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NoteVol. 94 · Iss. 3
Dying for Leave: How Societal Views on End-of-Life Care Pushed Ballard to Expand the Meaning of Care Under the Family and Medical Leave Act
The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Ballard v. Chicago Park District shook employers and employment law attorneys to their core, forcing reevaluation of what…
Katherine Vaky -
NoteVol. 94 · Iss. 1
The United States Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act: The Creation of Private Space Property Rights and the Omission of the Right to Freedom From Harmful Interference
In March 2004, the European Space Agency successfully launched the Rosetta Spacecraft from Kourou, French Guiana. Over $1.5 billion dollars, ten years, and four…
Elliot Reaven -
NoteVol. 95 · Iss. 1
Return of the De Minimis Exception in Digital Music Sampling: The Ninth Circuit’s Recent Holding in VMG Salsoul Improves Upon the Sixth Circuit’s Holding in Bridgeport, but Raises Questions of its Own
A circuit split has developed over the recognition of a de minimis exception for unlicensed sampling of copyrighted digital recordings. In 2005, the Sixth…
Francesco Di Cosmo -
ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 3
How the War on Terror is Transforming Private U.S. Law
In thinking about the War on Terror’s impact on U.S. law, what most likely comes to mind are its corrosive effects on public law,…
Maryam Jamshidi -
NoteVol. 96 · Iss. 2
Filling the Jurisprudential Gap: “Regular and Established Place of Business” After In Re Cray, Inc.
Since the nineteenth century, specific venue rules for patent infringement suits have existed in federal law. The current version of the “Patent Venue Statute”…
David A. Serati -
NoteVol. 93 · Iss. 6
Whistle With a Purpose: Extending Coverage Under SOX to Employees Discharging Their Duties
The relative ease with which corporate fraud went unnoticed during the Enron scandal created tension between Congress and the public. In hindsight, the public…
Jonathan Lee -
ArticleVol. 92 · Iss. 2
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
In early 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led what would become known as the “Birmingham Campaign” with the Southern Leadership Conference in which…
Paulette Brown -
NoteVol. 97 · Iss. 5
Returning Right-To-Farm Laws to Their Roots
In 2014, some unlikely culprits—four chickens—generated negative headlines for then-Iowa Congressman Bruce Braley, who was in the midst of a close campaign for an…
Joseph Malanson -
NoteVol. 91 · Iss. 3
Rebutting the Roberts Court: Reinventing the Collateral Order Doctrine Through Judicial Decision Making
A civil procedure revival has quietly been underway since the inception of the Roberts Court in 2005. Unnoticed and sweeping changes may be in…
Michael E. Harriss -
NoteVol. 91 · Iss. 1
FICA Taxation of Post-Employment Benefits: A Statutory Puzzle and Sociopolitical Conundrum
In the wake of a brief but contentious span that has included a presidential election, fiscal cliff and government shutdown, the probability of a…
Amanda Stein -
NoteVol. 98 · Iss. 5
Back to Bankruptcy’s Equitable Roots: Recalibrate the Dischargeability of Student Loans Through a Modified Eighth Circuit Approach
This Note examines the bankruptcy courts’ attempt to satisfy the Undue Hardship Exception through the application of these four judicial tests. Through an analysis of each…
Terry Ha