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#RutgersLaw Professor David Troutt explains that there is little evidence of a concept called 'illegal DEI' as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigates whether Nike discriminated against white workers: https://bit.ly/4kgZ7Rm
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Nike is defending its diversity programs as the federal government intensifies its anti-DEI push
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seeks information from the company about alleged discrimination against white employees.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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New #RutgersLaw Power of Attorney podcast! Rutgers–Newark Chancellor Tonya Smith-Jackson joins Dean Johanna Bond for a conversation about her education journey and vision for RU-N: https://bit.ly/4t4S4z8 #lawsky
Rutgers-Camden Chancellor Antonio Tillis joins us on the next Power of Attorney podcast!
February 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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#RutgersLaw recognizes #BlackHistoryMonth and our alumni trailblazers. Gwynne Wilcox ’78 made history as the first Black woman to chair the National Labor Relations Board. Here is her video shown at last fall's Newark alumni gala when she received an award: https://bit.ly/3ZbcBo9
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Gwynne Wilcox '78: Trailblazing Labor Law Leader and Defender of Workers’ Rights
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February 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Yale Law Journal is featuring essays analyzing the last SCOTUS term. #RutgersLaw Prof. Carlos Ball wrote an essay on how officials and anti‑LGBTQ activists have long used false “harmful to children” narratives to justify unequal treatment and restrict LGBTQ expression: https://bit.ly/3LERNlV #lawsky
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January 29, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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📚 The @heinonline.bsky.social Scholarly Impact Rankings tracks citation influence across its entire journal database. #RutgersLaw ranks #22 among the most cited institutions nationwide by author affiliation (as of December 2025): heinonline.org/HOL/scholarl...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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Five #NewJersey men serving long prison sentences received clemency in recent weeks thanks to the work of the #RutgersLaw Expungement Law Project along with @aclu-nj.org. The high‑profile cases involved extreme sentencing, disputed evidence, and wrongful convictions: https://bit.ly/45EA1WG
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Rutgers Law Clinic Plays Key Role in Several High-Profile Clemency Cases | Rutgers Law School
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January 28, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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In the latest #RutgersLaw newsletter:
📈 New Rutgers Center for Corporate Law & Governance advisory chair
🎧 New Power of Attorney podcast on law admissions
📕 New faculty book release, "Corporate Power and the Politics of Change"
Plus upcoming events: https://go.rutgers.edu/jan2026news2
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January 28, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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#RutgersLaw Prof. @matteog.bsky.social comments on a new report by The Conference Board, produced in collaboration including @rutgerscclg.bsky.social, that shows women CEOs are twice as likely as male peers to face shareholder activists demanding leadership changes: https://bit.ly/3O6qUb4
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When shareholders come for the CEO, women are hit harder - Bizwomen
Shareholder activists have launched hundreds of campaigns targeting chief executives by name since 2018, and new data reveals that women leaders face pressure at rates far exceeding their representati...
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January 27, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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#RutgersLaw Professor @matteog.bsky.social released a new book: "Corporate Power and the Politics of Change." He examines how corporations have moved beyond traditional lobbying and even providing services where government falls short, 'corporate governing': https://bit.ly/4ruXuCf #lawsky
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January 26, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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Bruce Ortwine '81 succeeds Stuart Alderoty as @rutgerscclg.bsky.social Advisory Board Chair. Mr. Ortwine is currently a Senior External Advisor to The Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. and an External Director to its U.S. subsidiary bank: https://bit.ly/4pYjrbz
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January 23, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Rutgers Law Prof. @mcarrier.bsky.social explains in Bloomberg Law why he welcomes the Supreme Court justices’ planned review of a generic drug maker's "skinny label" appeal. Prof. Carrier previously joined an amicus brief critical of the Federal Circuit’s approach: https://bit.ly/3LRBfqK
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Justices to Consider Patent Case on ‘Skinny’ Drug Labels (1)
The US Supreme Court will hear generic drug maker Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.'s challenge of an appeals court holding that it induced doctors and pharmacists to prescribe its heart medicine for off...
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January 21, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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In Case You Missed It: Our annual #RutgersLaw Legal Issues to Watch series has wrapped. If you missed any posts, head here to catchup: https://bit.ly/4svGZXC
💬 What cases and laws are you watching closely in 2026?
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January 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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Will the Supreme Court Narrow Compassionate Release?

