Superheroes, supervillains, and the law
(This guest post was written by Scott Maravilla. Thanks Scott! NB: This post includes minor spoilers for She-Hulk episode 3! And in case you re wondering, I have been keeping up with the series, and I give it overall good marks Continue reading
Law and the Multiverse contributor Scott Maravilla participated in a panel at DragonCon on Star Wars, negotiation, and conflict resolution in advance of a new book called (appropriately enough) Star Wars, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. Check out the panel on Continue reading
Join me and the Lawyers Club of San Diego for a virtual happy hour this Thursday, May 20th, from 5:30pm 7pm Pacific including, of course, a discussion of the law of superheroes! Registration is free and open to members Continue reading
(This guest post was written by Law and the Multiverse contributor Scott Maravilla. Significant spoilers in the main body of the post!) The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) does a good job of contemplating the ramifications on the civilian population from Continue reading
On Thursday May 21st at 6pm Eastern I will be participating in a (free!) online panel discussion of law and popular culture, sponsored by the Filipino American Lawyers Association of Washington, DC! The panel includes famed graphic novelist Amy Chu Continue reading
Way back in 2012 I wrote a post about an episode of the NBC Series Grimm, a show set in the state of Oregon, and the US Supreme Court has just handed down an opinion that reverses my legal analysis. Continue reading
For DC-area readers: I will be at Awesome Con in Washington, DC this Friday, April 26th! I will be part of a panel on Law and Order in Comics along with Law and the Multiverse contributors Scott Maravilla and Brad Continue reading
Jed Bodger, senior director of taxation at Sierra Nevada Corp, has written an excellent and in-depth discussion of the impact of the recent Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on superheroes and their associated businesses, including Tony Stark, Matt Murdock, Jennifer Continue reading
For those who might be interested in what I do with the rest of my time: I contributed an article to the most recent volume of the Washington University Journal of Law Policy: Embracing New (and Old) Ideas, 53 Wash. Continue reading
Several readers have asked the same question about the new(ish) Netflix series Iron Fist: how exactly could Danny legally recover a 51% interest in Rand Enterprises? This is a good question. Unfortunately the series doesn t give us quite enough information to answer Continue reading