Recent Developments

Volume 74, Issue 6 is out now! Check out the PDFs to the print book here and the Forum here!

Each year, AULR proudly hosts a Federal Circuit Symposium composed of various panels to discuss developing legal issues exclusive to the Federal Circuit. This year, the Symposium will be held in Claudio Grossman Hall on Friday, November, November 7th from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm EST. The keynote speakers will be Judge Sharon Prost, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Judge Doris Johnson Hines, United States International Trade Commission. We hope to see you there!

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Recent Articles

NOTE: “Standing” in the Way of Equality? The Myth of Proponent Standing and the Jurisdictional Error in {{Perry v. Brown}}

By Andrew Kim | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1867 (2012) February 7, 2012 was a triumphant…

By Andrew Kim
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COMMENT: Until the Plenary Power Do Us Part: Judicial Scrutiny of the Defense of Marriage Act in Immigration After {{Flores-Villar}}

By Jessica Portmess | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1825 (2012) The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)…

By Jessica Portmess
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COMMENT: A Minor Conflict: Why the Objectives of Federal Sex Trafficking Legislation Preempt the Enforcement of State Prostitution Laws Against Minors

By Susan Crile | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1783 (2012) The doctrine of federal preemption provides…

By Susan Crile
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Rule 3.8, the Jencks Act, and How the ABA Created a Conflict Between Ethics and the Law on Prosecutorial Disclosure

By Kirsten M. Schimpff | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1729 (2012) A prosecutor’s duty to disclose…

By Kirsten M. Schimpff
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Don’t Just Do Something! E-Hearsay, the Present Sense Impression, and the Case for Caution in the Rulemaking Process

By Liesa L. Richter | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1657 (2012) This Article weighs in on…

By Liesa L. Richter
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Intent and Consent in the Tort of Battery: Confusion and Controversy

By Nancy J. Moore | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1585 (2012) Much of contemporary torts scholarship…

By Nancy J. Moore
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War, Terror, and the Federal Courts, Ten Years After 9/11

From the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools | 61 Am. U. L….

By From the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools
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NOTE: Shields of War: {{al-Shimari v. CACI International}} and {{al-Quraishi v. L-3 Services}} Present an Opportunity to Define the Defense Available to Military Contracts Accused of Torture

By Kathryn R. Johnson | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1417 (2012) The United States’ military actions…

By Kathryn R. Johnson
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COMMENT: A Vague Law in a Smartphone World: Limiting the Scope of Unauthorized Access under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

By Andrew Hernacki | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1543 (2012) The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act…

By Andrew Hernacki
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Brass Rings and Red-Headed Stepchildren: Protecting Active Criminal Informants

By Michael L. Rich | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1433 (2012) Informants are valued law enforcement…

By Michael L. Rich
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