#RutgersLaw Assoc. Prof. Elenore Wade wraps Legal Issues to Watch in 2026 with analysis of two Supreme Court cases deciding whether to sharply limit discretion of federal judges to grant compassionate release to prisoners: https://bit.ly/4svGZXC
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January 20, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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#RutgersLaw Professor Stacy Hawkins comments in a Bloomberg Law report examining how federal civil rights agency leaders are shifting enforcement to address claims of workplace bias affecting White men: https://bit.ly/4r5YCvR
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Trump Agencies Seek White Men for Hard-to-Prove Job Bias Cases
Federal civil rights agency leaders shifting enforcement to protect White men from alleged workplace bias are set to hit hurdles finding plaintiffs and proving discrimination in court.
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January 20, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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New #RutgersLaw Power of Attorney podcast: Dean Johanna Bond talks with Senior Assoc. Dean of Admissions Matt Saleh on law school application do's and don'ts. Hear from the decision-maker who knows firsthand what education means for underserved communities: https://bit.ly/3Nnv2Dl
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January 20, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Can AI Prompting Be Trade Secret Theft?

Legal Issues to Watch in 2026 continues w. #RutgersLaw Assoc. Prof. Camilla Hrdy on the OpenEvidence v. Doximity case that will determine if strategic prompting of a generative AI model constitutes trade secret misappropriation: https://bit.ly/4svGZXC #lawsky
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January 19, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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“However these cases are decided, they are likely to have a substantial doctrinal impact, both for LGBTQ+ rights and for broader civil rights law.”

Legal Issues to Watch in 2026 continues with #RutgersLaw Prof. @katieeyer.bsky.social on Supreme Court LGBTQ+ rights cases: https://bit.ly/4svGZXC
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January 16, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Will the Supreme Court Redefine Birthright Citizenship?

Our Legal Issues to Watch in 2026 continues with #RutgersLaw Professor Rose Cuison-Villazor on Trump v. Barbara, in which justices will decide whether the President's executive order violates the Constitution: https://bit.ly/4svGZXC
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January 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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#RutgersLaw Asst. Prof. @Greg Baltz says tenant unions are on the rise in the U.S. due to rent hikes and soaring eviction rates. He spoke to WCPO 9 News in a news report on a dozen renters who joined the Cincinnati Tenants Union to successfully negotiate a new lease: https://bit.ly/4sGZfNT
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January 14, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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“If President Trump wins, can the Court craft a rule that does not result in political control over U.S. monetary policy...?”

Legal Issues to Watch in 2026 continues w. #RutgersLaw Asst. Prof. @adamgcrews.bsky.social on a Supreme Court case with major constitutional stakes: https://bit.ly/4svGZXC
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January 14, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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#RutgersLaw Professor @katieeyer.bsky.social wrote an amicus brief for the transgender sports cases argued yesterday at the Supreme Court. One of the plaintiff's advocates mentioned the brief after much discussion over as-applied equal protection claims: https://bit.ly/4qn9xRV
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January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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#RutgersLaw Professor Penny Venetis and the International Human Rights Clinic helped passed a bill in New Jersey requiring all rape kits be tested if survivors want them tested. Professor Venetis spoke about the clinic's work in a News 12 series: https://bit.ly/3LdDWTr
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New Jersey lawmakers approve bill to test all rape kits
While state officials had long claimed New Jersey had no backlog of untested rape kits, News 12 found thousands of kits gathering dust because prosecutors were choosing not to have them tested.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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In the first #RutgersLaw newsletter of 2026:
⚖️ Expert legal analysis on major court cases shaping the year
🏆 Two faculty receive national awards
🌎 Media commentary on global headlines including Venezuela
🔗 And plan your spring with our upcoming events: https://bit.ly/4pApjr6
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January 13, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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🚨Our Legal Issues to Watch in 2026 series begins with Vera Bergelson, #RutgersLaw Distinguished Professor of Law. She takes a look at key criminal law issues to watch this year include the continuing shift in state-level reforms: https://law.rutgers.edu/legal-issues-to-watch-2026
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January 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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"This would have big implications, both for transgender rights and for other areas of equal protection law."

#RutgersLaw Professor @katieeyer.bsky.social on tomorrow's Supreme Court hearing of two cases in which states banned transgender athletes at public schools: https://bit.ly/49jbPLK
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January 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM