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Modern Tribulations Of Modern Trials: Ai-Generated Content Of Deceased Victims At Sentencing And Family Law’S Cure From Ho’Oponopono & Restorative Justice, Ethan Michael Knoll Sep 2026

Modern Tribulations Of Modern Trials: Ai-Generated Content Of Deceased Victims At Sentencing And Family Law’S Cure From Ho’Oponopono & Restorative Justice, Ethan Michael Knoll

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Scenes From An Italian Restaurant: The Difficulties, Concerns, And Effects Of Protecting Cultural Elements In Restaurant Trade Dress, Lauren Lepre Sep 2026

Scenes From An Italian Restaurant: The Difficulties, Concerns, And Effects Of Protecting Cultural Elements In Restaurant Trade Dress, Lauren Lepre

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Click To Sue: Defining Receipt Of Eeoc Notices In The Digital Age, Robert J. Toth Jr. Sep 2026

Click To Sue: Defining Receipt Of Eeoc Notices In The Digital Age, Robert J. Toth Jr.

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Federal employment discrimination statutes condition a claimant’s right to sue on timely receipt of a “right-to-sue” notice from the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).  Courts have historically treated certified mail slips as sufficient to trigger a claimant’s ninety-day filing window, regardless of when the claimant opened or retrieved the letter.  In the digital era, the EEOC increasingly issues notices through email and its online Public Portal, raising questions about when electronic notice constitutes “receipt.”

This Article examines recent federal appellate court decisions—Lax v. Mayorkas, McDonald v. St. Louis University, and García-Gesualdo v. Honeywell Aerospace of Puerto Rico, …


Containing The Explosion: Proposed Tort Reform To Address Nuclear Jury Verdicts In Texas, Jax Harvey Sep 2026

Containing The Explosion: Proposed Tort Reform To Address Nuclear Jury Verdicts In Texas, Jax Harvey

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Purging Politics: A Proposal To Remove Gerrymandering In Texas, Lauren Teske Sep 2026

Purging Politics: A Proposal To Remove Gerrymandering In Texas, Lauren Teske

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On A Collision Course: The Twenty-First Amendment, The Dormant Commerce Clause, And Physical Presence Laws, Burke Craighead Sep 2026

On A Collision Course: The Twenty-First Amendment, The Dormant Commerce Clause, And Physical Presence Laws, Burke Craighead

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Impeachment By Conviction With Crimes Of Dishonesty Or False Statement: The Automatic Admit Feature In Rule 609(A)(2), David Crump Mar 2026

Impeachment By Conviction With Crimes Of Dishonesty Or False Statement: The Automatic Admit Feature In Rule 609(A)(2), David Crump

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The Lawyer, The Law, The Case: Teaching Legal Readers To Co-Create The Law, Sara Cates Mar 2026

The Lawyer, The Law, The Case: Teaching Legal Readers To Co-Create The Law, Sara Cates

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Artificial Investments: Consumer Protection For Ai-Generated Quantitative Trading Algorithms, Eric Heyland Jan 2026

Artificial Investments: Consumer Protection For Ai-Generated Quantitative Trading Algorithms, Eric Heyland

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The Black Box: The Ftc’S New Ability And Incentive Test For Vertical Mergers, Ann P. Kreuscher Jan 2026

The Black Box: The Ftc’S New Ability And Incentive Test For Vertical Mergers, Ann P. Kreuscher

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In-Space Servicing And The Coming Legal Issues For Inciting Innovation, Grayson Russell Jan 2026

In-Space Servicing And The Coming Legal Issues For Inciting Innovation, Grayson Russell

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Beware The Lion’S Den: A School Lawyer’S Guide To Avoiding Pitfalls In The Texas Open Meetings Act, Kyle Stone Jan 2026

Beware The Lion’S Den: A School Lawyer’S Guide To Avoiding Pitfalls In The Texas Open Meetings Act, Kyle Stone

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The Texas Business Court: Year One, Jack B. Disorbo Jan 2026

The Texas Business Court: Year One, Jack B. Disorbo

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Turning The Tables: Using Texas’S Stowers Doctrine To Rein In Delay, Deny, Defend Tactics, Ethan Evans Jan 2026

Turning The Tables: Using Texas’S Stowers Doctrine To Rein In Delay, Deny, Defend Tactics, Ethan Evans

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Navigating Beyond The Workplace: Examining The Need For Ada-Mandated Workplace Travel Accommodations, Ryan Black Sep 2025

Navigating Beyond The Workplace: Examining The Need For Ada-Mandated Workplace Travel Accommodations, Ryan Black

