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Online2022
A Deficit of Deserts: The Case for a Pandemic Excess Profits Tax
The global COVID-19 pandemic caused, inter alia, the economic balance in the United States to tilt wildly. In earlier decades, such extreme social and…
Rae Ensor -
Online2021
Fair Housing, Unfair Housing
ABSTRACT The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, promulgated under the Obama administration and swiftly repealed under the Trump administration, was the most significant fair…
Noah M. Kazis -
Online2021
Plagiarism Pedagogy: Why Teaching Plagiarism Should be a Fundamental Part of Legal Education
As a practicing lawyer, if you aren’t plagiarizing, you’re committing malpractice. Litigators copy forms and arguments from winning briefs rather than bill their clients…
Megan E. Boyd & Brian L. Frye -
Online2021
Edwards v. M’Connel: Hiding Behind Legal Principles
Edwards v. M’Connel[i] is cited by a Tennessee state law treatise on res judicata, the legal principle stating that a prior court’s decision is…
Kelsie Overton -
Online2021
A “Host” of Problems: Airbnbs in Cincinnati, Ohio
Use of condos for hosting Airbnbs has become increasingly popular, not only in places like the Bay Area and Southern California, but also in…
Bryar Brandvold -
Online2021
Say Goodbye to Shopping Malls: America’s Shift Towards Technology and Ease
Despite 94% of American consumers who say that they believe doing business within their local communities is important, 2017 ended with a staggering number…
Michelle Palka -
Online2021
“Uber v. Drivers”: The Battle for Employee Classification
The peer-to-peer ridesharing industry has been booming since Uber first went live in San Francisco in 2010. Presently, Uber has spread to more than…
Euna Park -
Online2021
What Does it Mean to Discriminate “Because of . . . Sex”?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it illegal for employers to discriminate against their employees “because of . . .…
Cora Allen -
Online2021
Pardon Me? Reconciling The Pardon Power with Traditional Notions of Checks-and-Balances
Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution confers upon the president the “power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the…
Marriam Shah -
Online2021
The Case for Banning Off-Label Use
New uses for drugs that are already on the market could help treat hundreds of diseases and thousands of people; however, the current system…
Christian Wolfgram -
Online2021
Appellate Jurisdiction in Sanchez-Gomez: A Hard Case That Should Be Easy
Introduction In 2013, the Southern District of California adopted a rule requiring all criminal defendants to appear in full restraints—hands cuffed and…
Bryan Lammon -
Online2021
Free the Data! The Scramble to Access Data in Light of Schrems I & II
Maximillian Schrems was a PhD student in Austria when he decided to participate in a study abroad program with Santa Clara University.…
Charlotte Young