Faculty in the News | School of Law | Case Western Reserve University

CWRU law school faculty members are regularly featured in news stories about the law. That’s because they’re widely considered leading experts in their fields. They are frequently interviewed for broadcast and print stories, in outlets ranging from The New York Times and Washington Post to CNN and FOX.

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in the media since May 1, 2018

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Date	Name	Title	Tags	News Outlet
10/20/2026	Atiba Ellis	Questions on race, representation at center of voting rights case	voting law	United Press International
11/14/2025	Eric Chaffee	Judge Rejects Capital One Settlement – Will You Still Receive a Payout?	Business Law	U.S. News & World Report
11/13/2025	Eric Chaffee	There’s no timeline on when flight cuts will ease up after the government shutdown ends	Business Law	Associated Press
11/13/2025	Cassandra Burke Robertson	Republicans push to strip Zohran Mamdani of US citizenship. Is it possible?	Immigration Law	Al Jazeera
11/12/2025	Atiba Ellis	2 Mentor races remain undecided with razor-thin margins nearly a week after Election Day	election	WEWS, ABC Cleveland
11/12/2025	Eric Chaffee	Ohio to begin issuing partial SNAP benefits this week after federal guidance update	government law	WKYC, NBC Cleveland
11/12/2025	Jonathan Adler	Supreme Court's ruling pleases Obergefell	Supreme Court	Sandusky Register
11/12/2025	Jonathan Entin	He's been facing suspension for over a year, so why is Geauga Judge Timothy Grendell still on the bench?	Ethics	WEWS, ABC Cleveland
11/12/2025	Cassandra Burke Robertson	Can the US government strip Mamdani of his citizenship?	Immigration Law	Politifact
11/10/2025	Michael Benza	The death of a Cleveland officer pushes prosecutors to seek more time in competency cases	Criminal Law	WOIO, CBS Cleveland
11/10/2025	Jonathan Entin	Cleveland City Council ward 12 seat headed to recount; seven votes separate candidates	election law	WOIO, CBS Cleveland
11/08/2025	Michael Benza	Cuyahoga prosecutors seek to extend competency restoration window for murder defendants	Criminal Law	Cleveland Plain Dealer
11/05/2025	Law School	Opinion: Education can help us shape AI into tool we all need	Law School	Crain's Cleveland Business
11/05/2025	Michael Benza	In FirstEnergy CEO’s bribery case, defendants demand secrecy, and a judge is listening	Criminal Law	Signal Cleveland
11/05/2025	Atiba Ellis	Ohio secretary of state sends voter fraud allegations to Trump Justice Department	voting law	Yahoo News
11/02/2025	Miranda Leppla	Ohio scrapped a key tool to fight air pollution. Advocates want it back.	Environmental Law	Canary Media
11/02/2025	Jonathan Entin	Ohio politicians approve new congressional map with a greater Republican edge	voting law	WXVU
11/01/2025	Eric Chaffee	Why the federal government can’t spend money during a shutdown	government law	Cleveland Plain Dealer
11/01/2025	Miranda Leppla	Environmental groups lawsuit: Ohio budget provisions that neutered clean air protections are unconstitutional	Environmental Law	Cleveland Plain Dealer
11/01/2025	Juscelino Colares	Are Trump's tariffs too big to fail at the Supreme Court?	Business Law	USA Today
10/28/2025	Jonathan Entin	Social media restrictions & First Amendment rights for children	voting law	Ideastream
10/28/2025	Law School	Ward 7 outreach program will pay ‘stewards’ to build community	Law School	Signal Cleveland
10/26/2025	Matthew Rossman	University Heights’ housing voucher ordinance may face a constitutional challenge	Housing Law	Crain's Cleveland Business
