Exploring Outer Space: The Role Of Private Companies, Ankita Joshi

Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review (CICLR) Blog

Over the past two decades, discussions about the future of outer space have often gone hand in hand with the role that private space companies, such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Rocket Lab, have had in transforming the space industry. Outer space has quickly developed into a competitive commercial landscape, a contrast to initial space law activity that focused on exploration.[1] With this shift, questions have arisen about whether current international space treaties provide adequate protections for space governance between states and private entities, and the protection of outer space resources.

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Public, Private, And In-Between: The Future Of Healthcare, Kwadwo Amponsah

Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review (CICLR) Blog

Health insurance is a type of insurance policy that provides coverage for a predetermined set of medical risks over a specified period. A health insurance policy is an agreement between an insurance provider and an individual, wherein the provider commits to covering pre-determined medical expenses, while the individual pays a fixed monthly premium (which may vary depending on the terms of the agreement). Upon acceptance into this plan, the consumer becomes part of a risk pool, which is further categorized into low-risk and high-risk segments. One’s risk assessment provides information regarding their propensity to need more medical services, and this …

Blake Lively And Justin Baldoni Dispute: It Ends With Arbitration?, Alisha Augustine

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (CJCR) Blog

The film adaptation of the best-selling novel, “It Ends With Us” depicts a tale of a seemingly romantic relationship turned abusive and how a woman grows beyond her experience with domestic abuse. The film and novel tell the story of Lilly, Blake Lively’s character, falling in love with Ryle, Justin Baldoni’s character, and how their relationship evolves for the worse. Despite the important message that the movie should be known for, it has now been caught in the cross-fire in the impending case between co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. In December 2024, Lively filed a complaint against Baldoni claiming …

The Samuel & Ronnie Heyman Center On Corporate Governance Invites You To: Taxes Vs Tariffs, Heyman Center On Corporate Governance, Cardozo Business Law Society, Luís Calderón Gómez, Harlan Grant Cohen, Scott Maberry, Maria Celis, Gregory Spak

2025 Event Invitations

Market participants are preparing for the tax and trade policies pursued by the second Trump administration. Regarding taxes, proposals include making expiring Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions permanent, ending green energy subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, and exempting certain income from taxation. Proposed tariffs range from retaliatory measures-in-kind to targeting Chinese market participation to a universal 20% import tariff. On the campaign trail, the President often presented these proposals as part of a shift of financial burdens from domestic taxpayers to foreign companies. In a panel discussion with tax and trade experts, we will seek to determine the …

Cardozo Law News Brief: March 7, 2025, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2025

Highlights from the March 7, 2025 Cardozo Law News Brief include:

• Scientist Zafra M. Lerman received the International Advocate for Peace Award at Cardozo and spoke on science education as a human right.

• Professor Jessica Roth was quoted in The New York Times on internal tensions at the Justice Department.

• Professor Matt Wansley spoke to The Washington Post about Tesla’s self-driving taxi plans.

• Professor Andrea Schneider commented in Business Insider on U.S.-Ukraine Oval Office negotiations.

• Professor Peter Markowitz discussed immigration enforcement in Newsweek and The Boston Globe.

• Faculty updates include:

  • Professor Barbara Kolsun’s book The Business and Law of …

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Scientist Zafra M. Lerman Accepts International Advocate For Peace Award At Cardozo, Cardozo Journal Of Conflict Resolution

Cardozo Law News Archive

On March 6, 2025, scientist and humanitarian Zafra M. Lerman received the 24th Annual International Advocate for Peace Award from the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution for her groundbreaking work in science diplomacy and human rights advocacy.

Cardozo Journal Of Equal Rights & Social Justice 2025 Symposium, Cardozo Journal Of Equal Rights And Social Justice

2025 Event Invitations

This symposium will focus on the contrasting judicial opinions of Justices Barrett and Justice Jackson. We have planned three panel discussions covering key topics before the Court, including gun rights and presidential immunity. For the gun rights panel, we will focus on New York Pistol Association v. Bruen and Rahimi v. United States. The presidential immunity panel will discuss Trump v. United States. Lastly, we plan to have an additional panel dedicated to exploring the judicial ideologies of Justice Jackson and Justice Barrett, specifically examining how their theories of constitutional interpretation diverge from other justices.

