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Paul M. Schwartz

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Paul Schwartz is an American legal scholar who specializes in information privacy law. He is the Jefferson E. Peyser Professor… more

Paul M. Schwartz
H-index: 28
Political science 42%
Law 21%
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Join us for a fireside chat with Alexandra Reeve Givens the CEO of Center for Democracy & Technology. Nov 12-14, 2025: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privsecforum #PrivacyMatters
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Join the “New Developments in Health Information Privacy and Security Law” session at the Privacy + Security Forum, – Nov. 12-14, 2025: Register today: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privacy #privsecforum
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New from @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: “No longer would we be a country under the rule of law. We would be a nation under the rule of Donald Trump.”
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What happens to democracy if Trump ignores judge’s orders on National Guard? | Opinion
“If that happens, we will have a president who is no longer constrained by the Constitution or any law. There is a word for that: a dictator.”
www.sacbee.com
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by Paul M. Schwartz

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Friday Song of the Week: Emmylout Harris, The Road. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRbb...
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The Road
YouTube video by Emmylou Harris - Topic
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Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:
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Dean Chemerinsky comments on “a pattern of ignoring court orders or trying to circumvent them,” and "a case in which he represents University of California faculty and researchers challenging Trump administration cuts to NSF funding." www.latimes.com/california/s... via @latimes.com
Trump uses repeated funding cuts to pressure California, complicating state's legal fight
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta has sued the Trump administration more than 40 times. He says President Trump disregards the rule of law and overstates his control of federal funding.
www.latimes.com
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson — Reposted by: Paul M. Schwartz

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Your Data Will Be Used Against You
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 5d
NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
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NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
www.wired.com
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"There’s always the impulse to punish speech we don’t like. But the First Amendment protects all speech,” Dean Chemerinsky spoke to @calmatters.org about teachers posting to their private social media accounts during non-work hours bit.ly/3IPABbM #UCBerkeleyLaw #FirstAmendment
Charlie Kirk fallout hits California schools, where 20 teachers face discipline over posts
Some California teachers who posted social media comments critical of Charlie Kirk were disciplined, raising concerns about free speech.
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Dept of blaming the victim? NY Times headline today:
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A new book by #UVALaw Prof. G. Edward White explores the life and legacy of #SCOTUS Justice Robert H. Jackson. www.law.virginia.edu/news/202510/...
Professor’s New Book Explores Life and Legacy of Justice Robert H. Jackson
A new book from Professor G. Edward White explores the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, an underexplored but historically consequential 20th-century jurist.
www.law.virginia.edu
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by Paul M. Schwartz — Reposted by: Anupam Chander

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New privacy lawsuit against the Trump administration arguing that DOGE, DHS and USCIS secretly consolidating "Americans' sensitive data from multiple agencies w/o statutorily required notice to the public and Congress." Complaint here: democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
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Join us for a fireside chat with Nita Farahany to discuss Mental Privacy. Nov 12-14, 2025: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privsecforum #PrivacyMatters
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"It all depends on what the conditions are, and whether those conditions are constitutional," Dean Chemerinsky told @washingtonpost.com about a plan being developed that could change how universities are awarded research grants: wapo.st/4pKhO2c #UCBerkeleyLaw
White House considers funding advantage for colleges that align with Trump policies
The proposal has the potential to transform the government’s vast research funding operation, which has long awarded university grants based on scientific merit.
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Thank you Latham & Watkins for supporting the Privacy + Security Forum – Nov. 12-14, 2025: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privsecforum #privacy
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Privacy + Security Forum – Nov. 12-14, 2025: Register today - www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privacy #privsecforum
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Listen: Dean Chemerinsky joins "Legal Face Off" on @wgnradio.bsky.social to discuss the latest on Governor Gavin Newsom's ban on ICE agents wearing face masks in California: bit.ly/3W7CNhQ #UCBerkeleyLaw
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by Paul M. Schwartz

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Friday Song of the Week: Leonard Cohen, Who By Fire
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB5z...
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Leonard Cohen - Who By Fire?  (Official Audio)
YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO
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by Paul M. Schwartz — Reposted by: Paul M. Schwartz, Jennifer M. Urban

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Come join us on Nov. 19 for the 18th Annual BCLT Privacy Lecture delivered by Prof. Lior Strahilevitz @thelior.bsky.social. Register here:
bclt.wufoo.com/forms/m1f7z1...
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“To have an endowed chair of civil rights at one of the best law schools in the country — and the world — is huge for me," said Judge Thelton E. Henderson '62 to the National Jurist: https://bit.ly/4npX9z1 #UCBerkeleyLaw
Berkeley Law receives $6M gift to establish civil rights chair honoring Thelton Henderson
A $6 million gift from Bob and Colleen Haas will establish the Thelton E. Henderson ’62 Chair in Civil Rights Law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Henderson was an assistant d...
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“The California Legislature has passed, and Governor Gavin Newsom should sign, Assembly Bill 288 to protect workers and businesses…” - Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky and Professor Catherine L. Fisk: bit.ly/4gDYDmw
AB 288 enables California to protect labor rights when the federal government cannot
The Daily Journal has more journalists covering the California legal profession than any other publication.
www.dailyjournal.com
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by Daniel J. Solove — Reposted by: Paul M. Schwartz, Rebecca Tushnet, Woodrow Hartzog

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I am skeptical of whether the FTC could be a credible regulator without independence. This is quite devastating because the FTC performs a key role for ensuring consumer protection, especially privacy protection. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire F.T.C. Commissioner
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Here's the 6-3 opinion: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Supreme Court issues stay, allows firing of FTC Commissioner Slaughter by President Trump, will hear case in December. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Supreme Court allows Trump to fire Democratic member of trade commission
The justices overturned a lower court injunction that reinstated Rebecca Slaughter to her job with the agency that oversees antitrust and consumer protection issues.
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by James Grimmelmann — Reposted by: Paul M. Schwartz

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It is a searing indictment of the American educational establishment that Robert Post, a highly distinguished First Amendment scholar and former dean of Yale Law School, just posted, "for the first time, I have become frightened that freedom of speech in America might actually be endangered."

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Join us @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social on October 10 for a Cali Lawyers Ass'n event on Privacy + AI. Register here: calawyers.org/event/privac...
Privacy + AI Lab - California Lawyers Association
This immersive, full-day conference is designed for high-level privacy law professionals. Set at the prestigious UC Berkeley Faculty Club, nestled in the heart of the beautiful UC Berkeley campus, thi...
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by Paul M. Schwartz

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Friday Song of the Week: Emmylou Harris, Heaven Only Knows
#fridaysongofweek www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fYd...
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When can religious beliefs exempt someone from following a law?

In a new episode of It's the Law, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky weighs in on a legal question: https://youtube.com/shorts/swfMB2DIukE?feature=share

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When can religious beliefs exempt someone from following a law?
YouTube video by UC Berkeley School of Law
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Seven UC Berkeley Law professors have been awarded faculty chairs for their accomplishments and contributions to scholarship, policy, and legal education. https://bit.ly/41RIcwY #UCBerkeleyLaw
Seven UC Berkeley Law professors awarded faculty chairs
Professors Andrew D. Bradt, Hanoch Dagan, Stavros Gadinis, Katerina Linos, Saira Mohamed, Ayelet Shachar, and Amanda L. Tyler “enormously enrich Berkeley Law,” Dean Erwin Chemerinsky says.
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Great analysis by Jim Dempsey of two recent 9th Circuit standing cases. iapp.org/news/a/ninth...
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