Haven't posted on here in a minute, but wanted to tease a promo of a new TV show I've been working on, premiering nationwide on PBS on 9/20! FWIW, my 5 & 8yo kids think I look--and sound--hilarious in this🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ pbs.org/video/preview-…

Curious to hear other academics’ thoughts. The proposed class action alleges that major academic publishers violated antitrust law by barring simultaneous submissions to multiple journals and denying pay for “peer review” services. #AcademicTwitter

Just minding my own business—teaching my Torts class—when I was shot with a nerf gun in the face! Fortunately, the brilliant minds at Zimmerman Group were there to assess if Kay acted with sufficient intent for my battery claim. #TheZimmermanGroupUSCTorts tiktok.com/t/ZTFF9Hrdu/

Mazel Tov!!!

This is a terrific resource—collecting recent scholarship on federal, state and local institutions, agencies, and courts—by Miriam Seifter. statecourtreport.org/our-work/analy…

Wow. So grateful for this glowing review of Deadlock from Variety & Brian Steinberg: "TV’s newest political potboiler is more erudite than 'The West Wing' and more intense than '24' — and it’s coming to, of all places, PBS." The show premieres tmrw night! variety.com/2024/tv/news/p…

agencies that are prioritized by the president award larger research contracts. new presidential administrations are more likely to discontinue research initiated by their predecessors journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…

I highly recommend "Deadlock: An Election Story," a PBS special that raises many difficult ethical/civic questions related to the election process. It is very well moderated by Aaron Tang, and it features my former Paul, Weiss LLP colleague, Jeh Johnson. youtube.com/watch?v=Up2pSB…

I was formally installed as the Robert Kingsley Professor of Law at USC Gould Law by my incredible Dean Franita Tolson, alongside three of my fantastic colleagues, Jessica Clarke, Aya Gruber, and Bernadette Atuahene. I'm so thrilled and lucky to be a part of this amazing community.

You were absolutely terrific, Sean! The students benefited immensely hearing from you. A highlight of the year for #TheZimmermanGroupUSCCivilProcedure

View Nora Freeman Engstrom’s TEDx talk on the #justicegap for those lacking legal rep—disproportionately women & minorities. She uncovers the roots of this inequality, explores solutions to expand access & calls for a reimagined, more fair legal system. youtu.be/ZP64ZhULyBI?si…

Highly recommend. An important story that explores how--once upon a time--people overcame the access-to-justice gap by relying on lawyers made available through their auto club memberships, in cases ranging from car accidents to even criminal violations.

A nice article on how our work on agency class actions has been used by veterans to obtain group justice on #VeteransDay2024

On Wednesday, CLHC held its last workshop of the fall semester with Prof. Susanna Blumenthal (Susanna Blumenthal)of @UofMNLawSchool, talking about her research on gender and false accusations. The event was co-sponsored with USC Van Hunnick History Department ✌️ and USC Dept. of Gender & Sexuality Studies. #GouldDiscourse

For details on the sex classification question in today's Skrmetti argument, see my forthcoming article.

We're representing the plaintiffs in a major Supreme Court case on class action lawsuits, Labcorp v. Davis, which will be heard in April. Here's our merits brief, filed earlier today: guptawessler.com/wp-content/upl…