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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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Market Watch
"An obscure court ruling could play havoc with tech companies’ earnings"
07/17/2020
MarketWatch
Expert: Daniel Shaviro
New York Times
"Democrats Eye Trump’s Game Plan to Reverse Late Rule Changes"
07/17/2020
New York Times
Expert: Sally Katzen
Vox
"Police reform, defunding, and abolition, explained"
07/16/2020
Vox
Expert: Barry Friedman
Washington Post
"The Daily 202: Michael Cohen asked to sign stay-out-of-jail agreement that may violate his First Amendment rights, lawyers say"
07/16/2020
Washington Post
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
Five Thirty Eight
"Roberts Is The New Swing Justice. That Doesn’t Mean He’s Becoming More Liberal."
07/16/2020
FiveThirtyEight
Expert: Melissa Murray
Vanity Fair
"Former Pandemic Officials Call Trump’s COVID-19 Response a National Disaster"
07/16/2020
Vanity Fair
Expert: Lisa Monaco
The Atlantic
"A Lot of Americans Are About to Lose Their Homes"
07/15/2020
The Atlantic
Expert: Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy
NBC News
"How to Change How America Is Policed"
07/14/2020
NBC Philadelphia
Expert: Barry Friedman
New York Times
"We Can Still Get the Truth From Roger Stone"
07/14/2020
New York Times
Author: Andrew Weissmann
New York Times
"‘I Can’t Keep Doing This:’ Small-Business Owners Are Giving Up"
07/13/2020
New York Times
Expert: Satyam Khanna, Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance
Washington Post
"Uncertainty can ruin an economy. The bungled covid-19 response just adds to it."
07/13/2020
Washington Post
Author: Jacob Leibenluft, Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance
Associated Press
"Ready or not: Election costs soar in prep for virus voting"
07/13/2020
Associated Press
Expert: Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice
PBS
"July 12, 2020 PBS NewsHour"
07/12/2020
PBS NewsHour (video)
Expert: Ryan Goodman
Forbes Logo
"Trump Rollbacks Of Energy Regulations Won’t Survive A New Administration"
07/12/2020
Forbes
Experts: Richard Revesz and Bethany Davis Knoll, Institute for Policy Integrity
CNN
"Mueller defends Stone prosecution and says 'his conviction stands' in Washington Post op-ed"
07/11/2020
CNN
Expert: Lisa Monaco
Slate
"A Major Challenge to Policing Reform: the Absence of Good Data"
07/11/2020
Slate
Expert: Barry Friedman
Illustration of arches with microphones on top
"Three Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Decisions on Trump’s Tax and Financial Documents"
07/10/2020
ProPublica
Expert: Melissa Murray
PBS
"What’s next for abortion legislation in the U.S.?"
07/10/2020
PBS NewsHour
Expert: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"'This administration has consistently stone walled Congress': Melissa Murray reacts to Supreme Court ruling"
07/09/2020
MSNBC (video)
Expert: Melissa Murray
Reuters
"Teflon Robe: 6 takeaways from Reuters' investigation of misconduct by U.S. judges"
07/09/2020
Reuters
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
Guardian
"Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum review – when politics ends friendships"
07/09/2020
The Guardian
Expert: Stephen Holmes
Slate
"Guns Make Everything Worse"
07/09/2020
Slate (audio)
Expert: Barry Friedman
The Regulatory Review
"Megaregulation on the Global Stage"
07/09/2020
Regulatory Review
Expert: Benedict Kingsbury
Washington Post
"Trump may have won the political battle. But he lost the constitutional one."
07/09/2020
Washington Post
Author: Michael Waldman '87, Brennan Center for Justice
Vox
"America’s looming housing catastrophe, explained"
07/08/2020
Vox
Expert: Ingrid Gould Ellen, Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy
Slate
"The Pipeline Setbacks Reveal the Perils of Rushed Agency Approvals"
07/08/2020
Slate
Author: Jayni Hein, Institute for Policy Integrity
Politico
"Can governors or mayors force the president to obey a mask mandate?"
07/08/2020
Politico
Expert: Burt Neuborne
Wall Street Journal
"Banks Could Get $24 Billion in Fees From PPP Loans"
07/07/2020
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Edwin Hu, Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance
Reuters
"COVID-19 exposes 'distorted picture' of global poverty gains, U.N. envoy says"
07/07/2020
Reuters
Expert: Philip Alston
New York Times
"States May Curb ‘Faithless Electors,’ Supreme Court Rules"
07/06/2020
New York Times
Expert: Richard Pildes
Slate
"Is John Roberts Moving to the Left?"
07/06/2020
Slate
Expert: Melissa Murray
"COVID-19 and Workers’ Compensation in New York"
07/06/2020
Justia
Co-authors: Samuel Estreicher and Christopher Ioannou '22
Guardian
"Former UN expert decries Spain's 'utterly inadequate' social protection system"
07/06/2020
The Guardian
Expert: Philip Alston
New York Times
"Virus, Confederate Flag, Amy Cooper: Your Monday Evening Briefing"
07/06/2020
New York Times
Expert: Richard Pildes
Washington Post
"Judge who issued injunction blocking removal of Richmond’s Lee statue appears to recuse himself from case"
07/03/2020
Washington Post
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
New York Times
"Inquiry Prompted by Trump’s Hurricane Dorian Claim Is Being Blocked, Investigator Says"
07/01/2020
New York Times
Expert: Richard Revesz
New York Times
"Is Economic Inequality Really a Problem?"
07/01/2020
New York Times
Author: Samuel Scheffler
Christian Science Monitor
"Principle over politics? Why Chief Justice Roberts upheld abortion rights."
06/30/2020
Christian Science Monitor
Expert: Melissa Murray
New York Times
"Harsh Penalties, Vaguely Defined Crimes: Hong Kong’s Security Law Explained"
06/30/2020
New York Times
Expert: Jerome Cohen
Reuters
"Special Report: Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws, oaths remained on the bench"
06/30/2020
Reuters
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
Bloomberg News
"‘Kafkaesque’ FERC Pipeline Process Needs Revamp, Court Says"
06/30/2020
Bloomberg Law
Expert: David Hayes, State Energy & Environmental Impact Center
Wall Street Journal
"How to Prevent an Electoral Crisis"
06/30/2020
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Richard Pildes
Washington Post
"The problem with relying on precedent to protect abortion rights"
06/29/2020
Washington Post
Author: Melissa Murray
Forbes Logo
"Call 911: How Police Built Military Arsenals And A Firm Grip On Local Budgets, And Why Defunding May Be Inevitable"
06/26/2020
Forbes
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
Five Thirty Eight
"Voter Registrations Are Way, Way Down During The Pandemic"
06/26/2020
FiveThirtyEight
Expert: Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice
New York Times
"A DNA Mix-Up Involving a Washing Machine Kept a Man in Jail for 3 Years"
06/26/2020
New York Times
Expert: Erin Murphy
Vice
"Can't Imagine a World Without Police? Start Here"
06/25/2020
Vice
Expert: Barry Friedman
New York Review of Books
"Less Punishment, More Justice"
06/25/2020
New York Review of Books
Featured: Rachel Barkow
New York Times
"Tax the Rich and Their Heirs"
06/24/2020
New York Times
Author: Lily Batchelder
Washington Post
"Absentee ballots will be critical this fall. But in-person voting is even more essential."
06/23/2020
Washington Post
Author: Richard Pildes