Recent Developments

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Recent Articles

Letter from the Editor

74 Am. U L. Rev. (2025).

By Samara Rahman
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Meme-Manipulation: Towards Reinvigorating the Regulation of Speculative Devices

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 1155 (2025).

By John W. Bagby* & Nizan Geslevich Packin**
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Green Eggs and Law: Evaluating Dr. Seuss’s Impact on the Legal System

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 1215 (2025).

By Hon. John G. Browning*
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Color and Cultural Functionality

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 1255 (2025).

By Felicia Caponigri*
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UnconstitutioNIL: Name, Image, and Likeness State Laws in the Post-Amateurism World of College Sports

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 1335 (2025).

By Bryan Dearinger*
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The Poorer the Author, the Better Their Art: How For-Profit Fanfiction Can Be Fair Use

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 1403 (2025).

By Jordan Stevenson*
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The IRS’s Misguided Playbook for NIL Collectives

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 1477 (2025).

By Olivia M. Lubarsky*
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Letter from the Forum Editor

Announcing the collection and publication of all American University Law Review archival content and reflecting on what the Forum accomplished this year.

By Lars Emerson
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Dancing About Architecture: A Case for the Attenuation of Trademark Ownership in Favor of Cultural Property

74 Am. U. L. Rev. F. 243 (2025).

By Telia Mary U. Williams*
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Letter from the Editor

74 Am. U L. Rev. (2025).

By Peter T. Sabini
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