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Avoiding Pyrrhic Victories In Orbit: A Need For Kinetic Anti-Satellite Arms Control In The Twenty-First Century, Captain Cort S. Thompson Jan 2020

Avoiding Pyrrhic Victories In Orbit: A Need For Kinetic Anti-Satellite Arms Control In The Twenty-First Century, Captain Cort S. Thompson

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

On March 27, 2019, India launched a direct ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon, aimed at the Indian Ministry of Defense satellite Microsat-R. The kinetic-energy ASAT weapon collided with Microsat-R at an altitude of nearly 300 kilometers, creating an estimated 250 pieces of trackable debris from the 740-kilogram satellite. With this effective demonstration of ASAT capability, India became only the fourth nation to successfully intercept an orbiting satellite in the sixty-one years since the U.S.S.R. placed into orbit the first artificial satellite, Sputnik. While India’s demonstration purported to take deliberate steps to mitigate some of the risk associated with a …


Unfair Disclosure—Adopting A Limited Consultant Corollary For Foia’S Exemption 5 In Attorney Work–Product Cases Preserves Litigation Parity For Agencies Like The Faa, Ellen Smith Yost Jan 2020

Unfair Disclosure—Adopting A Limited Consultant Corollary For Foia’S Exemption 5 In Attorney Work–Product Cases Preserves Litigation Parity For Agencies Like The Faa, Ellen Smith Yost

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.


Federal Dollars For All Humankind: Using Procurement Law To Increase Diversity In The Space Industry, Nicole A. Williamson Jan 2020

Federal Dollars For All Humankind: Using Procurement Law To Increase Diversity In The Space Industry, Nicole A. Williamson

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

This Article explores how to employ federal government contracting programs to increase gender and racial diversity within the space industry. Part II of the Article touches briefly on the importance of diversity generally and examines the underrepresentation of women and minorities within the $325 billion industry surrounding outer space activities. Part III provides a high-level overview of federal government contracting, in particular focusing on Small Business Administration programs intended to benefit small businesses, minority-owned businesses, and women-owned businesses. Part IV concentrates on contracting within the space industry. Part V offers three suggestions to increase contract awards to women and minority …


Book Review: Space Law: A Treatise (Second Edition), Sylvia Ospina Jan 2020

Book Review: Space Law: A Treatise (Second Edition), Sylvia Ospina

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.


Whose Rights Are They Anyway? Solving The Problem Of Extraterritorial Assertions Of Authority In The Aviation Industry, John L. Sasso Jan 2020

Whose Rights Are They Anyway? Solving The Problem Of Extraterritorial Assertions Of Authority In The Aviation Industry, John L. Sasso

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.


Front Matter Jan 2020

Front Matter

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.


Front Matter Jan 2020

Front Matter

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.


International Governance Of Cryptoassets: Whether, Why, What And Who?, Gary Marchant, Jalaj Jain, Oluwasegun Muse, Sayan Chandra Jan 2020

International Governance Of Cryptoassets: Whether, Why, What And Who?, Gary Marchant, Jalaj Jain, Oluwasegun Muse, Sayan Chandra

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Addressing Complications In The International Tax Regime Resulting From The Digitalization Of The Economy, Nolan Mccarthy Jan 2020

Addressing Complications In The International Tax Regime Resulting From The Digitalization Of The Economy, Nolan Mccarthy

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Front Matter Jan 2020

Front Matter

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Arbitration, John Allen Chalk Jan 2020

Arbitration, John Allen Chalk

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Bankruptcy, Harlin D. Hale, Emma L. Persson Jan 2020

Bankruptcy, Harlin D. Hale, Emma L. Persson

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Civil Procedure: Pre-Trial & Trial, Amanda Sotak, Don Colleluori, Andrew C. Whitaker Jan 2020

Civil Procedure: Pre-Trial & Trial, Amanda Sotak, Don Colleluori, Andrew C. Whitaker

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Criminal Procedure: Confessions, Searches, And Seizures, Leonel V. Mata, Michael E. Keasler Jan 2020

Criminal Procedure: Confessions, Searches, And Seizures, Leonel V. Mata, Michael E. Keasler

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Family Law, Anna K. Teller, Donald E. Teller Jr. Jan 2020

Family Law, Anna K. Teller, Donald E. Teller Jr.

