This unfavorable view may stem from the belief that the Supreme Court’s rulings are rooted in the justices’ political biases, Feldman said. “That view may not be entirely wrong,” he said, “but it misses the fact that individuals who are appointed to the court arrive with differing views of legal philosophy, of application of the tools of judicial and constitutional interpretation, and of how history and precedent should be read and applied.”
“People do not feel safe speaking out in this country against the government,” said Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington. “Because the government in the form of Elon Musk and President Trump himself will catalyze retribution.”
“By ‘returning this issue to the states,’ what has actually happened on the ground has been a scramble for services, where some people can get them and some can’t,” Price said.
"It's very doubtful that the president has the power to ban paper straws. Paper straws do not constitute a public health hazard and, even if they did, banning them would require engaging a rule making process under the Administrative Procedures Act, which is lengthy and unlikely to result in a ban."
Monte Mills, director of the Native American Law Center at the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ, told the Wausau Pilot and Review that federal policy is more supportive of tribal self-determination and sovereignty in recent years. Today, negotiations for leases and rights-of-way through tribal lands require consultation with tribes involved.
Peter Nicolas, music and IP law professor at University of Washington, also predicted Spotify’s victory lap would last until the next royalty board sit-down. “Spotify may be able to make some cash in the short term,” but songwriters and publishers will “negotiate hard” at the next board meeting, he said.
Ryan Calo, professor of law and in the Information School at the UW, joins Good Day Seattle to talk about the future of AI.
North Dakota sued the Interior Department at least five times under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now he’s set to run the agency. Monte Mills, professor of law and director of the Native American Law Center at the UW, is quoted.
"TikTok has never been so close to being shut down. After the near-death experience, is there a chance of a turnaround?" Professor Zang was quoted. (Chinese language article)
As Burgum takes the reins at the Interior Department, Monte Mills, director of the Native American Law Center at the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ, said he is watching how Burgum will work with tribes that favor conservation over natural resource extraction. It remains to be seen if keeping the federal government’s commitments to Indian Country is a priority for Burgum, Mills said, or whether tribal issues are “only really taken up where they align with other priorities of the administration.”
Steve Calandrillo, a law professor at the University of Washington, would like to see one of those federal daylight saving time proposals become a reality because of its impact on safety. Studies have suggested daylight saving time reduces traffic fatalities, potentially saving hundreds of lives each year.
Calo said they could be sued by their stockholders for taking the risk of ignoring the TikTok ban, or by state attorneys general for breaking state laws. Trump (or a future president) could change his mind and try to retroactively sue companies for defying the ban.
"The law confers an extraordinary amount of power upon the office of the president," said Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington who specializes in tech policy.
TikTok will be banned in the U.S. starting on Jan. 19, unless the popular social media platform cuts ties with its China-based parent company. Questions are being raised about whether the TikTok ban violates the First Amendment and whether it will actually be enforced. Ryan Calo, professor of law and in the Information School at the UW, is interviewed.
It is unclear if Mr. Trump, who has previously said he will spare the social media platform, will or can stop the ban. Ryan Calo, professor of law and in the Information School at the UW, is quoted.
“You could have a policy not to enforce this ban,” University of Washington Law School professor Ryan Calo told The Times. “But I think that maybe conservative companies would just be like: ‘OK, you’re not going to enforce it. But it is on the books, and you could enforce at any time.’”
Mr. Trump could also try to work around the law by instructing the government not to enforce it. But app store operators and cloud computing providers could require more than a soft assurance from Mr. Trump that he will not punish them if they fail to execute the ban, said Ryan Calo, a professor at the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ.
Society + Technology is hosted at the UW’s Tech Policy Lab. Ryan Calo, a professor at the UW School of Law, is co-director of the lab and he served as chair of the UW Technology and Society Task Force, which was charged by the school’s president and provost, and issued a 2022 research report.
“The entire process is very secretive,” said David Garavito, an assistant professor at the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ who has expertise in grand juries. “You will really hear nothing for a bit. And that’s by design.”
“I’ve been practicing for close to 50 years and have handled antitrust, securities fraud, class actions, and other cases that generally would fall into the category of ‘cases that take more time than usual,’” said University of Washington law professor Jeff Feldman, in an email. “I’ve never had a case that came anywhere close to six years of discovery.”
To be sure, defining what counts as a “win” in litigation can be complicated. Take, for example, the travel ban from Trump’s first administration. As Liz Porter, professor of law at the University of Washington explains, the administration lost the initial legal battles, but in response, the Trump Administration revised the ban to include some non-Muslim countries and phase in restrictions over time—and the Supreme Court upheld the revised version. “Which way do you count that?,” asks Porter. (For what it’s worth, the Washington Attorney General’s website still counts it as a win.)
While states can opt out of observing daylight saving time, an act of Congress is required to allow states to opt out of observing standard time. Steve Calandrillo, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
Only law enforcement authorities can take action against drones, said Ryan Calo, a University of Washington law professor and robotics law expert.
“They both agree the market is supermarkets and not something far broader,” Ross said. “Both agree that there are many geographic markets where the merger will result in high concentration.”
Grocery workers in the Puget Sound region were relieved as a merger between Albertsons and Kroger broke down. The two grocery giants that had planned to merge are now at loggerheads. Albertsons announced it’s pulling out of the agreement with Kroger, and is suing the company for breach of contract. Douglas Ross, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
