Court ruling on Shell's climate impact adds pressure, but it's the market that will drive oil giants like Exxon to change

When big investors like Blackrock get worried about their returns, they have the power and incentive to make fossil fuel companies take action.

Paul Griffin, Distinguished Professor of Management, University of California, Davis • conversation
June 16, 2021 • ~9 min

A court ruling against Shell and votes against Exxon and Chevron add pressure, but it's the market that will drive oil giants to change

When big investors like Blackrock get worried about their returns, they have the power and incentive to make fossil fuel companies take action.

Paul Griffin, Distinguished Professor of Management, University of California, Davis • conversation
June 16, 2021 • ~9 min

Do student social media posts count as free speech?

When students post on social media from off of school property, are those posts protected as free speech? The US Supreme Court is about to decide.

Carrie Spector-Stanford • futurity
June 10, 2021 • ~7 min

Refugee camps can wreak enormous environmental damages – should source countries be liable for them?

International law bars nations from causing environmental harms in other states. Should that include sending thousands of refugees over the border in search of food, water and shelter?

Saleh Ahmed, Assistant Professor, School of Public Service, Boise State University • conversation
May 13, 2021 • ~9 min

The FBI is breaking into corporate computers to remove malicious code – smart cyber defense or government overreach?

The courts have given the government the authority to hack into private computers unannounced. The action addresses a clear threat, but it also sets an unsettling precedent.

Scott Shackelford, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Executive Director, Ostrom Workshop; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University • conversation
April 26, 2021 • ~9 min

5 factors behind the Derek Chauvin guilty verdicts

A legal expert breaks down factors that led to the guilty verdicts for Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd.

Neil Schoenherr-WUSTL • futurity
April 23, 2021 • ~4 min

Interstate water wars are heating up along with the climate

The Supreme Court recently dealt defeat to Florida in its 20-year legal battle with Georgia over river water. Other interstate water contests loom, but there are no sure winners in these lawsuits.

Robert Glennon, Regents Professor and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy, University of Arizona • conversation
April 19, 2021 • ~8 min

US Supreme Court Backs Google in Major Copyright Case
VOA Learning English • voa
April 7, 2021 • ~5 min

Law profs: US Supreme Court term limits would cut imbalance

Term limits for US Supreme Court justices "are likely to produce dramatic changes in the ideological composition of the court," a new paper finds.

Neil Schoenherr-WUSTL • futurity
March 19, 2021 • ~4 min

Trump’s big gamble to gut US power plant emissions rules loses in court, opening a door for new climate rules

An appeals court described the EPA's effort as 'a series of tortured misreadings' of US law.

Daniel Farber, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley • conversation
Jan. 20, 2021 • ~7 min

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