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Jan. 2013, Vol. 65, No. 1
Articles
David Haddock, Tonja Jacobi, & Matthew Sag, League Structure &Stadium Rent Seeking— the Role of Antitrust Revisited
Steven J. Cleveland, Resurrecting Deference to the Securities and Exchange Commission: Mark Cuban Trading on Inside information
Janai S. Nelson, The First Amendment, Equal Protection and Felon Disenfranchisement: A New Viewpoint
Sergio J. Campos, Erie as a Choice of Enforcement Defaults
Hanah Metchis Volokh, Constitutional Authority Statements in Congress
Sapna Kumar, The Accidental Agency?
Christian Turner, State Action Problems
Category Archives: Tort Law
Patricia Alten, Gina: A Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Solution in Search of a Problem
61 Fla. L. Rev. 379 (2009) | | | | ABSTRACT :: “Genetic discrimination is unfair to workers and their families. It is unjustified-among other reasons, because it involves little more than medical speculation. A genetic predisposition toward cancer or … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights Law, Constitutional Law, Disability Law, Discrimination Law, Employment Law, Governments and Legislation, Labor & Employment Law, Tort Law, Uncategorized
Tagged 2008, Alten, Genetic Information, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, Gina, modifications, Nondiscrimination Solution
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Ryan D. Watstein, Out of Jail and Out of Luck: The Effect of Negligent Hiring Liability and the Criminal Record Revolution On an Ex-Offender’s employment prospects
61 Fla. L. Rev. 581 (2009) | | | | INTRODUCTION :: In January 1978, Ed Harbour picked up a seventeen-year-old hitchhiker on his Indiana truck-driving route. He brutally raped and beat her, leaving her near death in the sleeping … Continue reading
Posted in Employment Law, Tort Law, Uncategorized, Workers Compensation Law
Tagged American Employment Law, criminal background checks, criminal Record Revolution, Ed Harbour, employment prospects, ex-offender, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Liability, national limits, Negligent Hiring, Out of Jail, Out of Luck, societal consequences, Watstein
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Kristen Rasmussen, Shedding (False) Light: How the Florida Supreme Court’s Rejection of the Tort Falsely Implies Protection for Media Defendants: Jews for Jesus, Inc. v. Rapp, 997 So. 2d 1098 (Fla. 2008)
61 Fla. L. Rev. 911 (2009) | | | | INTRODUCTION :: Edith and Marty Rapp, a Jewish Florida couple, were married until Marty’s death in 2003. Bruce Rapp, Marty’s son and Edith’s stepson, worked for Jews for Jesus. Prior … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Florida Constitutional Law, Tort Law, Uncategorized
Tagged Brandeis, Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing Co., defamation, defamation by implication, Edith Rapp, false light invasion of privacy, Florida Supreme Court, Inc. v. Hill, invasion of privacy, Jews for Jesus, media defendants, New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, Prosser, Rapp, Time, Warren
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C. Douglas Floyd, In Honor of Walter O. Weyrauch: Three Faces of Supplemental Jurisdiction after the Demise of United Mine Workers V. Gibbs
60 Fla. L. Rev. 277 (2008) | | | | INTRODUCTION :: In United Mine Workers v. Gibbs, the Supreme Court rejected the narrow “cause of action” test announced in Hurn v. Oursler for what was then termed pendent-claim jurisdiction … Continue reading