Rape Exceptionalism Returns to California: Institutionalizing a Credibility Discount for College Students Reporting Sexual Misconduct
This Article focuses on a 2019 California appellate opinion that required most public and private colleges in the state to rewrite their procedures for campus sexual misconduct adjudications.
Now Available: Principles of the Law, Data Privacy
Principles of the Law, Data Privacy is now available in print. This is ALI’s first venture into the field of information privacy law.
Congress Creates New Small Claims Copyright Board, Stronger Criminal Penalties for Illicit Streaming
President Trump signed the bipartisan COVID-19 relief and government funding bill, which incorporated the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (“CASE Act”) that had been pending as part of H.R. 133, as well as legislation designed to increase criminal penalties for illicit streaming of copyright-protected content.
Policing Priorities For The New Administration
The Policing Project at New York University School of Law, and the Center for Criminal Justice at the University of Virginia School of Law have released clear and actionable recommendations the new Administration can pursue as part of a national commitment to sound policing, largely by taking a regulatory approach to national policing policy.
1st Cir. Adopts ‘Created Danger’ Limit to Qualified Immunity
A recent article from Law360 Access to Justice explores the First Circuit decision to recognize a carve-out exception to qualified immunity protections for government officials.
Nondelegating Death
This Article critically evaluates responsibility for administering capital punishment through the lens of non-delegation. It analyzes state court decisions upholding broad legislative delegations to agencies and identifies common themes in this jurisprudence.
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