by Jennifer C. Braceras | Sep 25, 2019 | Law, Race & Gender
The Hill | Opinion | September 25, 2019 An unholy alliance between trial lawyers and #MeToo activists is pressuring lawmakers to eliminate an important alternative to costly and time-consuming lawsuits: arbitration. These opponents of arbitration suggest that victims...
by Jennifer C. Braceras | Sep 1, 2019 | Culture, Economy, Law, National
The Boston Globe | Op-Ed | September 1, 2019 In a case that is bound to have ripple effects for years to come, a state court judge in Oklahoma last week held that Johnson & Johnson must pay half a billion dollars to the state government as penance for...
by Jennifer C. Braceras | Jul 11, 2019 | Law, Race & Gender
The Washington Examiner | Opinion | July 11, 2019 As anyone who has ever watched Law & Order knows, in the criminal justice system, prosecutors enter into plea agreements with defendants for any number of reasons: to spare the victim the pain of testifying, to...
by Jennifer C. Braceras | Aug 24, 2018 | Law, Politics
The National Review | August 24, 2018 President Trump has proposed suing the drug industry over its role in the opioid crisis. Like most such suits, this one would be an opportunistic cash grab. To Donald Trump, it seems, capitalism is less a matter of the market’s...
by Jennifer C. Braceras | Jul 7, 2018 | Law
The Hill | Op-Ed | July 7, 201 by Jennifer C. Braceras and Erin Hawley President Trump has yet to name his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, but already the vultures are circling. Proponents of judicial activism — those who...
by Jennifer C. Braceras | Jul 2, 2018 | Economy, Law
Real Clear Energy | Op-Ed | July 2, 2018 While many legal observers are busy dissecting the recent rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court, those concerned with the misuse of the judicial system for political purposes are celebrating a lower court ruling thousands of miles...
