BAYLA SANDMAN—On October 21, 2021, Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of “Rust,” killing Halyna Hutchins, the film’s director of photography, and injuring Joel Souza, the film’s director. Presently, it is unclear who from the film will be charged and what they will be charged with. There is no doubt that there […]
MYLES CRANDALL—1968 was a year of protest and innovation. Coalitions in California, led by students of color, organized with demands including admitting more students of color to colleges, hiring more diverse faculties, and funding scholarly programs centered on the contributions and needs of minority communities. Following months of protests, San Francisco State University and UC […]
CHELSEA OLIVERA—The legal and policy momentum to curb pharmaceutical pay-for-delay deals is ramping up. On September 22, 2021, Humana and Centene, two health insurance companies, individually filed lawsuits in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey against Merck, a pharmaceutical manufacturer. The health insurance companies alleged that Merck engaged in anticompetitive “pay-for-delay” practices that caused […]
NINA GRISCELLI—In October 2021, a San Francisco federal court ordered Tesla to pay $137 million in damages to Owen Diaz, a Black former worker who accused the company of turning a blind eye to discrimination and racial abuse at the company’s plant in Fremont, California. As a former contract elevator operator at one of Tesla’s […]
NICOLE PORZENHEIM—On June 25, 2021, a divided Supreme Court issued its opinion in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez. The highly anticipated decision addressed whether the plaintiffs had Article III standing to pursue class action claims. At first glance, the Court’s answer appeared simple—no concrete harm, no standing. But, the consequences for class action litigants are far […]
