Yakima Herald-Republic articles from November 2005

Yakima Herald-Republic archives from November 2005

Legal uncertainty, economic efficiency, and the preliminary injunction doctrine.
November 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION I. ARTICULATED STANDARDS FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS A. Traditional Approaches B. The Error-Minimizing Leubsdorf-Posner Formulation C. Our Alternative Formulation II. MODEL AND ANALYSIS A. The...

Letting billions slip through your fingers: empirical evidence and legal implications of the failure of financial institutions to participate in securities class action settlements.
November 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION I. THE LITIGATION AND SETTLEMENT ENVIRONMENT II. SETTLEMENT STUDY METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS III. POTENTIAL EXPLANATIONS FOR SLUMBERING A. Sleeping with the Enemy B. A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss C....

Judicial review before Marbury.
November 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION I. BACKGROUND II. REVOLUTIONARY-ERA CASE LAW A. Jury Trial Cases B. Rutgers v. Waddington C. Symsbury Case D. Case of the Prisoners E. Conclusion: Different Interpretive Approaches for ...

From markets to venues: securities regulation in an evolving world.
November 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION I. THE ORGANIZATION OF FIRMS AND THE ORGANIZATION OF MARKETS II. SECURITIES TRADING--MARKET STRUCTURE AND REGULATION A. The Old Environment: Tradition Versus Transition B. The Modern Exchange: Demutualized and...

Patenting nanotechnology.
November 1, 2005... I. THE RACE TO PATENT NANOTECHNOLOGY II. WHAT MAKES NANOTECH PATENTS DIFFERENT? A. Patents on Building Blocks B. Cross-Industry Patents C. The Role of Universities III. ARE NANOTECH PATENTS GOOD FOR INNOVATION? A....

Testing Cruzan: prisoners and the constitutional question of self-starvation.
November 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION I. HUNGER STRIKES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD: THE INTERNATIONAL PREVALENCE OF PRISONER FASTING II. METHODS OF FORCE-FEEDING: PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE III. FOUNDATIONS OF PRIVACY: THE SUPREME COURT AND THE ...

Sovereign immunity and informant defectors: the United States' refusal to protect its protectors.
November 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION I. THE STORY OF ADNAN AWAD: FROM TERRORIST, TO HERO, TO VICTIM II. THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY A. Justifications for Sovereign Immunity' s Continuing Role in American Law B. Arguments...