The Fame Center And Fashion Law Society Invite You To Staying Stateside: International Students In The U.S., Cardozo Fame Center, Cardozo Fashion Law Society

2025 Event Invitations

If you are a current international LL.M. seeking to establish yourself in the United States, we invite you to join Professor Barbara Kolsun, Director of the FAME Center, as she welcomes back two recent Cardozo graduates to share their journeys of securing employment.

• Anna Radke '17, Partner, Brand Counsel, P.C., IP and Business Attorney

• Simone Morabito '19, Associate at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP

Mapping State Reactions To The Icc Arrest Warrants For Netanyahu And Gallant, Rebecca Ingber

Online Publications

On Thursday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced it had issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Yoav Gallant, the former defense minister, in connection with alleged crimes committed in the ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Hamas. In doing so, the Court rejected as premature Israel’s challenge to the Court’s jurisdiction. The Court’s decision to issue a warrant for the sitting Prime Minister of a state, which is notably not a party to the Rome Statute, also demonstrates the Court’s embrace of its prior controversial decision on immunity, namely that customary international law does …

Entrepreneurship And Community Business Clinic Making An Impact In California, Entrepreneurship And Community Business Clinic

Cardozo Law News Archive

In February 2025, Cardozo Law’s Entrepreneurship and Community Business Clinic visited California, where students led workshops, met with Judge Ana de Alba, and provided legal support to local entrepreneurs.

Write What You Know, Joshua Levine

Library Staff Online Writings

Writing a fact pattern is more challenging than it looks. This is something I learned when I created my first fact pattern for Advanced Legal Research. To accomplish this, I relied on the maxim, “Write what you know.”

The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine: A Crime Of Aggression, Karen Glikman

Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review (CICLR) Blog

November 19, 2024 marked 1000 days since Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.  There is an ongoing debate as to whether the invasion can be classified as a crime of aggression. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 3314 defines aggression as “the use of armed force by a State against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations, as set out in this Definition.” Article 3 of this resolution outlines specific acts that constitute acts of aggression per se. Russia's February 2022 invasion of …

Final-Offer Arbitration In Major League Baseball: An Effective Dispute Resolution Process, Jeremy Ahdoot

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (CJCR) Blog

Final-offer arbitration, commonly referred to as “baseball arbitration,” is a process where one or more arbitrators will settle an issue by selecting one of the final offers proposed by disputants. In the 1973-1974 offseason, Major League Baseball (MLB) introduced final-offer arbitration as a mechanism to handle salary disputes between professional baseball players and their teams. To be eligible for salary arbitration, players must have more than three, but less than six, years of service time. One year of service time is completed when a player spends 172 days on a team’s 26-man roster or MLB’s injured list in a given …

Seeking The Cayuse Five: Imagining Reparations And Reconciliation In Oregon, Kukin Program For Conflict Resolution, Cardozo Law Institute In Holocaust And Human Rights (Clihhr), Michael Moffitt, Roberta Conner

2025 Event Invitations

In the mid-1840s, American settlers flocked westward on the Oregon Trail, unknowingly bringing with them measles and other foreign diseases to which the Cayuse peoples along the trail had no immunity. Hundreds of Cayuse children were brought to Narcissa and Marcus Whitman at the Whitman Mission for treatment, but ultimately these children could not be saved. In 1847, members of the Cayuse Tribe, acting under Cayuse law to dispose of false doctors (medicine men, or tewat), participated in an attack on the Presbyterian Whitman Mission in Walla Walla Washington, killing the Whitmans and eleven others. After a two-year pursuit, the …

A Shelter From Litigation: How Mediation Helped Preserve The Core Of New York City’S Right To Shelter, Jared J. Jackson

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (CJCR) Blog

In 1979, a class action lawsuit was brought against New York City by a coalition of homeless individuals. After almost two years of negotiations, the parties of this suit, called Callahan v. Carey, entered into a consent decree, which provided that the City and State of New York would “provide shelter and board to all homeless men who met the need standard for welfare or who were homeless ‘by reason of physical, mental, or social dysfunction.’”

The print edition of the issue has also been released. This post was originally published on the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution website on …

Professor Andrea Schneider Speaks To Business Insider On Tense Oval Office Negotiations Between U.S. And Ukraine, Andrea K. Schneider

Cardozo Law News Archive

Professor Andrea Schneider spoke to Business Insider to discuss the Oval Office negotiations between President Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and ultimatums that Trump gave to Ukraine.

Regulating Hidden Ai Authorship, Jacob Noti-Victor

Articles

With the rapid emergence of high-quality generative artificial intelligence (“AI”), some have advocated for mandatory disclosure when the technology is used to generate new text, images, or video. But the precise harms posed by nontransparent uses of generative AI have not been fully explored. While the use of the technology to produce material that masquerades as factual (“deepfakes”) is clearly deceptive, this Article focuses on a more ambiguous area: the consumer’s interest in knowing whether works of art or entertainment were created using generative AI. In the markets for creative content—fine art, books, movies, television, music, and the like—producers have …

Is The Housing Access Voucher Program The Solution To New York’S Affordable Housing Crisis?, Ushna Khan

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice (ERSJ) Blog

New York City’s affordable housing crisis has reached an alarming state, with nearly half of renters spending more than thirty percent of their annual income on rent, and eviction filings surpassing pre-COVID pandemic levels.  The rising eviction rate continues to disproportionately impact low-income and marginalized communities.  The longstanding impact of antiquated, restrictive zoning policies, underinvestment in affordable housing, and mounting construction costs have compounded the housing crisis into a “state of emergency” in New York.

This post was originally published on the Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice website on February 27, 2025. The original post can be …

Is The Housing Access Voucher Program The Solution To New York’S Affordable Housing Crisis?, Ushna Khan

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice (ERSJ) Blog

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From High Hopes To Hesitation: What Rfk Jr.’S Senate Confirmation Hearings Say About His Current Stance On Marijuana Reform, Andrew Greenberg

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice (ERSJ) Blog

Recently, Robert F. Kennedy (“RFK”) Jr.’s nomination for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) was confirmed by the Senate, and he will soon become the leader of America’s largest health agency.  While some of his controversial claims include his “refusal to embrace science that shows vaccines do not cause autism” and “denials of the efficacy of vaccines” in general, he has also advocated for the federal decriminalization of marijuana.  However, his more recent declarations and the government forces at play mean this decriminalization will not likely come to fruition.

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15th Annual Ballsa Celebration Event Flyer, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

2024–2025 Flyers

Promotional graphic for the 15th Annual BALLSA Celebration held on February 27, 2025, at The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. The annual celebration honored Daniel J. Dominguez ’05 and recognized the achievements and contributions of Cardozo’s diverse community through the BALLSA Alumni Celebration, one of the law school’s signature annual events.

Early Neutral Evaluation: Flawed Foundations In Statistical Predictions, Jacqueline Kitzes

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (CJCR) Blog

Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) is a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) designed to help parties resolve disputes more efficiently. It is an increasingly popular method encouraged by courts and private providers alike. ENE involves a neutral third party, often an experienced attorney or retired judge, who assesses the strengths and weaknesses of each party’s case early in the dispute. The primary goal is to encourage parties to focus on the strengths and weaknesses of their cases and their opponent’s early in the litigation process, potentially avoiding unnecessary pre-trial expenses. ENE aims to facilitate a more informed negotiation process and …

Professor Jessica Roth Quoted In The New York Times About Justice Dept. Targeting Sdny, Jessica A. Roth

Cardozo Law News Archive

Professor Jessica Roth spoke to The New York Times about Emil Bove III, the acting deputy attorney general, targeting the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York over the Trump administration's plans to seek the dismissal of corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.

