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Illustration by Erin Dwi Azmi With a legion of alumni across Hollywood, UCLA boasts a roster of professors renowned for their industry expertise and connections. Every major entertainment topic offered through the Ziffren Center for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law is taught by a leader in that field. Highlights include two content distribution courses taught by Ken Ziffren and...

We hope you're enjoying our site. You've read one of your seven free stories for the month. Log in for open access. Florida Commission on Human Relations Vice Chair Angela Primiano Editor, The Beacon: On April 11, 1968, the Civil Rights Act, also known as the Fair Housing Act, was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, establishing the nation’s obligation to ensure each citizen has a...

A Pride flag flies outside a home in Circleville, June 24, 2021. (WSYX) COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Two Ohio Republican state representatives introduced a bill to prevent schools from teaching "inherently racist concepts." It also restricts the teaching of instructional materials on sexual orientation or gender identity. State Reps. Mike Loychik (R-Bazetta) and Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland) introduce...

Photograph by Jon Tyson By Manuela Tobias for CalMatters When California legislators voted last June to again extend eviction protections, they promised the third time would be the charm. But the state’s rent relief program, which has struggled to reach the neediest tenants and landlords from the start, continues to lag. As of last week, the state has paid $2.4 billion to about 214,000 househ...

Ohio is making national headlines for its introduction of a bill that mirrors a controversial Florida law restricting how schools talk about sexual orientation and gender identity. Supporters call these "Parental Rights in Education" laws while opponents have named them the "Don't Say Gay" bills. But how similar are the two pieces of legislation? Sexual orientation and gender identity Flori...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB)– Tuesday morning throughout the streets of Lynn Haven you may have heard sirens from police cars, but rest assure it was no ordinary traffic jam. Law enforcement in Bay County carried on the ‘Torch Run’ to raise funds for The Special Olympics supporting athletes with special needs. Participants said they were able to raise funds through t-shirt, and hat sales, along wi...

(Image credit: NBC) When it comes to the cutest couples on TV, Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni technically don't count, since their respective Law & Order franchise characters Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler aren’t even on the same series anymore, nor are their characters romantically entangled. Not to mention the actors themselves have long been happily married to other pe...

In the first of the series, “Cases in Brief,” Harvard Law Professor Dehlia Umunna discusses the infamous “Scottsboro Boys” case, Powell v. Alabama (1932), in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the first time that defendants in capital cases have the right to adequate legal counsel under the 14th Amendment, which grants all U.S. citizens “equal protection of the laws.” The case involved a ...

Credit: Brett Monroe Garner/Getty Images Every week, Michaela Morris ’24 checks her Google alerts for certain key phrases: “national petroleum reserve,” “Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,” and “oil leases,” among others. Then she searches the Federal Register for any action on regulations concerning such topics as offshore drilling. To make sure she hasn’t missed anything, she’ll also log onto...

A New York City Law Department employee who crashed Mayor Eric Adams' press conference posing as a reporter to confront him over toddler mask mandates has been terminated from her job. Daniela Jampel, who served as assistant corporate counsel for the law department, questioned Adams on the mask requirement for pre-schoolers during the Q&A portion of an unrelated Monday news conference on ...