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Citizens? Guardians? Crowhoppers? Trademark applicants speculate on the Cleveland Indians’ new name cleveland.com: Andrew Geronimo, lecturer in law and the director of the law school’s First Amendment Clinic, discussed how so-called trademark squatters are betting on what will replace the name of…

Systemic racism is embedded in our society due to past issues that led to present problems Freshwater Cleveland: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute, discussed the effects of institutional racism in the criminal justice system. She will…

Second stimulus package: What's in it for you U.S. News & World Report: Rob Fischer, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and co-director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, weighed in on the new stimulus package,…

5 years and counting: Ex-treasure hunter still stuck in jail ABC News: Andrew Geronimo, lecturer in law and the director of the law school’s First Amendment Clinic, discussed the legal difficulties of a former deep-sea treasure hunter who is marking his fifth year in jail for refusing to disclose…

Antitrust is back: A Q&A with the experts Forbes: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, wrote about recent moves by federal government agencies—the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division—to file antitrust lawsuits against some of the biggest…

Why I volunteered: Inspiring stories of COVID-19 vaccine trial participants AARP: Deepak Sarma, professor of religious studies at the College of Arts and Sciences and a professor of bioethics at the School of Medicine, discussed his motivations for participating in a COVID-19 vaccine clinical…

New cancer patients—especially Black people—are more susceptible to severe COVID-19 infections STAT: Nathan Berger, the Hanna-Payne Professor of Experimental Medicine at the School of Medicine, discussed a study that showed that recently diagnosed cancer patients are more vulnerable to COVID-19…

Supreme Court rejects bid to nullify Biden Pennsylvania win Bloomberg: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, said that in a sharp blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the election results, the U.S. Supreme Court justices sent a message that they “still care…

Should Gov. Mike DeWine close places of worship? We asked experts in law, public health and religion cleveland.com: Mex Mehlman, the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law and Distinguished University Professor, and Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct…

Barr kept Hunter Biden probes from public to avoid election politics Wall Street Journal: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, weighed in on Attorney General William Barr’s decision in the weeks before November’s election to prevent word of investigations into Hunter Biden…