New year, new style! We are shifting our focus on The CAP·impact Podcast from exclusively looking under the capitol dome in California and the surround sprawl of government buildings that make California’s state government to look at the tangible impacts legal academics are having on public policy at the local, state, and federal level all
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University of Iowa and Harvard Law School Professor Maya Steinitz guides New York Legislature on regulating consumer litigation financing
The consumer litigation finance industry in the state of New York is currently unregulated. The industry is not new, it has been around for about two decades, but it is starting to gain increased scrutiny. Companies in the industry help litigants make ends meet while they wait for settlements to be paid out, and…
How can Congress protect the Special Counsel without violating the Constitution? Yale’s Akhil Reed Amar explains
The U.S. Senate is considering two pieces of legislation that would increase protections for Special Counsel Robert Mueller should they become law. The two bills, S. 1735 by Senators Graham (R – South Carolina) and Booker (D – New Jersey) and S. 1741 by Senators Tillis (R – North Carolina) and Coons (D – Delaware),…
University of South Carolina Law Professor Seth Stoughton points out ways to strengthen AB 931
Law professors across the U.S. influence and shape more than just the next generation of lawyers; they influence and shape the laws and policies of the nation as well. In our first Capital Contributions post, we’re highlighting Professor Seth W. Stoughton of the University Of South Carolina School Of Law and his contribution to a…