Recent Developments

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Recent Articles

Specialized Courts: The Legislative Response

By The Honorable Randall R. Rader

By The Honorable Randall R. Rader
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Likelihood of Confusion Issues: The Federal Circuit’s Standard of Review

By Richard L. Kirkpatrick

By Richard L. Kirkpatrick
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The Dualist Model of Legal Teaching and Scholarship

By Marin Scordato

By Marin Scordato
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Generic Prejudice: How Drug War Fervor Threatens the Right to a Fair Trial

By Jack C. Doppelt

By Jack C. Doppelt
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Whistleblower Protection and the Office of Special Counsel: The Development of Reprisal Law in the 1980s

By Bruce D. Fong

By Bruce D. Fong
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NOTE: {{County of Allegheny v. ACLU}}: Evolution of Chaos in Establishment Clause Analysis

By Shahin Rezai

By Shahin Rezai
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Latest Empirical Studies on Pretrial Publicity, Jury Bias, and Judicial Remedies–Not Enough to Overcome the First Amendment Right of Access to Pretrial Hearings, The

By Robb M. Jones

By Robb M. Jones
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Patent Law Developments in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit During 1990

By Michael L. Keller & Kenneth J. Nunnenkamp

By Michael L. Keller & Kenneth J. Nunnenkamp
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Jury Selection in a High-Profile Case: United States v. Delorean

By Robert M. Takasugi

By Robert M. Takasugi
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COMMENT: A New Look at Thermography’s Place in the Courtroom: A Reconciliation of the Conflicting Evidentiary Rules

By Andrew Lustigman

By Andrew Lustigman
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