George Mason Law Review

George Mason Law Review Article Selected for Re-Publication in Land Use and Environmental Law Review

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In its Spring 2012 Issue, George Mason Law Review published “The Location Market,” co-authored by Daniel B. Rodriguez and David Schleicher. This article was recently selected for re-publication by Land Use and Environmental Law Review, which selects the best land use and environmental law articles each year. The team at George Mason Law Review would like to congratulate Rodriguez and Schleicher for their outstanding work in the legal scholarship community.

George Mason Law Review’s Raven Merlau Wins Burton Award for Excellence in Legal Writing

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For the seventh consecutive year, A George Mason University Law School student has won the Burton Award for excellence in legal writing. This year, George Mason Law Review’s Raven Merlau was selected for this prestigious honor. Raven served as Notes Editor for George Mason Law Review in 2012-2013, and her Comment, “The State Giveth and the State Taketh: Constitutional Pension Protections and the Retroactive Removal of Public Pension Tax Exemptions,” was published in George Mason Law Review Issue 19:5.

As a Burton Award winner, Raven has been invited to attend the organization’s 14th annual black-tie presentation of the Burton Awards at a reception and dinner in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress. Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Supreme Court will be presented with the Contemporary Book of the Year in Law Award at the event, which will also feature a performance by Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award nominee Vanessa Williams.

Liebesman and Wilson Article Wins 2013 Ladas Memorial Award for Trademark Scholarship

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In Issue 20:1, George Mason Law Review published Yvette Liebesman and Benjamin Wilson’s article, The Mark of a Resold Good. The International Trademark Association recently selected Liebesman and Wilson’s article as the Winner in the Professional Category of the 2013 Ladas Memorial Award for writing excellence on the subject of trademarks and related matters. The entire team at George Mason Law Review would like to congratulate Yvette Liebesman and Benjamin Wilson for winning what is regarded as the the top national award in trademark scholarship.

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Click here for information regarding the 2013 GMUSL Write-On Competition

Vol. 20, No. 3: Spring 2013

ESSAY

Gerard M. Stegmaier and Wendell Bartnick, Psychics, Russian Roulette, and Data Security: The FTC’s Hidden Data-Security Requirements, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 673 (Spring 2013).

ARTICLES

Featuring several papers presented at the Joint Program of the Property Law Section and Natural Resources & Energy Law Section at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting in January 2013

Shelley Ross Saxer and Carol M. Rose, A Prospective Look at Property Rights, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 721 (Spring 2013).
Steven J. Eagle, A Prospective Look at Property Rights and Environmental Regulation, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 725 (Spring 2013).
Maxine Burkett, Duty and Breach in an Era of Uncertainty: Local Government Liability for Failure to Adapt to Climate Change, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 775 (Spring 2013).
Troy A. Rule, Property Rights and Modern Energy, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 803 (Spring 2013).
Timothy M. Mulvaney, Foreground Principles, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 837 (Spring 2013).

NOTES & COMMENTS

Steven Lavender, Extending the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine to Regional Transmission Organization Petitioners on a Case-by-Case Basis, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 879 (Spring 2013).
Jack Jarrett, What’s in a Name? Why Judicially-Named Grounds for Vacating Arbitral Awards Should Remain Available in Light of Hall Street, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 909 (Spring 2013).
Muhammad Elsayed, Contracting into Religious Law: Anti-Sharia Enactments and the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 937 (Spring 2013).

Student comment quoted in recent Alabama Supreme Court dissenting opinion

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Congratulations to Wesley Weeks, a George Mason Law Review Articles Editor, whose Picking Up the Tab for Your Competitors: Innovator Liability After Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing, 19 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 1257 (2012), was quoted in a recent Alabama Supreme Court dissenting opinion. The case was Wyeth, Inc. v. Weeks, No. 1:10-cv-602, 2013 WL 135753 (Ala. Feb. 4, 2013), in which the court held that a brand-name manufacturer could be held liable for fraud or misrepresentation based on statements it made in connection with the manufacture of a drug in an action brought by a consumer who was allegedly injured by a generic version of the drug. In a dissenting opinion, Justice Murdock cited Wesley’s comment to support the notion that even proponents of the majority’s outcome concede that such a result is unfair to brand-name manufacturers. The justice’s reliance on Wesley’s work demonstrates the excellence of his comment and George Mason Law Review’s commitment to substantively impacting the legal profession.

