The Legal Impact

Unpaid Taxes and ADA Compliance

Professor Michael McCann discusses Randolph Morris being in hot water over not paying taxes on income made in China and ADA compliance lawsuits over wheelchair accessibility at the Seattle Mariners stadium.

Read Professor McCann's articles on the topics:

• https://www.yahoo.com/now/mariners-dodge-stadium-overhaul-wheelchair-140054332.html
• https://www.yahoo.com/now/former-nbaer-facing-prison-facetime-210159481.html?guccounter=1 

Learn more about the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute at https://law.unh.edu/centers-institutes/sports-entertainment-law-institute

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Legal topics include sports, entertainment, taxes, China, international, Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA, civil rights, NBA, MLB

Post-Pandemic Privacy Law

Professor Tiffany Li discusses her recent article on privacy law in the post-pandemic age, including issues regarding equal access and need for federal legislation.

Read her article at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3850505

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Legal topics include privacy, healthcare, technology, data, equal access, civil rights

New Abortion Law in Texas

Professor John Greabe breaks down the new Texas abortion law and the effect of the US Supreme Court declining to put it on hold.

Learn more about the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership & Public Service at https://law.unh.edu/rudman

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Legal topics include abortion, US Supreme Court, healthcare, medicine, state's rights, constitution, Roe v Wade

Divisive Concepts

Professor John Greabe discusses the recent "divisive concepts" legislation that was passed in New Hampshire, including the possible chilling effect, complications for teachers, and how it compares nationally.

Read Professor Greabe's opinion piece on New Hampshire Bulletin: https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2021/08/10/commentary-new-hampshires-divisive-concepts-law-and-the-big-chill/ 

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Legal topics include free speech, education, federalism, state rights, civil rights

Judicial Sentencing Reform

Professor Buzz Scherr discusses the complex nature of judicial sentencing and reform, centered around two unequal rulings out of Cleveland, OH. Produced and Hosted by A. J. Kierstead

Read the Cleveland.com article: https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2021/08/cuyahoga-county-judges-disparate-sentences-for-white-black-women-who-stole-public-money-sharpens-calls-for-statewide-sentencing-database.html

Learn more about our International Criminal Law & Justice Programs: https://law.unh.edu/international-criminal-law-justice-program

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Legal topics include judiciary, judges, criminal law, sentencing

Summer SCOTUS Wrap-Up: Part 3

Part three of three from our Summer United States Supreme Court Wrap-Up live stream that took place on July 20th, presented by this podcast and The Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice Leadership & Public Service. This episode is with Professor John Greabe discussing the religious freedom cases of Tandon v Newsom and Fulton v City of Philadelphia.

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Legal topics include constitution, healthcare, religious freedom, first amendment, civil rights

Summer SCOTUS Wrap-Up: Part 2

Part two of three from our Summer United States Supreme Court Wrap-Up live stream that took place on July 20th, presented by this podcast and The Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice Leadership & Public Service. This episode features Professor Lucy Hodder diving into California v. Texas, which revolves around the Affordable Care Act, and Professor Buzz Scherr discussing the 4th amendment centered cases Caniglia v Strom and Lange v. California.

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Legal topics include constitution, healthcare, affordable care act, obamacare, privacy, fourth amendment, search, guns

Summer SCOTUS Wrap-Up: Part 1

Part one of three from our Summer United States Supreme Court Wrap-Up live stream that took place on July 20th, presented by this podcast and The Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice Leadership & Public Service. This episode features Dean Megan Carpenter discussing Mahanoy School District v. B.L. and Professor Michael McCann talking about NCAA v. Alston.

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Legal topics include constitution, freedom of speech, first amendment, name image likeness, sports law

Profiles: Melissa Davis

In this edition of Profiles, Professor Melissa Davis shares how a legal residency changed her career path, her experience as a public defender, and why she decided to move into teaching and directing our legal services clinic. Profiles is a special series of The Legal Impact where we get to know the Powerhouse people at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law. Produced and Hosted by A. J. Kierstead

Learn more about Professor Davis: https://law.unh.edu/person/melissa-davis 

Learn about out legal clinics: https://law.unh.edu/academics/clinics 

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Healthcare Sustainability: Perspectives on Cost, Affordability, and Access

Listen to the recording of the June 16, 2021 event "Healthcare Sustainability: Perspectives on Cost, Affordability, and Access," hosted by UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law and the Institute for Health Policy and Practice. Support for this event provided by the Endowment for Health.

Topics included:

• Why we need to address increasing health costs burdening families and business
• What can be done to make healthcare more affordable and sustainable?
• How stakeholders are activating across the country and across sectors to address escalating health care costs
• How to empower employers to improve access and affordability
• Goals for transforming misaligned incentives for a more equitable health care system

Agenda

Presenters:

Jo Porter, Director of the Institute for Health Policy and Practice, kicked-off the event and welcomed attendees.
Lucy Hodder, Director of Health Law and Policy Programs and Professor of Law, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law and the Institute for Health Policy and Practice, introduced the event and described how the COVID 19 pandemic illustrates why collaboration and trust are key to having a system as complex as healthcare work effectively, and why oversight is needed to assure our resources are used equitably, efficiently, and effectively. 
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Chris Koller, President, Milbank Memorial Fund, spoke about why we need to address increasing health costs burdening families and businesses, and what is being done by stakeholder coalitions to make healthcare more affordable and sustainable in other states across New England. 
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Gloria Sachdev, President and CEO, Employer’s Forum Indiana, spoke about how to empower employers to improve access and affordability, and the reasons for and impact of the RAND studies on hospital prices.
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Eliot Fishman, Senior Director of Health Policy, FamiliesUSA, discussed the impact on families of high health costs and goals for transforming misaligned incentives for a more equitable health care system.
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