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President Trump’s Tariffs and the Separation of Powers at the Supreme Court | Stanford Law School

Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · 6d

🎙️ New episode alert: Professor Michael McConnell joins co-hosts Pam Karlan and Diego Zambrano on Stanford Legal to discuss the significant case of Trump v. VOS and its implications on executive power and separation of powers.

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Stanford APARC @aparc.stanford.edu · 7d

The conventional view of global stock exchange rivalry as a “race to the bottom” misses today’s deeper shifts, esp. the politicization of public capital markets, argues @law.stanford.edu/APARC's Curtis Milhaupt in a co-authored paper. The Shein listing saga reflects the new dynamics. buff.ly/VonN5IN

Managing Multidistrict Litigation: What’s Working, What’s Not, and What’s Next | Stanford Law School

Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · 8d

As 65% of federal civil cases fall into #MDLs, we must ask: What’s next for Multidistrict litigation case management? Key insights from leading experts will shape this critical area of the law. Check out the new report and Q&A by @stanfordclp.bsky.social: law.stanford.edu/2025/09/29/m...

Multidistrict litigation (MDL) now dominates the federal civil docket. With roughly 65% of all federal civil cases consolidated into MDLs, these cases

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Stanford Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession @stanfordclp.bsky.social · 9d

In their chapter in "Rethinking the Lawyers' Monopoly," Professor David Freeman Engstrom (@law.stanford.edu) and Jess X. Lu question why rapid advances in tech, and especially AI, have not resulted in a robust DTC #legaltech marketplace. Download for free at: www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · 14d

The century-old monopoly of lawyers over legal services is being challenged. Dive into Rethinking the Lawyers’ Monopoly, co-edited by Stanford professors Nora & David Freeman Engstrom, for insights on access to justice & evolving legal landscapes.
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Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · 15d

What are the risks & rewards of using AI in the boardroom? Join us for the "BoardGPT" webinar on 10/10 at 10am (PDT). Insight from Edward Norton (Zeck), Anita Lynch (Nasdaq), Lisa Edwards (Colgate-Palmolive & Qualtrics) & Nader Mousavi (Sullivan&Cromwell).

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Legal experts say pulling Jimmy Kimmel from air may amount to illegal 'jawboning'

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Stanford APARC @aparc.stanford.edu · 17d

In a European Corporate Governance Institute paper, @law.stanford.edu/ APARC's Curtis Milhaupt & University of Hamburg's Wolf-Georg Ringe argue that global stock exchanges, moving beyond regulatory competition for IPOs, have become sites of economic and geopolitical contestation.

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Cover and first page of the paper "The Political Economy of Global Stock Exchange Competition."

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Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · 18d

Stanford Law Professor Evelyn Douek highlights the dangers of "jawboning" in media freedom. She states the pressure applied on ABC makes previous social media censorship "gentle by comparison: www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...

Free speech scholars say ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely represents "jawboning," when government officials pressure private companies to suppress speech.

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Lisa L. Ouellette @patentscholar.bsky.social · 21d

Looking forward to delivering the academic spotlight at the @law.stanford.edu Silicon Valley IP Forum on Oct. 3. Free registration here: conferences.law.stanford.edu/siliconvalle...

Home - Silicon Valley IP Forum 2025

Silicon Valley IP Forum aims to foster discussion and collaboration among IP professionals in the Silicon Valley area (and beyond). The conference will feature insightful discussions among judges, la...

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Hank Greely @hankgreely.bsky.social · 21d

Nice to see this from our @law.stanford.edu students!
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Law students launch nation’s first student-run space law publication

Stanford Space Law and Policy Perspectives explores the legal landscape of outer space. “On the West Coast, and especially in Silicon Valley, space is happening all around us…Stanford is uniquely posi...

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Stanford APARC @aparc.stanford.edu · 22d

Writing in @projectsyndicate.bsky.social, @law.stanford.edu's Curtis Milhaupt, APARC faculty affiliate, and @gould.usc.edu's Angela Zhang warn that the Trump administration's interventions in private industry in the name of competing with China risk high costs for U.S. dynamism. prosyn.org/YiAz9QE

Lawless State Capitalism Is No Answer to China’s Rise

Curtis J. Milhaupt & Angela Huyue Zhang explain why the US administration's legally dubious interventions into private markets are unlikely to end well.

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Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · 23d

The Stanford Criminal Justice Center's report, "Addressing the Peril: Seeking Better Legal Outcomes for Criminalized Survivors," offers recommendations for the legal system regarding survivors accused of intimate partner violence-related homicides. law.stanford.edu/wp-content/u...

