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Prof. Tobias Wolff Discusses Impacts of the Nationwide Wave of Anti-LGBTQ Bills and Roe Draft Opinion: WHYY

Prof. Kermit Roosevelt: There’s “No Easy Replacement” for the Trust that has Historically Kept SCOTUS Drafts Secret: Bloomberg Law

Prof. Allison Hoffman Explains the Department of Health and Human Services’ Role in Preserving Abortion Access: Vox

Prof. Serena Mayeri Argues that Abortion Rights Exist Under Equal Protection Clause: New York Times

Prof. Kermit Roosevelt’s New Book, “Reconstructing America’s Story” Questions the Prevailing Narrative of America: Pennsylvania Gazette

Prof. Kermit Roosevelt Speculates that SCOTUS Leak “Likely…Comes from the Right in Response to an Actual or Threatened Defection:” USA Today

Prof. Kermit Roosevelt Explains that Leaked Alito Opinion Threatens to Alter Fundamental Elements of Constitutional Law Beyond the Abortion Debate: Roll Call

Prof. Tobias Wolff Voices Concern Over the Possible Motives Behind the SCOTUS Draft Leak: USA Today

Prof. Sally Gordon Discusses Religious Liberties and LGBTQ+ Protections: Salt Lake Tribune

Profs. Kermit Roosevelt and Tobias Wolff Discuss Consequences of Overturning Roe v. Wade: Very Well

Prof. Tobias Wolff Describes Historic SCOTUS Opinion Leak as an “Assault on the Institutional Legitimacy of the Court”: Law.com

Prof. Kermit Roosevelt Explores the Possible Origin of Historic SCOTUS Opinion Leak: The Washington Post

Prof. Kermit Roosevelt Notes That Leaked Draft Makes It “More Costly” for Justices to Change their Position: The New York Times

Prof. Kermit Roosevelt Offers Insight into Justice Alito’s Judicial Record and Leaked Opinion: The Philadelphia Inquirer

Prof. Jill Fisch Notes Both the “Higher Risk” and “Potential Upside” of Morgan Stanley’s Monumental Loan to Elon Musk: Financial Times

Prof. Jill Fisch and Institute for Law & Economics Executive Director Larry Hamermesh Unpack Chancery Court’s Recent Ruling for Elon Musk: Law360

Prof. Michael Levy Cautions Zelle Users to Protect Themselves Against Scams: Observer

Prof. Coglianese Offers Insight into the Biden Administration’s Regulatory Record Thus Far: E&E News

Prof. Kim Ferzan L’95 Discusses Self-Defense at Talks on Law: ALI

Prof. Jill Fisch Discusses Legal Hurtles Musk Must Clear to Purchase Twitter: Yahoo Finance

Prof. Dorothy Roberts Discusses Racial Disparities in Foster Care: WYPR

Prof. Jill Fisch Discusses Musk’s Duties to Minority Stockholders in Twitter Deal: S&P Global

Prof. Jill Fisch Explains Some of the Legal Issues Surrounding Twitter Sale to Musk: New York Times

Prof. Jill Fisch Notes the SEC Complexities Inherent in Elon Musk’s Tweets: Politico

Prof. Jill Fisch Underscores the Implications of Elon Musk Privatizing Twitter: LA Times

Prof. Jill Fisch Notes that, Post-Musk, the SEC Will Continue to Face the Challenge of How to Regulate Public Figures’ Public Statements: Bloomberg

Prof. Allison Hoffman Weighs In on Biden’s Efforts to Increase Healthcare Protections for LGBTQ+ Community: Washington Examiner

Prof. Eric Feldman Posits that Biden Administration Should Consider Other Avenues Besides Appeal for Mask Mandate: Bloomberg

Prof. Allison Hoffman Explains the Role Beneficiaries Play in Litigating Claims for Alzheimer’s Drugs: Bloomberg Law

Prof. Allison Hoffman: Judge’s Order to Vacate Biden’s Mask Mandate is “too narrow” of a Reading of the Law: Bloomberg Law

Prof. Tobias Wolff Explains What the Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Actually Says: KYW News Radio

