Education, Business, & Law

Why Tesla wants to have the EV plug standard

John Paul MacDuffie, a professor of management at the Wharton School whose research examines vehicle and mobility innovations, explains the ongoing push by Tesla to establish its electric vehicle plug as an industry standard.

Brandon Baker

Meta’s Threads takes on Twitter

Meta’s new social platform, Threads, is off to an impressive start, but can it continue its initial success against Twitter? Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim weighs in.

From Knowledge at Wharton

A legacy of leadership

Dean Pam Grossman has guided Penn’s Graduate School of Education through a capital campaign, a global pandemic, a historic building expansion, and unprecedented growth with ambition and compassion.

From Penn GSE

The history-making Law dean’s eight dynamic years

During his tenure, Penn Carey Law School Dean Ted Ruger closed the largest gift ever to a law school, revitalized the faculty and the curriculum, and handled the pandemic masterfully.

From Penn Carey Law

The risky business of homeowners insurance

State Farm, the largest insurer in California, has stopped writing new home insurance policies there, citing “rapidly growing catastrophe exposure.” In a Q&A, Wharton’s Benjamin Keys discusses climate change and its risk to the real estate market.

Kristina García



In the News


Associated Press

No one is above the law. Supreme Court will decide if that includes Trump while he was president

Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law says that the Supreme Court should not have taken Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case because an ideologically diverse panel of the federal appeals court in Washington adequately addressed its issues.

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Associated Press

TikTok has promised to sue over the potential U.S. ban. What’s the legal outlook?

Justin (Gus) Hurwitz of Penn Carey Law says that the Supreme Court, given its current composition, would likely uphold a TikTok ban.

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BBC

U.S. Supreme Court to decide if Trump has immunity in election interference case

Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law says that the Supreme Court may try to issue a measured, unanimous decision in Donald Trump’s politically charged immunity case.

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The Washington Post

Groups sue to block FTC’s new rule barring noncompete agreements

Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that the current Supreme Court has a majority that’s looking skeptically at the exercise of governing power by administrative agencies like the Federal Trade Commission.

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New York Post

TikTok vows legal fight after Biden signs ‘unconstitutional’ ban: ‘We aren’t going anywhere’

According to Justin (Gus) Hurwitz of Penn Carey Law, courts will likely agree that a TikTok ban is an attempt to address a compelling government interest.

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