August 3, 2018
Host Cyrus Farivar from ARS Technica kicked off the live event on Gig Economy 101 by asking Professor Veena Dubal, 鈥淚 came to this bar in a Lyft, should I feel guilty about that?鈥 Thus began the more than hour-long interview of Professor Dubal where she 鈥渄elivered鈥 on educating…
July 31, 2018
Professor Shanin Specter appeared on CNN, with host Michael Smerconish, to discuss the legal ramifications of the tape of Michael Cohen speaking with then-candidate Trump about making a payment to a Playmate. 鈥淚t is a new level. It鈥檚 shocking that the President would suggest that his former lawyer…
July 22, 2018
Judge S. Jay Plager of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit cited Professor Jeffrey A. Lefstin鈥檚 work on the history of the patent-eligible subject matter doctrine, in his decision for Interval Licensing LLC v. AOL, Inc., (Fed. Cir. 2018). In his opinion, concurring-in-part and dissenting-in-part…
July 20, 2018
Professor Jaime King testified on the subject of “Examining State Efforts to Improve Transparency in Healthcare Costs for Consumers” before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 鈥淭he cost of healthcare in the United States currently threatens the economic stability of our citizens, our businesses, our state and…
July 12, 2018
After a nationwide search, UC Law SF alumnus David M. Robinson 鈥92 was announced as UC Berkeley鈥檚 Chief Campus Counsel. David has served in this position on an interim basis since August 2017, but his permanent appointment took effect on June 1. 鈥淚t is a great honor to serve the…