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Cryptocurrency and crypto assets are increasingly deployed to launder illicit funds for use in the legitimate financial system. Alex Zerden, a former Treasury Department official at The Financial Cri…
For many years, Dru Levasseur fought for LGBTQ+ rights in courts across the nation. Now, he works to improve the experience of LGBTQ+ attorneys in the legal profession. In this conversation, Dru shar…
For many years, Dru Levasseur fought for LGBTQ+ rights in courts across the nation. Now, he works to improve the experience of LGBTQ+ attorneys in the legal profession. In this conversation, Dru shar…
As troves of personal data are collected, stored, and used by governments and private companies in today’s digital age, privacy is becoming an increasing concern. Privacy is essentially about setting…
As troves of personal data are collected, stored, and used by governments and private companies in today’s digital age, privacy is becoming an increasing concern. Privacy is essentially about setting…
In negotiations, can lawyers lie to their advantage? Can lawyers ethically use bullying or threatening to benefit clients? Professor Carrie Menkel-Meadow of UC Irvine Law explores the boundaries of e…
In negotiations, can lawyers lie to their advantage? Can lawyers ethically use bullying or threatening to benefit clients? Professor Carrie Menkel-Meadow of UC Irvine Law explores the boundaries of e…
In 2008, a woman in India was convicted of murder for the death of her fiancé on the basis of evidence derived from a brain-based memory detection exam. The test measured brain activity which purport…
In 2008, a woman in India was convicted of murder for the death of her fiancé on the basis of evidence derived from a brain-based memory detection exam. The test measured brain activity which purport…
The United States has a long history of racial discrimination in juries. In 1875, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act which prohibited race-based discrimination in jury service. Yet, states continue…
When does a lawyer have a duty to investigate her own clients? If a lawyer suspects, but does not know, that a client or potential client is seeking their services to engage in criminal activity, can…
This term, the Supreme Court is set to decide the most important abortion rights case in decades, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Supreme Court will assess the constitutionality of …
In part 2 of this 2-part series, Professor Harmon explains the constitutional right to record the police and under what circumstances that right may be limited, and explores the potential federal ref…
Police officers have broad authority and discretion to enforce order — they can take property, stop, detain, and arrest people — at times under threat of lethal force. With such great power comes a s…