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June 2024

Publications:

Rodger D. Citron, The Continuing Relevance of the Rosenberg Espionage Case – For Judge Aileen Cannon, Verdict (June 24, 2024).

Ilene Sherwyn Cooper, Mid-Way Point: Cases That Rounded Out the Winter Season, NYLJ (June 3, 2024).

Tal Kastner & Farshad Ghodoosi, Big Data on Contract Interpretation, 57 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 2553 (2024).

Michael Lewyn, Zoning and Land Use Planning: Yes, Low-Income People Do Move, 52 Real. Est. L. J. 283 (2024).

Michael Lewyn, New York’s Green Amendment and Congestion Pricing, Planetizen (June 7, 2024).

Meredith R. Miller, (In)Coherence in Employment Contract Law: Response to Professors Arnow-Richman and J.H. Verkerke, 75 Fla. L. Rev. 83 (2024).

Gabriel Weil, How Technical AI Safety Researchers Can Help Implement Punitive Damages to Mitigate Catastrophic AI Risk, Effective Altruism Forum (Feb. 19, 2024).

 

Presentations:

Harold I. Abramson, organizer and panelist, Triaging in Negotiations When Little Time, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution 2024 Spring Conference, American Bar Association, San Diego (Apr. 12, 2024).

Harold I. Abramson, Mediating and Negotiating When Pressed for Time, IAM 2024 Seattle Conference, International Academy of Mediators (May 31, 2024).

Rebecca Feinberg, Crisis Pregnancy Centers – Religious Practice of Medicine, 2024 International Conference on Clinical Ethics and Consultation, Montreal (May 29, 2024).

Rebecca Feinberg, The Future of IVF and Alabama’s Definition of Extrauterine Children, Fertility Care & Assisted Reproduction – the Post-Dobbs Landscape, 2024 Annual Health Law Professors Conference, American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics (ASLME), Temple University Beasley School of Law Center for Public Health Law Research (June 7, 2024).

Samuel J. Levine, moderator and co-organizer, Touro Talks: Antisemitism on College Campuses and Beyond, Jewish Law Institute’s 2024 Distinguished Lecture, Touro Law Center (June 19, 2024).

Meredith R. Miller, panelist, Beyond Stonewall: Navigating LGBTQ+ Rights in the Judiciary, NYSBA (June 17, 2024).

Lauren R. Roth, The Fiduciary Game, 2024 Annual Health Law Professors Conference, American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME), Temple University Beasley School of Law Center for Public Health Law Research (June 6, 2024).

Gabriel Weil, Climate Nationalism, 2024 SRP Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (May 9, 2024).

Gabriel Weil, Climate Nationalism, 21st Institute for Natural Resources Law Teachers, Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, Estes Park, CO. (May 29, 2024).

 

Media:

Rodger D. Citron, quoted, Robert Iafolla, SpaceX Gets Limited Boost in NLRB Fight from High Court Ruling, Bloomberg L. (June 28, 2024).

Elena B. Langan, profiled, Long Island Business Influencers: Most Dynamic Women Leaders, Long Island Bus. News (June 21, 2024).

Gabriel Weil, interviewed, Mitigating Catastrophic AI Risk Through Tort Law, AI ‘N Stuff Podcast (June 30, 2024).

Gabriel Weil, mentioned, Dylan Matthews, Can the Courts Save Us from Dangerous AI?, Vox (Feb. 7, 2024).

 

Citations:

Hal Abramson, Mediation Representation: Advocating as a Problem Solver (3d ed. 2013), was cited in, Dorcas Quek Anderson, Fitting the Communication Forum to the Mediation Fuss: Choosing the Appropriate Communication Mode for Mediation in the Post-Pandemic World, 24 Pepp. Disp. Resol. L.J. 115 (2024).

Tiffany C. Graham, Exploring the Impact of the Marriage Amendments: Can Public Employers Offer Domestic Partner Benefits to Their Gay and Lesbian Employees?, 17 Va. J. Soc. Pol’y & L. 83 (2009), was cited in, Quinn Yeargain, Litigating Trans Rights in the States, 85 Ohio St. L.J. 355 (2024).

Tal Kastner, How ‘Bout Them Apples?: The Power of Stories Agreement in Consumer Contracts, 7 Drexel L. Rev. 67 (2014), was cited in, Adam N. Eckart, Contracting for Social Change, 32 U. Miami Bus. L. Rev. 255 (2024).

Tal Kastner, How ‘Bout Them Apples?: The Power of Stories Agreement in Consumer Contracts, 7 Drexel L. Rev. 67 (2014), was cited in, David A. Hoffman, Defeating the Empire of Forms, 109 Va. L. Rev. 1367 (2023).

