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  1. Science

    Lori Andrews: Lacks Family’s Settlement Could Help Some Patients Whose Tissues Were Commercialized Win Redress

    “In Henrietta Lacks’s case, there were lots of benefits to the company which markets many versions of the cells—and no consent from her for their use,” said lawyer Lori Andrews of the Chicago-Kent College of Law. “But the Lacks family didn’t give money or other resources to researchers. ... The question remains whether giving tissue alone would be enough to win an unjust enrichment claim in court. That’s important because the key issue going forward in my mind is: When patients or their families bring such cases, what level of involvement is needed to be considered a benefit?”

  2. Vox

    Employment Law Professor Nicole Porter Helps Explain the Allegations Against Lizzo

    “I think all of the causes of action have some merit and some chance of succeeding. In my opinion, the strongest cause of action is the sexual harassment charge. I think it’s likely that a reasonable person would think that behavior created a hostile work environment,” Chicago-Kent employment law professor Nicole Porter told Vox. Porter noted that one possible defense could center on how much disclosure the plaintiffs had about the experiences they should expect to encounter in this role.

  3. The Telegraph

    Professor Emerita Lori Andrews: How My Barbie Dolls Led Me to Become a Lawyer

    In 1961, Mattel released the first Ken doll. For one year only, the debut Ken had flocked felt hair. And, woe is me, my Ken doll started going bald. At age 10, I wrote a complaint letter to Mattel — and got action. They sent me a new Ken head with blond plastic hair. By popping the heads on and off, my Barbie could have two boyfriends — a wise, balding older guy or a somewhat clueless but hunky surfer dude. That experience could have inspired me to be a bigamist. Instead, my successful complaint letter led me to consumer advocacy.

  4. NPR

    Chicago-Kent Professor Nancy Kim Discusses How Hidden Contracts on the Internet Came to Be

    "What Zeidenberg represents is a big break in contract doctrine," said contract professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. "It opened the door to the idea that, hey, there are other ways that we can enter into a contract."

  5. NBC News

    Chicago-Kent Professor Carolyn Shapiro Disagrees With Decision on Web Designer's Refusal to Serve Same-Sex Couples, but Thinks She Has Standing

    "Though I think the (Supreme Court) opinion is misguided in many ways, I do think she has standing," said Carolyn Shapiro, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. She noted that Smith had sought what's known as a pre-enforcement challenge, in which she argued that her right to free speech was being chilled by a Colorado state law. "She’s saying I want to do something that's definitely against the law in Colorado. I think that’s probably enough for a pre-enforcement challenge," Shapiro said.

  6. NPR

    Supreme Court's Rejection of Legislature Theory Preserves Electoral System, Says Chicago-Kent Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro

    "There would have been a possibility of different rules for state and federal elections, even under the same law," explains Carolyn Shapiro, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law who has written about the theory's origins and submitted a friend-of-the-court brief against the theory. "So there would have been enormous chaos."

  7. NBC News

    Chicago-Kent Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro: Liberals Won at Supreme Court With Legislature Theory, but What Comes Next?

    "I do think Chief Justice Roberts is likely concerned about the Supreme Court being seen as an agent of chaos motivated by outcomes," said Carolyn Shapiro, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law.

  8. The Guardian

    Most Extreme Version of Independent State Legislature Theory Dead, but Questions Remain, Says Chicago-Kent Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro

    “There are still questions that have yet to be worked out, and there will be litigation,” said Carolyn Shapiro, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, who has written extensively about the theory. “The court has absolutely put a nail in the coffin of the most extreme versions of the ISLT.”

  9. Bloomberg Law

    Supreme Court 'Soundly Rejected' Independent State Legislature Theory, Says Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro

    The court “soundly rejected the entirely lawless notion that state legislatures don’t have to follow their own state constitutional restrictions when they regulate federal elections,” said Carolyn Shapiro, a law professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law who has written about the independent state legislature theory. “They have staved off an enormous amount of potential chaos that would have ensued if they had gone the other way.”

  10. Forbes

    Mogul Byron Allen Could Lose Lawsuit, but McDonald's Has Much at Stake, Says Chicago-Kent Law Professor Harold Krent

    “You can file a lawsuit to win. You can file a lawsuit for publicity. You can file a lawsuit to inflict harm on another party,” Harold Krent, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, told Forbes. “But also you can file a lawsuit in hope of incremental social change. And so I think this underlying lawsuit really is both about getting more money to Byron Allen’s companies but also trying to pave the way for some kind of beneficial social change.”