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Hazy Shades Of Winter: Resolving The Circuit Split Over Preliminary Injunctions, Rachel A. Weisshaar
Hazy Shades Of Winter: Resolving The Circuit Split Over Preliminary Injunctions, Rachel A. Weisshaar
Vanderbilt Law Review
The preliminary injunction is an extraordinarily powerful remedy. After only an initial hearing, a court can command the nonmovant to perform-or to refrain from performing-an action, enforceable by criminal contempt. This supposedly temporary form of relief is often, in practical terms, dispositive of the case because the preliminary injunction remains in effect unless and until a subsequent decision vacates it.
Costly Intellectual Property, David Fagundes, Jonathan S. Masur
Costly Intellectual Property, David Fagundes, Jonathan S. Masur
Vanderbilt Law Review
Patents and copyrights originate from the same constitutional source of law,1 and for this reason they are in some respects similar. Patent and copyright law alike extend to inventors and authors exclusive rights over the fruits of their intellectual labors, enabling owners to extract value from intangible goods that would otherwise not be profitable. Both systems are premised on a utilitarian bargain, allowing inventors and authors to have socially costly monopoly interests in their inventions and works in order to encourage socially beneficial innovative and artistic production. And patents and copyrights both last only for finite periods, in contrast to …
Standing On The Edge: Standing Doctrine And The Injury Requirement At The Borders Of Establishment Clause Jurisprudence, Mary A. Myers
Standing On The Edge: Standing Doctrine And The Injury Requirement At The Borders Of Establishment Clause Jurisprudence, Mary A. Myers
Vanderbilt Law Review
The very first line of the Bill of Rights provides that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." This line, the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, was motivated by the history of religious persecution that drove thousands of adherents of minority faiths in Europe to the New World to seek refuge to practice their own faith, free from the compulsion of state-established religion. The Establishment Clause remains relevant today, and the U.S. Supreme Court has been active in hearing cases involving it. For purposes of determining standing-that is, whether an individual or organization meets certain constitutional …
Loss Aversion And The Law, Eyal Zamir
Loss Aversion And The Law, Eyal Zamir
Vanderbilt Law Review
According to the rational choice theory of human behavior-the predominant theory in economics and an influential theory in other disciplines, including law-people strive to enhance their own well- being. Among the available options, they rationally choose the one that would maximize their expected utility, determined in absolute terms.
After Gina, Nina? Neuroscience-Based Discrimination In The Workplace, Stephanie A. Kostiuk
After Gina, Nina? Neuroscience-Based Discrimination In The Workplace, Stephanie A. Kostiuk
Vanderbilt Law Review
In 1990, the Human Genome Project ("HGP") was formed to decipher and sequence the human genome, to develop new tools to obtain and analyze genetic data, and to make the information widely available.' Researchers completed the HGP in 2003 with the genetic technology and resources developed providing new opportunities for medical progress. In particular, discoveries about the genetic basis of illness and the development of genetic testing allowed for earlier diagnosis and detection of genetic predispositions to disease. These advances, however, also gave rise to the potential misuse of genetic information, as revealed by genetic testing, to discriminate against and …
On The Efficient Deployment Of Rules And Standards To Define Federal Jurisdiction, Jonathan R. Nash
On The Efficient Deployment Of Rules And Standards To Define Federal Jurisdiction, Jonathan R. Nash
Vanderbilt Law Review
Congress and the federal courts have traditionally adopted rules, as opposed to standards, to establish the boundaries of federal district court jurisdiction. More recently, the Supreme Court has strayed from this path in two areas: federal question jurisdiction and admiralty jurisdiction. Commentators have generally supported the use of discretion in determining federal question jurisdiction, but they have not recognized the relationship to the rule-standard distinction, nor more importantly have they considered the importance of where discretion enters the jurisdictional calculus. This Article argues that predictability and efficiency make it normatively desirable to have rules predominate jurisdictional boundaries and thus to …
Making Banks Transparent, Robert P. Bartlett, Iii
Making Banks Transparent, Robert P. Bartlett, Iii
Vanderbilt Law Review
