Governments around the world are raising concerns about the investor-state dispute settlement system, which bypasses courts and puts matters before an international arbitration panel. Prof. Ben Heath says the real winners are neither investors nor states, but the lawyers who profit off the cases. “Who is winning?” Heath said. “The house always wins.” Read More

Dean Rebouche notes twin concerns over the collection of abortion data, particularly for providers in ban states where the care falls within an exception. “The tension we find ourselves in is patient privacy,” she said, “but also the looming allegation that exceptions are being misused.” Read More

Is Philadelphia a sanctuary city? Yes, but what that means requires some nuance. Prof. Jennifer Lee explains for The Conversation. Read More

Professor Kim Mutcherson, visiting Temple as the Beck Chair in Law, sat down with Soledad O’Brien to discuss the future of abortion law in America. Read More

A trademark dispute between OMG Girlz and MGA reversed course after a SCOTUS decision last June that shifted the balance between trademark protection and First Amendment rights without articulating a new test. “I don’t think that the Supreme Court made this inquiry-what is a ‘use as source identification’-very clear … so it doesn’t surprise me that lower courts now need to struggle with those issues,” said Prof. Guy Rub. Read More

Dean Rebouché, writing for The Nation on how Dobbs has created an abortion training crisis: “Now, in ban states, there is hesitation to deliver abortion care under the law. In the future, there may be no one in an ER who is trained or able to do so.” Read More

Noting that efforts to hold former president Trump legally accountable have “failed in a wide variety of venues for a wide variety of reasons,” Prof. Craig Green tells the AP “it’s up to the American people” -not the courts-” what they have in mind for their future president.” Read More

Kimberly Burrell, whose voice and image were used in an ad for Donald Trump, is considering legal action. Prof. Zamir Ben­Dan says she may have a “colorable argument.” Read More

Prof. Salil Mehra, a leading scholar on algorithmic price­fixing, antitrust, and Al, cautions Philadelphia City Council against moving too quickly to ban software that could actually increase access to affordable housing if used properly. Read More

Kimberly Burrelt’svoice and image were used in an ad attacking Kamala Harris without her knowledge or consent. While technically legal, Prof. Laura Little sees it as a cautionary tale: “We’re going to be deluged in the next month with all these attack ads and it kind of brings home that you need to take them with a grain of salt.” Read More