Prof. Jill Fisch Predicts the SEC Will Likely Continue Being Creative in Dealing with Elon Musk: Politico

At Penn Law Capital Markets Association Conference, SEC Chair Gary Gensler Speaks on Crypto Markets: MarketWatch

Prof. Jill Fisch Cautions that One Decision Won’t Necessarily Be Decisive for Future of NFTs: Wired

At PPR Event, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Pitches Tougher Punishments for Repeat Offender Banks: Business Insider

Prof. Dorothy Roberts Says the ‘So-Called Child Welfare System’ and Criminal Law Enforcement Are ‘Symbiotic’: Jezebel

Prof. Jill Fisch on Elon Musk’s ‘Passive’ Twitter Stake: ‘He’s Not the Most Passive Guy’: Bloomberg

Prof. Cary Coglianese to Discuss Cryptocurrency and Climate Change as Part of Penn’s Energy Week 2022

Kalpana Kotagal L’05 Nominated as Commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by President Biden

At PPR’s Distinguished Lecture on Regulation, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Promises Crackdown on Repeat Offenders: American Banker

At PPR Event, Rohit Chopra Outlines Enforcement Policy in First Speech Since Becoming CFPB director: Reuters

At PPR Event, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Slams ‘Rinse-Repeat’ Enforcement of Big Firms: Law 360

At PPR’s Distinguished Lecture on Regulation, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Vows Tougher Sanctions for Repeat Offenses: Bloomberg Law

At PPR’s Distinguished Lecture on Regulation, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Advocates Stiffer Penalties for Financial Institutions that Repeatedly Break the Same Law: The New York Times

Leeza Garber L’11 Examines Cybersecurity Hiring Best Practices: Penn Today

Transnational Legal Clinic Director Sarah Paoletti discusses her work in immigration and human rights law: Immigration Nerds

Prof. Mitch Berman suggests playing sports is a human right: Sports Illustrated

On a panel of U.S. and Chinese scholars, Prof. Cary Coglianese discusses administrative law and COVID-19: US-China Dialogue

Quattrone Center’s sentinel event review of the exoneration of Malcolm Bryant cited: USA Today

Presidential Prof. Lisa Fairfax on longtime friend Ketanji Brown Jackson: ‘one of the most intelligent jurists of her generation’: CBS News

Thea Kendler L’01 unanimously confirmed to serve as Assistant Secretary of Commerce at the Bureau of Industry and Security: U.S. Department of Commerce

Prof. Cary Coglianese provides insight on how to best advance the EPA’s civil rights objectives: Bloomberg Law

Prof. Jasmine Harris explains the increase in EEOC disability bias charges amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Bloomberg Law

Presidential Prof. of Law Lisa Fairfax discusses her longtime friendship with SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson: ABC News

Prof. Claire Finkelstein advises of the importance of additional warplanes for Ukraine: USA Today

Prof. Jasmine Harris explains why community-based treatment services are superior to those delivered in a restrictive setting: The Guardian

Prof. Bill Burke-White illustrates why law firms with a Russian presence are facing significant hurdles: Law.com

Prof. Claire Finkelstein warns that foreign volunteers fighting for Ukraine would be ‘targetable by the enemy’ under international law: Military.com

Prof. David Skeel explains how companies could limit liability through bankruptcy in Texas: NPR

Dean Ruger observes that SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘may disappoint some who always want a predictably liberal outcome’: AP

Simone Hunter-Hobson L’23 finds inspiration in Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS nomination: WHYY

Presidential Prof. Lisa Fairfax reflects on the life and accomplishments of SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, her former college and law school roommate: The Washington Post

Asst. Prof. of Law and bioethicist Holly Fernandez Lynch discusses regulatory issues concerning COVID-19 vaccine for young children: Penn Today

Prof. Coglianese offers a lesson from COVID on climate change policymaking: Bloomberg Green

Q&A with Prof. Dorothy Roberts about why the child welfare system should be abolished: Youth Today

Piper Simone-Casey L’24 urges the business community to recognize Black women’s contributions to spaces historically occupied by white men: Insider

