Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard has donated the company to a trust and nonprofit dedicated to fighting climate change. Prof. Tom Lin sees the move as both an inspiring example of corporate activism and a reminder of the limits to what companies can do. Read More

Prof. Amy Sinden’s work is cited in this op-ed about regulatory policy from The Hill. Read More

New work by Professor Duncan Hollis on Legal Theory Blog: Do International Agreements Have a Consent Problem? Read More

Could international human rights law provide a framework for US abortion regulation? Dean Rachel Rebouche and co-author Mindy Roseman make the case in this op-ed for The Hill. Read More 

As South Carolina’s GOP-led legislature fails to pass an abortion ban, Dean Rebouche tells Vox that such laws are proving more complicated than an “on-off switch,” and could bring international stigma to states that manage to pass them. Read More

Prof. Paul Gugliuzza shares his take on the legal dispute over Moderna’s patent for an mRNA molecule and what it illustrates about the nature of innovation today. Read More

Dean Rachel Rebouche says a 5th Circuit ruling that HHS cannot compel hospitals to provide gender-affirming care if it contradicts their religious beliefs may have implications for abortion access as well. Read More

Dean Rachel Rebouche contributes to this New Yorker piece on Justice Alito. Read More

Dean Rachel Rebouche and co-authors David S. Cohen and Greer Donley offer a roadmap for the abortion rights movement in their Stanford Law Review essay, Rethinking Strategy After Dobbs. Read More

Malvern-based opioid manufacturer Endo paid out millions in two rounds of bonuses to corporate leaders in the months before filing for bankruptcy. Prof. Jonathan Lipson says people should ask why the company is rewarding those who oversaw its demise. Read More