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I. Glenn Cohen

  • Announcements

    Institutional Corruption, Conflicts of Interest and Commitment, and Online Courses

    By I. Glenn Cohen I am writing this post from a terrific conference on Institutional Financial Conflicts of Interest In Research Universities, hosted at Harvard Law by the Petrie-Flom Center and the Edmond J. Safra Center for…

    Institutional Corruption, Conflicts of Interest and Commitment, and Online Courses

  • Bioethics

    Reflections on a Recent Study Showing Sperm and Egg Donor as Übermensch/Uberfrau

    By I. Glenn Cohen Last week, I sat on a panel at the Mid-Atlantic Law and Society Association, with my wonderful colleagues Kim Mutcherson, Gaia Bernstein, Rene Almeling, and Cynthia Daniels on sperm donor anonymity.…

    Reflections on a Recent Study Showing Sperm and Egg Donor as Übermensch/Uberfrau

  • Bioethics

    Abortion, Circumcision, and the Politics of Documenting Informed Consent

    By I. Glenn Cohen Last week, as the New York Times reported, a fight over documenting informed consent to a particular Jewish circumcision ritual is brewing. To quote from the article: The city Board of…

    Abortion, Circumcision, and the Politics of Documenting Informed Consent

  • Biotechnology

    Nice Jotwell review of former Petrie-Flom Fellows’ article “Does Agency Funding Affect Decisionmaking?: An Empirical Assessment of the PTO’s Granting Patterns”

    By I. Glenn Cohen Over at Jotwell, Michael Carroll (American) has a very nice review of a new paper that is a collaboration between two of our former fellows at the Petrie-Flom Center, Michael Frakes…

    Nice Jotwell review of former Petrie-Flom Fellows’ article “Does Agency Funding Affect Decisionmaking?: An Empirical Assessment of the PTO’s Granting Patterns”

  • Bioethics

    “The New Normal” and Reproductive Technology and the Law

    By I. Glenn Cohen Inspired in part by attending the “Baby Markets Roundtable” (an annual gathering of reproductive technology and the law scholars) this week at Indiana Bloomington, I wanted to share a few thoughts…

    “The New Normal” and Reproductive Technology and the Law

  • Bioethics

    Rationing, Irrelevant Utilities, and Inter vs. Intrapersonal distribution

    By I. Glenn Cohen This blog post was prompted by discussions with Frances Kamm, Jonathan Wolff,  and others after a great presentation Jonathan gave on the Valuation of Life and Health in Government Policies. To return…

    Rationing, Irrelevant Utilities, and Inter vs. Intrapersonal distribution

  • Bioethics

    Mitt Romney’s Son’s Abortion Contract

    By I. Glenn Cohen Over at Concurring Opinions, Dave Hoffman (via TMZ), writes: Tagg Romney (son of Mitt) and his wife Jen entered into a surrogacy contract which contained a clause purporting to require the…

    Mitt Romney’s Son’s Abortion Contract

  • Bioethics

    Judge Orders Prison to Pay for Sex Change

    By I. Glenn Cohen Interesting decision (H/T Wall Street Journal Law Blog ) from the D. Mass ordering the state to pay for a sex change operation for a prisoner. I’ll have more to say…

    Judge Orders Prison to Pay for Sex Change