Document Type

Newsletter

Publication Date

10-2-2026

Abstract

Highlights from the September 18, 2026 Cardozo Law News Brief include:

  • Professor Luís Calderón Gómez spoke to Tax Notes about tax avoidance through private placement life insurance (PPLI) and the IRS’s treatment of related private letter rulings.
  • Professor Sam Weinstein was quoted in Bloomberg Law about an antitrust lawsuit challenging Mayor Mamdani’s city grocery store plan, questioning whether the proposal creates the consumer harm required for an antitrust claim.
  • Professor Matthew Wansley spoke to Gothamist about Tesla’s Cybercabs and concerns over the company’s automated driving technology, and also spoke to The New York Times about legal risks associated with self-driving vehicles.
  • Professor Gabor Rona authored an op-ed in Lawfare examining a UN fact-finding mission report on potential U.S. violations of international humanitarian law and war crimes in Iran.

Faculty news includes:

  • Professor Luís Calderón Gómez presented his co-authored paper “Pigou Goes Abroad” at the Mizzou Tax Policy Colloquium.
  • Professor Michael Pollack presented his book Sidewalk Nation at the D.C. Department of Transportation and to the New York City Bar Association’s Transportation Committee.
  • Assistant Dean Robbi Smith and Corina Bogaciu were scheduled to present on tools and systems for field placement programs at the Externships 13 Conference.

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