It was March 2007, and in the Mediterranean resort of Monte Carlo, Matt King was making dire predictions about a collapse of the U.S. subprime housing market-a subject that must have seemed as inconsequential as it was foreign to most of this casino town's well- heeled visitors. But for Mr. King, head of quantitative credit strategy for Citigroup, the ramifications of rising subprime foreclosure rates were anything but inconsequential. Speaking at Citigroup's annual credit conference, King emphasized how subprime credit had been repackaged into securities such as collateralized debt obligations ("CDOs"), which now sat in large quantities on banks' balance …
The Monster Under The Bed: The Imaginary Circuit Split And The Nightmares Created In The Special Needs Doctrine's Application To Child Abuse, Adam Pie
Vanderbilt Law Review
Kessler Wilkerson was only two years old on the morning of October 16, 1976. At approximately 10:30 a.m., neighbors heard loud noises emanating from inside the Wilkerson trailer, alongside the sound of Kessler's crying and his father's screams. Two hours later, the now-quiet father delivered his two-year-old son to the emergency medical technicians. Despite their attempts to resuscitate the boy en route to the hospital, Kessler was pronounced dead on arrival. Discoveries in the hours and days that followed made Kessler's death even worse. Kessler's autopsy revealed "multiple bruises all over the child's body and.., significant bleeding and a deep …
A More Intelligent And Just "Atkins:" Adjusting For The Flynn Effect In Capital Determinations Of Mental Retardation Or Intellectual Disability, Geraldine W. Young
A More Intelligent And Just "Atkins:" Adjusting For The Flynn Effect In Capital Determinations Of Mental Retardation Or Intellectual Disability, Geraldine W. Young
Vanderbilt Law Review
In Atkins v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Court declared a ban on all executions of mentally retarded persons. This declaration, however, rings hollow for those mentally retarded defendants and inmates who continue to face death sentences as a result of the inconsistent enforcement of Atkins across jurisdictions. One issue in particular-whether to adjust intelligence-test scores for the phenomenon known as the Flynn Effect-has caused inconsistency among courts and has sparked a contentious battle among experts. It blurs the already-precarious line between life and death. And yet, the Flynn Effect captivates capital defendants and inmates with its promise of adjusting intelligence-test …
Undocumented Workers And Concepts Of Fault: Are Courts Engaged In Legitimate Decisionmaking?, Christine N. Cimini
Undocumented Workers And Concepts Of Fault: Are Courts Engaged In Legitimate Decisionmaking?, Christine N. Cimini
Vanderbilt Law Review
This Article examines judicial decisionmaking in labor and employment cases involving undocumented workers. Labor and employment laws, designed to protect all workers regardless of immigration status, often conflict with immigration laws designed to deter the employment of undocumented workers. In the absence of clarity as to how these differing policy priorities should interact, courts are left to resolve the conflict. While existing case law appears to lack coherence, this Article identifies a uniform judicial reliance upon "fault-based" factors. This Article offers a structure to understand this developing body of law and evaluates the legitimacy of the fault-based decisionmaking modalities utilized …
Eyewitnesses And Exclusion, Brandon L. Garrett
Eyewitnesses And Exclusion, Brandon L. Garrett
Vanderbilt Law Review
The dramatic moment when an eyewitness takes the stand and points to the defendant in the courtroom can be pivotal in a criminal trial. That piece of theater, however compelling to jurors, is staged: it is obvious where the defendant is sitting, and, importantly, the memory of the eyewitness should have been tested before trial using photo arrays or lineups. Such courtroom displays have been accepted for so long that their role in the U.S. Supreme Court's due process jurisprudence regulating eyewitness identifications has been neglected. The due process test that regulates tens of thousands of eyewitness identifications each year …
The "Independent" Sector: Fee-For-Service Charity And The Limits Of Autonomy, Lloyd H. Mayer
The "Independent" Sector: Fee-For-Service Charity And The Limits Of Autonomy, Lloyd H. Mayer
Vanderbilt Law Review
Although numerous scholars have attempted to explain and justify the benefits provided to charities, none has been completely successful. Their theories share, however, two required characteristics for charities. First, charities must be distinct from other types of entities in society, including governmental bodies, businesses, other types of nonprofit organizations, and informal entities such as families. Second, charities must provide some form of public benefit. Focusing on these common characteristics reveals a previously not fully appreciated role for the laws governing charities: protecting charities from influences that could potentially undermine these traits. Applying this new "autonomy perspective" to the law governing …
Structuring Jurisdictional Rules And Standards, Scott Dodson, Elizabeth Mccuskey
Structuring Jurisdictional Rules And Standards, Scott Dodson, Elizabeth Mccuskey
Vanderbilt Law Review
No abstract provided.
