Law

The courtyard at City Hall in Philadelphia.

Court no-shows: A systemic issue

Penn Carey Law professor Sandy Mayson has found that failure-to-appear is a systemic phenomenon that plays a central role in criminal case processing in Philadelphia.

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Members of Penn Carey Law’s Transnational Legal Clinic in the office of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Supporting vital immigrant defense

Penn Carey Law Transnational Legal Clinic students spent a semester with the Southern Poverty Law Center, learning immigration law while serving clients seeking asylum and other forms of immigration relief.

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Supreme Court building with a video camera pointed at the front steps.

Continued access to emergency abortion care

In dismissing Moyle v. United States, Penn Carey Law’s Allison K. Hoffman says the Supreme Court took a “procedural punt” in allowing doctors in Idaho to continue providing emergency abortion care.

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Image is of the Delaware County courthouse, a Classical Revival/Neo-Classical style building made of white marble,with a six column portico and clock in the pediment, located in Media, Pennsylvania.

Public defender shortages

A new report by Paul Heaton, director of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, shows that nearly every county in Pennsylvania has a shortage of public defenders.

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A group of Chinese and Japanese women and children waiting to be processed, held in a wire mesh enclosure. Benches line either sides of the room, with a stool in the middle.

The Immigration Act of 1924

A century after a federal law established a national quota system on immigration, legal historian Hardeep Dhillon explains the significance and legacy of the Immigration Act of 1924.

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In the News


Politico.com

What the Supreme Court left unsaid about Trump’s criminal immunity

Kate Shaw of Penn Carey Law says that the Supreme Court’s ruling about Donald Trump’s presidential immunity is wrong as a matter of constitutional theory and doesn’t provide anything resembling an administrable test.

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Bloomberg Law

Ghosts of bankruptcy’s past haunt bills to address J&J, Purdue

According to David Skeel of Penn Carey Law, there’s a growing perception that insider dominance is leading to abuses in the bankruptcy system.

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Newsweek

Was Tim Walz the right call by Kamala Harris? Analysts weigh in

Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says Tim Walz is a safe and smart political choice for Kamala Harris as her vice-presidential nominee.

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Reuters

Google antitrust ruling may pose $20 billion risk for Apple

PIK Professor Herbert Hovenkamp says companies that have a dominant market position with a product need to avoid the use of exclusive agreements and make sure every agreement gives the buyer free choice to substitute away.

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The Wall Street Journal

Google’s antitrust loss set to reshape search and mobile industries

PIK Professor Herbert Hovenkamp says that the Google antitrust ruling is likely to put an end to Google’s practice of paying to be the default search engine on devices and browsers from companies like Apple and Samsung.

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The New York Times

How the Google antitrust ruling may influence tech competition

PIK Professor Herbert Hovenkamp says that the government’s monopoly case against Google was a convincing narrative.

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