Tal Kastner & Farshad Ghodoosi, Big Data on Contract Interpretation, 57 UC Davis L. Rev. 2553 (2024), was cited in, Yonatham Arbel & David A. Hoffman, Generative Interpretation, 99 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 451 (2024).

Tal Kastner & Farshad Ghodoosi, Big Data on Contract Interpretation, 57 UC Davis L. Rev. 2553 (2024), was cited in, Assaf Jacob, Yotam Kaplan & Roy Shapira, An Information-Production Theory of Contract Law, 109 Iowa L. Rev. 603 (2024).

Eileen Kaufman, The Lawyers Justice Corps: A Licensing Pathway to Enhance Access to Justice, 18 U. St. Thomas L. J. 159 (2022), was cited in, Susan M. Chelser & Karen J. Sneddon, Raising the Bar: The NextGen Bar Exam and Contract Drafting, 25 Transactions 843 (2024).

Deseriee A. Kennedy, Access Law Schools & Diversifying the Profession, 92 Temp. L. Rev. 799 (2020), was cited in, Brenda D. Gibson, Affirmative Reaction: The Blueprint for Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession After SFFA, 104 B.U. L. Rev. 123 (2024).

Deseriee A. Kennedy, Access Law Schools & Diversifying the Profession, 92 Temp. L. Rev. 799 (2020), was cited in, Megan Denver & James M. Binnall, The Lure of the Law for the Formerly Convicted: Pursuing the Legal Profession as a Resistance Strategy, 49 Law & Soc. Inquiry 740 (2024).

Deseriee A. Kennedy, Children, Parents & the State: The Construction of a New Family Ideology, 26 Berkeley J. Gender L. & Just. 78 (2011), was cited in, Yvette Butler, Survival Labor, 112 Calif. L. Rev. 403 (2024).

Richard Daniel Klein, The Emperor Gideon Has No Clothes: The Empty Promise of the Constitutional Right to Effective Counsel, 13 Hastings Const. L.Q. 625 (1986), was cited in, Mantas Grigorovicius, Resurrection of State-Sponsored Bans on Gay Adoption and Violations of Children’s Rights, 33 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Soc. Just. 321 (2024).

Richard Daniel Klein, The Emperor Gideon Has No Clothes: The Empty Promise of the Constitutional Right to Effective Counsel, 13 Hastings Const. L.Q. 625 (1986), was cited in, David R. Katner, “Normal”, 33 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Social Justice 427 (2024).

Richard Daniel Klein, The Emperor Gideon Has No Clothes: The Empty Promise of the Constitutional Right to Effective Counsel, 13 Hastings Const. L.Q. 625 (1986), was cited in, M. Isabel Medina, External and Internal Migration, 33 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Social Justice 389 (2024).

Samuel J. Levine, The Potential Utility of Disciplinary Regulation as a Remedy for Abuses of Prosecutorial Discretion, 12 Duke J. Const. L. & Pub. Pol’y 1 (2017), was cited in, Perry Moriearty, Kat Albrecht & Caitlin Glass, Race, Racial Bias, and Imputed Liability Murder, 51 Fordham Urb. L.J. 675 (2024).

Samuel J. Levine, Recent Application of the Supreme Court’s Hands-Off Approach to Religious Doctrine, in Law, Religion, and Health in the United States (Holly Fernandez Lynch, I. Glenn Cohen & Elizabeth Sepper eds., 2017), was cited in, Evelyn Doran, Commandments Before Amendments: The Ministerial Exception & How the Court Prioritizes Religious Rights Over Other Constitutional Protections, 42 Minn. J. L. & Ineq. 211 (2024).

Samuel J. Levine & Bruce A. Green, Disciplinary Regulation of Prosecutors as a Remedy for Abuses of Prosecutorial Discretion: A Descriptive and Normative Analysis, 14 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 143 (2016), was cited in, Arushi Garg, A Dynamic Theory of Prosecutorial Roles in Adversarial Trials, Asian J. Law & Soc. Online (2024).

Samuel J. Levine, Halacha and Aggada: Translating Robert Cover’s Nomos and Narrative, 1998 Utah L. Rev. 465 (1998), was cited in, Amrei Koch, Autoritätskonstruktion im Recht der Hebräischen Bibel (2024).

