President Biden signed a bill to force the sale of TikTok by ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns it, or ban the widely popular video app in the United States.
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A Rutgers law professor has been leading a federal initiative to ensure that artificial intelligence used in a growing number of sectors including education, employment, finance, and health care is trustworthy and safe.
Rutgers Law Professor Chrystin Ondersma reimagines household debt that opens a new path to financial security for all Americans in her new book Dignity Not Debt: An Abolitionist Approach to Economic Justice. Weaving together the histories and trends of U.S. debt policy with her own family story, she debunks the myths that have long governed debt policy, like the belief that debt leads to prosperity or the claim that bad debt is the result of bad choices. Find out how Professor Ondersma's book could revolutionize how policymakers think about debt, thereby changing the legal landscape, in this Q&A by the publisher, University of California Press.
On Sunday, the 2024 entertainment awards season will culminate with the live broadcast of the 2024 Academy Awards. Each year, millions of television viewers tune in to the Oscars, Grammys, Emmys, Tonys, and Golden Globes for a taste of Hollywood’s glitz and glamor. That global fascination is the subject of a new Rutgers study, which examines the cottage industry of entertainment awards and explains how the law plays a pivotal role in nearly every aspect of show business’s most glamorous microeconomy.
The U.S. Supreme Court has recently made pivotal decisions carrying profound short- and long-term implications and changing the landscape of American law. Rutgers Law professors in Camden and Newark take a look at the most pressing legal issues in 2024.
Throughout the month of June, the Pride flag has lined streets around the country and flown across TV and smartphone screens in advertisements for all manner of products and companies. But this year, the colors of the rainbow may appear more muted, as culture wars and legislative action over transgender medicine, drag performances, and overall LGBTQ rights have threatened to put a damper on Pride festivities. Professor of Law Katie Eyer, an anti-discrimination attorney who has argued precedent-setting cases on behalf of LGBTQ employees, answered questions on the various issues and legal challenges the community has come up against this Pride Month.