Prof. Jonathan Lipson offers his analysis of oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy. Read More

Pregnant women in Texas and Kentucky have challenged abortion bans in those states. Noting the difficulty these women face, Dean Rachel Rebouche says, “It throws into sharp relief what’s at stake. No one’s speaking for the pregnant women, they’re speaking for themselves.” Read More

Federal prosecutors want to offer evidence of former president Trump’s “historical record” of sowing doubt in the 2012 and 2016 election result to support their claims about the 2020 election. Prof. Lauren Ouziel sees the data as more “bricks in the wall.” Read More

A high profile custody battle in Utah spotlights a theory called “parental alienation,” which Prof. Sarah Katz says often follows claims of abuse “when the real issue is that the court is discounting those allegations.” Read More

Prof. Sarah Katz’s scholarship on trauma-informed lawyering is foundational to the field. Today, lawyers and advocates turn to it for guidance in both advocacy and reform. Read More

Prof. Jules Epstein says tweaks to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 about expert witnesses are to remind judges of their role as gatekeeper, ensuring that expert testimony meets applicable standards before juries can hear it. Read More

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear two cases about abortion access this term, Dean Rebouche notes in The Hill that the idea of a more “workable” post-Dobbs legal landscape was always “misguided and unrealistic.” Read More

As Hunter Biden’s tax case moves closer to trial, Professor Paul Gugliuzza tells Bloomberg Law that the judge, Mark Scarsi, “values order and decorum in his courtroom” and doesn’t appear to have a political agenda. Read More

Rob Dunham, Director of the Death Penalty Policy Project and an adjunct professor at Temple Law, joined KYW’s InDepth podcast to discuss the complex issues surrounding capital punishment in America and why he thinks there are more practical alternatives. Read More

The NLRB has filed a complaint alleging that scholarship athletes are employees of the colleges or universities for whom they play. Prof. Ken Jacobsen explores the seismic impact such a ruling would have on college sports. Read More