https://www.PR.com/ Latest news releases from PR.com for Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:21:55 -0400 © 2026 PR.com 60 en-us https://www.PR.com/images/logo_white.jpg https://www.PR.com/ 68 69 PR.com provides press release distribution, and is a unique directory of businesses, products and services. Find full company profiles. https://www.pr.com/press-release/668391 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 03:00:00 -0400 Transsexuals who were born male, but have had genital reconstruction surgery, are placed at a higher risk of sexual assault, and perhaps even rape, if they are required to use showers and locker rooms corresponding to the gender they were “assigned at birth,” argues public interest law professor John Banzhaf of the GWU Law School which is experimenting with a solution to the transgender-restroom problem. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/668391 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/662309 Mon, 14 Mar 2016 03:00:00 -0400 Virginia’s legislature has just authorized the use of the electric chair when lethal-injection drugs aren’t available due to scarcities and sales restrictions caused by death penalty opponents, but many claim the language is vague and would invite a whole new round of litigation, reports the Washington Post. But there's a simple and inexpensive alternative, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/662309 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/658128 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 03:00:00 -0500 Insurance Premiums for Drivers with Poor Credit History May Soon be Raised, Based Upon a New Study Which Shows It's Not Unfair to Blacks or Poor to Base Auto Insurance Rates on Credit History, and That Such Credit-Based Ratings are Not Just a Subterfuge (Proxy) for Discriminating on the Basis of Race and/or Poverty, says Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/658128 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/657361 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 17:44:31 -0500 Planet Fitness Secretly Mandates Coed Changing Rooms and Showers, While George Washington University Opens Its First Coed Multi-User Restroom for Four, Says Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/657361 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/655658 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 03:00:00 -0500 The George Washington University Law School has opened the first coed multi-user restroom designed to help females who might otherwise have to wait on long lines for the women's restroom, and transgender people who will no longer have to choose which is the least inappropriate restroom to use given the dichotomy between their anatomical gender and their newly-assumed gender identity, says public interest law professor [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/655658 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/655323 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 03:00:00 -0500 Because colleges have inherent conflicts of interest in investigating campus sexual assault claims and usually cannot afford to employ their own trained sex crime investigators, the state of Virginia is formally considering using a novel "compromise" approach which would eliminate these biases as well as provide sufficient resources for a proper investigation of reports of sex crimes, reports public interest law professor [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/655323 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/650365 Tue, 15 Dec 2015 03:00:00 -0500 Almost a Full Month Has Passed Since Law Professors’ Pictures Were Discovered Covered in Black Tape, So Harvard’s Complete Silence Regarding its Investigation, and the Lack of Any Reported Suspects, is Very Suspicious, Especially in Light of Its Many Motives to Cover Up, Says Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf. Perhaps it’s time for the press to begin asking some probing questions, he suggests. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/650365 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/649014 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:33:06 -0500 Two Weeks Have Passed and Harvard Has Several Compelling Motives to Hide the Perpetrators’ Identity, Says John Banzhaf. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/649014 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/648388 Sun, 29 Nov 2015 03:00:00 -0500 Although widely reported in the Washington Post and elsewhere as a racist incident - and even a possible hate crime - at Harvard Law School, putting black tape over the pictures of several black professors was much more likely a hoax, or retaliation for at least two similar past defacements by a largely black law student organization, reports public interest law professor John Banzhaf. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/648388 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/644472 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 03:00:00 -0500 Existing EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) Technology, Including Floatable EPIRBs, Should Have Made It Simple and Inexpensive, says Professor John Banzhaf. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/644472 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/639254 Mon, 28 Sep 2015 11:54:59 -0400 A powerful new tool for colleges was unveiled today which, among its many benefits, could help cut rapes on campus. However, it appears, based upon the criteria listed on the Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) website, that the federal government will refuse to provide funding to make it effective, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/639254 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/626282 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 03:00:00 -0400 A New Study in the New England Journal of Medicine Suggests Why Many Campus Date Rapes Occur, and Provides a Simple Way to Slash the Number, but the Federal Government and Others Object Because Women Might Somehow be Blamed. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/626282 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/625268 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 03:00:00 -0400 When College Women Know How to Simply Say "No," Rapes Plummet, He Notes. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/625268 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/624972 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 03:00:00 -0400 The Former Bruce Jenner, and Many Other Transgender People, Are Free to Choose and/or Switch Gender, So Why Not do the Same with Race Also, Asks Prof. Banzhaf [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/624972 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/624444 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:15:44 -0400 It’s Letting PC Concerns Over Blaming the Victim Waste Taxpayer Dollars and Ruin Lives, Says Professor John Banzhaf, Noting the Lack of Similar Concerns About Warnings Concerning Everything From Leaving Bicycles Unlocked to Leaving Young Children in Locked Cars During the Summer. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/624444 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/622757 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Some Women’s Rights Advocates Are Promoting "Restorative Justice" as the Latest Panacea for Complaints About Rapes on College Campuses. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/622757 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/622145 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf Cites Irreconcilable Conflicts of Interest, Huge Costs, and Possible Cutoffs of Federal Funds as Prompting Colleges to Consider Regional Consortia to Handle Allegations of Campus Date Rape. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/622145 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/621956 Sun, 31 May 2015 03:00:00 -0400 But the University is Silent About the Apparent Reversal of its Previous Zero-Tolerance Policy Regarding Swastika on Campus [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/621956 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/621595 Fri, 29 May 2015 03:00:00 -0400 George Washington University (GWU) Reverses its Previously Announced Plan to Effectively Ban a Hindu and Buddhist Symbol from Campus, Because It Resembled a Nazi Swastika, by Expelling Student Who Displayed It. