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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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Fast Company
"We spent a fortune on police body cams. Why haven’t they fixed policing?"
06/17/2020
Fast Company
Expert: Barry Friedman
New York Times
"PG&E Pleads Guilty to 84 Counts of Manslaughter in Camp Fire Case"
06/16/2020
New York Times
Expert: Jennifer Arlen
New York Times
"Here Are the 97 U.S. Cities Where Protesters Were Tear-Gassed"
06/16/2020
New York Times
Expert: Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Brennan Center for Justice
Bloomberg News
"Trump Signs Order on Police Force After Meeting Victims’ Families"
06/16/2020
Bloomberg
Expert: Barry Friedman
New York Times
"More Than 2,000 Black People Were Killed by White Mobs During Reconstruction, New Study Shows"
06/16/2020
New York Times
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
The New Yorker
"Who Is the Floyd Family’s Lawyer?"
06/15/2020
New Yorker
Expert: Rachel Barkow
Salon
"How the government's use of algorithm serves up false fraud charges"
06/15/2020
Salon
Expert: Jason Schultz
MSNBC
"Jonathan Capehart: Supreme Court 6-3 ruling on LGBT worker protections upholds equal justice under law"
06/15/2020
MSNBC (video)
Expert: Melissa Murray
"Jail Support: What Is It and How Does It Support Social Movements?"
06/15/2020
Teen Vogue
Expert: Deborah Archer
Chronicle of Social Change
"Let’s Root Out Racism in Child Welfare, Too"
06/15/2020
Chronicle of Social Change
Author: Martin Guggenheim '71
Wall Street Journal
"Amid Calls to ‘Defund,’ How to Rethink Policing"
06/13/2020
Wall Street Journal
Author: Barry Friedman
CNN
"Trump campaign says it can't be held liable if rally attendees contract coronavirus"
06/13/2020
CNN
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
CNN
"How a new kind of policing saved America's most dangerous city"
06/13/2020
CNN
Author: Anne Milgram '96
Vice
"These Cities Replaced Cops With Social Workers, Medics, and People Without Guns"
06/12/2020
Vice News
Expert: Barry Friedman
Bloomberg News
"Legal Risks Abound When Companies Bring Their Employees Back"
06/12/2020
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Samuel Estreicher
"3 ways the tax code ‘amplifies’ the black-white wealth gap"
06/12/2020
MarketWatch
Expert: Lily Batchelder
Law.com
"Kirkland's Role Advising 'Repeat Players' Highlights Risk of Business Conflicts in Deals"
06/11/2020
Law.com
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
Bloomberg News
"Trump Campaign Asks Rally-Goers to Waive Covid-19 Liability"
06/11/2020
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
USA Today
"Supreme Court's deference to police for 'reasonable' conduct faces scrutiny in wake of brutality cases"
06/11/2020
USA Today
Expert: Barry Friedman
NPR
"What Police Are For: A Look Into Role Of The Police In Modern Society"
06/10/2020
NPR
Expert: Barry Friedman
Washington Post
"Can the federal government fix our policing problem?"
06/08/2020
Washington Post
Expert: Barry Friedman
Bloomberg News
"McDonald’s Case Tests Nuisance Theory for Job Virus Safety"
06/04/2020
Bloomberg
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
NBC News
"What's Next - George Floyd and the Future of Policing in NYC"
06/04/2020
NBC New York (video)
Expert: Deborah Archer
Wall Street Journal
"Fed Expands Municipal-Lending Facility to More Localities"
06/03/2020
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Clayton Gillette
The New Yorker
"Bryan Stevenson on the Frustration Behind the George Floyd Protests"
06/01/2020
New Yorker
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
Bloomberg News
"Pandemic-Era Prison Releases a ‘Tipping Point’ for Reformers"
05/29/2020
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Rachel Barkow
Law 360
"Digital Taxes Face International Legal Gantlet"
05/29/2020
Law360
Expert: Daniel Shaviro
"Answers to Six Big Questions About Trump’s Social Media Order"
05/28/2020
The Information
Expert: Harry First
Washington Post
"Trump is all about deregulation — except when it comes to his enemies"
05/28/2020
Washington Post
Expert: Richard Revesz, Institute for Policy Integrity
Washington Post
"The Cybersecurity 202: Twitter’s action gives Trump a new enemy in the mail voting fight"
05/28/2020
Washington Post
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
MSNBC
"See The Chilling Virus Warnings Trump Ignored – Before Pandemic Outbreak"
05/27/2020
MSNBC (video)
Expert: Lisa Monaco
Wall Street Journal
"Does the Justice Department Need a Dedicated Compliance Expert?"
05/27/2020
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Andrew Weissmann
The Regulatory Review
"Undoing the Regulatory Policies of the Trump Administration"
05/26/2020
Regulatory Review
Co-authors: Bethany Davis Noll and Richard Revesz, Institute for Policy Integrity
Law.com
"Major Reform of New York’s Child Abuse and Maltreatment Register"
05/26/2020
Law.com
Author: Chris Gottlieb '97, Family Defense Clinic
Newsweek
"Can the Government Force You to Get a Coronavirus Vaccine?"
05/26/2020
Newsweek
Expert: Sylvia Law '68
Wall Street Journal
"Hong Kong in Shock as China’s Xi Jinping Goes for ‘Nuclear Option’"
05/25/2020
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Jerome Cohen
Bloomberg News
"A Vaccine With a Poison Pill"
05/22/2020
Bloomberg
Expert: Edwin Hu, Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance
"Joint Employer Liability: Notes from Australia"
05/22/2020
Justia
Co-authors: Samuel Estreicher and Nicholas Saady '20
Wall Street Journal
"Coronavirus Shutdown Casts Doubt on Value of Exchange Trading Floors"
05/21/2020
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Edwin Hu, Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance
New York Times
"As Trump Rails Against Voting by Mail, States Open the Door for It"
05/21/2020
New York Times
Expert: Michael Waldman '87, Brennan Center for Justice
Washington Post
"Michael Flynn’s name was never masked in FBI document on his communications with Russian ambassador"
05/20/2020
Washington Post
Expert: Ryan Goodman
Wired
"How Does a Virus Spread in Cities? It’s a Problem of Scale"
05/20/2020
Wired
Expert: Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy
Bloomberg News
"Coronavirus Could Be New Housing Crisis for Communities of Color"
05/20/2020
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy
Law 360
"Immigrant Deported Right As Judge Halts ICE's Removal Plan"
05/20/2020
Law360
Expert: Alina Das '05
Scales of justice with speech bubbles
"IP Problems"
05/19/2020
Inside Higher Ed
Expert: Christopher Jon Sprigman
Vanity Fair
"America Is Woefully Unprepared for a COVID-19 Election—And More Than a Million Votes Are at Stake"
05/19/2020
Vanity Fair
Expert: Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice
Time
"The Real Estate Industry Pushed for $160 Billion in Tax Breaks in the CARES Act, Disclosure Filings Show"
05/18/2020
Time
Expert: Steven Dean
ABC News logo
"Former presidential candidates seek to put spotlight on voting access amid pandemic"
05/18/2020
ABC News
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
Associated Press
"Trump’s emergency powers worry some senators, legal experts"
05/17/2020
Associated Press
Expert: Elizabeth Goitein, Brennan Center for Justice
Washington Post
"What happens if a U.S. presidential candidate withdraws (or dies) before the election is over? Part 1."
05/16/2020
Washington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes