Doron Dorfman
@dorfmandoron.bsky.social
Professor, Seton Hall Law School. Torts, Healthcare Law, Disability Law, Employment Law, Family Law, and Empirical Legal Studies. My scholarship: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2440349
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Doron Dorfman
@dorfmandoron.bsky.social
· Oct 28
I am just thrilled to have my new article Third-Party Accommodations officially out @michlawreview.bsky.social! The MLR editors were a pleasure to work with and sharing the same volume as @kovarsky.bsky.social & Daniel Fryer is the cherry on top. Read it: repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol124/i...
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Interested in the ethics of using AI in health insurance coverage decisions? Join @umnconsortium.bsky.social to learn more.
December 10, Noon–1:30pm
Featured speakers include:
@danielschwarcz.bsky.social, @jennoliva.bsky.social, and Isaac Kohane
🔗z.umn.edu/AIHealth
December 10, Noon–1:30pm
Featured speakers include:
@danielschwarcz.bsky.social, @jennoliva.bsky.social, and Isaac Kohane
🔗z.umn.edu/AIHealth
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Interested in the ethics of using AI in health insurance coverage decisions? Join @umnconsortium.bsky.social to learn more.
December 10, Noon–1:30pm
Featured speakers include:
@danielschwarcz.bsky.social, @jennoliva.bsky.social, and Isaac Kohane
🔗z.umn.edu/AIHealth
December 10, Noon–1:30pm
Featured speakers include:
@danielschwarcz.bsky.social, @jennoliva.bsky.social, and Isaac Kohane
🔗z.umn.edu/AIHealth
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WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page
As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...
autisticadvocacy.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
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Unlike birth at home w/ a midwife – “free birth” means giving birth w/out any medical support. It’s anti-ultrasound, which it falsely claims harms babies, downplays serious medical conditions & promotes “wild pregnancy”- pregnancy w/out any prenatal care. It’s been linked to infant death
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world — Guardian US
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
apple.news
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Unlike birth at home w/ a midwife – “free birth” means giving birth w/out any medical support. It’s anti-ultrasound, which it falsely claims harms babies, downplays serious medical conditions & promotes “wild pregnancy”- pregnancy w/out any prenatal care. It’s been linked to infant death
Important and timely work by health law extraordinaire @jennoliva.bsky.social featured on @pbsnews.org — discussing the AI battle between private insurers (who use AI to deny claims) & patients (who use new AI tools to draft effective appeals on those denials) . 🔥🔥🔥 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
How patients are using AI to fight back against denied insurance claims
As health insurers increasingly rely on artificial intelligence to process claims, denials have been on the rise. In 2023, about 73 million Americans on Affordable Care Act plans had their claims for ...
www.pbs.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Important and timely work by health law extraordinaire @jennoliva.bsky.social featured on @pbsnews.org — discussing the AI battle between private insurers (who use AI to deny claims) & patients (who use new AI tools to draft effective appeals on those denials) . 🔥🔥🔥 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Just me casually hanging out with the legendary Suzanne Vega at the Sarah McLachlan show last night 💁♀️
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Just me casually hanging out with the legendary Suzanne Vega at the Sarah McLachlan show last night 💁♀️
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This is going to be a terrific discussion re: AI & health insurance coverage decisions that’s open to the public if you are interested. @umnconsortium.bsky.social
Join us to discuss the ethics of using AI in health insurance coverage decisions.
📅Wed, Dec 10
⏰Noon-1:30pm CT
📍Zoom
👤 @danielschwarcz.bsky.social, @umnlawschool.bsky.social
👤 @jennoliva.bsky.social,
@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social
👤 Isaac Kohane,
@harvardmed.bsky.social
🔗 z.umn.edu/AIHealth
📅Wed, Dec 10
⏰Noon-1:30pm CT
📍Zoom
👤 @danielschwarcz.bsky.social, @umnlawschool.bsky.social
👤 @jennoliva.bsky.social,
@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social
👤 Isaac Kohane,
@harvardmed.bsky.social
🔗 z.umn.edu/AIHealth
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is going to be a terrific discussion re: AI & health insurance coverage decisions that’s open to the public if you are interested. @umnconsortium.bsky.social
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Thank you for the shoutout, @michlawreview.bsky.social 🙏🏻❤️
Does disability law require others to change their behavior to accommodate disabled individuals? In “Third-Party Accommodations,” Professor Doron Dorfman (@dorfmandoron.bsky.social) explores this overlooked issue and proposes a new framework. Read more here: michiganlawreview.org/journal/thir...
Third-Party Accommodations - Michigan Law Review
Does disability rights law impose an obligation on employers, schools, and other places of public accommodation to control the behavior of coworkers, students, or other third parties to accommodate an...
michiganlawreview.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Thank you for the shoutout, @michlawreview.bsky.social 🙏🏻❤️
Thank you for the shoutout, @michlawreview.bsky.social 🙏🏻❤️
Does disability law require others to change their behavior to accommodate disabled individuals? In “Third-Party Accommodations,” Professor Doron Dorfman (@dorfmandoron.bsky.social) explores this overlooked issue and proposes a new framework. Read more here: michiganlawreview.org/journal/thir...
Third-Party Accommodations - Michigan Law Review
Does disability rights law impose an obligation on employers, schools, and other places of public accommodation to control the behavior of coworkers, students, or other third parties to accommodate an...
michiganlawreview.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Thank you for the shoutout, @michlawreview.bsky.social 🙏🏻❤️
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I’m devastated by @sfdirewolf.bsky.social’s passing. Alice was an incredible advocate, writer, and human. I miss her so much already and am grateful for our time together but mostly for the legacy she left us all. Her memory is a huge blessing. www.facebook.com/share/14QATF...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I’m devastated by @sfdirewolf.bsky.social’s passing. Alice was an incredible advocate, writer, and human. I miss her so much already and am grateful for our time together but mostly for the legacy she left us all. Her memory is a huge blessing. www.facebook.com/share/14QATF...
I’m devastated by @sfdirewolf.bsky.social’s passing. Alice was an incredible advocate, writer, and human. I miss her so much already and am grateful for our time together but mostly for the legacy she left us all. Her memory is a huge blessing. www.facebook.com/share/14QATF...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I’m devastated by @sfdirewolf.bsky.social’s passing. Alice was an incredible advocate, writer, and human. I miss her so much already and am grateful for our time together but mostly for the legacy she left us all. Her memory is a huge blessing. www.facebook.com/share/14QATF...
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
Congratulations @mirandayaver.bsky.social! I can’t wait to read it 🙌
Tonight, I got to hold the galleys for my forthcoming book Coverage Denied! Feeling so grateful to have such wonderful support from @rblaifeder.bsky.social and the whole team at @universitypress.cambridge.org @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org, and friends and mentors who’ve helped make this possible.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Congratulations @mirandayaver.bsky.social! I can’t wait to read it 🙌
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Arlene Mayerson is an absolute legend! I feel privileged to have gotten to know her and work with her when living in the Bay Area. Thank you @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social for this fantastic spotlight ✨ www.law.berkeley.edu/article/arle...
Paving the (accessible) way
Disability rights lawyer Arlene Mayerson ’77 has racked up decades of legal victories and helped craft the Americans With Disabilities Act.
www.law.berkeley.edu
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Arlene Mayerson is an absolute legend! I feel privileged to have gotten to know her and work with her when living in the Bay Area. Thank you @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social for this fantastic spotlight ✨ www.law.berkeley.edu/article/arle...
Arlene Mayerson is an absolute legend! I feel privileged to have gotten to know her and work with her when living in the Bay Area. Thank you @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social for this fantastic spotlight ✨ www.law.berkeley.edu/article/arle...
Paving the (accessible) way
Disability rights lawyer Arlene Mayerson ’77 has racked up decades of legal victories and helped craft the Americans With Disabilities Act.
www.law.berkeley.edu
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Arlene Mayerson is an absolute legend! I feel privileged to have gotten to know her and work with her when living in the Bay Area. Thank you @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social for this fantastic spotlight ✨ www.law.berkeley.edu/article/arle...
Woohoo! Thank you, @michlawreview.bsky.social, it was a joy to work with you 🙏🏻 Check out Third-Party Accommodations here repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol124/i...
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Woohoo! Thank you, @michlawreview.bsky.social, it was a joy to work with you 🙏🏻 Check out Third-Party Accommodations here repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol124/i...
Congratulations @dtraficonte.bsky.social & @yalelawjournal.bsky.social 🥳
Excited that my new article is now out in the @yalelawjournal.bsky.social! The article takes a look at intramural research (R&D funded and performed by the government) from an innovation law perspective: yalelawjournal.org/article/gove...
Government Research | Yale Law Journal
Previous scholarship has analyzed a host of innovation institutions––including patents, prizes, and grants––but has overlooked government-conducted...
yalelawjournal.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Congratulations @dtraficonte.bsky.social & @yalelawjournal.bsky.social 🥳
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Huge congratulations to my Seton Hall Law Colleague Ed Hartnett for his appointment by Chief Justice Roberts as a reporter to the judicial conference on the rules of civ pro! Eddy is a brilliant and supportive colleague who’s often too modest. law.shu.edu/news/profess...
Professor Edward Hartnett Appointed by Chief Justice Roberts to Serve as Reporter to the Judicial Conference Committee on the Rules of Practice and Procedure - Seton Hall Law School
law.shu.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Huge congratulations to my Seton Hall Law Colleague Ed Hartnett for his appointment by Chief Justice Roberts as a reporter to the judicial conference on the rules of civ pro! Eddy is a brilliant and supportive colleague who’s often too modest. law.shu.edu/news/profess...
Huge congratulations to my Seton Hall Law Colleague Ed Hartnett for his appointment by Chief Justice Roberts as a reporter to the judicial conference on the rules of civ pro! Eddy is a brilliant and supportive colleague who’s often too modest. law.shu.edu/news/profess...
Professor Edward Hartnett Appointed by Chief Justice Roberts to Serve as Reporter to the Judicial Conference Committee on the Rules of Practice and Procedure - Seton Hall Law School
law.shu.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Huge congratulations to my Seton Hall Law Colleague Ed Hartnett for his appointment by Chief Justice Roberts as a reporter to the judicial conference on the rules of civ pro! Eddy is a brilliant and supportive colleague who’s often too modest. law.shu.edu/news/profess...
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The killjoys on the Fifth Circuit have upheld Texas's ban on drag shows--a ban clearly aimed at speech
Federal appeals court says Texas can enforce ban on 'sexually oriented' drag shows
A federal appeals court has ruled that Texas can enforce Senate Bill 12, which restricts "sexually oriented performances" in front of kids. The judges said drag shows aren't necessarily sexual, and th...
www.kut.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The killjoys on the Fifth Circuit have upheld Texas's ban on drag shows--a ban clearly aimed at speech
This story about surrogacy without a genetic tie to the prospective parents is wild. In 2016, I wrote on such dilemmas in Surrogate Parenthood: Between Genetics and Intent. Stunning my analysis was adopted under extreme circumstances. academic.oup.com/jlb/article/...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/m...
Surrogate Parenthood: Between Genetics and Intent
In an era of stunning technological progress, the notion of ‘parentage’ has become increasingly contentious in the Western world. With leaps and bounds in
academic.oup.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This story about surrogacy without a genetic tie to the prospective parents is wild. In 2016, I wrote on such dilemmas in Surrogate Parenthood: Between Genetics and Intent. Stunning my analysis was adopted under extreme circumstances. academic.oup.com/jlb/article/...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/m...
I loved coming to the office this morning to find a reprint of the fascinating @uclalawreview.bsky.social article by @labelleverite.bsky.social on the intersection of disability & race in death investigations. Despite the somewhat gloomy topic it’s an excellent read! Thank you & congrats, Britney! 🥳
November 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I loved coming to the office this morning to find a reprint of the fascinating @uclalawreview.bsky.social article by @labelleverite.bsky.social on the intersection of disability & race in death investigations. Despite the somewhat gloomy topic it’s an excellent read! Thank you & congrats, Britney! 🥳
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A lot of the damage that happens during the early yrs of RA is irreversible.
Interesting info here about why it may be worth it to start a biologic and skip over the conventional DMARDs during the early days of an RA diagnosis (and how cost so often drives the clinical decision).
Interesting info here about why it may be worth it to start a biologic and skip over the conventional DMARDs during the early days of an RA diagnosis (and how cost so often drives the clinical decision).
Difficult-to-Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis: Is Prevention Feasible?
Studies suggest strategies that may help
www.medpagetoday.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A lot of the damage that happens during the early yrs of RA is irreversible.
Interesting info here about why it may be worth it to start a biologic and skip over the conventional DMARDs during the early days of an RA diagnosis (and how cost so often drives the clinical decision).
Interesting info here about why it may be worth it to start a biologic and skip over the conventional DMARDs during the early days of an RA diagnosis (and how cost so often drives the clinical decision).
I am just thrilled to have my new article Third-Party Accommodations officially out @michlawreview.bsky.social! The MLR editors were a pleasure to work with and sharing the same volume as @kovarsky.bsky.social & Daniel Fryer is the cherry on top. Read it: repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol124/i...
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I am just thrilled to have my new article Third-Party Accommodations officially out @michlawreview.bsky.social! The MLR editors were a pleasure to work with and sharing the same volume as @kovarsky.bsky.social & Daniel Fryer is the cherry on top. Read it: repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol124/i...