Loyola faculty members pride themselves on being accessible to the media and part of the public discourse on news of legal significance. Visit Loyola's Summary Judgments faculty blog to read faculty opinions on current legal issues. Highlights of recent media appearances and quotations include:
ABC – 08.31.18
IN-N-OUT FACES BACKLASH, CALLS TO BOYCOTT AFTER POLITICAL DONATION
Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson said political donations by businesses are less about specific issues and more about covering all the bases.
KABC-AM – 08.30.18
GAS TAX REPEAL CAMPAIGN CLAIMS CALTRANS LOBBIED AGAINST THEM
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses a gas tax repeal campaign’s claims Caltrans lobbied against them.
KNX-AM – 08.29.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Laurie Levenson discusses Don McGahn leaving the White House Counsel and his involvement in the Mueller investigation.
Los Angeles Times – 08.28.18
Priscilla Ocen, a professor at Loyola Law School, said the new law would make California “a leader in terms of the abolition of money bail.” But she said it remained to be seen whether it would also reduce populations at overcrowded jails across the state, including in Los Angeles, home to the nation’s largest jail system.
TaxProf Blog – 08.28.18
In our article, Pursuing a Tax LLM Degree: Where?, Jennifer M. Kowal (Loyola-L.A.), Katherine Pratt (Loyola-L.A.), Theodore P. Seto(Loyola-L.A.) and I used a variation of Leiter's methodology in conducting a citation count study of the faculty in the thirteen graduate tax programs ranked at least once in the U.S. News tax rankings over the prior four years.
The Press Enterprise – 08.27.18
A ‘LOW-PROFILE’ REVOLUTION’ CHANGES HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HOLD ELECTIONS
The new law did not have instantaneous effect, as political scientists Justin Levitt and Douglas Johnson point out in a 2016 research paper.
U.S. News & World Report – 08.28.18
DO FINANCIAL LITERACY COURSES WORK?
"Thus far, the empirical work doesn't show much of an effect [from financial literacy courses]," says Lauren Willis, professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. "Some findings are that there are negative effects sometimes, presumably because of overconfidence."
Bloomberg – 08.27.18
‘SEISMIC SHIFT’: VETS MAY BRING CLASS ACTIONS AGAINST VA
“To borrow from Neil Armstrong, the decision may represent another small step in this particular case, but it’s a giant leap for class actions in this court and other tribunals like it,” Professor Adam Zimmerman of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles told Bloomberg Law.
KCRW-FM – 08.27.18
STATES SEEK FREEDOM TO FIRE EMPLOYEES BASED ON THEIR LGBT STATUS
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses states asking the Supreme Court to limit protections for LGBT individuals.
KNBC-TV’s “News Conference” – 08.26.18
WILL COHEN AND MANAFORT RULINGS HAVE EFFECT ON MIDTERMS?
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson examines if breaking news in the Muller investigation will affect President Trump and the midterm elections.
KNX-1070 AM - 08.24.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Laurie Levenson discusses immunity deals and how the prosecution uses them.
The Washington Post – 08.24.18
MICHAEL COHEN WAS DOOMED BECAUSE TRUMP THINKS LAWYERS ARE LACKEYS
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Laurie Levenson discusses Trump’s view of legal counsel.
Texas Public Radio – 08.23.18
EVERYTHING YOU SAY, DO IN PUBLIC COULD END UP ON THE INTERNET
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jennifer Rothman discusses privacy and social networking in the digital age.
KNX-1070 AM – 08.23.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson examines President Trump’s possible campaign finance violations in the wake of the plea deal brokered with lawyer Michael Cohen.
CrimProf Blog – 08.23.18
LEVENSON ON THE POLITICIZATION OF PROSECUTORS
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Laurie Levenson’s article, “The Politicization of Prosecutors: A Tribute to the Work of Bennett Gershman,” is featured.
Associated Press – 08.23.18
PAWN TO PAUPER: BROKE TRUMP FOE COHEN CROWDFUNDS LEGAL BILLS (also featured on Houston Chronicle, SF Gate, Toronto Sun, Yahoo! UK)
Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson said crowdfunding campaigns raise ethical concerns because they allow people to contribute to a political cause similarly to a campaign contribution, but without the same transparency and regulation...“Who does the lawyer and client feel grateful to?” Levinson said. “Right now, there is no clear way of finding out.”
ABC – 08.23.18
OC DA RACKAUCKAS FACES QUESTIONS ABOUT FREE TRAVEL WITH OC BILLIONAIRE ACCUSED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
"The purpose in reporting that is so the public can look at who their elected officials are getting gifts from and they can evaluate whether or not that's important," says Loyola Law School Professor Jessica Levinson, who is an expert on election law and ethics.
