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UCI News: 3 UC Irvine professors garner $8.7 million in state support for climate action projects – UCI News
Alejandro Camacho, Isabella Velicogna and Steven Allison will work on state-funded projects that will spur implementation of solutions that directly address state climate priorities.
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Slate: The Devilish Change Uber and Lyft Made to Surge Pricing
Prof. Veena Dubal’s paper on algorithmic wage discrimination was cited in Slate.
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SF Chronicle: Press rights groups back journalist being sued by L.A. to claw back public records
Prof. Susan Seager was quoted in San Francisco Chronicle on a lawsuit against a journalist who is being sued by the city of Los Angeles.
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NBC News: Republicans take aim at the Biden White House’s emails with tech platforms
Prof. David Kaye comments in NBC News on government affiliations with tech platforms.
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National Lawyers Guild Review: Involuntary Civil Commitment As Mass Incarceration
Tristan Campbell ’24 published an article in the National Lawyers Guild Review.
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Legal Aid at Work: Driver of Change: Laura’s Story
WATCH: Nora Cassidy ’17 Seeks Justice for Central Valley Truck Driver in Workplace Sexual Assault Case
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Le Monde: Lost in a shopping mall
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus’ studies on the concept of false memory was featured in the French newspaper Le Monde
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NPR: The EPA plans to retool its pesticide program in an effort to protect endangered animals
Prof. Alex Camacho was quoted in NPR on the EPA’s plan to retool its pesticide program in an effort to protect endangered species.
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Fast Company: How Uber and Lyft quietly fund worker groups to pump the brakes on drivers organizing
Prof. Veena Dubal was quoted in Fast Company on Uber and Lyft gig workers’ rights.
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Market Watch: As Uber drivers complain of deactivations and ‘policies that keep us in poverty,’ company issues its own civil-rights audit
Prof. Veena Dubal was quoted in MarketWatch commenting on the civil rights audit that Uber released.
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KALW: Supreme Court conservatives reject Navajo Nation’s water rights case
LISTEN: Visiting Prof. Heather Tanana spoke on KALW Public Media’s “Your Call” program about the recent 5-4 Supreme Court decision against the Najavo Nation in a major water rights case
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Sacramento Bee: Domestic violence survivors are endangered by mandatory police reporting | Opinion
Prof. Jane Stoever co-wrote an op-ed in the Sacramento Bee with Karen Earl, CEO of Jenesse Center, Inc., explaining how AB 1028 “Centering Survivor Safety and Health” (McKinnor) modernizes California’s mandatory reporting law on adult domestic violence by replacing mandated police reporting with advocacy support.
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AirTalk with Larry Mantle: The Biden Administration’s New Student Loan Repayment Plan–How It Works And How Much Will People Save?
LISTEN: UCI Law Prof. Dalié Jiménez joined AirTalk with Larry Mantle to discuss the new repayment plan called SAVE.
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The Marshall Project: These States Are Using Fetal Personhood to Put Women Behind Bars
Prof. Ji Seon Song was quoted in The Marshall Project on how privacy laws are impacting fetal personhood cases against women
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New Scientist: Deepfake videos create false memories – but so do fake articles
Prof. Loftus commented in a New Scientist article on deepfake videos and articles, and their ability to create false memories
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Scientific American: The Supreme Court Should Back Firearms Restraints That Save Lives
Prof. Jane Stoever wrote an op-ed in Scientific American on why the Supreme Court should back firearm restrictions that save lives
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BBC: Will workers be paid differently in the age of AI?
Prof. Veena Dubal was quoted in BBC on how the use of AI to measure worker productivy is leading to lower wages and worker inequality
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KIMA Action News: Does Section 230 cover artificial intelligence? Experts are not sure
Prof. Dan Burk commented in KIMA Action News on Section 230 and artificial intelligence
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The New York Times: What Haunts Child Abuse Victims? The Memory, Study Finds
Prof. Loftus was quoted in The New York Times on a new study that finds memory recall affects child abuse victims more so than those who can not recall
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CNN Chile: Elizabeth Loftus: Memoria y eventos traumáticos | Sana Mente
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus was interviewed on CNN Chile about memory and traumatic events