Kenneth W. Simons and Lauren Klosinski | November 6, 2018 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
In his Chancellor’s lecture at UCI School of Law, “Assumption of Risk and Consent in the Twenty-First Century,” Kenneth W. Simons discusses the definitions of consent and assumption of risk with illustrations referencing Harry Houdini, the infamous “Flopper” ride from...
Lauren Klosinski | July 5, 2018 | American Indian Law, Sexual Assault
From The Intercept: In the mid-2000s, the area surrounding the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota began to undergo a massive transformation after corporations figured out they could access vast wells of oil from the Bakken shale formation using fracking...
Taylor Carroll | December 18, 2017 | Sexual Assault
In a recent Associated Press interview, NYU School of Law professor Erin E. Murphy brings attention to the complexity of sex assault laws and the definition of consent. “Half the states don’t even have a definition of consent,” says Professor Murphy. “One person’s...
Erin E. Buzuvis | August 8, 2017 | Student Sexual Misconduct
As an aspect of its prohibition on sex discrimination, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 requires educational institutions that receive federal funding to engage in a “prompt and equitable” response to reports of sexual harassment, including sexual...
Nicole D. Milos | July 18, 2017 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
At the 2010 White House Correspondents’ dinner, then President Obama joked, that Sasha and Malia were big fans of the Jonas brothers, however, he cautioned, “boys, don’t get any ideas— I’ve got two words for you ‘Predator Drones’—you will never see it coming.”1...
