U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins recently stressed at the 25th Annual A.A. Sommer, Jr. Lecture on Corporate, Securities, and Financial Law at Fordham Law School the need for a fair and transparent Wells process.

Bruce Green, director of Fordham Law's Louis Stein Center for Law & Ethics, explains to the Daily Journal why he believes it is a bad idea to allow a single attorney to represent multiple defendants at an initial hearing.

Fordham Law graduate Howie Roseman '00—general manager of the reigning Super Bowl champions, Philadelphia Eagles—explained his NFL trade deadline decision regarding wide receiver A.J. Brown. via Newsweek (@newsweek.com)

Happy National First-Generation Day. First-year students got to hear from first-gen Fordham Law Profs. Atinuke Adediran, Tanya K. Hernández (@professortkh.bsky.social), & Chinmayi Sharma (@chinmayisharma.bsky.social), who shared strategies they can use as they navigate law school and beyond.

Fordham Law Professor Daniel Capra, who serves as a reporter to the U.S. Judicial Conference's Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules, told Law360 that the judges he has spoken with have reported that they are starting to deal with deepfakes in their courtrooms.

Can Crocs Inc. convince the Federal Circuit to fortify the diminished IP protection around its iconic foam clogs, years after its design patents expired? Susan Scafidi, founder and director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, weighs in with Bloomberg Law (@bloomberglaw.com).

After serving in the Army as an infantry officer, #FutureFordhamLawyer & veteran Michael Deddo ’28 said he decided to attend Fordham Law because he wanted to continue a career in public service. https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/10/17/from-leading-troops-to-learning-law-meet-michael-deddo-28/

Last night, the Corporate Law Center’s Bite-Sized Business Law podcast was recorded live @ Fordham Law School for the second time ever! ⬇️ Featuring Fordham Law Profs. Amelia Martella ’07 & Richard Squire, Wayne State University Law Prof. Jennifer Taub, & investigative journalist Jonathan Jones ⬇️

Boston-area alumni, reconnect w/ the Fordham Law community @ the upcoming Boston alumni reception. Join Dean Joseph Landau & Scott FitzGerald '92 for an evening of meaningful conversation & networking. 🎟️ : https://forever.fordham.edu/s/1362/18/interior.aspx?sid=1362&gid=1&pgid=14630&content_id=16357

Boston-area alumni, reconnect w/ the Fordham Law community & join Dean Joseph Landau & Scott FitzGerald '92 at the annual Boston alumni reception for an evening of meaningful conversation & networking. 🎟️ https://forever.fordham.edu/s/1362/18/interior.aspx?sid=1362&gid=1&pgid=14630&content_id=16357

Judge Denny Chin ’78, the first Asian American appointed to the Second Circuit, is the recipient of the 2025 Fordham-Stein Prize. The Prize is annually given to outstanding legal & judicial luminaries “who reflect a profound commitment to the public good.”

Fordham Law Professor Catherine Powell was selected as one of two Crane Fellows in Law and Public Policy at Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Jerry Goldfeder (@jerrygoldfeder.bsky.social), director of Fordham Law’s Voting Rights & Democracy Project, spoke with Capital Tonight’s Susan Arbetter about two new legal issues that could impact voting in New York State.

IWILL: Inspiring Women in Law League—an organization led by Fordham Law graduates Milana Dostanitch ’14 & Katerina Housos LL.M. ’14—is having its annual soiree next Thursday, Nov. 13, in Midtown Manhattan. Special discounts are available for Fordham Law faculty and students—DM us for the codes! 🎟️ :

Congratulations to Fordham Law Professor Gowri Krishna '06, who has won the Association of American Law Schools Section on Clinical Legal Education's inaugural Susan R. Jones Paper Competition for her forthcoming paper, "Scaling the Solidarity Economy: Reimagining Franchising for Worker Ownership."

Andrew Cuomo's daughters faced accusations of possibly breaking election laws yesterday on Election Day. Jerry Goldfeder (@jerrygoldfeder.bsky.social), director of Fordham Law’s Voting Rights & Democracy Project, weighed in on the matter with Newsweek (@newsweek.com).