10/26/2025	Michael Benza	Cleveland businessman and TownHall owner Bobby George appears in court on attempted strangulation charge	Criminal Law	WKYC, NBC Cleveland
10/26/2025	Jonathan Entin	'Customers can't afford this.' Debate over gas rate hikes heads to Ohio Supreme Court	government law	WEWS
10/26/2025	Anat Alon-Beck	How Tesla's board changed its tack in pushing for Musk's latest $1 trillion pay package	Business Law	Business Insider
10/26/2025	Aleksandar Cuic	Ohio lawsuits challenge new detention policies in immigration courts	Immigration Law	Cleveland Plain Dealer
10/24/2025	Eric Chaffee	'The problem of monopoly': Why Google's light anti-trust penalties could pose a dilemma for Canada	Business Law	The Calgary Herald
10/24/2025	Michael Benza	'Any mother should be outraged': Petition pushes for juvenile justice reform after attack on 5-year-old	Criminal Law	WEWS
10/24/2025	Paul Rose	Musk calls proxy advisory firms ‘corporate terrorists.’ Why their power is growing in the stock market	Business Law	CNBC
10/20/2025	Victor Flatt	State AGs Attacking ESG Are Flirting With Ethics Violations	Environmental Law	Bloomberg
10/20/2025	Cassandra Burke Robertson	James Comey’s Indictment Is a Trademark Tactic of Authoritarians	Ethics	The Good Men Project
10/20/2025	Andrew Geronimo	Where was Cleveland's mayor? Attendance records show Bibb missed 27 city council meetings during first term	First Amendment	Cleveland Plain Dealer
10/18/2025	Andrew Geronimo	‘I Definitely Think About Shaker, Every Day’	Law School	The Shakerite
10/18/2025	Atiba Ellis	60 years on, landmark protections in the Voting Rights Act are being eroded	voting law	Prism
10/18/2025	Michael Benza	Cleveland rape case of 5-year-old girl will test limits of juvenile justice for very young defendants	Criminal Law	Cleveland Plain Dealer
10/18/2025	Atiba Ellis	The Silence Of The Gavel: Why The Fight For Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act Is The Fight For Our Republic	voting law	NewsOne
10/18/2025	Eric Chaffee	Cleveland City Council demands answers before $100M Browns deal proceeds	Business Law	Cleveland Plain Dealer
10/18/2025	Michael Benza	Case Western law professor weighs in on rare Cleveland child assault case	Criminal Law	WKYC, NBC Cleveland
10/18/2025	Eric Chaffee	Chinese company gives an Eric Trump crypto firm preferential access to tech	Business Law	The Guardian
10/16/2025	Avidan Cover	Impact of Hamas-Israel ceasefire in Ohio	International Law	Spectrum News
10/16/2025	Atiba Ellis	A Supreme Court ruling on voting rights could boost Republicans' redistricting efforts	Gerrymandering	NPR
10/16/2025	Anat Alon-Beck, Sophia Fisher	Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Pay Case Rewrites Corporate Board Rules	Business Law	Bloomberg
10/16/2025	Jonathan Entin	Cleveland Hopkins among growing list of airports not showing video blaming Dems for government shutdown	Municipal Law	WEWS, ABC Cleveland
10/15/2025	Michael Benza	Jury may soon decide the fate of Bionca Ellis	Criminal Law	Fox 8, Cleveland
10/15/2025	Law School	Nearly a year later, advocates still pushing to expand Cleveland’s mental health crisis response with Tanisha’s Law	Law School	Signal Cleveland
10/14/2025	Betsy Rosenblatt	The Legal Advocacy Behind Fan Fiction’s Biggest Site	IP law	Law360
10/13/2025	Jonathan Entin	Questions answered: What Ohio's hemp, delta 8 ban means for you	Marijuana Legalization	WEWS
10/12/2025	Eric Chaffee	Judge Who Took Axe to Lawyers’ Rates Says Size (of Firm) Matters	Business Law	Bloomberg
10/12/2025	Anat Alon-Beck	I nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize — here’s why he deserves it	Donald Trump	Fox News