The Defense Base Act (DBA) is a federal law that provides Worker’s Compensation and Death Benefits for civilian employees working outside the United States on U.S. military bases or under a contract... Read more »
Surgical mesh is a medical device designed to provide support for tissue and organs that have been weakened or damaged. Among the main types of surgical mesh that are used in different... Read more »
Anyone who drank and bathed in contaminated water at Camp Lejeune or Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina between 1953 to 1987 and suffered injuries or death from exposure... Read more »
Catherine Seita, JD ‘23, and her clinic partner represented G, a native and citizen of Afghanistan seeking asylum after he and his family fled when the Taliban seized control of the Afghan... Read more »
Roundup, a weed killer made by Monsanto, is believed to “probably” cause cancer. Recent evidence indicates that glyphosate, the active chemical in Roundup, is the probable human carcinogen. Some individuals diagnosed with... Read more »
Recent studies have found that hair straighteners and hair relaxers contain toxic chemicals that are known to cause cancer. Increasingly, women who frequently used these products and have been diagnosed with uterine... Read more »
A California Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of Stanford Environmental Law Clinic client, Raptors Are The Solution, finding that the discovery of new scientific information on the rat poison diphacinone... Read more »
Yesterday, advanced clinic student Sydney Speizman spoke on behalf of the Stanford Environmental Law Clinic client County of Santa Clara at a public hearing before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in... Read more »
Caroline Hunsicker, ’24 and Seth Goldman, ’23 Reflections On Visiting Our Detained Client For The First Time, Seth Goldman, ’23: This was my first time at a detention facility, and the experience... Read more »
Can a famous brand use trademark lawsuits to chill lawful speech protected by the First Amendment? Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic students Victoria Fang (JD ’24) and Julia Laurence (JD ’24) recently filed... Read more »