Michael Lewyn, The Case Against the Case for Zoning, 35 Geo. Env’t L. Rev. 249 (2023); Michael Lewyn, How Overregulation Creates Sprawl (Even in a City Without Zoning), 50 Wayne L. Rev. 1171 (2005); & Michael Lewyn, Suburban Sprawl: Not Just an Environmental Issue, 84 Marq. L. Rev. 301 (2000), were cited in, Stephen Clowney, Nationalize Zoning, 72 U. Kan. L. Rev. 565 (2024).

Meredith R. Miller, Contracting Out of Process, Contracting Out of Corporate Accountability: An Argument Against Enforcement of Pre-Dispute Limits on Process, 75 Tenn. L. Rev. 365 (2008), was cited in, Joshua Fairfield, Crypto-Counterfeiting, 15 Wm. & Mary Bus. L. Rev. 497 (2024).

Meredith R. Miller, Contract Law, Party Sophistication and the New Formalism, 75 Mo. L. Rev. 493 (2010), was cited in, Tal Kastner & Farshad Ghodoosi, Big Data on Contract Interpretation, 57 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 2553 (2024).

Jeffrey B. Morris, Calmly to Poise the Scales of Justice: A History of the Courts of the District of Columbia (2001), was cited in, Eric Eisner, Free Black Witnesses in the Antebellum Upper South, 42 L. & Hist. Rev. 297 (2024).

Ann Nowak, The Struggle with Basic Writing Skills, 25 Legal Writing 117 (2021), was cited in, Anna F. Connolly, Teaching Legal Research, Writing, Communication, and Feedback: Context Matters for Deep Knowledge: What Cognitive Science Can Teach Us About Legal Writing, 68 St. Louis L.J. 475 (2024).

Ann Nowak, Five Reasons Law Students Shouldn’t Rely on ChatGPT to Write for Them, Nat’l Jurist (Mar. 13, 2023), was cited in, Joe Regalia, For Briefs to bytes: How Generative AI is Transforming Legal Writing and Practice, 59 Tulsa L. Rev. 193 (2024).

Deborah W. Post & Pheobe A. Hadden, The Misuse and Abuse of the LSAT: Making the Case for Alternative Evaluative Efforts and a Redefinition of Merit, 80 St. John’s L. Rev. 41 (2006), was cited in, Sandra L. Simpson, The Ultimate Logic Question: Why Continue to Use the LSAT When the Test Harms Diversity?, 91 Tenn. L. Rev. 113 (2023).

Jorge Roig et al., What’s Next? Into a Third Decade of LatCrit Theory, Community, and Praxis, 16 Seattle J. Soc. Just. 823 (2018), was cited in, Francisco Valdes, Steven W. Bender & Jennifer J. Hill, Preparing for the Reckoning of Law With Justice: Organizing LatCrit Hemispherically for Systemic and Material Power, 22 Seattle J. Soc. Just. 823 (2024).

Jorge Roig et al., What’s Next? Into a Third Decade of LatCrit Theory, Community, and Praxis, 16 Seattle J. Soc. Just. 823 (2018), was cited in, Eric Franklin Amarante, Afterword, 90 Tenn. L. Rev. 655 (2023).

Lauren R. Roth, Sanitation: Reducing the Administrative State’s Control Over Public Health, 75 Rutgers L. Rev. 777 (2022), was cited in, Wendy E. Parmet, From Deference to Indifference: Judicial Review of the Scope of Public Health Authority During the Covid-19 Pandemic, 17 St. Louis U.J. Health L. & Pol’y 1 (2023).

Patricia E. Salkin, American Law of Zoning (5th ed., 2019), was cited in, Appeal of Beal, 313 A.3d 738 (N.H., Oct. 12, 2023).

Patricia E. Salkin, New York Zoning Law and Practice (4th ed., 2001), was cited in, Samantha M. Davis, Conservation Zoning: An Overview of New York State’s Land and Wildlife Preservation Policies, 47(6) Zoning & Plan. L. Rep. 1 (2024).

Patricia E. Salkin, American Law of Zoning (5th ed., 2019), was cited in, Andrew Loin, Evaluating De Novo Review of the Municipal Land-Use Decisions in New England: The Consequences of Starting Anew, 52 Urb. Law. 399 (2024).

Patricia E. Salkin, New York Climate Change Report Card: Improvement Needed for More Effective Leadership and Overall Coordination with Local Government, 80 U. Colo. L. Rev. 921 (2009), was cited in, Shelly Ross Saxer, Building Climate Resilience with Local Tools, 58 Ga. L. Rev. 1663 (2024).

Patricia E. Salkin, Anderson’s American Law of Zoning (5th ed., 2019), was cited in, Appellate Brief, United States Cellular Operating Co. LLC v. Town of Fond du Lac, 2024 WL 2723768 (Wis. App. II Dist., May 17, 2024).

