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Don’t Get Caught Naked
By: Sam Kwan To short a stock, the seller borrows shares of the stock, hoping that the…
23andMe and Ancestry Stand to Gain from Montana and Maryland’s New Restrictions on Law Enforcement Use of Commercial DNA Databases
By: Paul Zajde In 2018, California detectives famously used forensic evidence from a commercial DNA database to…
Oops She Did It Again: Britney Spears’ Continued Court Challenges to Remove Her Father as Conservator May Have Potential Lasting Legal Ramifications
By: Claire Kretschmer Britney Spears, a pop music icon, and a person of interest to the public…
Do Monopolists Have an Obligation to Contract With Competitors? The Seventh Circuit Seems to Think So
By: Paul Zajde Generally, antitrust law assumes that competition between companies is a good thing, but there…
Tougher than Nails on Investigation Procedures under Section 232? The CIT Says Yes
By: Monica Fritsch On April 5, 2021, the U.S. Court of International Trade (“the CIT”) determined Trump-era…
Is it Fair to Introduce a Strict Liability Rule for Headshots in the NHL?
By: Alex Dourian On January 30, 2021, Calgary Flames forward Dillon Dube landed a dangerous hit to…
Is Public Funding the Antidote to Campaign Dark Money? How H.R. 1 Could Curb the Influence of Corporate Donations in U.S. Elections
By: Amy Rhoades In March 2021, the House passed the H.R. 1 For the People Act,[1] a…
A Slick Argument Could Revive the Keystone XL Pipeline
By: Eric Sell Grab some popcorn, your pocket Constitution, and get ready for a journey down memory…
Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Credit: Potential Impacts of CFPB’s Interpretive Rule on ECOA and Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity Discrimination
By: Cyrus Mostaghim DISCLAIMER: While the author is an employee of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”),…
Whatever.com: The Implications of the Supreme Court Overruling the USPTO’s Per Se Generic.com Rule
By: Demitri Dawson In the world of trademark protection, one rule has remained a constant—generic terms do…
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