Ground Control to Stanford Law: First Student-Run Space Law Publication Takes Flight | Stanford Law School

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Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · 23d

From orbital debris to satellite warfare, the challenges and opportunities in space are multiplying. Stanford Law students have launched the first student-run space law publication to help define how law will keep pace. law.stanford.edu/stanford-law...

As soon as their paths crossed at Stanford Law School, Samantha Potter, JD ’25, and Cody Chenxi Wang, JD ’27, recognized that they were both drawn

Stanford’s Allen Weiner on U.S. and Russian Military Actions—from Venezuela to Poland—and the Erosion of International Law | Stanford Law School

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Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · 23d

Read the latest Q&A from Stanford Law's Allen Weiner on U.S. and Russian military actions—from Venezuela to Poland—and the erosion of international law:
law.stanford.edu/2025/09/15/s...

Within the space of a week, both the U.S. and Russia have exercised unilateral military force in new domains—the U.S. against private Venezuelan boa

Stanford Law Unveils liftlab, a Groundbreaking AI Initiative Focused on the Legal Profession’s Future | Stanford Law School

Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · 25d

Stanford Law has launched liftlab, an initiative aimed at transforming #LegalServices through #AI. The initiative is creating opportunities for collaboration with industry leaders to ensure legal services evolve with technology's advancements. law.stanford.edu/press/stanfo...

September 15, 2025 — Stanford, CA — Stanford Law School today announced the launch of the Legal Innovation through Frontier Technology Lab, or lif

Why Congress Won't Act on Guns | Opinion

Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · 27d

As tragedies strike, the gun lobby mobilizes. Analyzing campaign finance data, SLS Prof. John Donohue along with SLS's Eric A. Baldwin and Takuma Iwasaki found pro-gun PAC contributions jump significantly after school shootings via a new opinion in @newsweek.com: www.newsweek.com/another-scho...

Pro-gun political action committees (PACs) don't retreat after tragedies; they mobilize. When kids die, checks fly.

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Sally Mann, in Her Golden Hour, Faces Fresh Culture Wars

Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · Sep 9

"The very fact that artwork was physically confiscated from a museum is itself likely to deter fulsome artistic expression," says Duncan Hosie, an academic fellow at the Stanford Constitutional Law Center. (@nytimes.com) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/a...

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Stanford CISAC @stanfordcisac.bsky.social · Sep 4

Please join us in welcoming Tom Dannenbaum to CISAC as the Frank Stanton Professor of Nuclear Security! In addition to his appointment at CISAC, Dannenbaum will serve as a professor of law at Stanford Law School.

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Tom Dannenbaum, Expert on Laws of War, Joins Stanford Law School and FSI in

Dannenbaum will join CISAC and Stanford Law School as the Frank Stanton Professor of Nuclear Security

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Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · Sep 8

“Stanford provides an unparalleled setting for rigorous, interdisciplinary engagement with the thorniest questions of international law and policy”

Tom Dannenbaum, expert on laws of war, joins Stanford Law School and @fsi.stanford.edu in joint appointment. law.stanford.edu/press/tom-da...

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Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · Sep 3

While AI innovation thrives, adoption lags behind due to a trust deficit. Stanford Law Professor Michelle Mello highlighted essential policy changes during testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Supportive Structures for Healthcare AI Innovation and Adoption | Stanford Law School

Testimony presented to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, September 3, 2025. Executive Summary Although poorly

Engstrom's Legal Ethics: The Plaintiffs' Lawyer - 9798892090551 - West Academic

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healthpolicy.stanford.edu @healthpolicy.stanford.edu · Sep 3

SHP's Michelle Mello testifies @ House Energy & Commerce
health subcommittee about her optimism in safely advancing U.S. healthcare through the use of AI technologies.

"AI presents both a historic opportunity and a serious risk," says prof of health policy & of law. www.youtube.com/live/avECrBU...

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Stanford Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession @stanfordclp.bsky.social · Aug 26

@law.stanford.edu Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom's new casebook, "Legal Ethics: The Plaintiffs' Lawyer," provides a comprehensive examination of the ethical landscape faced by personal injury lawyers. buff.ly/PGxp8kF #legaled #lawprof

faculty.westacademic.com: Engstrom's Legal Ethics: The Plaintiffs' Lawyer: This casebook examines legal ethics from the perspective of plaintiffs’ lawyers. Specifically, this casebook offers a…

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Stanford Law School @law.stanford.edu · Aug 26

“Legally we don’t have the answers yet, but morally, ethically and technically, it’s clearly a different question,” said SLS’s @evelyndouek.bsky.social for @reuters.com in “Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info.” www.reuters.com/investigates...

Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children

An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.

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