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Franchise Law, Deborah S. Coldwell, Sally Dahlstrom, Wes Dutton, Iris Gibson, Jamee Munster Jan 2020

Franchise Law, Deborah S. Coldwell, Sally Dahlstrom, Wes Dutton, Iris Gibson, Jamee Munster

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Insurance Law, J. Price Collins, Janet Tolbert, Ashley Gilmore Jan 2020

Insurance Law, J. Price Collins, Janet Tolbert, Ashley Gilmore

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Intellectual Property Law, David L. Mccombs, Phillip Philbin, Brett Bostrom, Katharyn Zagorin Jan 2020

Intellectual Property Law, David L. Mccombs, Phillip Philbin, Brett Bostrom, Katharyn Zagorin

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Oil, Gas, And Mineral Law, Monika Ehrman, Owen L. Anderson Jan 2020

Oil, Gas, And Mineral Law, Monika Ehrman, Owen L. Anderson

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Partnership Law, Troy Christensen, Jeff Dorrill, Matthew Schindel, Christopher Neal, Mary Claire Cranford Jan 2020

Partnership Law, Troy Christensen, Jeff Dorrill, Matthew Schindel, Christopher Neal, Mary Claire Cranford

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Professional Liability, Evan A. Kirkham, Hayden M. Baker, Tyler C. Wright Jan 2020

Professional Liability, Evan A. Kirkham, Hayden M. Baker, Tyler C. Wright

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Real Property, J. Richard White, Amanda Grainger Jan 2020

Real Property, J. Richard White, Amanda Grainger

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Securities Regulation, George Lee Flint Jr. Jan 2020

Securities Regulation, George Lee Flint Jr.

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Survey Of Recent Mandamus Decisions Of The Texas Supreme Court, Douglas S. Lang, Rachel A. Campbell Jan 2020

Survey Of Recent Mandamus Decisions Of The Texas Supreme Court, Douglas S. Lang, Rachel A. Campbell

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Wills & Trusts, Gerry Beyer Jan 2020

Wills & Trusts, Gerry Beyer

SMU Annual Texas Survey

No abstract provided.


Patent Eligibility And Investment, David O. Taylor Jan 2020

Patent Eligibility And Investment, David O. Taylor

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Have the Supreme Court’s recent patent eligibility cases changed the behavior of venture capital and private equity investment firms, and if so how? This Article provides empirical data about investors’ answers to those important questions. Analyzing responses to a survey of 475 investors at firms investing in various industries and at various stages of funding, this Article explores how the Court’s recent cases have influenced these firms’ decisions to invest in companies developing technology. The survey results reveal investors’ overwhelming belief that patent eligibility is an important consideration in investment decisionmaking, and that reduced patent eligibility makes it less likely …


Making Sure Pregnancy Works: Accommodation Claims After Young V. United Parcel Service, Inc., Joanna L. Grossman Jan 2020

Making Sure Pregnancy Works: Accommodation Claims After Young V. United Parcel Service, Inc., Joanna L. Grossman

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

The Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. outlined a new analytical framework for Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) claims that challenge employers’ failure to “accommodate” pregnant workers. That framework was intended to lessen the evidentiary burden on plaintiff-employees in showing that others “similar in their ability or inability to work” were accommodated and to increase the burden on defendant-employers in justifying such differential treatment. In the five years since Young, however, lower courts have been inconsistent in their application of this mandate. In this Article, we survey the precedent that set the stage for Young, …


Digging Into Algorithms: Legal Ethics And Legal Access, Carla L. Reyes, Jeff Ward Jan 2020

Digging Into Algorithms: Legal Ethics And Legal Access, Carla L. Reyes, Jeff Ward

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

The current discussions around algorithms, legal ethics, and expanding legal access through technological tools gravitate around two themes: (1) protection of the integrity of the legal profession and (2) a desire to ensure greater access to legal services. The hype cycle often pits the desire to protect the integrity of the legal profession against the ability to use algorithms to provide greater access to legal services, as though they are mutually exclusive. In reality, the arguments around protecting the profession from the threats posed by algorithms represent an over-fit in relation to what algorithms can actually achieve, while the visions …


Secret Algorithms, Ip Rights, And The Public Interest, Meghan J. Ryan Jan 2020

Secret Algorithms, Ip Rights, And The Public Interest, Meghan J. Ryan

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

The secrecy surrounding the algorithms that play a central role in American life today is proving to have alarming effects. Judges and juries are convicting defendants based on secret evidence. Major advertisers like Facebook are discriminating against minorities seeking housing. And Russians may very well be hacking our voting machines to change election outcomes. The algorithm secrecy underlying these results obscures whether such legal outcomes are actually accurate and fair or whether they were based on faulty evidence, affected by bias, or manipulated by outside influences. These are just a handful of the public-interest perils of algorithm secrecy. This Article …


“Lawyers’ Work”: Does The Court Have A Legitimacy Crisis?, Lackland H. Bloom Jr. Jan 2020

“Lawyers’ Work”: Does The Court Have A Legitimacy Crisis?, Lackland H. Bloom Jr.

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

No abstract provided.