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USA Today: Collection agencies can buy debt from creditors, can sue for money | Fact check
Prof. Dalié Jiménez told USA TODAY: “There’s nothing illegal about selling debts to collection agencies – or debt buyers as they would more accurately be called if they’re buying,” she wrote in an email. “(It) happens to probably most debts that go unpaid.”
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The New York Times: A Look at Washington State’s ‘Strippers’ Bill of Rights’*
Prof. Veena Dubal said the new law was “the result of the hard work of organizing done by these workers in a very, very dangerous industry.”
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Mashable: Talking to someone online for emotional support may be riskier than you realize
Prof. Ari Waldman reviewed the terms of service for the companies Mashable reported on and found very limited grounds for a lawsuit if a user sought recourse after experiencing harm.
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CQ Researcher: Regulating Tech: Will new internet rules safeguard consumers?
Prof. David Kaye says that justification by governments teetering on the edge of autocracy to restrict information access is as simple as pointing to democratic countries who do it themselves.
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Orange Coast Magazine: Power of Women as Lifestyle Leaders
Christina Zabat-Fran ’12, General counsel for Lanvin Group: Orange County born and raised, was one of 60 students in the inaugural class at UCI Law and fondly recalls the day founding dean Erwin Chemerinsky called her to encourage her to “come build” whatever she wanted at the new school.
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Orange County Register: Sacramento Snapshot: New bill seeks to add protections for victims of abuse
Prof. Jane Stoever, director of the UCI Initiative to End Family Violence, says: “For many survivors, reengaging with a person who has caused harm by initiating adversarial litigation is extremely frightening, retraumatizing and dangerous.”
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Foreign Affairs: The Risks of Internet Regulation*
Prof. David Kaye pens an op-ed that discusses how well-intentioned efforts could jeopardize free speech.
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Above The Law: The Best Law Schools For Diversity (2023)
UCI Law is listed as one of the best law schools for diversity (No. 1 for Asian students).
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Orange County Business Journal: Post-Pandemic Era Ups Lawyer Demand*
“We anticipate adding three more attorneys to our Orange County office by the end of the summer of 2024, including two recent UCI law graduates.”
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Sacramento Snapshot: Mandatory reporting in domestic violence cases can affect children, bill’s author argues*
A new bill in the California Legislature seeks to clarify just when mandated reporters need to alert child welfare authorities. Other supporters include the UCI Law’s Domestic Violence Law Clinic and the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color.