Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Violations

The penalty, one of the largest levied against a tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled users about their data privacy.

Climate change on trial: Can oil companies escape state court?

Prelude to a War? The Looming Disempowerment Cycle and the Future of Multiracial Democracy

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

Alabama Man’s Death Sentence Is Commuted as Governor Cites Thin Evidence (Gift Article)

Toforest Johnson’s conviction in the 1995 killing of a sheriff’s deputy relied on the testimony of a woman who was paid a $5,000 reward by the state for providing information.

Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic roars forward with multiple pathbreaking projects

In just its third semester, the clinic is delivering on the mission that fueled its creation: using data to support advocacy, policy, and social change.

The Supreme Court’s next major case on the free exercise of religion

On Nov. 3, the Supreme Court will hear argument in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy. This case raises important questions about how far the court will go in expanding the Constitution’s protections of…

Can a state make it illegal to give food or water to people waiting to vote?

Professor Emily Rong Zhang answers election law questions: 1) Can ...

Older, Wiser Law Students Event Offers Valuable Career Insights

Our Older, Wiser Law Students (OWLS) group recently hosted its second annual Peer Career Advice Panel, featuring 2L and 3L members who shared their experiences and offered advice on applications […]

Former MMA star and current Berkeley Law 3L Scott Denarola works to protect fighters from exploit...

After major success in the cage, Denarola has found a new battleground — antitrust law — to pursue holding companies accountable when they “take advantage of workers who have nowhere else to go.”

Election lawyers say they’ve never seen anything like the DOJ’s lawsuit against California

Election law scholars and former Department of Justice attorneys said they found the DOJ’s lawsuit seeking to block California from counting certain ballots to be head-scratchingly inept.

Trump’s New Press Secretary: Not-Quite Attorney at Law

Katie Zacharia told The New York Times that the confusion over her legal credentials was the result of one big misunderstanding.

With fewer public defenders, indigent defendants pay the price • Stateline

AUSTIN, Texas — It was a good day for the defense. Standing in front of a judge in Austin’s Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center, attorney Matthew Shrum secured a ruling that spared his client...

Is voting actually a constitutional right?

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Human Rights Center report monitors U.S. global deportation network

Agreements made by the Trump administration allow for quick deportation of migrants to foreign nations that are not their own, sidestepping U.S. law, the report says.

'Voices Carry' Podcast: Stavros Gadinis on 'Corporate Ordering'

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Berkeley Law Professor Gadinis, whose new book chronicles how companies are writing the rules for AI, platform safety, and carbon accounting long before...

GC University 101 - Crisis Management - Berkeley Law Executive Education

Berkeley Law Professor and Author David Oppenheimer and Attorney and Author Jami Floyd will discuss the history of diversity in education, commerce, and science.