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Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Company pays off debts of Atlantans in ‘random acts of kindness’
Professor Dalié Jiménez says, “Debt is a trap.” The further behind consumers fall, the harder it is to escape without severe damage to their lives, said Jimenez.
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Daily Journal: Supreme Court Rejects Bar’s Attorney-Supervised Exam Alternative*
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean for Academic Skills, was quoted in the Daily Journal about the California Supreme Court’s sweeping new recommendations for a new California bar exam.
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The Daily Journal: California’s dirty secret: Clean-record deals kept badcops on the job*
Prof. Susan Seager and the Press Freedom Project were highlighted in an opinion piece in The Daily Journal about clean-record agreements.
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L’Eco di Bergamo: Incorrect Information Can Generate False Memories
Professor Elizabeth Loftus: “Our mind can be influenced and believe situations or things that never happened to be true.”
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Bloomberg Tax: Crypto Tax Payments Get Few Takers as More States Eye Programs
Professor Omri Marian is quoted: “It makes no policy sense. It’s an added collection cost to the state with no discernible benefit.”
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Law.com: New UC Irvine Law Course Explores Practice Management With Help From Gen AI
This fall, UC Irvine Law offered a Modern Legal Practice Management course, taught by Amy Wegener and Ali Shahidi, where students learn how to navigate practice management, legal lifecycle matters, and client needs with assistance from generative AI tools.
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MSNBC: Prof. Carrie Menkel-Meadow’s Produced Play Fatherland Opens in NYC
Director Stephen Sachs discusses the show on Morning Joe.
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Avvenire: That false memory that generates truth
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus’ research highlights the ways in which déjà vu of events that never happened are formed and the techniquesto create them from scratch.
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ABA Journal: US law firms are closing their China offices
Professor Ji Li is quoted saying: “The China offices of most U.S. law firms did not generate much profit in the past two decades, so the exit decision should not be that hard,” adding that what attracted U.S. firms to China was “the rosy expectation of a growing Chinese economy and continuous U.S.-China economic integration.”
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The Washington Post: The EU is losing two titans of tech regulation, testing its resolve*
Professor David Kaye says the shift in leadership will test how committed the E.U. is to providing the resources needed to impose its complex new rule book.
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Oklahoma Voice: Concerns over private student loans brought to U.S. Senate panel
Professor Dalié Jiménez, Director of the Student Loan Law Initiative, said the private student loan industry had transformed in the last decade.
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Analytics Insight: AI’s Fact-Checking Game, Debunks Conspiracy Theories Better Than Humans
Professor Elizabeth Loftus said that the reason for AI’s success is the ability to deliver the truth without bruising a man’s ego.
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Mission Local: Mayor Breed is deleting texts. Legal experts say that’s a problem
Professor Susan Seager was quoted in Mission Local, weighing in on the legal implications of Mayor Breed’s deleted texts.
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Bloomberg: AI Can Debunk Conspiracy Theories Better Than Humans
Profesor Elizabeth Loftus discusses AI’s effectiveness in debunking conspiracy theories.
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Student Borrower Protection Center: For First Time in A Decade, Senate to Hold Hearing Solely Dedicated to Private Student Loans
On September 17, Prof. Dalié Jiménez, Director of the Student Loan Law Initiative (SLLI), will testify before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on the harms imposed on students and borrowers by private student lending.
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More Perfect Union: Prof. Veena Dubal’s Research on Algorithmic Wage Discrimination Featured in Video
From the video: “In 2023, a law professor published a paper of shocking implications. Her research found that tech firms, like Uber and Lyft, were using secret algorithms to dictate what drivers earned based on factors we can’t even see. She called it algorithmic wage discrimination.”
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Los Angeles Times: Spotty redactions and public records reveal names of deputies in case against DA advisor
Professor Susan Seager, who has been fighting on behalf of the LA Public Press for the release of the deputies’ names since May, is quoted: “This just shows how Attorney General Rob Bonta has wasted the time of several Los Angeles judges by asking them to keep these court records secret.”
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CalMatters: What California lawmakers did to regulate artificial intelligence
Professor Veena Dubal is quoted: “It really feels like our legislature has been captured by tech companies who by their very structure don’t have the interest of the public at the forefront of their own advocacy or decision making, because they’re profit making machines.”
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Foreign Policy: Elon Musk vs. (Parts of) the World
Prof. David Kaye is quoted in Foreign Policy: “The overall message that you get from all of this is that Musk is manipulable. X is not standing up for users as much as it’s standing up for its own interests—and those interests vary from country to country.”