Faculty in the Media

Public Health Watch January 8, 2025

‘We Give Manufactured Chemicals More Rights Than We Give Criminal Defendants’

Professor Wendy Wagner discusses her co-authored article, "Manufactured Chemicals and Children’s Health — The Need for New Law," and how the Toxic Substances Control Act has failed to protect Americans from unsafe and untested chemicals.

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Sierra January 8, 2025

Frontline Communities Fight to Evict a Toxic Roofing Company

Clinical Professor Kelly Haragan observes that exemptions and grandfather policies can enable facilities to continue their pollution practices in spite of new environmental laws.

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The Washington Post January 8, 2025

Landlords are accused of colluding to raise rents. See where.

Professor Heather Way describes a "mismatch" between low-income renters' housing needs and the expensive new buildings opening in Austin.

More of: Heather K Way

Bloomberg Law January 7, 2025

Trump Vow to Restore Offshore Leasing Raises Unsettled Questions

Senior Lecturer Melinda Taylor anticipates legal challenges to Donald Trump's plan to reverse the Biden administration's block of new offshore oil and gas leases, explaining that pertinent law doesn't explicitly grant presidents the power to undo withdrawals.

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Newsweek December 30, 2024

How Will Donald Trump Change America in 2025?

Professor Sanford Levinson suggests that Donald Trump's rhetoric has spurred "normalization" of extremist ideas that will alter American political norms.

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The Regulatory Review December 30, 2024

Top Contributor Essays of 2024

Professor John Golden's article "SEC Adjudication of Securities Fraud Held Unconstitutional" was included in the Regulatory Review's list of top contributor essays of 2024.

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Reuters December 27, 2024

Explainer: Why OpenAI plans transition to public benefit corporation

Professor Jens Dammann's research on the quantity of public benefit corporations is referenced in an article about OpenAI's new corporate structure.

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MSNBC December 23, 2024

Joe Biden’s justifiable mercy

Professor Lee Kovarsky authors a piece about the politics and morals of President Biden's decision to commute 37 death penalty sentences.

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Legal Talk Network December 20, 2024

The Banning of TCE & PCE, and the Future of the EPA

Professor Wendy Wagner discusses the EPA's recent ban on two manufacturing and household chemicals and how the agency may be affected by the incoming Trump administration.

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Original Jurisdiction December 19, 2024

Lat’s Legal Library: Crime, Courts, And The Constitution

Professor Linda Mullenix's book "Public Nuisance: The New Mass Tort Frontier" was included on a list of notable new books about law and praised for being highly topical.

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Claremont Review of Books December 19, 2024

Exempli Gratia

The most recent book by Professor Ward Farnsworth—"Farnsworth's Classical English Argument"—is commended for its concise, always clear prose and rich use of examples in a review that also references his three previous Classical English books.

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Houston Chronicle December 17, 2024

Harris county loses while landlords cash in on a legal loophole, charts show

Professor Heather Way weighs in on a legal loophole allowing Harris County landlords to unjustly benefit from large tax cuts.

More of: Heather K Way