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In A Divorce Or Dissolution Who Gets The Pension Rights: Domestic Relations Law And Retirement Plans , Henry Alan Pattiz
In A Divorce Or Dissolution Who Gets The Pension Rights: Domestic Relations Law And Retirement Plans , Henry Alan Pattiz
Pepperdine Law Review
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Misguided Patent Reform: The Questionable Constitutionality Of First-To-File, Andrew L. Sharp
Misguided Patent Reform: The Questionable Constitutionality Of First-To-File, Andrew L. Sharp
University of Colorado Law Review
American cigarette warning labels are lackluster compared to others around the world. To address this inadequacy, the FDA created nine graphic-image cigarette warning labels that were scheduled to appear on all cigarette packages sold in the US beginning in 2012. However, before they debuted, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck the labels down in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. FDA, holding that they constituted compelled commercial speech in violation of the First Amendment. This Note argues that the R.J. Reynolds decision conflicts with the Supreme Court's commercial speech jurisprudence. Historically, the Supreme Court has applied limited First Amendment protection …