Recent Developments

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Recent Articles

Why Does the Federal Government Get a Pass? Applying Best Practices in Child Protection to the Circumstances of Migrant Children and Families

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1977 (2022)

By Randi Mandelbaum*
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“Youth Matters”: Why Demanding the Same Heightened Level of Mitigation in Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentencing Proceedings as Is Required in Capital Sentencing Proceedings Is the Only Constitutional Option

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 2061 (2022).

By Margaret Helein*
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Keeping Trans Kids SAFE: The Constitutionality of Prohibiting Access to Puberty Blockers

71 Am. U. L. Rev. F. 173 (2022).

By Beck Sigman*
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The Truth About Design Patents

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1221 (2022).

By Sarah Burstein* & Saurabh Vishnubhakat**
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Trademark Confusion Revealed: An Empirical Analysis

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1285 (2022).

By Daryl Lim*
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The Subject Strikes Back: Intellectual Property Law, Visual Pleasure, and Resistance in the Arts

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1367 (2022).

By John Tehranian*
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Unjustly Vilified TRIPS-Plus?: Intellectual Property Law in Free Trade Agreements

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1449 (2022).

By Marketa Trimble*
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Transplanting Anti-Suit Injunctions

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1537 (2022).

By Peter K. Yu, Jorge L. Contreras, & Yu Yang
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Review of Veterans Law Decisions of the Federal Circuit, 2021 Edition

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1619 (2022).

By Angela Drake,* Yelena Duterte,** & Stacey-Rae Simcox***
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Year in Review: The Federal Circuit’s 2021 Government Contract Law Decisions

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1699 (2022).

By Morgan W. Huston, Nicholas Feldstern, & Camille Chambers*
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