Fordham Law hosted LatinoJustice PRLDEF (@latinojustice.bsky.social)'s 2025 Law Day Fair, which allowed college students to explore legal education and the legal profession. Students met with 75 law school admissions and community-based organizations, Fordham Law students, and practicing attorneys.

In this article for the Center for European Policy Analysis (@cepa.org), Fordham Law graduate Anda Bologa, S.J.D. ’22 argues that, while Europe is pouring billions into artificial intelligence “factories,” the projects risk repeating past industrial mistakes.

This Tuesday, Nov. 4, Fordham Law Professor Olivier Sylvain (@oliviersylvain.bsky.social) will discuss the promises and perils of artificial intelligence and whether it should be regulated specifically in the United States and Brazil. via New York State Bar Association

Fordham Law’s Center on Asian Americans & the Law spotlighted the representation of Asian Americans in theatre at an event featuring Tony Award-winner Francis Jue. https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/10/27/screening-of-broadway-hit-yellow-face-sparks-discussion-on-asian-american-representation/

Tomorrow's corporate lawyers need more than legal knowledge—they need business instincts too. This fall, Fordham Law was listed among the "Top Schools for Business Law" in The National Jurist's preLaw magazine—receiving an A+ rating in this specialty area.

Crime watchers, join us this Thursday! "The Bite-Sized Business Law podcast, hosted by Amy Martella ’07, executive director of the Fordham Law Corporate Law Center, will host a live recording at Fordham Law focused on the case" @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/10...

🎙️ Fordham Law’s Corporate Law Center is hosting a LIVE recording of the Bite-Sized Business Law podcast this Thursday—and you can be a part of it! Event is nearing capacity—register now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSexEcCMuLgZeB_5PJ6L096cTpCf6qwAZDOfES2reIVPLRhbrg/viewform Learn more:

Good luck to all members of the Fordham Law community who are running in the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon today! #TCSNYCMarathon

🧵/ Fordham Law is thrilled to announce that Venable LLP‘s New York office is the winner of the Fordham Law Firm Challenge 2025. The team at Venable achieved the highest level of engagement, with an outstanding 70.4% participation rate among their eligible Fordham Law partners & associates—outgiving

Now that Lululemon owns the phrase "Lululemon dupe," Susan Scafidi, founder of Fordham Law's Fashion Law Institute, says others using it for commercial activity like advertising or marketing could be in trouble going forward. via Radio Canada International - RCI

🎃 Happy Halloween from Fordham Law! 🎃 Students got into the spirit of the season at the Fordham Law Student Bar Association's annual, sp👀ktacular Halloween celebration, Fright Night. View more photos from the event:

Powell on AI and Caste Catherine Powell (Fordham University School of Law) has posted How AI Reinforces Caste (Forthcoming, Maryland Law Review (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In an era in which fertility tracking apps, targeted housing ads, and facial (and now tattoo) recognition…

Cox on Normative Uncertainty and Legal AI, buff.ly/S3sT27b - Courtney M. Cox (Fordham University School of Law) has posted Non-Herculean Data: A Philosophical Intervention in a Technical Debate about Judicial Opinions as Data Sources (Proc. 20th Intern. Conf. on AI & Law (forthcoming 2025)) on SSRN.

As New York City gears up for its world-famous marathon this weekend on Nov. 2, Fordham Law students have been hitting the pavement of Central Park as part of the school's new run club. Learn more: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/10/30/motion-granted-fordham-law-students-launch-new-run-club/

Bruce Green, director of Fordham Law's Louis Stein Center for Law & Ethics, said rulings recently issued with made-up elements and factually inaccurate court documents from AI raise questions as to how often judges are docketing unverified drafts. via Bloomberg Law (@bloomberglaw.com)

Congratulations to Jerry Goldfeder (@jerrygoldfeder.bsky.social), an election law expert and the director of Fordham Law’s Voting Rights & Democracy Project, who was recently appointed as chair of the American Bar Association (@americanbar.org)’s Standing Committee on Election Law. Read more:

Susan Scafidi, founder and director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, weighs in on Iconix Brand founder and former CEO Neil Cole's overturned fraud conviction, with Women's Wear Daily.

