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The Problems And Promise Of "Enhanced Business Judgement", Mary Siegel Jan 2014

The Problems And Promise Of "Enhanced Business Judgement", Mary Siegel

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Pre-Crime Restraints: The Explosion Of Targeted, Non-Custodial Prevention, Jennifer Daskal Jan 2014

Pre-Crime Restraints: The Explosion Of Targeted, Non-Custodial Prevention, Jennifer Daskal

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This Article exposes the ways in which noncustodial pre-crime restraints have proliferated over the past decade, focusing in particular on three notable examples — terrorism-related financial sanctions, the No Fly List, and the array of residential, employment, and related restrictions imposed on sex offenders. Because such restraints do not involve physical incapacitation, they are rarely deemed to infringe core liberty interests. Because they are preventive, not punitive, criminal law procedural protections do not apply. They have exploded largely unchecked — subject to little more than bare rationality review and negligible procedural protections — and without any coherent theory as to …


Non-Party Interests In Closing Opinion Letters, Heather Hughes Jan 2014

Non-Party Interests In Closing Opinion Letters, Heather Hughes

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INTRODUCTION: What do transactional lawyers do when they issue third-party opinion letters in financial transactions? This descriptive question turns out to be quite complex'-so complex that the normative question of what lawyers should do when they issue opinions, as well as the practical question of what they could do, are difficult to answer. This Symposium Article reflects upon third-party closing opinions as a central aspect of business law practice that can be opaque to outsiders. The ideas expressed here are exploratory. In the spirit of reflecting on what transactional lawyers do, this contribution considers deal lawyer strategies as potential tools …


Citizens Derided: Corporate Politics In The Roberts Court, Jamin B. Raskin Jan 2014

Citizens Derided: Corporate Politics In The Roberts Court, Jamin B. Raskin

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