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A Writer’s Project for the 21st Century: A Conversation with Congressman Ted Lieu
LARB Legal Affairs Editor Don Franzen talks with Congressman Ted Lieu about his 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project Act....
Don Franzen
Don Franzen is a lawyer in Beverly Hills specializing in entertainment and business law. He has lectured on entertainment law at the Eastman School of Music, Santa Monica College’s Academy of Entertainment and Technology, the Berklee School of Music in Valencia, Spain, and lectures at UCLA’s Herb Albert School of Music, where he teaches two courses on the law and the music industry. He has published articles on legal issues in newspapers, magazines, and law journals. He serves on the board of the Los Angeles Opera and counts among his clients leading performers in opera, orchestral music, film, and the recording industries. He is the legal affairs editor for Los Angeles Review of Books.
Articles
Russia’s Blatant Violation of International Law
Don Franzen interviews Mark Ellis about the legal implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine....
Don Franzen and Jesse Wegman Discuss Abolishing the Electoral College
A conversation about the past and future of the Electoral College....
Decline and Fall of American Democracy?
Don Franzen reviews Edward Watts's "Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny."...
Don Franzen Talks with Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump and Emoluments
LARB Legal Affairs Editor Don Franzen interviews Dean of Berkeley Law Erwin Chemerinsky about the current emolument cases against Trump....
A Talk About Democracy
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier's speech, delivered at the Getty Center, about the legacy of Thomas Mann and the state of democracy today....
Don Franzen Talks with Adam Winkler on the Corporate Civil Rights Movement
LARB Legal Affairs editor Don Franzen interviews Adam Winkler about his new book "We the Corporations."...
Mary Beard Discusses Women, Power, and #MeToo
LARB Law Editor Don Franzen talks to Mary Beard about her new manifesto....
Murder Comes to SCOTUS
LARB Legal Affairs Editor Don Franzen talks to Anthony Franze about his new novel, "The Outsider."...
A Guardian of Good Usage and Grammar
Don Franzen talks to Bryan A. Garner, one of the most prolific and respected arbiters of grammar and usage in the English language....
Erwin Chemerinsky Explains the Lawsuit Against President Trump for Violation of the Emoluments Clause
LARB Legal Affairs editor Don Franzen speaks to Erwin Chemerinsky about why he is suing Donald Trump....
LARB Voices: Akhil Reed Amar
AKHIL REED AMAR is a distinguished professor of law at Yale and Columbia universities and among the most insightful and prolific commentators on the American Constitution. In last three years alone, he has authored three books dealing with the US Constitution, ...
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