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By:  Douglas G. Baird & Anthony J. Casey

Bankruptcy scholarship is largely a debate about the comparative merits of a mandatory regime on one hand and bankruptcy by free design on the other. By the standard account, the current law of ...READ MORE

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By: Benjamin L. Liebman

China has experienced a surge in medical disputes in recent years, on the streets and in the courts. Many disputes result in violence. Quantitative and qualitative empirical evidence of medical malpractice litigation and medical disputes in China ...READ MORE

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By: Daniel Belke

With its decision in Brady v. NFL, the Eighth Circuit interpreted section 4(a) of the Norris-LaGuardia Act to broadly shield management from injunctions in labor disputes. This decision adopted a position briefly supported by the Second and Sixth ...READ MORE

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By: Matthew McDonald

In antitrust law, the state action doctrine allows states to take regulatory actions that would otherwise result in violations of the federal antitrust laws. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has not always provided clear guidance in its state action ...READ MORE

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By: Philip Sancilio

The economic substance and step transaction doctrines are two specific examples of courts’ general willingness to sometimes look past transactions’ technical form and impose taxes based on their underlying substance. As judicial creations, the two doctrines served as ...READ MORE