Patricia E. Salkin, Land Use Regulation in the United States: An Intergovernmental Framework, in, Planning for States and Nation States in the U.S. and Europe (Gerrit-Jan Knapp et al. ed., 2015), was cited in, Lauren Ashley Week, Climate Change in Unincorporated California: The consequences of Limited Regulation for Land Use, Lodging, and Livelihoods in the Wildland Urban Interface, 52 Urb. Law. 539 (2024).

Patricia E. Salkin, Am. L. Zoning (5th. Ed., 2019), was cited in, Andrew Loin, Evaluating De Novo Review of Municipal Land-Use Decision in New England: The Consequences of Starting Anew, 52 Urb. Law. 399 (2024).

Patricia E. Salkin, The Key to Unlocking the Power of Small Scale Renewable Energy: Local Land Use Regulation, 27 J. Land Use & Env’t L. 399 (2012), was cited in, Christopher Serkin, Climate Zoning, 99 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1093 (2024).

Patricia E. Salkin & Amy Lavine, Community Benefits Agreements and Comprehensive Planning: Balancing Community Empowerment and the Police Power, 18 J.L. & Pol’y 157 (2009), was cited in, Gregory Wagner, Note, Democratizing New York’s Eminent Domain Regime, 89 Brook. L. Rev. 1291 (2024).

Patricia E. Salkin, Am. L. Zoning (5th ed., 2019), was cited in, Hunter v. Page County, Iowa, 102 F.4th 853 (8th Cir., 2024).

Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation (Kris Markarian, 3d ed. 2014), was cited in, Wood v. Borough of Woodlynne, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96948 (Dist. N.J., May 31, 2024).

Martin A. Schwartz, Schwartz on Section 1983: Law and Commentary (2023) & Martin A. Schwartz, Schwartz on Section 1983 Litigation: Claims and Defenses (4th ed. 2006), were cited in, Linda M. Vanzi & Rheba Rutkowski, The New Mexico Civil Rights Act: Look Before You Leap, 54 N.M. L. Rev. 363 (2024).

Martin A. Schwartz, 2023 Florida Legislation on Real Estate Deeds, Bilzin Sumberg (June 27, 2023), was cited in, Matthew Zifrony, History and Evolution of Deeds and Florida Changes, 48 Nova L. Rev. 354 (2024).

Martin A. Schwartz, Karen Blum & Erwin Chemerinsky, Qualified Immunity Developments: Not Much Hope Left for Plaintiffs, 29 Touro L. Rev. 633 (2013), was cited in, Joseph Blocher & Brandon L. Garrett, Fact Stripping, 73 Duke L.J. 1 (2023).

Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation (3rd ed. 2014), was cited in, McMurry v. Weaver, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107984 (W. Dist. TX, Midland/Odessa Div., June 18, 2024).

Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation: Claims and Defenses (2014), was cited in, Lieberenz v. Wilson, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 14238 (U.S. Dist. Ct. App., 10th Cir., June 12, 2024).

Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation: Claims and Defenses (4th ed. 2019), was cited in, Tyler B. Lindley, Anachronistic Readings of Section 1983, 75 Ala. L. Rev. 897 (2024).  

Martin A. Schwartz, Section 1983 Litigation (4th ed. 2006), was cited in, AerSale, Inc. v. City of Roswell, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103960 (Dist. NM, June 11, 2024).

Theodore Silver, One Hundred Years of Harmful Error, 1992 Wis. L. Rev. 1193 (1992), was cited in, Amicus Curiae Brief of the Wisconsin Association for Justice, Wren v. Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital Milwaukee, 2024 WL 2815277 (Wis. App. 1 Dist., May 28, 2024).

Gabriel Weil et al., Mitigating Climate Change through Transportation and Land Use Policy, 49 Env’t L. Rep. 10473 (2019), was cited in, Christopher Serkin, Climate Zoning, 99 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1093 (2024).

Peter Zablotsky, Eliminating Proximate Cause as an Element of the Prima Facie Case for Strict Products Liability, 45 Cath. U. L. Rev. 31 (1995), was cited in, Luke Meier, Achieving True Strict Product Liability (But Not for Plaintiffs with Fault), 57 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 301 (2024).

Peter Zablotsky, Mixing Oil and Water: Reconciling the Substantial Factor and Results-Within-the-Risk Approaches to Proximate Cause, 56 Clev. St. L. Rev. 1003 (2008), was cited in, Meiring de Villiers, Loss Causation Decoded, 33 S. Cal. Interdisc. L.J. 99 (2023).

 

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