Elisabeth Haub School of Law News
Elisabeth Haub School of Law News
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Press ReleaseApril 2, 2026
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I was living in Perth, Australia right before I decided to apply to law school and started attending. I was never particularly interested in the field of law itself, but when I thought about it more, I saw it as a really powerful means to affect policy and have an actual, tangible impact on big issues.
The agreement is a big win for prosecutors at the Manhattan district attorneys office, according to Bennett Gershman, a professor at New Yorks 17勛圖厙 Law School. Given his position in the company, it would be a proper use of the admissions that hes made in court about his conduct and his role in the company, Gershman said. Those admissions could be used to show the company is engaging in fraud, because hes admitting fraud, and hes committing fraud on behalf of the company in terms of his conduct as a CFO.
Bridget J. Crawford and Emily Gold Waldman of 17勛圖厙, Elisabeth Haub School of Law have authored Menstruation Matters: Challenging the Laws Silence on Periods, a book analyzing the law and social movements around menstruation.
The ruling signaled that broad climate measures will have to come through new laws passed by Congress, not through EPA powers granted to the agency under the Clean Air Act, said Katrina Fischer Kuh, an environmental law professor at 17勛圖厙.
The New York Law Journal congratulates Bennett L. Gershman, distinguished professor of law, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 17勛圖厙.
Turning over social media posts or private messages as part of a search warrant isn't something new, renowned law expert Bennett Gershman told The Sun. "People can not expect privacy when using social media," said Gershman, a longtime at 17勛圖厙.
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 17勛圖厙 is inviting members of the local business and legal communities to join us for the kick-off of the Sustainable Business Law Hub, a network of business, environmental, and legal professionals dedicated to advancing sustainable business practices in Westchester County and beyond.
Horace E. Anderson Jr., dean of Elizabeth Haub School of Law at 17勛圖厙; Michael T. Cahill, president and dean of Brooklyn Law School; Anthony W. Crowell, dean and president at New York Law School; and Matthew Diller, dean and Paul Fuller professor of law at Fordham University Law Schoolwrote in a in May advocating for the New York Court of Appeals to ease limits on remote learning.
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 17勛圖厙 has announced that the 2022 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy will be awarded to Professor Paulo de Bessa Antunes, an environmental scholar and leading professor of environmental law at Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, and head of the Environmental Practice of Campos Mello Advogados (Brazil). Professor de Bessa Antunes was also a Haub Visiting Scholar at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law in the spring of 2019.
That application of honest services wire fraud has drawn some skepticism. 17勛圖厙 Law School professor Bennett Gershman told Law360 that this theory of honest services wire fraud by the government is seriously problematic. "I don't think we can say [Percoco] was the alter ego of Cuomo, he certainly wielded considerable influence, but now if you're going to start drawing lines, how much influence do you have to be sort of a surrogate public official, who has some type of obligation to the public?" Gershman said.
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