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Volume 36, Issue 3 (Spring 2020)

No Pets Allowed: The Need to Address Increasing Abuses of Assistance Animal Regulations Under Federal Law

The following Note discusses the nuances associated with assistance animal regulations. Part I provides an in-depth overview of the current laws in place permitting certain rights to handlers of assistance animals under a variety of circumstances. Part II analyzes the abuses of assistance animal regulations and discusses the distinctions between

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From Photocopying to Object-Copying in the Classroom: 3D Printing and the Need for Educational Fair Use in Patent Law

This Note is broken into three parts. Part I includes background information about additive manufacturing, the Maker Movement and its importance in the promotion of STEM education, and the history of copyright and patent law. Part II analyzes the development of fair use in copyright law, potential reasons that patent

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Copyright Registration: Why the U.S. Should Berne the Registration Requirement

The following note discusses the registration requirement under the Copyright Act and its interplay with the Berne Convention’s prohibition of formalities. Part I explains the recent division between the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals and provides an in-depth analysis of the application and registration approaches. Part II details

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Borrowing from Millennials to Pay Boomers: Can Tax Policy Create Sustainable Intergenerational Equity?

At the outset, Part I of the Article provides an overview of sustainable intergenerational justice and tax policy. Part II then provides an overview of the U.S. tax system, deficits, and public debt. Part III then considers how taxes can influence the level of resources that are available to

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The Vacancies Act and an Acting Attorney General

The President’s November 2018 designation of Matthew Whitaker to be the Acting Attorney General was unprecedented and calls into question several legal issues. Though many are based on questions of constitutionality, there is a strong and novel argument that the statute used by the President to designate Mr. Whitaker,

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