Please join us in congratulating our amazing leader and Editor-in-Chief, Hannah Gordon, for being named a “2020 Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award” winner. This honor is given to only 10 articles from entries submitted by the nation’s top law schools. For the past 20 years, the Burton Awards, a national, non-profit awards program, has recognized […]
JOSE ESPINOSA—On December 18, 2019, the United States House of Representatives voted, largely upon party lines, to impeach President Donald J. Trump. The House passed two articles of impeachment, the first for Abuse of Power and the second for Obstruction of Congress. Now, as the United States Senate formally commences its impeachment trial, a select […]
DANIEL THWAITES — Next year presages big changes for California’s so-called “gig economy” (a labor market characterized by short-term and independent contracts). This September, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), a controversial law that establishes a relatively high burden for employers seeking to classify their workers as independent contractors. In the past, courts […]
EVAN GRAY—Imagine if, unbeknownst to you, your house became the site of a major police standoff, complete with explosions, SWAT teams, and flying bullets. Well, unfortunately for the Lech family, this is exactly what happened on June 3rd, 2015, when a robbery suspect, fleeing Walmart, entered the Lechs’ Colorado home and began firing a weapon […]
KELLY BECK—On October 23rd, Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of Congress, facing hostile and accusatory questions. One focal point of the testimony was what Facebook is doing to censor political ads and to combat misinformation leading up to the 2020 presidential election. While Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez grilled Zuckerberg, he stuck with his views that […]
