Volume 45, Issue 1
February 2024
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Certificates of Public Advantage: A Valuable Tool or Diminishing Allure?
In 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) successfully continued its pursuit of antitrust litigation against violators with more favorable court rulings than in recent history. Historically, regulators had limited success litigating antitrust enforcement before the courts. The Biden administration’s agenda prioritized antitrust enforcement by hiring more antitrust lawyers. The administration’s efforts include prosecuting “no-poach” agreements…
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Autism and Access to Healthcare
On January 26, 2015, the advocacy group Autistic Self Advocacy Network (“ASAN”), along with twelve other disability rights organizations, filed a second amicus brief defending the rights of individuals with disabilities and their access to basic medical care. In 2009, the organization Disability Rights Wisconsin filed Disability Rights Wisconsin v. University of Wisconsin Hospital Centers…
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Lessons From a Small and Troubled Country: Bosnia’s Struggling Judiciary Paints an Ominous Picture for the Future of the Rule of Law in the United States
The judiciary of Bosnia and Herzegovina is in crisis. Despite extensive reforms and oversight from the international community since the war in the Balkans, it has been rocked recently by scandals ranging from politicization of the courts to outright corruption. The problems may well stem from there being too much, rather than too little, judicial…
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Uncle Sam Wants You, Unless You’re Trans: How Greene v. McElroy Allows Discrimination in the Military
volunteering to join the military, we should welcome all those who are willing and able to serve our country. . . . [D]ischarg[ing] someone who has incredible things to contribute makes no sense. . . . The challenge to this military ban has just highlighted how wrong it is to exclude people because of who…
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The Thinning Blue Line: PTSD Benefits for Law Enforcement in Minnesota
During the 2023 Minnesota legislative session, buried in the changes to the workers’ compensation statute, the state legislature commissioned a new study. This legislation “[r]equires the commissioner of DLI (Department of Labor and Industry) to conduct a study to identify systemic or regulatory changes to improve the experience and outcomes of employees with work-related post-traumatic…