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Roundtable Discussion: The Affordable Care Act: Implementation, Challenges, and its Future
Healthcare has long been a contentious issue in American law. Questions concerning jurisdiction, who bears the burden of insurance, and...
Bakke, Bollinger, and Blum: Reflections on A Half-Century of Affirmative Action Policies in Higher E
I. Introduction When the Class of 2023 joins Columbia’s campus later this fall, many students will have Les Goodson and Gregory Peterson...
Data Protection and the Fourth Amendment: The Implications of Airbnb, Inc. v. City of New York
In August 2018, a New York City bill that required data-sharing between short-term apartment rental platforms and New York law...
Urban Dictionary: The New Expert Witness?
“Fuct”: not only is this the name of the company that Erik Brunetti was trying to trademark, but also what he was likely thinking when he...
The Ambiguous Jurisdiction of Bankruptcy Courts
As Michael Scott once learned, screaming “I declare bankruptcy!” into the void does not resolve a solvency problem. Yet a series of...
Freedom to Innovate: The Paradox of Patentability in Pharmaceuticals Today
Quest Diagnostics. EverlyWell. Abbott Laboratories. As a few of the many diagnostic companies that are pioneers of medical innovation in...
Municipality or State? A Call to Localize Mandatory Vaccination Codification
Since October 2018, the state of New York has witnessed over 700 cases of measles.[1] Although the illness is a highly contagious...
Discrimination Gone Too Far: The Implications of Defining Mutability in Court
While most Americans would agree that one should not be blatantly discriminated against on the basis of sex, race, or religion, as an...
Rap in the Courtroom: Evaluating the Implications of State of New Jersey v. Vonte L. Skinner
“I'm a run up, put that gun on 'em / I'm a run up, go dumb on 'em.” -- Bobby Shmurda Walking through the streets of Flatbush, one may...
Illicit Trade of Cultural Property: Who Owns African Art?
Ever since the end of World War II, and increasingly since the decline of colonialism, African countries like Mali, Nigeria, and Benin...
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