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Documents from 2020

Assuring Social Justice for Access to COVID-19 Vaccines: Part I Fixing the Broken Disclosure System, Doris Estelle Long

Assuring Social Justice for Access to COVID-19 Vaccines: Part II Fixing the Broken Supply Chain Through Information, Doris Estelle Long

Beyond Data Exclusivities: Redefining Access to “Necessary Data” in the Era of COVID-19, Doris Estelle Long

Compelling Reasonable Access to COVID-19 Treatments Under the International Patent System, Doris Estelle Long

Getting Serious About Grey Market Imports in the Fight Against COVID-19, Doris Estelle Long

Making Data Exclusivity Work in Favor of Effective U.S. Innovation, Doris Estelle Long

Making Sure Patent Rights Create a Space for R&D for the Corona Virus (COVID-19), Doris Estelle Long

Patents and Trade: Opportunities and Challenges in the Global Healthcare Market, Doris Estelle Long

Preventing Data Exclusivity from Harming Patent Innovation in the Fight Against COVID-19, Doris Estelle Long

Reconsidering Best Mode Disclosures in the COVID-19 Era, Doris Estelle Long

The Under-Appreciated Virtue of Transparency in Combatting COVID-19, Doris Estelle Long

Using the International Patent System to Fight Coronavirus, Doris Estelle Long

COVID-19 Throws Harsh Spotlight on the Human Cost of Misguided International Trade & IP Policies, Doris Estelle Long and Srividhaya Ragavan

The Relationship of Occupational Injury and Use of Mental Health Care, María Andrée López Gómez, Jessica A.R. Williams, Leslie I. Boden, Glorian Sorensen, Karen Hopcia, Dean M. Hashimoto, and Erika L. Sabbath

The Unusual Cruelty of Nursing Homes Behind Bars, Rachel E. Lopez

The Law of Gravity, Rachel E. López

Business Law: An Introduction 3rd Edition, Victor D. Lopez

Article XIV, Section 3 of the Illinois Constitution: A Limited Initiative to Amend the Article on the Legislature, Ann M. Lousin

Inaugural Honors Program Student Scholarship Presentation at Liberty University School of Law, Tory L. Lucas

Unrequited: Asymmetry in Interorganizational Trust, Fabrice Lumineau, Melissa Graebner, and Darcy Fudge Kamal

Reinvigorating the Analysis of Opportunism in Supply Chain Management, Fabrice Lumineau and Nuno Oliveira

7. USC Child Interviewing Lab Tele-Forensic Interview Protocol, Georgia M. Lundon, Jordan E. Sargent, Hayden M. Henderson, Jennifer Gongola, and Thomas D. Lyon

The measurement and prevalence of violent crime in the United States: persons, places, and times, Arthur J. Lurigio and Monte D. Staton

The Treatment of the ICTR Aquitted, the Achilles Heel of International Criminal Justice - 8.2020.docx, Beth S. Lyons

Commentator, Deference: The Legal Concept and the Legal Practice, Daniel Lyons

Comments: House Bill 1680, Data Privacy, Daniel Lyons

Competition Law and Policy in Digital Markets: The Direction of Travel, Daniel Lyons

State Net Neutrality Laws: What They Are, and Will They Survive?, Daniel Lyons

The Lifeline Program: Essential for Access, Daniel Lyons

Conflict Preemption of State Net Neutrality Efforts After Mozilla, Daniel A. Lyons

D.C. Circuit Decision Represents Setback to Next-Generation Network Deployment Efforts, Daniel A. Lyons

Express and Conflict Preemption in State Net Neutrality Efforts, Daniel A. Lyons

In re Universal Service Contribution Methodology: Comments of Professor Daniel Lyons, Daniel A. Lyons

Justice Thomas’s Concurrence Says Much—and Little—About Preemption of State Net Neutrality Efforts, Daniel A. Lyons

Solving the Rural Broadband Gap, Daniel A. Lyons

State Net Neutrality Mandates and the Dormant Commerce Clause, Daniel A. Lyons

Courthouse Steps Oral Argument Teleforum: Facebook Inc. v. Duguid, Daniel Lyons and Megan L. Brown

Shaping tech policy at the Federal Communications Commission: Highlights from a conversation with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, Daniel Lyons and Shane Tews

8. Lyon, T.D. (2017). Summary of Proposed Testimony, State of New Jersey vs. J.L.G., Thomas D. Lyon

80. Understanding expert testimony on child sexual abuse denial after New Jersey v. J.L.G.: Ground truth, disclosure suspicion bias, and disclosure substantiation bias., Thomas D. Lyon, Shanna Williams, and Stacia N. Stolzenberg

Businesses That Reopen Too Soon Should Be Subject to Tort Liability, Timothy D. Lytton

Firearm-Makers May Finally Decide It's In Their Interest to Help Reduce Gun Violence After Sandy Hook Ruling, Timothy D. Lytton

The FDA's Latest Leafy Greens Action Plan Is More of the Same, Timothy D. Lytton

Why Offering Businesses Immunity From Coronavirus Liability Is a Bad Idea, Timothy D. Lytton

Why Shielding Businesses From Coronavirus Liability Is a Bad Idea, Timothy D. Lytton

A Solution in Search of a Problem: The Dangerous Invalidity of Divesting Military Commanders of Disposition Authority for Military Criminal Offenses, Timothy C. MacDonnell

Who Should Decide: Prosecutorial Discretion and Military Justice, Timothy C. MacDonnell

Brief of Amicus Curiae the Washington and Lee University School of Law Black Lung Clinic in Support of Petitioners: California v. Texas, Timothy C. MacDonnell

Military Commissions and Courts-Martial: A Brief Discussion of the Constitutional and Jurisdictional Distinctions Between the Two Courts, Timothy C. MacDonnell

Practical Truth: The Value of Apparent Honesty in Supreme Court Opinions, Timothy C. MacDonnell

Prosecuting in the Military, in The Prosecutor in Transnational Perspective (Erik Luna & Marianne Wade eds., 2012), Timothy C. MacDonnell

Inheritance and Death: Legal strategies in the United States and England, Ray D. Madoff

Judicial Performance and Trust in Legal Systems: Findings from a Decade of Surveys in over Twenty European Countries, Pedro Magalhães and Nuno Garoupa

Affordable Care Act, Remedy, and Litigation Reform, The, Brendan Maher

Benefits of Opt-In Federalism, The, Brendan Maher

Civil Judicial Subsidy, The, Brendan Maher

Creating a Paternalistic Market for Legal Rules Affecting the Benefit Promise, Brendan Maher

Pension De-Risking, Brendan Maher

Some Thoughts on Health Care Exchanges: Choice, Defaults, and the Unconnected, Brendan Maher

System Adjustments, Brendan Maher

Understanding and Regulating the Sport of Mixed Martial Arts, Brendan Maher

Civil Judicial Subsidy, Brendan S. Maher

Creating a Paternalistic Market for Legal Rules Affecting the Benefit Promise, Brendan S. Maher

Regulating Employment-Based Anything, Brendan S. Maher

Some Thoughts on Health Care Exchanges: Choice, Defaults, and the Unconnected, Brendan S. Maher

Some Thoughts on "Healthism" and Employee Benefits in the Age of Trump, Brendan S. Maher

System Adjustments, Brendan S. Maher

The Affordable Care Act, Remedy, and Litigation Reform, Brendan S. Maher

The Benefits of Opt-In Federalism, Brendan S. Maher

The Civil Judicial Subsidy, Brendan S. Maher

Thoughts on the Latest Battles over ERISA's Remedies, Brendan S. Maher

Understanding and Regulating the Sport of Mixed Martial Arts, Brendan S. Maher

Unlocking Exchanges, Brendan S. Maher

Unlocking Exchanges, Brendan S. Maher

Regulating Employment-Based Anything, Brendan S. Maher

Some Thoughts on Health Care Exchanges: Choice, Defaults, and the Unconnected, Brendan S. Maher

The Affordable Care Act, Remedy, and Litigation Reform, Brendan S. Maher

The Benefits of Opt-In Federalism, Brendan S. Maher

Thoughts on the Latest Battles over ERISA's Remedies, Brendan S. Maher

Understanding and Regulating the Sport of Mixed Martial Arts, Brendan S. Maher

Understanding and Problematizing Contractual Tort Subrogation, Brendan S. Maher and Radha A. Pathak

Enough About the Constitution: How States Can Regulate Health Insurance Under the ACA, Brendan S. Maher and Radha A. Pathak

Enough About the Constitution: How States Can Regulate Health Insurance Under the ACA, Brendan S. Maher and Radha A. Pathak

Understanding and Problematizing Contractual Tort Subrogation, Brendan S. Maher and Radha A. Pathak

ERISA & Uncertainty, Brendan S. Maher and Peter K. Stris

ERISA & Uncertainty, Brendan S. Maher and Peter K. Stris

Afterword - Outsider Citizenships and Multidimensional Borders: The Power and Danger of Not Belonging, Pedro A. Malavet

Cluster Introduction: Puerto Rico: Interrogating Economic, Political, and Linguistic Injustice, Pedro A. Malavet

Cuba, Puerto Rico, el Código Civil y el Problema de la Transculturación, Pedro A. Malavet

Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Civil Code, and the Problem of Transculturation, Pedro A. Malavet

LatCritical Encounters with Culture, in North-South Frameworks, Pedro A. Malavet

Literature and the Arts as Antisubordination Praxis: LatCrit Theory and Cultural Production: The Confessions of an Accidental Crit, Pedro A. Malavet

Puerto Rico: Cultural Nation, American Colony, Pedro A. Malavet

Reparations Theory and Postcolonial Puerto Rico: Some Preliminary Thoughts, Pedro A. Malavet

The Accidental Crit II: Culture and the Looking Glass of Exile, Pedro A. Malavet

"The Constitution Follows the Flag...but Doesn't Quite Catch Up with It": The Story of Downes v. Bidwell, Pedro A. Malavet

The Inconvenience of a “Constitution [that] follows the flag … but doesn’t quite catch up with it”: From Downes v. Bidwell to Boumediene v. Bush, Pedro A. Malavet

Environmental Law: Policy and Practice, Linda A. Malone and William M. Tabb

Regulating AI within the Human Rights Framework: A Roadmapping Methodology, Alessandro Mantelero

Bostock v. Clayton County and the Problem of Bisexual Erasure, Nancy C. Marcus