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Drowning In A Sea Of Contract: Application Of The Economic Loss Rule To Fraud And Negligent Misrepresentation Claims, R. Joseph Barton
Drowning In A Sea Of Contract: Application Of The Economic Loss Rule To Fraud And Negligent Misrepresentation Claims, R. Joseph Barton
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Perils Of Courtroom Stories, Stephan Landsman
The Perils Of Courtroom Stories, Stephan Landsman
Michigan Law Review
As Janet Malcolm1 tells it, Sheila McGough was a middle-aged single woman living at home with her parents and working as an editor and administrator in the publications department of the Carnegie Institute when she decided to switch careers and go to law school. She applied and was admitted to the then recently accredited law school at George Mason University. After graduation, she began a solo practice in northern Virginia that involved a significant amount of stateappointed criminal defense work. In 1986, approximately four years after her graduation from law school, McGough received a call requesting assistance from an incarcerated …
Erisa's Quantity Vs. Quality Doctrine: The Eighth Circuit Limits Recovery Against An Hmo By Completely Preempting State Law, Jeremy P. Brummond
Erisa's Quantity Vs. Quality Doctrine: The Eighth Circuit Limits Recovery Against An Hmo By Completely Preempting State Law, Jeremy P. Brummond
Missouri Law Review
Health Maintenance Organizations ("HMOs") were developed to facilitate the provision of effective care at low prices to plan members. To attain this purpose, HMOs have been required to act as both providers who administer care and gatekeepers who can deny access to care.3 The Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), praised as "the greatest development in the life of the American Worker since Social Security,"4 regulates plans administered by IMOs. Congress has stated explicitly that ERISA was enacted to promote the interests of employees and their beneficiaries in employee benefit plans.5 In drafting ERISA, Congress sought to protect plan beneficiaries …
Judicial Abuse Of "Process": Examining The Applicability Of Section 2f1.1(B)(4)(B) Of The Federal Sentencing Guidelines To Bankruptcy Fraud, Hideaki Sano
Michigan Law Review
The proliferation of bankruptcy filings over the past decade has coincided with a comparable increase in the incidence of bankruptcy fraud. In response to this growing problem, the United States Department of Justice has placed greater emphasis on federal prosecution of bankruptcy fraud. As a result, federal judges are increasingly applying the Federal Sentencing Guidelines ("Guidelines") to bankruptcy fraud and have begun to implement uniform standards for sentencing defendants convicted of this crime. Congress enacted the Guidelines pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. In instituting the Guidelines, Congress sought honesty, reasonable uniformity, and proportionality in sentencing. Congress attempted …
Regulating The Sweepstakes Industry: Are Consumers Close To Winning?, Julie S. James
Regulating The Sweepstakes Industry: Are Consumers Close To Winning?, Julie S. James
Santa Clara Law Review
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To (B) Or Not To (B): The Future Of Aider And Abettor Liability In South Carolina, Josephine T. Willis
To (B) Or Not To (B): The Future Of Aider And Abettor Liability In South Carolina, Josephine T. Willis
South Carolina Law Review
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