The Alabama legislature has acted to protect doctors and IVF clinic workers from the ‘fetal personhood’ doctrine, but not pregnant women.
Katherine V.W. Stone
Katherine V.W. Stone is a retired law professor at UCLA School of Law.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Rise of Neo-Feudalism
The private capture of entire legal systems by corporate America goes far beyond neoliberalism. It evokes the private fiefdoms of the Middle Ages.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Accelerating the Death of Real Jobs
The Tax Act adds insidious new incentives to turn more jobs into casual contract work.
Posted inWorking in America
Unions in the Precarious Economy
How collective bargaining can help gig and on-demand workers
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Will Workers and Consumers Get Their Day in Court?
With a new high court majority, the era of mandatory arbitration could end.
Posted inFeatures
Signing Away Our Rights
Increasingly, corporations trick workers and consumers into giving up their legal rights by forcing arbitration of disputes — and they are getting help from friendly courts.
Posted inWorking in America
The Feeble Strength of One
Suing the boss seems smart, but the company has home-court advantage.