Restructuring the Elementary and Secondary Education Act’s Approach to Equity
By Kimberly Jenkins Robinson. Full text here. Abstract: “Many celebrated the 2015 passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act, the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as a much-needed reduction in the federal footprint in the nation’s public schools. It repealed the prescriptive interventions into failing schools in the No Child…
Continue ReadingCriminal Enforcement Redundancy: Oversight of Decisions Not to Prosecute
By Darryl K. Brown. Full text here. Abstract: “Despite mass incarceration and overcriminalization, underenforcement of criminal law is an endemic problem. It is the target of prominent reform movements, notably with regard to inadequate prosecution of police violence and sexual assaults; biased nonenforcement parallels biased overenforcement. Justice systems recognize this problem and adopt a variety of…
Continue ReadingThe Pregnancy Penalty
By Jennifer Bennett Shinall. Full text here. Abstract: “Just forty years ago, employers legally could—and often would—discriminate against pregnant women in the workplace. Employment discrimination protections for pregnant women have vastly expanded since that time with the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) in 1978 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The…
Continue ReadingArbitration Conflicts
By David L. Noll. Full text here. Abstract: “Among the most important recent developments in U.S. civil procedure is the rise of arbitration as a substitute for litigation in public courts. Seeking to lower legal costs and protect themselves from entrepreneurial litigation, firms from Amazon to Wells Fargo have added arbitration clauses to their standard form…
Continue ReadingToo-Big-to-Fail Shareholders
By Yesha Yadav. Full text here. Abstract: “To build resilience within the financial system, post-2008 Financial Crisis regulation relies heavily on banks to fund themselves more fully by issuing equity. This reserve of value should buttress failing banks by providing a mechanism to pay off creditors and depositors and preserve the health of financial markets. In…
Continue ReadingNeuromarks
By Mark Bartholomew. Full text here. Abstract: “This Article predicts trademark law’s impending neural turn. A growing legal literature debates the proper role of neuroscientific evidence. Yet outside of criminal law, analysis of neuroscientific evidence in the courtroom has been lacking. This is a mistake given that most of the applied research into brain function focuses…
Continue ReadingNote: Recognizing Transgender, Intersex, and Nonbinary People in Healthcare Antidiscrimination Law
By Derek Waller. Full text here. Abstract: “Transgender people face frequent discrimination in healthcare by both providers and insurers. Insurers often deny them coverage for transition-related and routine “sex-specific” services. Even those who can access healthcare services struggle to find in-network physicians who will provide care in a way that respects their sexual and gender identity.…
Continue ReadingNote: Licensing Liability: Responding to Judicial Expansion of Antitrust Enforcement in North Carolina Dental
By Lesley E. Roe. Full text here. Abstract: “With the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in North Carolina Dental v. FTC, the legal exposure of 1790 state occupational licensing boards expanded dramatically. In North Carolina Dental, the Supreme Court held that, under certain circumstances, state licensing boards are subject to the prohibitions of federal antitrust law. Licensing…
Continue ReadingNote: Late for an Appointment: Balancing Impartiality and Accountability in the IRS Office of Appeals
By David Hahn. Full text here. Abstract: “The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Office of Appeals employs a cadre of individuals to preside over “collection due process” hearings. These hearings are meant to avoid litigation in the United States Tax Court by resolving disputes internally. “CDP officers” exercise significant authority and discretion over taxpayers’ cases, and…
Continue ReadingAssessing Risk Assessment in Action
By Megan Stevenson. Full text here. Abstract: “Recent years have seen a rush toward evidence-based tools in criminal justice. As part of this movement, many jurisdictions have adopted actuarial risk assessment to supplement or replace the ad-hoc decisions of judges. Proponents of risk assessment tools claim that they can dramatically reduce incarceration without harming public safety.…
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