Category: Volume 71

[et_pb_row custom_padding=”2px|0px|27px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Jonathan H. Adler Volume 71, Issue 5, 1101-1126 As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump promised to curtail federal environmental regulation and empower the states. Has the Trump Administration made good on these pledges to reinvigorate cooperative federalism and constrain environmental regulatory overreach by the federal government? Perhaps less than…

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[et_pb_row custom_padding=”2px|0px|27px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Daniel A. Farber Volume 71, Issue 5, 1143-1176 President Trump has used emergency powers to achieve key parts of his policy agenda, exemplified by his travel ban, funding for the border wall, and tariffs on many imports. He has also declared the 2020 coronavirus pandemic a national emergency, but…

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[et_pb_row custom_padding=”2px|0px|27px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Brigham Daniels, Andrew P. Follett, & Joshua Davis Volume 71, Issue 4, 901-958 The 1970 Clean Air Act is arguably Congress’ most important environmental enactment. Since it became law fifty years ago, much could be and has been said about how it has changed both the physical environment and…

[et_pb_row custom_padding=”3px|0px|27px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Laura Karas, MD, MPH; Gerard F. Anderson, PhD; Robin Feldman, JD Volume 71, Issue 4, 959-974 The Supreme Court ruled in FTC v. Actavisthat a delay in generic entry may be anticompetitive when part of a patent settlement includes a large and otherwise unjustified value transfer to the generic…

[et_pb_row custom_padding=”2px|0px|27px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Stephen D. Sugarman Volume 71, Issue 4, 975-1018 California Supreme Court Justice Roger J Traynor entered the debated between pragmatists and formalists, siding with the former in both his scholarly writings and in his judicial opinions, especially in torts. In this Article, I explore what I have identified as…

[et_pb_row custom_padding=”2px|0px|27px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Frazer A. Tessema, Aaron S. Kesselheim, Michael S. Sinha Volume 71, Issue 4, 1019-1052 Brand-name prescription drugs are sold at extremely high prices in the US because patents and other market exclusivities provided by the government allow manufacturers to exclude direct competition. This period of market exclusivity was intended…

[et_pb_row custom_padding=”2px|0px|27px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Michael R. Ulrich Volume 71, Issue 4, 1053-1100 The two landmark gun rights cases, District of Columbia v. Hellerand McDonald v. City of Chicago, came down in 2008 and 2010, respectively. In the decade that has followed, two things have become abundantly clear. First, these cases provide little clarity…

[et_pb_row custom_padding=”2px|0px|27px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Edmund Ursin Volume 71, Issue 4, 1101-1052 Roger Traynor, who served on the California Supreme Court from 1940 to 1970, the last five years as Chief Justice, was one of America’s great judges. This Article compares Traynor’s view of the lawmaking role of courts with the dominant jurisprudential perspective…

[et_pb_row custom_padding=”2px|0px|27px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Kevin Costello Volume 71, Issue 4, 1053-1080 While the process of nominating and confirming justices to the U.S. Supreme Court has always been political in nature, the three most recent nominations of Merrick Garland, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh illustrate the extent to which the confirmation process has become…

[et_pb_row custom_padding=”0|0px|27px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Teri Dobbins Baxter Volume 71, Issue 3, 535-588 When health policy experts noticed that health outcomes for African Americans were consistently worse than those of their White counterparts, many in the health care community assumed that the poor outcomes could be blamed on poverty and lifestyle choices. Subsequent research…

[et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.19.15″ custom_padding=”0|0px|27px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Amnon Reichman, Yair Sagy, & Shlomi Balaban Volume 71, Issue 3, 589-636 This Article reveals the untold story of Legal-Net, Israel’s cloud-based judicial management system. While scholarly attention has thus far focused on the narrow question of the impact technology may have on judicial decision-making or on efficiency, little…

[et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.19.15″ custom_padding=”0|0px|27px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Lois A. Weithorn Volume 71, Issue 3, 637-698 This Article examines concepts of treatment decisionmaking capacity relevant to medical aid in dying as it is currently authorized in the United States. In order to be eligible for medical aid in dying in one of the ten jurisdictions now allowing…

[et_pb_row custom_padding=”0|0px|0|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Emily Winston Volume 71, Issue 3, 699-748 BlackRock’s recent public letters to the CEOs of the companies in which it invests have drawn substantial attention from stock market actors and observers for their conspicuous call on corporate CEOs to focus on sustainability and social impacts on non-shareholder stakeholders. This…

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[et_pb_row custom_padding=”0|0px|0|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″ padding_bottom_1=”275px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Alicia Ginsberg Volume 71, Issue 3, 783-812 Congress enacted the Sherman Act in 1890 to promote competition and creativity in the marketplace. The Sherman Act prohibits agreements that restrain trade and lays out rules regarding monopoly power. This Note explores three distinct theories under which Google, one of…

[et_pb_row custom_padding=”0|0px|0|0px|false|false” padding_top_1=”0px” padding_bottom_1=”132px” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Neriah Yue Volume 71, Issue 3, 813-844 The advent of social media platforms in the mid-2000s increased global communication and encouraged innovative activism by ushering new, effective ways to organize and protest. News agencies have recently reported the misuse of these platforms by individual actors and authoritarian…

[et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.19.15″ custom_padding=”0|0px|0|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Isaac D. Buck Volume 71, Issue 2, 261-306 As it approaches its tenth birthday, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is devolving. Intended to solve problems that had vexed American health care for generations, the ACA built a comprehensive structure by providing more Americans with accessible health…

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[et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.19.15″ custom_padding=”0|0px|0|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Dustin Marlan Volume 71, Issue 2, 419-474 In the landmark 1953 case of Haelan Laboratories v. Topps Chewing Gum, Judge Jerome Frank first articulated the modern right of publicity as a transferable intellectual property right. The right of publicity has since been seen to protect the strictly commercial value…

[et_pb_row custom_padding=”0|0px|0|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Katherine Grainger Volume 71, Issue 2, 475-500 In 2018, the Federal Communications Commission ended federal net neutrality protections in its Restoring Internet Freedom Order. In response, many states introduced legislation to create their own state-level protections. States believe these protections are necessary, given the anticompetitive nature of broadband internet…

[et_pb_row custom_padding=”0|0px|0|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] Bert Lathrop Volume 71, Issue 2, 501-534 The relentless accumulation of private consumer information through online services has dramatically expanded the attack surface available to cyber-criminals and belligerent state actors looking to either enrich themselves or disrupt digital service operations. In response to this growing threat and despite sharp…