The Transformation of Blight: Fixing the CERCLA Lessee Problem to Develop Renewable Energy
Carolyn Miller · August 2014 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 1267 (2014) In recent years, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has recognized a unique opportunity to solve two of the nation’s environmental problems—the need for clean, renewable energy and the need to remediate contaminated sites—with one solution: the development of renewable energy on contaminated sites. Although... Read More
Proposing a Self-Help Privilege for Victims of Cyber Attacks
Shane Huang · August 2014 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 1229 (2014) As the Internet occupies increasingly important functions in modern society, cyber attacks pose an increasingly serious threat to private companies and ordinary citizens. Sophisticated hackers threaten the nation’s military and foreign policy interests and can destabilize the nation’s financial, telecommunications, and energy sectors. In... Read More
A Delayed Blitz on the NFL’s Blackout Policy: A New Approach to Eliminating Blackouts in Publicly Funded NFL Stadiums
James Gross · August 2014 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 1194 (2014) As cities continue to rely on the use of tax-exempt municipal bonds to build bigger, better, and more expensive professional sports stadiums to accommodate their local National Football League (“NFL”) teams, taxpayers are ultimately the ones who foot the bill. At the same time,... Read More
Customary International Law and Statutory Interpretation: An Empirical Analysis of Federal Court Decisions
Bart M.J. Szewczyk · August 2014 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 1118 (2014) This Article provides the first comprehensive empirical analysis of the use of customary international law by federal courts in statutory interpretation—a particularly important issue given the growth of subject-matter areas covered by international custom and the increased likelihood of its potential overlap... Read More
The Commerce Power and Congressional Mandates
Dan T. Coenen · August 2014 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 1052 (2014) In National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, a five-Justice majority concluded that the commerce power did not support enactment of the so-called “individual mandate,” which imposes a penalty on many persons who fail to buy health insurance. That ruling is sure to... Read More
Digital Market Manipulation
Ryan Calo · August 2014 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 995 (2014) In 1999, Jon Hanson and Douglas Kysar coined the term “market manipulation” to describe how companies exploit the cognitive limitations of consumers. For example, everything costs $9.99 because consumers see the price as closer to $9 than $10. Although widely cited by academics,... Read More
George Washington Law Review 2014 Symposium: The FTC at 100
The George Washington Law Review‘s held its 2014 Symposium, The FTC at 100: Centennial Commemorations and Proposals for Progress, on Saturday, November 8, 2014, in Washington, D.C. This year’s symposium, hosted in conjunction with George Washington Law Professor and former FTC Chairman William E. Kovacic, aimed to celebrate the successes of our nation’s oldest federal regulatory... Read More
The Administrative Conference at 50: GW Law Review & ACUS Commemorative Project
2014 marks the [addlink url=”http://www.acus.gov/50″ text=”50th Anniversary of the Administrative Conference”] of the United States. The Conference, which came into being when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Administrative Conference Act (Public Law 88-499) in August 1964, is dedicated to improving the administrative process through the provision of applied research and nonpartisan expert advice and recommendations... Read More
Supreme Court Amici Cite GWLR in Four October 2014 Cases
The George Washington Law Review has been cited by amici curiae in four cases set for argument in the Supreme Court’s October 2014 term. Brian J. Love’s article Why Patentable Subject Matter Matters for Software, 81 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. Arguendo 1, 9-10 (2012), was cited by amici—including Google, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard—in support of respondents... Read More
GWLR Welcomes New Members
The George Washington Law Review is pleased to welcome the following new members to Volume 83: Eric Aberg Luis Andrade Nathalie Baker Daniel Bernard Linden Bernhardt Michael Carpenter Christian Chaney Andrew Chesser Christopher Citro Alexaida Collet-Echevarria Shelby Cuomo Jarad Daniels Joseph Drummey Eric Elliott Thaddeus Ewald Patrick Fenior Laura Ferguson Joshua Flood Ruben Garcia James... Read More