Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne et ux
Response by Professor Neil H. Buchanan Geo. Wash. L. Rev. Docket (Oct. Term 2014) Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne et ux, 575 U.S. ___ (2015). Docket No. 13-485; argued November 12, 2014; decided May 18, 2015 Slip Opinion | Verdict | SCOTUSblog An Odd Remedy That Does Not Solve the Supposed ProblemFor constitutional... Read More
Armstrong v Exceptional Child, Inc.
Response by Professor Sara Rosenbaum Geo. Wash. L. Rev. Docket (Oct. Term 2014) Armstrong v. Exceptional Child, Inc., 575 U.S. ___ (2015). Docket No. 14-15; argued January 20, 2015; decided March 31, 2015 Slip Opinion | Kaiser Family Foundation | SCOTUSblog Medicaid, Judicial Equity, and the United States Supreme CourtArmstrong v. Exceptional Child Center,1 decided on... Read More
UPDATED: Bloomberg & NY Times Run Stories on GWLR Article
We are very excited that the New York Times has published a story “Lawyers with Lowest Pay Report More Happiness” based on Professors Lawrence S. Krieger & Kennon M. Sheldon George Washington Law Review article What Makes Lawyers Happy?, 83 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 554 (2015). The New York Times Well Blog also interviewed George... Read More
Throwing Out the Playbook: Replacing the NCAA’s Anticompetitive Amateurism Regime with the Olympic Model
Alex Moyer 83 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 761 With annual revenues exceeding twelve billion dollars, the college sports industry is the highest-grossing sports enterprise in the United States, consistently outpacing professional leagues like the NFL and NBA. This highly commercialized environment helps to line the coffers of the NCAA, athletic conferences, and universities, while making... Read More
The Consequences of Search Bias: How Application of the Essential Facilities Doctrine Remedies Google’s Unrestricted Monopoly on Search in the United States and Europe
Lisa Mays 83 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 721 Google’s monopoly over Internet search is a serious issue. Tech policy experts describe the Internet as today’s equivalent of electricity. Consumers rely on the Internet for social communication, education, work, entertainment, and news. Thus, as consumers deserve fair access to electricity, they should be able to access... Read More
(A)rising Above the Well-Pleaded Complaint: A Proposal to Reconsider the Jurisdictional Analysis of the Federal Circuit After the America Invents Act
Kolya Glick 83 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 686 At the intersection of civil procedure and patent law lies the unique appellate jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit. Congress granted the Federal Circuit jurisdiction over patent law appeals in 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(1) with the passage of the Federal Courts Improvement Act in 1982. Since then, the... Read More
Fighting Feres: Creating a VA Benefits Program for the Children of Servicemembers Injured by Parental Exposure
Mia Donnelly 83 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 647 In 1948 Congress enacted the FTCA, finally cracking open courthouse doors to private individuals injured by the negligent or wrongful acts of federal government employees. A mere two years later, however, the Supreme Court decided Feres v. United States and significantly cut back on this privilege by... Read More
Standing to Challenge Patents, Enforcement Risk, and Separation of Powers
Professor John F. Duffy 83 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 628 Standing to challenge patent validity depends not only on factual assessments about the risk of patent enforcement, but also on legal judgments about the limits of judicial power under Article III of the Constitution, the specific causes of action granted by Congress through its Article... Read More
What Makes Lawyers Happy?: A Data-Driven Prescription to Redefine Professional Success
Professor Lawrence S. Krieger with Kennon M. Sheldon, Ph.D. 83 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 554 This is the first theory-guided empirical research seeking to identify the correlates and contributors to the well-being and life satisfaction of lawyers. Data from several thousand lawyers in four states provide insights about diverse factors from law school and one’s... Read More
Integrating the Internet
Professors Bradley Allan Areheart and Michael Ashley Stein 83 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 449 This Article argues that the paradigmatic right of people with disabilities “to live in the world” naturally encompasses the right “to live in the Internet.” It further argues that the Internet is rightly understood as a place of public accommodation under... Read More