Essay

This Essay examines what I call “post‐parodies” in apparel. This emerging genre of do‐it‐yourself fashion is characterized by the appropriation… Continue reading →

In February 2014, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was interviewed at Yale Law School. During the course of… Continue reading →

Why has the word “plausible” come to define federal civil litigation? In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court supplemented longstanding… Continue reading →

The Copyright Act of 1976 provides to copyright owners the exclusive right to perform their copyrighted works publicly, but not… Continue reading →

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rule 10b‐5 forbids material misstatements or omissions in connection with the purchase or sale of… Continue reading →

On November 26, 2013, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether for‐profit corporations or their shareholders have standing to challenge… Continue reading →

The United States Supreme Court has taken an interest in shaping patent law in recent years, deciding many important cases,… Continue reading →

3‐D printers—with the capacity to make three‐dimensional solid objects from digital designs—have arrived. Home 3‐D printers are already affordable (some… Continue reading →

In this memoriam, Judge Jan E. DuBois of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania remembers… Continue reading →

In United States v. Windsor, the Second Circuit reasoned (no doubt, correctly) that extending federal marriage benefits to all married… Continue reading →