Feb 1, 2025 | Volume 76, Volume 76, Issue 2
Adam J. Hirsch Volume 76, Issue 2, 353-408 When an individual dies without leaving a will, the law of intestacy functions to distribute the decedent’s estate to a surviving spouse and/or close blood relatives. Yet, this default regime fails to account for the...
Feb 1, 2025 | Volume 76, Volume 76, Issue 2
Sven Riethmueller Volume 76, Issue 2, 409-510 This article examines the pervasive practice by pre-IPO firms of granting stock options as compensation while preparing to go public. These last-minute option grants, which are typically not contingent upon initial public...
Feb 1, 2025 | Volume 76, Volume 76, Issue 2
Matthew A. Shapiro Volume 76, Issue 2, 511-560 As persistent threats to the integrity of some of our most important public institutions remind us, every public institution faces the challenge of combating the abuse of its powers for ends inconsistent with the public...
Feb 1, 2025 | Volume 76, Volume 76, Issue 2
Zoë MacDonald Volume 76, Issue 2, 589-628 Children’s use of social media has been linked to an overwhelming number of adverse effects on their mental health, privacy, and well-being. There is a general consensus among parents, researchers, and lawmakers that...
Dec 31, 2024 | Volume 76, Issue 1
Richard Young Volume 76, Issue 1, 275-304 This Note investigates the evolving regulatory landscape following the 2023 SEC amendments regarding beneficial ownership reporting. It begins by analyzing the rise of hedge fund activism and its influence on corporate...
Dec 31, 2024 | Volume 76, Issue 1
Kirk Rider Volume 76, Issue 1, 243-274 The “Texas Two-Step” is a novel means of forcing a settlement agreement on mass-tort claimants. Corporations utilize the Two-Step bankruptcy strategy using a state law merger statute to split itself in two. One half of the...
Dec 31, 2024 | Volume 76, Issue 1
Robert P. Merges Volume 76, Issue 1, 161-242 Private law governs interactions among private parties. A large body of private law theory holds that private law is aimed at corrective justice: doing justice as between the two parties to a private interaction (the...
Dec 31, 2024 | Volume 76, Issue 1
Mark A. Lemley Volume 76, Issue 1, 115-160 The free market works because no one person or company is making the decisions. In a competitive market, businesspeople make the wrong decisions all the time, just as central planners do. But the consequences of those...
Dec 31, 2024 | Volume 76, Issue 1
Robin Feldman Volume 76, Issue 1, 47-114 Our implicit image of progress and the standards we use to calibrate human contribution to progress are quietly at risk from the onslaught of artificial intelligence (AI). AI has the potential to significantly shrink the...
Dec 31, 2024 | Volume 76, Issue 1
Ramon Feldbrin Volume 76, Issue 1, 1-46 Judicial review has distinct purposes, difficulties, and modalities, but there are no guideposts as to how these features ought to be addressed in procedural terms. The reason is a deep-seated, but largely unarticulated,...
