip Alston
"The State of the Union Ain’t What It Used to Be, But Obama Can Still Command a Bully Pulpit"
01/20/2015
Daily Beast
Author: Michael Waldman '87, Brennan Center for Justice
"Obama’s State of the Union Criticizes Divide on Immigration"
01/20/2015
Epoch Times
Expert: Muzaffar Chishti, Migration Policy Institute
"Obama liberated? Five things to watch in State of the Union."
01/20/2015
Christian Science Monitor
Expert: Michael Waldman '87, Brennan Center for Justice
"Helping Sri Lanka’s New Democracy"
01/19/2015
New York Times
Author: Ryan Goodman, Just Security
"Obamacare's Slow Death?"
01/19/2015
Defining Ideas
Author: Richard Epstein
"Will the Roberts Court Strike Down Another Campaign-Finance Law?"
01/19/2015
New Yorker
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice, Burt Neuborne