Balancing classes with marathon training has tested Fordham Law evening student Jasper Tangchitsumran ’29’s discipline in every way. With the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon approaching, he says he’s reminded that endurance—whether in law or running—is built one mile at a time.

SMU Dedman School of Law Prof. Marc Steinberg joins Fordham Law Prof. Amelia Martella on the latest episode of Fordham Law’s Bite-Sized Business Law Podcast to discuss “corporate discretionaries.” 🎧: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-corporate-fiduciary-fallacy/id1671246836?i=1000733833752

Fordham Law student Verdon Gupta '26 was chosen as an inaugural recipient of the South Asian Bar Association of New York Fund's Innovation Scholarship by the Lingam Foundation, for his passion for entrepreneurial innovation & commitment to expanding access to justice. 📸: Pervez Taufiq, Verdon Gupta

The Department of Homeland Security is spending millions of dollars on an aggressive television ad campaign to hire more enforcement officers—"but it's not getting nearly enough applicants," states Fordham Law Professor John Pfaff (@johnpfaff.bsky.social) in this op-ed for MSNBC (@msnbc.com).

Lululemon has officially secured a trademark for the phrase "Lululemon dupe" in the U.S. Susan Scafidi, founder of Fordham Law's Fashion Law Institute, tells CBC/Radio-Canada that the move is a "very creative enforcement" technique on the Vancouver-based company's part to protect itself from dupes.

Fordham Law Professor Deborah Denno, a legal expert in death penalty issues and the founding director of the Neuroscience and Law Center at Fordham Law School, spoke with Tyla about the controversy surrounding nitrogen gas executions.

Happy National Mentoring Day. At Fordham Law, the Realizing Excellence and Access in the Law Scholars Mentorship Program connects first-year students who have encountered challenges on their path to entering law school w/ alumni who want to inspire, guide, & empower the next generation of lawyers.

One year ago today, we lost Judge John F. Keenan ’54, senior judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. A group of Fordham Law graduates who clerked for the late judge fondly remember his contributions, compassion, and commitment to justice. Read more:

Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Leila Amineddoleh, an expert in art law and cultural heritage law, wrote about the likely diminished cultural value of the jewels recently stolen at the Louvre Museum if they become dismantled by thieves. via The Conversation UK (@uk.theconversation.com)

Jerry Goldfeder (@jerrygoldfeder.bsky.social), director of Fordham Law’s Voting Rights & Democracy Project, emphasizes the need for an in-depth review of the city charter to increase efficiency and responsiveness of city government. Read more on page 20 of amNewYork Law:

Are corporate monopolies undermining democracy? A range of speakers—including New York State Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado and former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan—recently gathered at Fordham Law School to delve into the role that antitrust law can play in preserving democracy.

At the Citizens and Technology Lab October 2025 Summit on New York State Technology Policy, Fordham Law Prof. Chinmayi Sharma (@chinmayisharma.bsky.social) argued that the media plays a key role in “identifying emerging trends [in data] and broadcasting them in a digestible way for those affected.”

Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Leila Amineddoleh, an expert in art law and cultural heritage law, says that the recovery rate of stolen works is below 10%. via Kansas Reflector (@kansasreflector.com)

Fordham Law graduate Michel Paradis '04, author of "The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower," explained the key figures and events that led to an Allied Victory in World War II, during the 2025 Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson. Watch the program here:

Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Leila Amineddoleh, an expert in art law and cultural heritage law, appeared on John Oakley Show to discuss the recent Louvre Museum jewel robbery and why stolen imperial gems are likely to be broken up and sold on the black market.

Fordham Law Professor Jennifer Gordon, an expert in immigration law, spoke with The Tablet, the newspaper of the Diocese of Brooklyn, about the impacts of major immigration laws passed in the U.S. since the 19th century, including the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Immigration Act of 1924.

In a new video message, Fordham Law Dean Joseph Landau articulates his vision for the Law School, underscoring its commitment to training exceptional lawyers and fostering groundbreaking legal scholarship that addresses today’s most pressing legal and policy issues. Watch it here: