The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland is a multi-layered tragedy: For the families and friends of those killed or presumed dead, it’s a profound and personal loss. For businesses that rely on the Port of Baltimore, it’s an economic nightmare. Thomas Schoenbaum, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
In recent years, the federal government has tried to work more closely with tribal nations on land management, and a new online collection of such agreements seeks to facilitate that collaboration. An online collection of cooperative agreements that is hosted at the UW and Monte Mills, professor of law and director of the Native American Law Center at the UW, are mentioned.
While key, completing a thesis is the least important aspect of your Ph.D., writes Mar铆a P. 脕ngel, a doctoral student at the UW, and you should also focus on three other areas.
Hiring more state and local law enforcement officers is central to a campaign plan that Bob Ferguson rolled out on public safety in this year’s governor’s race. Will it be enough to stanch criticism from Republicans? And will members of his party go along? David B. Owens, assistant professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
The U.S. government's antitrust lawsuit against Apple opens new tab draws on the watershed 1998 case that broke Microsoft's stranglehold on desktop software, but that may prove to be an imperfect blueprint for addressing smartphone competition. Douglas Ross, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
Law-review articles by such experts as the University of Washington's Michael Hatfield lay out the problems to the public. Yet the IRS continues to ignore basic principles outlined by OMB directives and even its own internal-revenue manuals.
"Esta nueva ley en Hong Kong envía una señal escalofriante a la comunidad empresarial. Las inversiones extranjeras en Hong Kong por parte de corporaciones occidentales ya han disminuido en el año 2023, y no hay duda de que esta nueva ley socavará aún más la confianza que los inversores extranjeros tienen en Hong Kong. Como centro financiero, la economía de Hong Kong depende del capital extranjero. (...) Y el hecho de que el capital extranjero esté huyendo de Hong Kong tiene un impacto negativo en la economía local: los mercados in-mobiliarios, el desempleo, los ingresos fiscales y el bienestar de todos los residentes que viven y trabajan en Hong Kong", comenta a este diario Dongsheng Zang, profesor de derecho de la Universidad de Washington y experto en derecho comercial internacional.
At the crux of the issue isn’t just data collection, but that data could be used to influence the American public, said Alex Bolton, the program manager of the University of Washington’s Tech Policy Lab. Lawmakers are concerned ByteDance could tweak TikTok’s algorithm to show content that would benefit Chinese government interests and influence public opinion in the U.S., Bolton said.
University of Washington law professor Xuan-Thao Nguyen discussed her new book, “Silicon Valley Bank: The Rise and Fall of a Community Bank for Tech,” with UVA Law professor Elizabeth A. Rowe. Nguyen’s book provides a first-hand account of the founding, ascent and dissolution of Silicon Valley Bank, a tech community bank founded in 1982 with $5 million that became the nation’s 13th-largest bank and the tech industry’s lender and bank.
NBC6 reporter Sophia Hernandez explains why some governments change their clocks and the impact it’s having on our health. Professor Calandrillo is interviewed.
As you open your eyes Sunday morning, have a big stretch and yawn the sleep away, the clocks will have sprung forward in the night, pulling the daylight into the evening for one hour longer. Dr. Nathaniel Watson, co-director of the UW Medicine Sleep Center and professor of neurology, is quoted. Steve Calandrillo, professor of law at the UW, is mentioned.
This means that “only the person who composed the underlying music, and not an artist who made a sound recording of someone else’s musical composition, has a performance right,” Peter Nicolas, the director of the Intellectual Property Law & Policy Graduate Program at the University of Washington, told McClatchy News.
Ten states own 1.6 million acres of land within 83 tribal nations’ reservations. How did they get there? Monte Mills, professor of law and director of the Native American Law Center at the UW, is quoted.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general for eight states and the District of Columbia are suing in an attempt to stop the merger of Kroger and Albertsons, the country's two largest grocery store companies. Federal and state officials argue the merger would "eliminate fierce competition" for both shoppers and workers, and lead to higher grocery prices. Douglas Ross, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
UW law students, professors, alumni, and various professionals gathered in the Burke Museum Feb. 22 to celebrate diversity within the field of law. The event was largely organized by the UW School of Law’s Women’s Law Caucus (WLC), an organization that aims to encourage gender equality and support women of color at 红桃视频.
After months of speculation and delay, the Federal Trade Commission moved Monday to prevent the proposed $25 billion merger of Kroger and Albertsons, claiming that the largest grocery merger in U.S. history would raise prices and hurt workers. Douglas Ross, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit to prevent a proposed $24.6 billion merger between Kroger and Albertsons, two of the largest grocery chains in the country. Douglas Ross, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
The boom of health care mergers and acquisitions in Washington state has offered a way for many smaller, financially struggling hospitals and clinics to stay afloat, industry leaders say. But when those larger health systems start to make cuts they think are necessary, is patient access to care really being protected? Douglas Ross, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
Ramasastry’s role in the commission includes joining a working group focused on forced labor and modern slavery in global supply chains. The group also looks at the roles that the private sector plays. The law professor says she sees significant gaps in addressing child labor and migrant labor recruitment.
When Kroger and Albertsons promised to preserve competition under their proposed merger by selling 413 stores, including 104 in Washington, some wondered whether the buyer would be required to keep those stores open. Apparently, so did the buyer, C&S Wholesale Grocers. Douglas Ross, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
The lawyer of a college student who runs social media accounts to track Taylor Swift's and other celebrities' private jet spoke out to defend his client. Ryan Calo, professor of law and in the Information School at the UW, is quoted.
Oregon senators have rejected a bill that would make Oregon the only state on the West Coast to switch permanently to standard time. Steve Calandrillo, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
Fifty years ago, a U.S. District Court judge in Washington issued one of the most consequential legal rulings in modern case law. The Boldt Decision marked the culmination of seven decades of protests, arrests, and violence in the infamous ‘Fish Wars.’ Eric Eberhard, affiliate assistant professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
Others like Steve P. Calandrillo, a professor of law at the University of Washington, argued for year-round daylight saving time because, he said, it would save lives, decrease crime, save energy and have other benefits.
“We are much better off having eight months of evening sun than having zero,” said Steve Calandrillo, a professor at University of Washington. “So I beg you to do just like Washington did and defeat their permanent standard time bill.”