Preplea Disclosure Of Impeachment Evidence, Bennett L. Gershman
Preplea Disclosure Of Impeachment Evidence, Bennett L. Gershman
Vanderbilt Law Review
No abstract provided.
Falsely Shouting Fire In A Global Theater: Emerging Complexities Of Transborder Expression, Timothy Zick
Falsely Shouting Fire In A Global Theater: Emerging Complexities Of Transborder Expression, Timothy Zick
Vanderbilt Law Review
This Article examines the First Amendment complexities associated with the dissemination of potentially harmful information in the global theater. These complexities include global dissemination of offensive expression, incitement to unlawful activities abroad, enemy-aiding expression that crosses territorial borders, and global free press concerns. The author argues that traditional First Amendment doctrines and principles ought generally to apply in the global theater. Reliance on marketplace and self-governance principles, application of speech-protective incitement standards, and continued support for an expansive and robust conception of press freedoms will preserve transborder First Amendment liberties in the digital era and allow the global theater to …
My Fellow Americans, We Are Going To Kill You: The Legality Of Targeting And Killing U.S. Citizens Abroad, Mike Dreyfuss
My Fellow Americans, We Are Going To Kill You: The Legality Of Targeting And Killing U.S. Citizens Abroad, Mike Dreyfuss
Vanderbilt Law Review
Silent and cold. At twenty thousand feet, the temperature is minus ten degrees Fahrenheit. At almost a thousand miles per hour, sound cannot keep up. Heat and noise struggle in the turbulence. Three miles away, seven thousand miles from American soil, an American citizen driving an empty road has ten seconds to live. As a leader in an organization actively engaged in armed conflict against the United States, this American citizen has become an enemy of the United States. In response to the threat he poses to his fellow Americans, his government added him to a kill list, targeted him, …
The New Exit In Venture Capital, Darian M. Ibrahim
The New Exit In Venture Capital, Darian M. Ibrahim
Vanderbilt Law Review
This Article is the first to explore the emergence of a potentially game-changing third exit option in venture capital: secondary markets for the sale of individual ownership interests in private start-ups and venture capital funds.6 Unlike IPOs and trade sales, secondary markets operate at the individual investor level rather than at the start-up level. Because investors have different liquidity needs, an individual-investor option offers exit to those who need it-for example, to the serial entrepreneur who wishes to start another venture or to the VC whose fund is about to expire and who must return capital to his investors. Secondary …
Erie And The Rules Of Evidence, Edward K. Cheng
Erie And The Rules Of Evidence, Edward K. Cheng
Vanderbilt Law Review
No abstract provided.
Social Movements, Legal Change, And The Challenges Of Writing Legal History, Christopher W. Schmidt
Social Movements, Legal Change, And The Challenges Of Writing Legal History, Christopher W. Schmidt
Vanderbilt Law Review
No abstract provided.
Justice For All, Rebecca K. Lee
Go White, Young Man, Alfred Brophy
The Legal Regulation Of Gay And Lesbian Families As Interstate Immigration Law, Sarah Abramowicz
The Legal Regulation Of Gay And Lesbian Families As Interstate Immigration Law, Sarah Abramowicz
Vanderbilt Law Review
No abstract provided.
American Legal History Revisited, James W. Ely Jr.
American Legal History Revisited, James W. Ely Jr.
Vanderbilt Law Review
No abstract provided.
