New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in the Modern Age

Join ACS, CSEL, and JSEL for a panel discussion reflecting on the 60th anniversary of the NYT Co. v. Sullivan Decision, which heightened the standard to prove defamation for public-figure plaintiffs. Speakers include Meryl Governski, a Partner at Wilkie, Farr, & Gallagher, who recently helped win a $148 million judgment against Rudy Giuliani for his defamation of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, and David McCraw, General Counsel at the New York Times.

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Careers Office Hours for 1L Reps

Our OCI/careers office hours event will be tomorrow, March 20 from 10:30 am -1:30 pm in the journal suite conference room (straight-ahead when you enter the library). This is a 1L reps + friends event so bring whomever you'd like. There will be some light formal Q&A at the beginning but it should be a fairly casual drop-in event to come and chat with the 2Ls and 3Ls about anything on your mind about the process. There will be Dunkin.

Demand the Impossible: Professor Robert Tsai in Conversation with Dean Chemerinsky

The Berkeley Law Death Penalty Clinic, the American Constitution Society at Berkeley Law, and the Berkeley Law Clinical Program look forward to welcoming you to a conversation between Professor Robert Tsai (BU Law) and Dean Erwin Chemerinsky on March 19, 2024, at 4PM in room 170. Professor Tsai and Dean Chemerinsky plan to discuss Professor Tsai's forthcoming book, Demand the Impossible, in which he traces Stephen Bright’s remarkable career as a civil rights litigator and explores the legal ideas that were central to his relentless pursuit of equal justice.

Fighting Modern Monopolies: What's at Stake in Antitrust Enforcement

Increased corporate consolidation across industries has harmed Americans, as consumers, as workers, and as owners of small businesses. By protecting fair competition, antitrust enforcement contributes to lower consumer prices, increased jobs and wages, innovation, and better-quality goods and services. In these ways, antitrust enforcement profoundly affects Americans’ everyday lives. Both federal and state enforcers have roles to play in this important work. Recently, we have seen them act independently and together to challenge consolidation and anti-competitive practices in several high-profile cases, including against Google, Amazon, and Kroger-Albertsons. What challenges are federal and state antitrust enforcers facing? How can these challenges be overcome to achieve the promises of our antitrust laws?

Moderator:

Elizabeth Odette, Assistant Attorney General and Manager of the Antitrust Division in the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General

Panelists:

Alvaro Bedoya, Commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission

Gwendolyn J. Lindsay Cooley, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust in the Wisconsin Department of Justice and Chair of the Multistate Antitrust Task Force of the National Association of Attorneys General

Doha Mekki, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice

The American Constitution Society is a State Bar of California approved CLE provider. This event has been approved for 1 hour of California MCLE credit. Click here for the CLE Documentation, CA MCLE Cert. of Attendance, Non-CA CLE Cert. of Attendance, Evaluation Form, and Record of Attendance.