Law@Stanford May 19, 2017

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Faculty on FBI Director Firing and Hiring of Special Council

Professor Pamela Karlan explores the legal implications of firing FBI Director James Comey. Professor David Sklansky discusses the hiring of Robert S. Mueller III, the former FBI director, to oversee the DOJ’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election.

Nora Freeman Engstrom on Tort Reform

Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom discusses the retaliatory use of RICO, what she calls a "new chapter" in the decades-long tort reform movement.

Wellness Podcast: Q&A with Author of The Introverted Lawyer

WellnessCast co-hosts Professor Joseph Bankman and Sarah Weinstein talk with Heidi Brown, author of The Introverted Lawyer, about her struggles with shyness, overcoming social anxiety, and embracing the power of introversion.

Who Reads Patents?

Professor Lisa Larrimore Ouellette's new research shows that biotechnology and chemistry researchers look to the patent literature as a source of technical information more than researchers in other fields.

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Upcoming Events @ SLS

May 20: Law and Pop Culture: Better Call Saul
May 22: Impeaching the President: Reflections on South Korea and Comparative Constitutional Law
May 23: Antitrust and the Future of Silicon Valley
May 25: Center for Law and the Biosciences Lunch Talk Series: Karola Kreitmair
May 25: Managing the Spread of Fake News and Misinformation: Do Facebook, Reddit, Twitter and Google Have a Role?
May 26: Post-genocidal Guatemala Between Impunity and Institutional Reconstruction
May 31: Screening of "Tribal Justice"
June 25-27: Directors' College
October 12-15: Alumni Weekend 2017

Access full event calendar here.

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