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Before “Once Upon A Time”: Creative Class Exercises That May Foster Law Student Proficiency In Gathering Information During A Client Interview, Laura A. Frase Sep 2025

Before “Once Upon A Time”: Creative Class Exercises That May Foster Law Student Proficiency In Gathering Information During A Client Interview, Laura A. Frase

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From Feedback Loops To Feedback Literacy: Using The Feedback Literate Professor’S Toolkit To Maximize Students’ Academic And Professional Success, Jennifer E. Spreng Sep 2025

From Feedback Loops To Feedback Literacy: Using The Feedback Literate Professor’S Toolkit To Maximize Students’ Academic And Professional Success, Jennifer E. Spreng

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The Militia Ii: Armed Self-Defense, The Second Amendment, And The Citizen, Marcus Armstrong Sep 2025

The Militia Ii: Armed Self-Defense, The Second Amendment, And The Citizen, Marcus Armstrong

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“It’S Just Rap”: Why Texas Courts Must Presume Rap Lyrics Inadmissible As Evidence In Criminal Trials, Sydney Ramirez Sep 2025

“It’S Just Rap”: Why Texas Courts Must Presume Rap Lyrics Inadmissible As Evidence In Criminal Trials, Sydney Ramirez

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Texas Property Owner Rights And The Future Of Senate Bill 2038–Land Development Shift In Texas, Erica Martinez Sep 2025

Texas Property Owner Rights And The Future Of Senate Bill 2038–Land Development Shift In Texas, Erica Martinez

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Two Truths And A Lie: A Proposal To Suppress The Risks Of Child Testimony, Avery Garrett Sep 2025

Two Truths And A Lie: A Proposal To Suppress The Risks Of Child Testimony, Avery Garrett

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Teaching Strategies For Building Belonging And Creating Community In Online And In-Person Legal Education, Sara J. Berman, Barrett L. Schreiner Sep 2025

Teaching Strategies For Building Belonging And Creating Community In Online And In-Person Legal Education, Sara J. Berman, Barrett L. Schreiner

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The Need For A New Sexual Assault Charge In The Texas Penal Code For Victims Of Intimate Partner Sexual Assault, Brianna Hollien Ruiz May 2025

The Need For A New Sexual Assault Charge In The Texas Penal Code For Victims Of Intimate Partner Sexual Assault, Brianna Hollien Ruiz

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How Well Do Sinkler And Hopson Float?: Vital Operations, Nondelegable Duties, And Agency In Fela And Jones Act Cases, Thomas Galligan Jr., Andrew Hughes May 2025

How Well Do Sinkler And Hopson Float?: Vital Operations, Nondelegable Duties, And Agency In Fela And Jones Act Cases, Thomas Galligan Jr., Andrew Hughes

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In Praise Of Attainder, Nathan Ristuccia May 2025

In Praise Of Attainder, Nathan Ristuccia

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Differences In Treatment Regarding Affirmative Action And Legacy Admissions, Vanesa Chavez May 2025

Differences In Treatment Regarding Affirmative Action And Legacy Admissions, Vanesa Chavez

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Towards A Regulatory Theory Of Platform Rule: Corporate “Sovereignty” Through Immunities, Uta Kohl May 2025

Towards A Regulatory Theory Of Platform Rule: Corporate “Sovereignty” Through Immunities, Uta Kohl

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Asegurar La Frontera: Expansion Of Governor Greg Abbott’S Powers Over Border Security, Marshall B. Lloyd May 2025

Asegurar La Frontera: Expansion Of Governor Greg Abbott’S Powers Over Border Security, Marshall B. Lloyd

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The Revolving Door Of Industry Standards, Zachary Kester, Spencer Rehn Apr 2025

The Revolving Door Of Industry Standards, Zachary Kester, Spencer Rehn

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Mitigating Discrimination By Businesses: Adopting A "Substantial Amount Of Expression" Test In The Wake Of The Court's 303 Creative Decision, Caleb Kunde Apr 2025

Mitigating Discrimination By Businesses: Adopting A "Substantial Amount Of Expression" Test In The Wake Of The Court's 303 Creative Decision, Caleb Kunde

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The Supreme Court’s recent decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis[1] balanced Colorado’s anti-discrimination public accommodations law and its burden on a website designer’s right to be free from compelled speech.[2] Choosing to hold for the website designer, the Court decided that Ms. Smith was free to refuse her wedding website service to same-sex couples.[3] Put another way, the Court’s decision granted businesses that are open to the public a license to discriminate through the Free Speech Clause. Not only is this the first time that a business’s First Amendment rights overrode a public accommodations law’s compelling …