National Women’s Law Center report ‘advances disability justice in several critical ways,’ says Prof. Jasmine Harris: The 19th

Dean Ted Ruger discusses Justice Breyer’s constitutional legacy: We the People Podcast

Prof. Coglianese’s expert testimony and recommendations in the wake of the Philadelphia Refinery Explosion cited: Penn Today

Dr. Sadie Alexander Ed’1918, G’1921, L’1927, Hon’1974 among ‘notable African Americans who helped change the world’ : 6ABC

Prof. Jasmine Harris recommends several changes to the current conservatorship process: Prism

Prof. Jasmine Harris encourages ‘student-driven’ changes to university withdrawal and readmission policies: Yale Daily News

Annie Blackman L’22 reflects on how her professors’ incorporation of reproductive justice concepts have enriched her legal education: The Lily

Tayler Daniels L’23 awarded Vinson & Elkins 2L Diversity Fellowship

Prof. Fisch questions what ‘cleaning house’ after #MeToo allegations means: Yahoo! Finance

Prof. Baker discusses what business insurance could look like post-COVID: Full Disclosure

Dean Ted Ruger, former law clerk to Justice Breyer, discusses the retiring Justice’s legacy and the future of the Supreme Court: Radio Times (WHYY)

Prof. Sandy Mayson calls out the flaw in assuming that former defense attorneys don’t have the capacity to serve as neutral judges: Courthouse News

Quattrone Center Assistant Director Marissa Boyers Bluestine observes that more than 100 people have been exonerated in Pennsylvania

Upcoming Penn Law Review article about auto safety in the age of the SUV by John Saylor L’22 cited in piece about electric vehicles: The New Yorker

Dan Garodnick L’00 appointed as chair of the NYC City Planning Commission and director of the Department of City Planning: NYC.org

Quattrone Center Academic Director Paul Heaton explains what plea deals usually entail: The Christian Science Monitor

Prof. Cynthia Dahl lauds Taylor Swift’s re-recording songs as a smart move to regain copyrights: Reuters

Prof. Herb Hovenkamp warns that Microsoft deal to buy Activision Blizzard will likely draw antitrust scrutiny: The Washington Post

Lecturer in Law Neil Makhija: With new legislative district maps, ‘Pennsylvania can begin to move toward better representation’: The Philadelphia Inquirer

Quattrone Center Executive Director John Hollway calls for increased awareness of criminal justice system errors: ABC 10

Prof. Claire Finkelstein underscores the Center for Ethics and Rule of Law’s recommendations to close Guantánamo Bay: Newsweek

Prof. Allison Hoffman warns that pop-up COVID-19 testing sites may not be regulated: NBC News

Prof. Jill Fisch explains the SEC’s role in evaluating mergers: CNN

Prof. Allison Hoffman cautions people not to give out sensitive information as regulators scramble to address pop-up COVID-19 testing sites: NBC

Essays by Profs. Allen, Coglianese, and Hovenkamp are among The Regulatory Review’s most viewed pieces in 2021

Prof. Cary Coglianese’s scholarship is quoted in Psychology Today essay on why effective climate policy is so difficult

Prof. David Hoffman’s study of Philadelphia residential leases reveals that ‘unenforceable and oppressive terms’ are common

Prof. Dorothy Roberts discusses bell hooks’ influence on feminism: MSNBC

Prof. Cary Coglianese provides insight into how the EPA involves industry in formulating pollution rules: ProPublica

Practice Prof. of Law explains why having judges decide civil forfeiture cases may be preferable: LancasterOnline

Quattrone Center report provides rare insight on the reality of prosecutorial misconduct in Pennsylvania: The Crime Report

Chika Minami LLM’22 receives Asian Legal Business’s “Innovator of the Year” Award

Prof. Kermit Roosevelt: ‘Court expansion may be the only thing that will save our democracy for the next generation’: The Nation

Prof. Coglianese advises that, in a digital economy, regulating ‘is a verb’ and requires ‘an ongoing process’: PYMNTS.com

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