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/621595 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/618185 Wed, 06 May 2015 03:00:00 -0400 A GWU student is about to be expelled for briefly displaying an Indian symbol of love revered by at least four major religions, whereas a student at Duke University who hung a hangman's noose from a tree on campus will be allowed to remain to continue his studies. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/618185 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/617762 Sat, 02 May 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Media Calling It Discrimination, Saying University May be Sued, Asking People Not to Contribute, Reporting that Students Are Frightened, etc. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/617762 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/616816 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 10:36:45 -0400 George Washington University's [GWU] strong attack on an ancient religious symbol considered sacred by at least four major religious, and its banning from its campus a student for only very briefly displaying the image which he had obtained from India, has provoked an international controversy, and held the university up to ridicule, says GWU Professor John Banzhaf. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/616816 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/616114 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:35:07 -0400 Administrative Lawyers Have Responsibility to do More Than be Mouthpieces for Moneyed Interests [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/616114 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/612423 Sun, 29 Mar 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Although fighting cancer is usually thought of as a medical story, Ken Burns’ new PBS documentary - "Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies" - features a law professor who may have saved more lives and prevented more lung cancer deaths than any doctor. John Banzhaf’s legal complaint about cigarette commercials led to a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission [FCC] requiring broadcasters to make [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/612423 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/572717 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 09:38:37 -0400 Arizona's botched execution, the third in a row using lethal injections according to numerous press reports, has raised questions of how the death penalty can best be administered, especially with manufacturers prohibiting the use of their drugs for such a purpose, and reported restrictions on certain injectible drugs used in executions. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/572717 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/571607 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 03:00:00 -0400 The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety [IIHS] recently released a list of "safe" cars that parents should buy for teens, and tips for making sure they really are safe, but it failed to disclose one simple step concerned parents can take which would avoid more needless highway deaths among young people than all their other recommendations, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf, who has written extensively on [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/571607 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/569066 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 03:00:00 -0400 As U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill [D-MO] prepares to release results of a survey about college sexual assaults, and then federal legislation based upon her survey, there may be reason to believe that a new innovative solution involving a new entity may be preferable to trying to make universities only marginally better at handling sex crimes, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/569066 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/567635 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 03:00:00 -0400 A detailed study of campus sexual assaults suggests that they are costing colleges and universities tens of millions of dollars, and the huge costs are almost certainly going to balloon as the Administration continues to encourage educational institutions to convict more students, notes public interest law professor John Banzhaf, who was one of the first to point out the growing number of male students fighting back by [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/567635 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/558984 Mon, 19 May 2014 10:54:06 -0400 A new study shows that e-cigarettes may be a public health hazard by permitting users to continue smoking despite workplace smoking bans, encouraging kids to become addicted to nicotine, causing increased indoor air pollution, and encouraging smoking, says Professor John Banzhaf. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/558984 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/557348 Sat, 10 May 2014 03:00:00 -0400 The Constitution Project's just released a massive report entitled "Irreversible Error," about the whole process of capital punishment, makes a few recommendations for improving executions, but one - which followed his lead - is only half right, and two may be impossible, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/557348 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/556136 Sat, 03 May 2014 03:00:00 -0400 Oklahoma's badly botched execution, in which an inmate - according to several newspaper accounts - writhed in pain from a "blown" vein line before finally dying 43 minutes later from an apparent heart attack, is only the latest in a long line of problems and failures from using lethal injection as a method of capital punishment, notes public interest law professor John Banzhaf, who suggests an alternative. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/556136 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/555219 Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:06:47 -0400 Although news.google indicates that most attention to the proposed tobacco regulations the FDA just announced focused on its limited regulation of e-cigarettes, a largely overlooked sleeper issue is the health agency's apparent willingness, as set forth in its notice, to exempt from all regulation the tobacco product apparently most used by and closely associated with so-called "Fat Cat Smokers," says public interest law [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/555219 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/554873 Sat, 26 Apr 2014 03:00:00 -0400 Although the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] has itself reported that e-cigarettes pose “acute health risks” which “cannot seriously be questioned” because they contain “toxic chemicals,” and that the devices also “present a serious risk of addicting new users, including children,” the rules they have proposed to regulate them have major omissions, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/554873 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/550416 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 03:00:00 -0400 More and more jurisdictions are banning the use of e-cigarettes in public places and workplaces, there is an ever growing epidemic of serious injuries to young children, and an escalating use of these addicting devices by teens, notes the lawyer who helped to get their use banned on airplanes, and to spur legislation against their use in no-smoking sections in many jurisdictions. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/550416 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/69813 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:00:00 -0500 Smoking kills about five million people each year, and the number will double by 2020 as tobacco companies aggressively seek new markets in developing countries. About half the children surveyed reported that they are subjected to tobacco smoke in public places, with an even greater number being forced to breathe it at home. But, as the New York Times noted: "At least 6,200 children die each year in the United States [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/69813 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf https://www.pr.com/press-release/69607 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:37:00 -0500 While the British are considering paying the obese millions a year to lose weight, more and more U.S. health insurance companies and employers are instead charging the obese more for their health insurance to get them to slim down, notes public interest law professor John Banzhaf whose ruling made it possible. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/69607 Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf