The landmark 1974 case ordered Washington to uphold its treaties, affirm Indigenous salmon fishing rights and recognize Native nations’ sovereignty. Eric Eberhard, affiliate assistant professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
Regardless of whether you believe Sweeney is the David to Swift’s Goliath in this situation, the legal threat raises some interesting questions: Is Sweeney’s tracking legal? Or does Swift’s team have a point—if not legally, then at least morally? To answer those questions, Slate spoke with Ryan Calo, a professor of law and information science at the University of Washington, who has previously weighed in on Sweeney’s scuffle with Musk. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Some law students and professors in Idaho were among droves of people who spent their Thursday morning tuning in live to oral arguments in the Trump v. Anderson case taking place in the nation’s highest court. Elizabeth Porter, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
“Because you’ve got all of this AI-generated stuff kind of filling up a lot of people’s time and space, it’s going to diminish the the amount of money that these artists and songwriters get,” ºìÌÒÊÓƵ professor Peter Nicolas said.
Washington will stick with its “spring forward” schedule again after a bill aiming to switch to standard time permanently failed in the legislature for the second year in a row. The UW's Laura Prugh, associate professor of environmental and forest sciences; and Steve Calandrillo, professor of law, are quoted.
UW’s one-day seminar known as Medicolegal Day is the only program offering both future medical and legal professionals practice in taking part in a deposition, says Professor Bill Bailey, a member of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar and the creator of the program. 3L Mustafa Alemi is also quoted.
he FTC’s recent settlement (Order) with Rite Aid for discriminatory use of facial surveillance breaks ground by expanding the penalty of algorithm disgorgement to third parties. Jevan Hutson is quoted.
“It would be a very strange world where we didn’t bring to bear these tools to improve government and governance,” said University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo.
A robocall created with artificial intelligence that impersonated President Joe Biden and targeted voters in New Hampshire earlier this month is just the latest example of how rapidly advancing AI tools are a growing threat to elections — and more broadly to society. The UW's Ryan Calo, professor of law and in the Information School, and Jevin West, associate professor in the Information School, are quoted.
”There is generally no duty in American law to protect third parties from harm,” UW torts law professor Elizabeth Porter said. “There are exceptions to this rule, where the defendant is in a special relationship with the plaintiff. The question is whether such a special relationship exists between universities and their students, and — if yes — the nature of that relationship.”
A product of the Central District, Garfield High School, and UW’s law school, the biracial Harrell could have continued his career as a successful lawyer and gone anywhere in life. Instead, he has chosen to be a public servant in Seattle, where in 2021 he became the city’s first Japanese American and second African American mayor after an impressive city council tenure.
The FTC began to regulate AI fairness last month, seizing on an automated facial surveillance scandal at pharmacy chain Rite Aid.
Fifty years ago, a landmark federal court case brought against Washington state reaffirmed the treaty rights of Native Americans to fish in traditional waters and shorelines. Robert Anderson, professor emeritus of law at the UW, is quoted.
A group of state lawmakers is making another pitch to get Washington off the twice-a-year time-changing seesaw, but this time with a proposal to adopt permanent standard time instead of daylight saving time. Steve Calandrillo, professor of law at the UW, is mentioned.
Steve Calandrillo, law professor at the University of Washington, passionately pleaded for the Legislature not to pass this bill. Calandrillo studied DST for the past 20 years and testified in front of the U.S. Congress against permanent standard time. “Right now, we have eight months of the year on DST, and four months of the year on standard time,” Calandrillo said. While he agrees with sleep specialists that living by the sun would be ideal, he said the reality is different with modern technology and home lighting.
The viability of extracting lunar resources is furiously debated. Yet examining those resources is an obvious first step, and “Japan wants to be part of that history,” says Saadia Pekkanen, director of the Space Law, Data and Policy programme at the University of Washington.
A lawsuit by Washington state to block a proposed $25 billion merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons is getting some qualified kudos from legal experts and lots (and lots) of love from Washington grocery shoppers. Douglas Ross, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
A bill that would keep Washington in standard time year-round is clearing its first hurdle on its way through the legislature. The UW's Laura Prugh, associate professor of environmental and forest sciences; Steve Calandrillo, professor of law; and Dr. Vishesh Kapur, professor of medicine and director of sleep medicine in the UW School of Medicine, are quoted.
A bill up for debate in Olympia calls for clocks to no longer “spring ahead” in March and for Pacific Standard Time to remain in effect year-round. The UW's Steve Calandrillo, professor of law, and Dr. Vishesh Kapur, professor of medicine and director of sleep medicine in the UW School of Medicine, are quoted.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday decided not to hear an appeal of a Washington state Supreme Court ruling from March 2023 that found a statewide tax on capital gains to be lawful. Hugh Spitzer, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
Prior to leading LSAC, Testy served as a law school dean and faculty member for 25 years, including Seattle University School of Law from 2004 to 2009 and as the first woman dean at the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ from 2009 to 2017.
He also serves on the board of the Washington Leadership Institute at the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ, which aims to recruit and train lawyers that reflect the diversity of the state, and has mentored young lawyers at both UW and Seattle University.
“In any merger, companies typically are trying to achieve efficiencies, cost savings,” said Douglas Ross, an antitrust expert at the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ. “Typically, if you’ve got a merger between two companies in the same area, they are going to achieve some cost savings by reducing employment. And that is typical and ordinary. And although it might sound harsh, from an economic point of view it leads to progress, frankly. If we didn’t have more efficiencies, our economy wouldn’t grow and we wouldn’t have advances.”
Torres connected with the law school deans at the state’s three law schools — Gonzaga University, Seattle University and the University of Washington — and they were all supportive. They started to meet in early 2021, and the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) created a Prelaw Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) program, which tries to attract diverse students toward the law.
Three candidates, two superpowers and one island. Taiwan is picking a president and a parliament on Saturday amid steadily surging nationalism in mainland China and all the talk of decoupling and derisking by the United States. Who will succeed the outgoing pro-Western president, Tsai Ing-wen? How high are the stakes? Professor Dongsheng Zang is interviewed.
