Procedural Protections in a Secret Court
INTRODUCTION Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is set to expire at the end of this year,… Continue reading →
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Systemic Failure to Appear in Court
This Article aims to reorient the conversation around “failure-to-appear” (FTA) in criminal court. Recent policy and scholarship have addressed FTA… Continue reading →
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A Bug or a Feature?: Exclusive State-Court Jurisdiction Over Federal Questions
On August 5th, 2017, while enjoying the thrills and frills of a Six Flags theme park, Hugo and Sharon Soto used their… Continue reading →
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Pandemic Pressures on Faculty
Academics are incredibly privileged. They are paid relatively well to read, think, write, teach, learn, and provide service to their… Continue reading →
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Getting from Points A to Points B: Wayfinding, Public Accommodations, and the ADA
“To effectuate its sweeping purpose, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) forbids discrimination against disabled individuals in major areas of… Continue reading →
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Probate Lending: Data from San Francisco
Recently, “probate lenders” have started to advance cash to heirs and beneficiaries in return for part of their interest in… Continue reading →
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Just Cause, Not Just Because: a Pro-Worker Reform for the Employment Landscape
The at-will doctrine permits employers to terminate employees at any time for any reason—or no reason at all—so long as… Continue reading →
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Mass Exploitation
Modern mass tort defendants—including Johnson & Johnson, Purdue Pharma, USA Gymnastics, and Boy Scouts of America—have developed unprecedented techniques for… Continue reading →
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Who Can Protect Black Protest?
Police violence both as the cause of and response to the racial justice protests following George Floyd’s murder called fresh… Continue reading →
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The Unmaking of “Black Bill Gates”: How the U.S. Patent System Failed African-American Inventors
The United States government owes African-Americans reparations for the harm of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Existing reparations scholarship focuses on… Continue reading →