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Jerome Cohen discusses the disappearance of Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng and the broader implications of the case for China and the world community.

Norman Dorsen discusses the highlights of his legal career, including his involvement with the Army-McCarthy hearings, his arguments before the Supreme Court, and his 50 years—and counting—at NYU School of Law.

Faculty Workshops

On Monday, February 13, Visiting Professor Yair Listokin will present a paper entitled “Taxation and Marriage: A Reappraisal.”

Good Reads

Margaret Satterthwaite ’99 analyzes “Indicators in Crisis: Rights-Based Humanitarian Indicators in Post-Earthquake Haiti,” in the current issue of the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics.

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Newsmakers

Eleanor Fox discusses the European Competition Model at the European Competition Forum in Brussels

On February 2, Eleanor Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, participated in a panel discussion on the European Competition Model at the European Competition Forum in Brussels.

Samuel Estreicher is co-counsel for amicus brief in major Supreme Court human rights case

The question of whether U.S. federal courts should allow lawsuits against corporations in connection with human rights violations overseas has prompted the filing of an amicus brief to the Supreme Court by a group of eight law professors with expertise in international law, foreign relations law, and federal jurisdiction. Samuel Estreicher, Dwight D. Opperman Professor of Law, is co-counsel for the amici curiae.

Corporate Crime Reporter features Jennifer Arlen’s analysis of Organizational Sentencing Guidelines

In the current issue of the University of Miami Law Review, Jennifer Arlen, Norma Z. Paige Professor of Law, argues that "to deter corporate crime, corporate sanctions must be structured to induce large corporations to help federal prosecutors detect and punish corporate crime."

Holly Maguigan discusses domestic violence and criminal justice at Hoffinger Criminal Justice Forum (VIDEO)

At the Hoffinger Criminal Justice Forum on January 23, Professor Holly Maguigan, who teaches the Comparative Criminal Justice: Focus on Domestic Violence Clinic, delivered a talk, "True or False? Domestic Violence is a Crime Like Any Other Crime. False."

CHRGJ and GJC study suggests alarming levels of sexual violence in Haiti linked to lack of basic resources

High levels of sexual violence against women and girls in Haiti’s tent camps correlate with their inability to find adequate food, clean water, and sanitation, according to a new report released today by NYU Law’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) and Global Justice Clinic (GJC). Published just weeks after the two-year anniversary of the January 12, 2010 earthquake, the report, which is entitled “Yon Je Louvri: Reducing Vulnerability to Sexual Violence in Haiti’s IDP Camps,” reveals that in an alarming 14 percent of camp households surveyed, at least one person had been a victim of rape or sexual assault since the earthquake.

Professor Margaret Satterthwaite '99 and Veerle Opgenhaffen publish findings on gender-based violence in Haiti

Professor Margaret Satterthwaite ’99, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice’s faculty director, and Veerle Opgenhaffen, the center’s executive director, recently published a co-authored article, “Sexual Violence in Haiti’s IDP Camps: Survey Results,” in the new book Tectonic Shifts: Haiti Since the Earthquake, a collection of pieces about the political, social, and economic realities of post-earthquake Haiti.

Richard Epstein discusses rent-control laws in an op-ed, and blogs about a recent Supreme Court ruling

In the Wall Street Journal Richard Epstein discusses a constitutional challenge to rent control, and on SCOTUSblog he critiques a recent Supreme Court decision on liability for injury on offshore oil platforms.

Burt Neuborne and Brennan Center file amicus brief in major human rights case before Supreme Court

Can corporations be found liable in U.S. courts for human rights violations abroad? That question is squarely before the Supreme Court now in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, and Burt Neuborne, Inez Milholland Professor of Civil Liberties, filed an amicus brief in the case on December 21. Neuborne, who is also legal director of NYU Law’s Brennan Center for Justice, submitted the brief on behalf of the center.

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