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Civil Eats: Alien Land Laws, Created to Protect US Farmland, May Be Harming Asian Americans
Professor Robert S. Chang highlights how the 1913 California Alien Land Law was designed to exclude Asian immigrants from land ownership.
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NBC News: How a small-time drug bust ignited a feud between police and a Catholic hospital
Professor Ji Seon Song said there is a growing awareness among medical workers that they do not have to say yes to police all the time, “especially when patient health and privacy are at stake.”
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The Washington Post: States eye bans on ‘surveillance pricing’ that exploits personal data
Professor Veena Dubal was quoted in The Washington Post: “Both surveillance pricing and surveillance wages really disrupt fundamental ideals of fairness”
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Bloomberg Law: (Analysis) Bloomberg Law’s Top Law Schools for Well-Being
The course “Happiness and Peak Performance in Law School and Beyond” at UC Irvine Law has been selected as one of the 10 finalists in Bloomberg Law’s 2024-2025 Law School Innovation Program.
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MarketWatch: What eliminating the nation’s top consumer watchdog means for home buyers and renters. ‘It’s open season.’
Professor Dalié Jiménez told MarketWatch that financial products with excessive fees or intentionally confusing fine print could be making a comeback.
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Daily Journal: Litigation likely over EPA wildfire cleanup, attorneys say*
Professor Joseph DiMento was quoted in the Daily Journal discussing that litigation is highly likely.
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UC Irvine School of Social Ecology: Former Congresswoman Katie Porter offers reflections for 2025
Professor Katie Porter shared her “Three Reflections for 2025” at UC Irvine’s School of Social Ecology, emphasizing listening, common ground, and fresh ideas for progress.
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The Guardian: Revelations of Israeli spyware abuse raise fears over possible use by Trump
Professor David Kaye said the marketing of military-grade surveillance products, such as the kind made by Paragon, comes with “extraordinary risks of abuse”.
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Tech Policy Press: A National Heist? Evaluating Elon Musk’s March Through Washington (Podcast)
Professor David Kaye joins the Tech Policy Press Podcast to discuss Elon Musk’s growing influence in Washington, the opacity surrounding the Department of Government Efficiency, and the broader implications for democracy and the rule of law.
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MIT Technology Review: Inside the race to archive the US government’s websites
Professor David Kaye is quoted: “I don’t think any of us know exactly what is happening. What we can see is government websites coming down, databases of essential public interest. The entirety of the USAID website.”
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Indisputably: International Conflict Resolution Processes – Menkel-Meadow and Schneider
Professor Carrie Menkel-Meadow and co-author Andrea Kupfer Schneider (Cardozo) have just published a new book, International Conflict Resolution Processes (Carolina Press 2025).
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Truth Be Told: What We Recall, What We Rewrite: Memory and Communication with Elizabeth Loftus (Podcast)
Professor Elizabeth Loftus discusses the complexities of memory accuracy, particularly in the context of eyewitness testimony and its implications for wrongful convictions.
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TV Insider: Brian Williams’ Career-Changing 2015 Controversy, Revisited
Professor Elizabeth Loftus is quoted: “Memory is susceptible to contamination and distortion and supplementation. It happens to virtually all of us.”
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Law Professor Blogs: Help! Guidance for February 2025 California Bar Takers (Part 1 of 3)
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean for Academic Skills, is featured as a guest blogger.
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Bloomberg Law: Bloomberg Law’s Law School Innovation Program Honors 10 Finalists
UC Irvine Law’s course, “Happiness and Peak Performance for Law Students and Lawyers,” was selected as one of the 10 finalists in Bloomberg Law’s 2024-2025 Law School Innovation Program.
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Law Professor Blogs: Even More Help! for February 2025 California Bar Takers (Part 3 of 3)
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean for Academic Skills, is featured as a guest blogger.
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Law Professor Blogs: More Help! for February 2025 California Bar Takers (Part 2 of 3)
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean for Academic Skills, is featured as a guest blogger.
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The Wall Street Journal: Republicans Want to Kill Tax-Reporting Rule for Some Crypto Trades
Prof. Omri Marian was quoted in The Wall Street Journal noting that while many crypto investors with gains fail to comply with tax rules — often not out of intent to evade — repealing regulations could drive even more bad actors into the crypto space to avoid taxes.
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UC Irvine News: The importance of scholarly values (Podcast)
LISTEN: UC Irvine Law Professor L. Song Richardson was featured in the Anteater Insider podcast. In the episode, she joins Distinguished Professor Duncan Pritchard to explore the role of scholarly values in academia.
