Studying Nonobviousness
Jason Rantanen, Lindsay Kriz & Abigail A. Matthews Volume 73, Issue 3, 667-722 Many scholars have observed that an empirical study is only valid to the extent it is reliable. Yet assessments of the reliability of empirical legal studies are rare. The closest most...
Thirteenth Amendment Echoes in Fourteenth Amendment Doctrine
Christopher W. Schmidt Volume 73, Issue 3, 723-772 This Article argues that to better understand the historical development of Fourteenth Amendment antidiscrimination doctrine, we should look to the Thirteenth Amendment. The Fourteenth Amendment was drafted in...
Trade Secrecy and Innovation in Forensic Technology
Eli Siems, Katherine J. Strandburg & Nicholas Vincent Volume 73, Issue 3, 773-820 Trade secrecy is a major barrier to public scrutiny of probabilistic software tools that are increasingly used at all stages of the criminal system, from policing and investigation...
Identifying and Countering Fake News
Mark Verstraete, Jane R. Bambauer & Derek E. Bambauer Volume 73, Issue 3, 821-860 Fake news presents a complex regulatory challenge in the increasingly democratized and intermediated on-line information ecosystem. Inaccurate information is readily created by...
Dropping the Other Shoe: Personal Jurisdiction and Remote Technology in the Post-Pandemic World
Jenny Bagger Volume 73, Issue 3, 861-918 As the question of how new technology factors into the personal jurisdiction analysis remains unresolved, the vast increase in the reliance on remote technology that the COVID-19 pandemic spurred urges a definitive answer. Even...
Avatar and Derivative Works: Harmonizing the Interests of Creators and Consumers
Reina Shinohara Volume 73, Issue 3, 919-946 As we spend more of our days online, we are seeing a shift in content moving towards a progressively simulated reality. The virtual worlds of video games and other online communities have become a norm for many, with an...
When Hospitals Sue Patients
Isaac D. Buck Volume 73, Issue 2, 191-232 “The biggest crime you can commit in America is being sick.” Grimly demonstrated by the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals serve as the central hub of American health care. Increasingly exercising market power, setting clinical...
Weaponizing Culture to Undermine International Women’s Rights
Lan Cao Volume 73, Issue 2, 233-300 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (“UDHR”) remains an emblem of hope and change in a world filled with continuing human rights violations. Its promise, enshrined in 1948, is as relevant then as it is now—that the...
A New Prescription for the Opioid Epidemic: 360-Degree Accountability for Pharmaceutical Companies and Their Executives
Rebecca A. Delfino Volume 73, Issue 2, 301-370 We can no longer ignore this—a national crisis resulting in almost one million American deaths, costing hundreds of millions of dollars, ravaging the health care system, and devastating state and local communities. This...
Liberty and Democracy Through the Administrative State: A Critique of the Roberts Court’s Political Theory
Blake Emerson Volume 73, Issue 2, 371-436 The values of liberty and democracy repeatedly arise in recent Supreme Court opinions on administrative law. The conservative Justices have argued that the power vested in government agencies threatens individual freedom and...