Turning Over The Ballot: Direct Democracy And State-Level Change, Floersheimer Center For Constitutional Democracy, Wilfred U. Codrington Iii, Phillip Ensler, Susan Lerner, Miriam Seifter

2024–2025 Flyers

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The Court We Need: Why The Supreme Court Is Worth Saving—Especially From Itself With Professor Steven I. Vladeck, Stephen I. Vladeck

2025 Event Invitations

For all of the ink that has been spilled over the Supreme Court in recent years, no one has been able to bridge the growing divide between those who think we should bury the Court and those who think we should praise it. Meanwhile, public faith in the Court continues to decline. The result has been an erosion of the Court’s moral authority and an impasse about how to restore it at the exact moment when we most need it—with the other institutions of government increasingly unable or unwilling to check each other. Now, more than ever, we need a …

Turning Over The Ballot: Direct Democracy And State-Level Change, Floersheimer Center For Constitutional Democracy, Wilfred U. Codrington Iii, Phillip Ensler, Susan Lerner, Miriam Seifter

2025 Event Invitations

Join Phillip Ensler ‘17 (Alabama State Representative), Susan Lerner (Executive Director, Common Cause-NY), and Miriam Seifter (Professor, Univ. of Wisconsin Law School) who, with Cardozo’s own Professor Wilfred Codrington, will discuss ballot measures, direct democracy, and effecting change at the state level. Registration is encouraged but not required for current Cardozo students.

A Conversation With Julia Haart, Cardozo Fame Center, Fashion Law Society, Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin, Julia Haart

2025 Event Invitations

Step into the world of innovation and entrepreneurship with Cardozo's FAME Center and the Fashion Law Society as they host an exclusive event featuring Julia Haart—CEO, designer, author, activist, producer, and the captivating star of Netflix's “My Unorthodox Life.” Join her in a riveting dialogue with Professor Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin, as they delve into Julia's non-traditional journey to the C-suite and her trailblazing approach to business.

Cardozo Law News Brief: February 21, 2025, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2025

Highlights from the February 21, 2025 Cardozo Law News Brief include:

• Professor Jessica Roth appeared on PBS NewsHour to discuss DOJ resignations tied to the dismissal of a case involving NYC Mayor Eric Adams.

• Adjunct Professor Gary Galperin spoke to Gothamist about court procedures in the Luigi Mangione case.

• Derrick Hamilton, Deputy Director of the Perlmutter Center, published an op-ed in Times Union advocating for stronger discovery laws.

• Professor Peter Markowitz was quoted in Gothamist and Newsweek about ICE access to protected spaces under Mayor Adams.

• Professor Michael Pollack commented in Bloomberg on Denver’s new sidewalk repair fee.

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Workers’ Rights In The Gig Economy: A Comparative Analysis Between The United States And Australia, Atalya Santos

Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review (CICLR) Blog

The gig economy has transformed the nature of work. Millions of people seeking short-term, flexible jobs through digital platforms that promise unlimited earnings and a “be your own boss” structure have encountered the reality of long hours for little pay and work instability. This reality raises significant legal and policy questions regarding workers’ rights and protections for gig workers. This blog post compares the United States’ treatment of gig workers with Australia’s, analyzing the positives and negatives of each system and evaluating whether the U.S. should adopt an alternative model.

This post was originally published on the Cardozo International & …

Appeal, Arbitrate, Appraise: A Forthcoming Rallying-Cry For The Victims Of The California Wildfires, Thomas Riley

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (CJCR) Blog

Seven days into the 2025 new year, the most expensive natural disaster in United States history broke out. 29 people were killed, and at least 16,000 structures were destroyed. Damages estimations have been varied. One analyst firm reasoned the fires could cost as much as $35 billion[3], another thought $45 billion, and the University of Southern California thinks $75 billion. Among the hardest hit neighborhoods was Altadena, California. Northwest Altadena stood as one of the few areas black families could purchase homes in Southern California, as “81% of Black households in Altadena own homes, compared with 32% across Los Angeles …