Big Capital & the Carceral State

Laura I Appleman Volume 75, Issue 4, 913-976 Who is accountable for the imposition of punishment in our carceral system? The answer used to be much simpler, as we held local, state, and federal government actors responsible. In recent decades, however, our...

The Myth of DNA Trade Secrecy

Jacob S. Sherkow Volume 75, Issue 4, 1047-1096 Are DNA sequences subject to trade secrecy protection? At least three decades of scholarship has assumed so even while there is no explicit statutory authority directly on point and very few reported decisions in the...

Torn Between the Two: Practicing Law or Religion

Amna Qamer Volume 75, Issue 4, 1097-1138 United States courts have long struggled to define the intersection of public institutions and religious practices. Though higher education institutions aim to enrich their campuses with diverse communities, they often fail to...

Care and Custody in Federal Bank Robbery

Victor Qiu Volume 75, Issue 4, 1139-1164 By the time federal appellate courts began to examine the withdrawal of money from an ATM and the question of to whom that money belongs pursuant to the first paragraph of the Federal Bank Robbery Act (“FBRA”), 18 U.S.C....