Nebraskans will soon vote on competing ballot measures that will either expand access to abortion care or keep the current 12-week limit. Dean Rebouché says the twist will force advocates on both sides to reach out to those with “abortion ambivalence.” Read More  

Plaintiffs in an antitrust and patent case appear to have sidestepped efforts to randomize judge selection by exploiting a procedural loophole. Prof. Paul Gugliuzza says “There are all kinds of examples where parties are following the letter of the law but it’s clear they are doing so for improper reasons …. This seems like a prime example. Read More

Prof. Craig Green joins this episode of Consumer Finance Monitor for the second of a two-part series titled The Demise of the Chevron Doctrine, which explores the major questions doctrine, the practical effects of Loper Bright and Corner Post, and the validity of prior Chevron-based decisions. Read more

Prof. Craig Green is a featured guest on this episode of Consumer Finance Monitor, the first in a two-part series discussing the aftermath of Loper Bright and the future course of regulatory agency interpretive and enforcement authority. Read More

Law360 reports on Professor Alice Abreu’s election as Chair of the ABA Section of Taxation. Read More

Corporations have changed, says Prof. Tom Lin, and those who lead them (as well as those who regulate them) must adjust. Prof. Lin offers guidance for both in The New Corporate Political Governance, which he discusses on Columbia’s Blue Sky Blog. Read More

“Shield-law providers” – practitioners and volunteers in states that have promised to protect them from out-of-state prosecution – accounted for about 9,500 medication abortions in March 2024. Dean Rebouche says they are on “new legal terrain” because while no one has tested shield laws yet, that doesn’t mean no one will. Read More

California governor Gavin Newsom has signed the SAFETY Act, which bans policies that would require teachers to disclose information about a student’s gender identity to their parents. Prof. Dara Purvis explains the constitutional and legal issues at play. Read More

A Black Montgomery County man has been charged with first-degree murder after shooting a white neighbor who was attacking him while shouting racial slurs. Prof. Jules Epstein suggests that prosecutorial discretion might be appropriate: “This was not a planned execution.” Read More

Prof. Craig Green on the reduced power of regulators in a post-Chevron landscape: “This is true across the board, that’s what we’re told, Chevron is not just abolished for one agency or one field of law, but rather for administrative agencies across the board. And this produces uncertainty, it produces weakness, and it produces risk.” Read More