Apr 1, 2006 | Leads, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 39
The first I had heard of a plaintiffs lawyer short-selling the stock of a company he was about to sue was in The King of Torts, a recent John Grisham novel. The lead character, a plaintiffs attorney, short-sells the stock of a pharmaceutical company that he is...
Apr 1, 2006 | Leads, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 39
Since 1973, all federal courts have used the three-stage analysis established in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green to decide a vast majority of intentional employment discrimination cases. During the 1990s, an increasing number of commentators criticized the McDonnell...
Apr 1, 2006 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 39
While $350 dollars to play high school football in Massachusetts and $630 dollars to play high school tennis in Ohio are near the high end of the pay-to-play spectrum, the national average—between $75 and $100 dollars—is nevertheless alarming to those who consider...
Mar 20, 2006 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 39
After spending three years together and participating in a commitment ceremony, T.F. and B.L. agreed to have a child. Together, the parties selected an anonymous donor, shared the insemination and prenatal care expenses, and signed the clinic’s requisite insemination...
Mar 20, 2006 | Leads, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 39
The judicial branch of the federal government has historically had an uneasy relationship with public opinion. Like the executive and legislative branches, the judiciary depends on public support for its legitimacy. But unlike the political branches, the judiciary...
Mar 20, 2006 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 39
A debate over the need for mediation confidentiality and how to best provide it has accompanied the rapid growth of mediation. Most states have found mediation confidentiality sufficiently important to warrant creating a new evidentiary privilege by statute. Despite...