Congratulations to the Members Chosen For Publication

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The George Mason Law Review is proud to congratulate the following student authors who have been selected for publication in the Law Review:

1. Kelsey Wilbanks, If It’s Broke, Fix It: The Future of Low-Cost 3D Printing For Home Objects, and the Need For a Better Patent Law Standard Between Innocent Repair and Infringing Reconstruction (Adrian S. Fisher Award, Best Student Note or Comment)

2. Scott Brooks, Guilty By Reason of Insanity: Why a Malaligned Defense Demands a Constitutional Right of Inquiry on Voir Dire

3. Erin Hoffert, Animal Science and Minn-Chem: A New Era in Interpreting the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act

4. Lauren Fredericksen, Falling Through the Cracks of Title VII: The Plight of the Unpaid Intern

5. Catherine Wauters, No Alien Left Detained? A Not-So “Specially Dangerous” Exception to the Government’s Limited Detention Authority

6. James McMahon, Section 1983 Causes of Action Under the Contracts Clause of the Constitution

7. Michelle Caton, Form over Fairness: How the Supreme Court’s Misreading of the Federal Arbitration Act Has Left Consumers in a Lurch

8. Corinne Stuart, The Applicability of the Prior Restraint Doctrine to False Advertising Law

9. Martin Desjardins, Ecosystem Services: Unifying Economic Efficiency and Ecological Stewardship via Natural Resource Damage Assessments Under CERCLA

10. Stephen Meli, Do You Have a License To Say That? Occupational Licensing and Internet Speech

Alumni Reception – February 21, 2013

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Reminder: The Law Review will be hosting our annual Alumni Reception this Thursday (February 21) from 6:30 – 8:30 at Jones Day LLP. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our Managing Editor, Abby Uzupis at abbyuzupis@gmail.com. We hope to see you there!

Congratulations to Lisa Goldstein

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Lisa Goldstein, Associate Editor of the George Mason Law Review, recently received the second-place award in the Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni’s Writing Competition. The award was based on her student Note, The Janus-Faced Supreme Court: The Decision in Janus Capital Group and Implications of the Court’s Third Look at Secondary Liability for Securities Fraud, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 311 (2012). The Association will honor Lisa and the other winners at its annual dinner in February 2013. Congratulations, Lisa!

Vol. 20, No. 2: Winter 2013

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ESSAY

Brandy L. Wagstaff, Make Way for Segways: Mobility Disabilities, Segways, and Public Accommodations, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 347 (Winter 2013).

ARTICLES

B. Jessie Hill, (Dis)Owning Religious Speech, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 361 (Winter 2013).
Pamela Laufer-Ukeles and Ayelet Blecher-Prigat, Between Function and Form: Towards a Differentiated Model of Functional Parenthood, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 419 (Winter 2013).
Jeffrey M. Schmitt, A Historical Reassessment of Full Faith and Credit, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 485 (Winter 2013).
Sandra F. Sperino, Revitalizing State Employment Discrimination Law, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 545 (Winter 2013).

COMMENTS

Matthew R. Bowles, Speak Now or Forever Be Overruled: Deferring to Political “Judgment” in EPA Rulemakings, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 591 (Winter 2013).
Sarah Collins, Unreasonable Seizure: Government Removal of Children from Homes with Drugs but No Evidence of Neglect, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 631 (Winter 2013).

Vol. 20, No. 2: Winter 2013

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ESSAY

Brandy L. Wagstaff, Make Way for Segways: Mobility Disabilities, Segways, and Public Accommodations, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 347 (Winter 2013).

ARTICLES

B. Jessie Hill, (Dis)Owning Religious Speech, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 361 (Winter 2013).
Pamela Laufer-Ukeles and Ayelet Blecher-Prigat, Between Function and Form: Towards a Differentiated Model of Functional Parenthood, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 419 (Winter 2013).
Jeffrey M. Schmitt, A Historical Reassessment of Full Faith and Credit, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 485 (Winter 2013).
Sandra F. Sperino, Revitalizing State Employment Discrimination Law, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 545 (Winter 2013).

COMMENTS

Matthew R. Bowles, Speak Now or Forever Be Overruled: Deferring to Political “Judgment” in EPA Rulemakings, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 591 (Winter 2013).
Sarah Collins, Unreasonable Seizure: Government Removal of Children from Homes with Drugs but No Evidence of Neglect, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 631 (Winter 2013).