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Ronald S. Katz

Attorney, chair emeritus of the Institute of Sports Law and Ethics at the University of the Pacific

Ronald S. Katz is Chair Emeritus of the Institute of Sports Law and Ethics at the University of the Pacific and has taught sports law at Santa Clara University Law School, is Of Counsel at GCA Law Partners LLP in California, a graduate of Harvard Law School and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.

Latest Columns

Politics

Would Spock kneel for the Anthem?

By Ronald S. Katz, Oct. 10, 2017

Logic does not seem to apply to the anthem-kneeling dispute raging now, but what if it did? We consulted Star Trek's Dr. Spock, the ultra-logical half-Vulcan/half-human.

Health

Trump transgender tweet ignores medical findings

By Ronald S. Katz, July 28, 2017

If gender dysphoria, however, generates other medical problems like depression, then these should be insured in the same way that the sex-related problems of cisgender people are treated. In other words, medical care should be dispensed to transgender people in the same way that it is dispensed to non-transgender people.