KCRW-FM – 08.22.18
WHITE HOUSE DOES DAMAGE CONTROL NOW THAT TWO TRUMP ADVISORS ARE CONVICTED FELONS
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Laurie Levenson discusses the White House’s damage control after the Michael Cohen plea deal and Paul Manafort’s guilty verdict.
NPR – 08.23.18
WHERE SUPREME COURT NOMINEE BRETT KAVANAUGH STANDS ON EXECUTIVE POWER
Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson examines U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's views on executive power — and what they could mean for the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Los Angeles Times – 08.22.18
Q&A: WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN ACCUSED IN COURT OF HELPING COMMIT A CRIME?
If Trump were a congressman instead of the president, he might be under indictment right now, said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School.
Law360 – 08.16.18
WILL LAW SCHOOLS START COUNTING ‘GENERATION ADA’?
Driven by the low numbers of disabled attorneys, former California U.S. Congressman Tony Coelho — who was the primary sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 — helped create the Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy and Innovation at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
TaxProf Blog – 08.22.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professors Katie Pratt and Ted Seto rank in the top 25 U.S. Tax Professors in all-time downloads.
KPCC-FM – 08.22.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Laurie Levenson discusses the implications of Michael Cohen’s plea deal and Paul Manafort’s conviction.
CBC – 08.22.18
HOW COHEN'S PLEA DEAL AND MANAFORT'S CONVICTION SPAWNED 'THE WORST DAY OF TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY SO FAR'
Loyola Law School Prof. Jessica Levinson says Cohen's plea deal will likely unnerve the president more than Manafort's possible co-operation, even if Cohen doesn't name Trump in the charging documents.
Associated Press – 08.22.18
5 QUESTIONS — AND ANSWERS — ABOUT THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS FOR TRUMP OF THE COHEN AND MANAFORT CASES (also featured on Boston Herald, MSN Argentina, NBC Los Angeles, SF Gate, The Telegraph, Voice of America and many others)
Laurie Levenson, a former federal prosecutor and professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, argued that Cohen’s plea knocks back the argument that the investigations swirling around Trump are a “witch hunt,” as the president has called Mueller’s Russia investigation.
MSNBC – 08.22.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses the hush money payments and Cohen’s plea deal.
Huffington Post UK – 08.22.18
WILL DONALD TRUMP BE IMPEACHED? THE COHEN AND MANAFORT SCANDALS EXPLAINED FOR BRITS (also featured on Yahoo UK)
Laurie Levenson, a former federal prosecutor and professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, has argued that Cohen’s plea undermines the argument that the investigations swirling around Trump are a “witch hunt”, as the President has called often described the Russia investigation.
KABC-AM – 08.22.18
IS SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS PUTTING HERSELF IN JEAPORDY?
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the potential of her being called in for questioning.
Raw Story – 08.22.18
EX-WATERGATE PROSECUTOR: WE NEED TO QUESTION LEGITIMACY OF TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY
Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson pointed out that Cohen’s guilty pleas beg the age-old question, “What did the president know and when did he know it?”
KCAL-TV – 08.21.18
PAUL MANAFORT GUILTY VERDICTS MICHAEL COHEN GUILTY PLEA DEAL
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Laurie Levenson discusses Paul Manafort’s guilty verdicts and Michael Cohen’s guilty plea deal.
KCRW-FM – 08.21.18
PAUL MANAFORT’S GUILTY VERDICT
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson examines Paul Manfort’s guilty verdicts.
KCAL-TV – 08.21.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Laurie Levenson discusses Paul Manafort’s guilty verdicts and Michael Cohen’s guilty plea deal and what this means for President Trump.
MSNBC – 08.21.18
MICHAEL COHEN PLEADS GUITY, IMPLICATES “CANDIDATE”
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson explains the implications of Cohen
The San Diego Union-Tribune – 08.21.18
GOLDEN STATE KILLER SUSPECT IS FACING NEW CHARGES, WILL BE TRIED IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY
Though investigators initially pursued the crimes as rapes, focusing on kidnapping charges shouldn’t hurt prosecutors’ chances, said Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School…“If they can prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt, even if it’s not the original case people thought it would be, the law allows them to do that,” she said.
Associated Press – 08.21.18
COHEN PLEADS GUILTY, IMPLICATES TRUMP IN HUSH-MONEY SCHEME
Laurie Levenson, a former federal prosecutor and professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, noted that the deal does not require Cohen to cooperate, but does not preclude it from happening, which should be worrying to the president and his allies. “What it shows is that the people close to the president have criminal exposure and it may mean they don’t need Cohen to cooperate,” she said.
SCV News – 08.20.18
LASD CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT PANEL ELECTS NEW LEADERSHIP
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Priscilla Ocen is elected vice chair of the LASD Civilian Oversight Commission.
Witness LA – 08.20.18
WORK ON CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT COMMISSION FOR LA COUNTY PROBATION FINALLY BEGINS
Cyn Yamashiro ’93 is on the advisory board of the Loyola Law School Center for Juvenile Law and Policy, was a founding member of the Pacific Juvenile Defender Center, and for the Center for Juvenile Justice in Boulder, Colorado.
TaxProf Blog – 08.20.18
SETO REVIEWS LISCOW'S IS EFFICIENCY BIASED?
Theodore Seto (Loyola-L.A.), A Challenge to Optimal Tax Orthodoxy (JOTWELL) (reviewing Zachary Liscow (Yale), Is Efficiency Biased?, 85 U. Chi. L. Rev. ___ (2018).
KPFK-FM – 08.20.18
IS TRUMP FORCING A MISTRIAL IN THE MANAFORT CASE BY JURY TAMPERING
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Laurie Levenson discusses the possibility of a mistrial in the Manafort case.
KCRW-FM’s “Press Play with Madeleine Brand” – 08.20.18
TRUMP'S LAWYER PROBLEM: COHEN, MCGAHN, GIULIANI SEEM TO DO THE PRESIDENT NO FAVORS
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson examines the controversies surrounding President Trump’s personal lawyers.
The Conversation – 08.20.18
HOW THE TRUMP FOUNDATION ILLUSTRATES THE LIMITS OF CHARITY REGULATIONS (also featured on Raw Story)
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Ellen Aprill discusses charity regulations and a lawsuit against the Trump Foundation. Excerpt:But in my view, private foundations have a responsibility to do more than merely comply with tax laws in a technical sense. They have a duty to serve public, not private, interests.
CrimProf Blog – 08.20.18
LAPP ON YOUNG ADULTS AND CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Kevin Lapp’s article “Young Adults and Criminal Jurisdiction” is featured.
NBC Think – 08.20.18
MASTERPIECE CAKESHOP II: SUPREME COURT PUNTED ON LGBT DISCRIMINATION, BUT BRETT KAVANAUGH WON'T
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson examines the Supreme Court decision that left open the larger question of whether religious beliefs can justify discrimination against LGBT Americans. Excerpt: To the extent that LGBT Americans will want to find judicial avenues to fight discrimination, they may find it prudent to take their fights to state courts, and avoid the highest court in the land.
Politifact – 08.20.18
NO EVIDENCE ANYONE OVER 116 YEARS OLD WAS VOTING IN OHIO'S SPECIAL ELECTION
"Husted’s explanation is entirely credible and unremarkable," said Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Law School.
CBS News – 08.19.18
JURY DELIBERATIONS IN MANAFORT TRIAL TO RESUME MONDAY (also featured on MSN UK)
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses the jury in trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Daily California – 08.17.18
GHOST SHIP WAREHOUSE FIRE DEFENDANTS’ PLEA DEALS ‘SWEPT ASIDE’
Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson also discussed the impact of the victims’ families’ sentiments to the case…“The court is trying to be extra careful that the victims’ families’ wishes are being taken into account,” Levenson said. “If possible, (the defendants) should come back and show remorse.”
Reuters – 08.15.18
U.S. YOUTH ACTIVISTS WILL APPEAL SETBACK TO CLIMATE LAWSUIT, LAWYER SAYS (also featured on MSN and Voice of America)
The remaining cases could still be effective in forcing authorities to strengthen climate change regulations, said Katherine Trisolini, a professor of environmental law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles...“I wouldn’t give up on the courts yet,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
LAist- 08.15.18
BODY SCANNERS ARE COMING TO LA METRO STATIONS. HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THEM
Metro had been testing technology at its downtown 7th Street/Metro Center Station since last year. In Sept. 2017, KPCC/LAist reporter Kyle Stokes got to see the testing in action and spoke with Eric Miller, a professor at L.A.'s Loyola Law School who specializes in policing issues.
LACBA’s “Admitted” podcast – 08.15.18
RACE AGAINST TIME: THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Career Development Office Assistant Director Katrina Denny discusses timelines and best practices for pursuing summer internships and associateships.
Associated Press – 08.15.18
EDITORIALS FROM AROUND NEW YORK
The most comprehensive inquiry into allegations of voter fraud was conducted by Justin Levitt, a professor with Loyola Law School in Los Angeles
East Bay Times – 08.14.18
FAMILIES OF GHOST SHIP FIRE VICTIMS WARNED THAT DEFENDANTS COULD WALK AWAY FREE
Laurie Levenson, an expert in criminal law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, agreed that if prosecutors had a “dead-bang” case, they wouldn’t need a plea deal.
El Tiempo – 08.14.18
LA ABUELA QUE PAGÓ 11 INJUSTOS AÑOS DE CÁRCEL POR VER MORIR A SU NIETO (GRANDMA WRONGFULLY SPENT 11 YEARS IN JAIL FOR WATCHING HER GRANDCHILD DIE)
Después de varias peticiones y apelaciones que le denegaron a Méndez, en 2012 un nuevo abogado decidió buscar la ayuda del Proyecto Inocencia de la Universidad de Loyola, en Los Ángeles.
Politico – 08.14.18
MANAFORT DEFENSE HOPES TO GAIN FROM MISSING WITNESSES’ ABSENCE
“There are risks to this,” said Loyola Law School Professor Laurie Levenson, another former federal prosecutor. The defense will “always point at the person who’s not in the courtroom.”
Los Angeles Times – 08.14.18
ONE COP CAME FORWARD TO EXPOSE SECRETS IN HIS OWN RANKS. THE REVELATION ROCKED THE COURT SYSTEM
“It’s one of the more stark examples of why we need to have more transparency about police officers’ backgrounds,” Laurie Levenson, a former federal prosecutor who teaches criminal law at Loyola Law School, said about the case.
The Sacramento Bee – 08.13.18
IT’S AN ELECTION YEAR, AND CALIFORNIA’S CAMPAIGN WATCHDOGS ARE BUSY FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES
As the state’s election watchdogs focus on internal issues, they are missing an opportunity to become one of the leading campaign finance agencies in the country, said Jessica Levinson, a political ethics expert at the Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
Bangor Daily News – 08.13.18
TRUMP’S ELECTION COMMISSION CLAIMS IT FOUND LOTS OF VOTER FRAUD. THE EVIDENCE SAYS IT DIDN’T.
For example, a comprehensive 2014 study by Loyola Law School Professor Justin Levitt turned up 31 instances nationwide with credible evidence of potential fraud that may have been addressed through voter ID laws and another 13 cases of potential voter impersonation that such laws would not have stopped.
KCRW-FM – 08.13.18
IS IT LEGAL TO TAPE THE PRESIDENT WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE?
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses Omarosa Manigault Newman’s recordings of President Trump.
Sweet Briar College – 08.13.18
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS NAMES NEW CHAIR, OFFICERS
Vairo has been the David P. Leonard Professor of Law at Loyola of Los Angeles Law School since 1995.
KCAL-TV – 08.12.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses breaking news including Omarosa Manigault Newman’s secret recordings, the Mueller investigation and Paul Manafort’s trial.
Huffington Post – 08.10.18
INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS AGREEMENT TO EXPAND EARLY VOTING ISN’T IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
Justin Levitt, a law professor at Loyola Law School, said it was unusual but “not unprecedented” for an official to challenge the legitimacy of a consent decree. Those challenges tend to happen, he said, when an official suspects the parties in a consent decree have colluded. That doesn’t appear to have been the case in Indiana.
New York Times – 08.09.18
BROCK TURNER LOSES APPEAL TO OVERTURN SEXUAL ASSAULT CONVICTION
Laurie L. Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School, said that it was unlikely that the court would take the case because there were no dissents among the panel of judges and the court affirmed there was sufficient evidence. “It takes a look when there is a conflict in the lower courts on legal issues, when different courts are coming out in different ways that they have to reconcile,” she said. “It’s a real long shot. He may be at the end of the line.”
KNX-1070 AM - 08.09.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Laurie Levenson discusses police privacy laws and the Pitchess process.
San Francisco Chronicle – 08.09.18
RENT CONTROL FOES HIRE CALIFORNIA NAACP LEADER AFTER HER GROUP OPPOSES INITIATIVE
Jessica Levinson, who teaches campaign ethics and political law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, said the set-up appears to be a symbiotic relationship that benefits Huffman, “but that’s not necessarily morally bereft.”
Los Angeles Times – 08.08.18
“Why are we spending all this money, time and effort in a case where the defendant is not going to live to see the ruling?” asked Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School and a former federal prosecutor.
CNN – 08.08.18
ELECTION EXPERTS SAY KRIS KOBACH'S VOTER FRAUD CLAIMS ARE MISLEADING
"That report includes misconduct by election officials and other insiders that can't be attributed to voters, so that's important to note," Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Associate Dean of Research Justin Levitt said. "But even just including incidents back to 2000, that's over a time frame that includes well over a billion votes cast. So it's important to consider the context and the bigger picture so as not to distort the reality of the situation."
CNN – 08.07.18
OHIO SPECIAL ELECTION TOO CLOSE TO CALL
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses the Ohio special election.
The Pew Trusts – 08.07.18
IT'S HARD TO MANAGE YOUR CREDIT WHEN YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF 'INTEREST' (also featured on Huffington Post)
“People cannot find results that financial literacy education works,” said Lauren Willis, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and a prominent critic of financial literacy education.
All About Redistricting – 08.07.18
COMMENT ON PROPOSED INFORMATION COLLECTION, 2020 CENSUS
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Associate Dean of Research Justin Levitt submits a letter on the citizenship question on the decennial Census.
The Washington Post – 08.06.18
FUND FOR TRUMP AIDES DRAWN INTO RUSSIA INVESTIGATION RAISES $200,000 (also featured on MSN, MSN Canada and SF Gate)
Contributions to similar legal funds set up to assist President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton in the 1990s were voluntarily capped at $1,000 for the first fund and $10,000 for the second, according to research by Ellen Aprill, a tax law expert at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.
Witness LA – 08.06.18
THE LA SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT NEEDS BODY CAMS! SO, LET’S GET ON WITH IT!
It remains to be seen if the LAPD’s analysis “will withstand judicial scrutiny in the future,” wrote Sean Kennedy, the executive director of Loyola Law School’s Center for Juvenile Law & Policy, the former Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California, and a member of the COC’s Ad Hoc committee.
KCRW-FM – 08.06.18
TWO COURT CASES COULD SET UP CONFLICTING ORDERS ON THE FATE OF DREAMERS
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses a federal judge ordering the Trump administration to fully re-instate DACA.
CBS News – 08.04.18
PAUL MANAFORT'S ACCOUNTANT TESTIFIES THAT SHE HELP FALSIFY RECORDS
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson
Stanford Public Law Working Paper
PRIVACY, PROPERTY, AND PUBLICITY
In Jennifer Rothman’s new book “The Right of Publicity: Privacy Reimagined for a Public Age,” she argues that we have wrongly reconceived the right of publicity as an intellectual property (IP) right rather than as a privacy-like right of “self-ownership,” and that in doing so we have let it grow unchecked in ways that serve no good purpose.
KABC-TV – 08.02.18
USC REQUESTS FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO DONATION BY COUNTY SUPERVISOR RIDLEY-THOMAS
Though the U.S. attorney has not opened a formal investigation, the optics are not good for the supervisor according to Loyola Law School Professor Jessica Levinson…"This is going to feed into the perception that politicians are in this to help themselves, and they’re in this to help they’re family, and they’re not really in this to help their constituents," said Levinson, a specialist in election law and campaign finance.
Atlanta Black Star – 08.02.18
REPARATIONS AND WHY MILLENNIALS AREN’T EXACTLY COLORBLIND (also featured on Black News Zone)
Loyola Law School Professor Eric J. Miller also made his own case for reparations. “Part of our history is our grandparents participating in these acts of terrible violence [against black people]. But people don’t want to acknowledge the horror of what they engaged in,” he said.
Aperture – 08.02.18
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Yxta Maya Murray examines the legacy of photographer Laura Aguilar.
KABC-AM – 08.01.18
PAUL MANAFORT, JEFF SESSIONS AND THE DOJ
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Professor Jessica Levinson discusses the Department of Justice guidelines in relation to the Paul Manafort trial.
Bloomberg Law – 08.01.18
DOJ WIN IN GOOGLE CASE COULD LIMIT CONSUMERS’ RIGHT TO SUE
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, whose last day on the court was July 31, usually voted with the conservative justices on business issues. But he wasn’t a consistently conservative vote on Article III standing, Professor Adam Zimmerman of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles said… “In some ways, this question is more important than any one single position Kavanaugh has taken on workers rights, abortion or net neutrality,” Zimmerman told Bloomberg Law.
Los Angeles Daily Journal
LA DA SEEKS SPECIAL MASTER TO REVIEW COURTHOUSE RECORDINGS
"Someone didn't think this through," said Laurie Levenson, criminal law professor at Loyola Law School. "I understand why the defense attorneys are very upset."