Blowing Hot Air: An Analysis Of State Involvement In Greenhouse Gas Litigation, Caroline Cecot
Blowing Hot Air: An Analysis Of State Involvement In Greenhouse Gas Litigation, Caroline Cecot
Vanderbilt Law Review
In Massachusetts v. EPA (2007), the U.S. Supreme Court interpreted the Clean Air Act ("CAA") to require the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") to regulate greenhouse gas emissions1 from motor vehicles if the EPA Administrator finds that the emissions endanger public health and welfare ("Endangerment Finding"). In December 2009, the Administrator made such an Endangerment Finding, obligating the EPA to work with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA") to develop average fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards for new light-duty vehicles. After issuing proposals and reviewing comments from the public, the two agencies announced their groundbreaking final regulation ("Tailpipe …
Deepwater Drilling: Law, Policy, And Economics Of Firm Organization And Safety, Mark A. Cohen, Madeline Gottlieb, Joshua Linn, Nathan Richardson
Deepwater Drilling: Law, Policy, And Economics Of Firm Organization And Safety, Mark A. Cohen, Madeline Gottlieb, Joshua Linn, Nathan Richardson
Vanderbilt Law Review
Although the causes of the Deepwater Horizon spill are not yet conclusively identified, significant attention has focused on the safety-related policies and practices-often referred to as the safety culture-of BP and other firms involved in drilling the well. This Article defines and characterizes the economic and policy forces that affect safety culture and identifies reasons why those forces may or may not be adequate or effective from the public's perspective. Two potential justifications for policy intervention are that: (1) not all of the social costs of a spill may be internalized by a firm; and (2) there may be principal-agent …
Real-Time Economic Analysis And Policy Development During The Bp "Deepwater Horizon" Oil Spill, Joseph E. Aldy
Real-Time Economic Analysis And Policy Development During The Bp "Deepwater Horizon" Oil Spill, Joseph E. Aldy
Vanderbilt Law Review
The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill posed near-term economic risks to the Gulf of Mexico region and raised questions about appropriate policies to mitigate catastrophic oil-spill risks. This Essay reviews the Obama Administration's assessment of the economic vulnerabilities to the spill, the Administration's May 12, 2010, legislative proposal focused on minimizing the adverse economic impacts to workers and small businesses in the Gulf of Mexico, and the effort to secure an agreement with BP to ensure that those harmed by the spill will receive full compensation. Then, the Essay discusses several of the policy reforms advanced by the Administration …
Coastal Wetland Restoration And The "Deepwater Horizon" Oil Spill, Edward B. Barbier
Coastal Wetland Restoration And The "Deepwater Horizon" Oil Spill, Edward B. Barbier
Vanderbilt Law Review
Both the 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the 2010 BP oil spill have focused attention on the need to restore coastal wetland habitats along the Gulf of Mexico of the United States. As restoration is required by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, restoring coastal wetlands will be required as part of BP's legal obligations. Although plans to restore the Mississippi River Delta are well on their way, the damages to the Gulf Coast wetlands caused by the Deepwater Horizon spill are still occurring and have yet to be fully assessed. At this critical time for wetland restoration in …
Organizational Apologies: Bp As A Case Study, Erin O'Hara O'Connor
Organizational Apologies: Bp As A Case Study, Erin O'Hara O'Connor
Vanderbilt Law Review
This Article examines the conduct of BP executives in the weeks following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to illuminate the use of apology by organizations. After briefly describing the value of apology and its nuances from an evolutionary perspective, the Article describes how apology and other responsibility-accepting behaviors can be mobilized by organizations to avoid the costs of its apparently careless conduct. In particular, organizations can designate particular agents as spokespersons who possess the ability to portray a sense of sincerity and regret. Moreover, reconciliation by ingroup members appears to be more common than is reconciliation by outgroup members, likely …
Should Bp Be Liable For Economic Losses Due To The Moratorium On Oil Drilling Imposed After The "Deepwater Horizon" Accident?, Steven Shavell
Should Bp Be Liable For Economic Losses Due To The Moratorium On Oil Drilling Imposed After The "Deepwater Horizon" Accident?, Steven Shavell
Vanderbilt Law Review
In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon accident and the BP oil spill, the government imposed a moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The issue addressed here is whether, on grounds of policy, BP should be held responsible for moratorium- related economic losses. The answer that is developed is no. The reason, in essence, is that, although the spill caused the moratorium, the moratorium might be viewed as a socially beneficial event on net because its purpose was to avert a significant danger.
Deepwater Drilling: Law, Policy, And Economics Of Firm Organization And Safety, Mark A. Cohen
Deepwater Drilling: Law, Policy, And Economics Of Firm Organization And Safety, Mark A. Cohen
Vanderbilt Law Review
Nathan Richardson 64 Vand. L. Rev. 1853 (2011) Although the causes of the Deepwater Horizon spill are not yet conclusively identified, significant attention has focused on the safety-related policies and practices-often referred to as the safety culture-of BP and other firms involved in drilling the well. This Article defines and characterizes the economic and policy forces that affect safety culture and identifies reasons why those forces may or may not be adequate or effective from the public's perspective. Two potential justifications for policy intervention are that: (1) not all of the social costs of a spill may be internalized by …