Loyola Law School Los Angeles

Located in the international commerce epicenter of downtown L.A. and adjacent to the tech sector of Silicon Beach, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles makes the most of its location at the intersection law, technology & business. Our professors, curriculum and events are at the forefront of emerging issues, from artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies to cyber forensics and Internet law. The first law school in the West with a cybersecurity specialization, we continue to innovate so that our students and alumni can make a difference.

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Severing ties to its nonprofit owner would be far more easily said than done. rob dobi/Moment via Getty Images

Legal complications await if OpenAI tries to shake off control by the nonprofit that owns the rapidly growing tech company

Jill Horwitz, University of California, Los Angeles; Ellen P. Aprill, Loyola Law School Los Angeles, and Rose Chan Loui, University of California, Los Angeles

When for-profit companies are spun out of nonprofits, there is no easy way out of the legal consequences.
Electoral process porn can make people think their vote will be stolen, so what’s the point of voting? Illustration: wildpixel/ iStock / Getty Images Plus

Don’t panic reading ‘electoral process porn’: There are plenty of safeguards to make sure voters’ wishes are respected

Justin Levitt, Loyola Law School Los Angeles

Those depressing articles that say ‘This one secret, magic thing will overturn the election results and your vote won’t count’? An election law scholar calls them ‘electoral process porn.’
Billionaire investor and Harvard alum Bill Ackman has voiced his objections to the school’s current president. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

What do universities owe their big donors? Less than you might think, explain 2 nonprofit law experts

Ellen P. Aprill, Loyola Law School Los Angeles and Jill Horwitz, University of California, Los Angeles

Threats from disappointed donors over the language used during campus protests about the Israel-Hamas conflict have become angrier and more public than in the past.
Before hundreds of angry Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, thousands took part in a nearby rally. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Nonprofits helped organize the pro‑Trump rally before the Capitol siege – but they probably won’t suffer any consequences

Ellen P. Aprill, Loyola Law School Los Angeles

It’s unclear whether Women for America First, the ‘social welfare group’ that obtained a permit for the pro-Trump rally that let to a siege on the Capitol, could be held liable.

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