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Private equity is investing in law firms through management-services organizations, split-entity structures that sidestep nonlawyer-ownership bans. The rules are not ready. This Essay offers the first ...

abstract. Though covenants are usually considered the private sector’s alternative to zoning, governments also use covenants to control land use. Governments choose between zoning and covenants, and ...

abstract. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) enables people to create music simply by using words—fulfilling the belief that music is a universal language. This Essay analyzes how courts and Congress ...

abstract. The United States has criminalized the manufacture, distribution, use, and possession of cannabis and its psychoactive components at the federal level since 1970. The states began to push ...

abstract. This Essay explores the rich history of flexible employment models from union hiring halls to alternative compensation structures. It explains how gig companies are responsible for ...

This essay is part of a collection 2020 <i>Yale Law Journal</i> Student-Essay Competition The Essays that won the third annual Yale Law Journal Student-Essay Competition each address current issues in ...

abstract. For generations, scholars have called on Congress to counter the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, which offers legal advice that bolsters presidential power. They argue that ...

abstract. Public nuisance has lived many lives. A centuries-old doctrine defined as an unreasonable interference with a right common to the public, it is currently the backbone of thousands of opioid ...

abstract. Today’s left social movements are challenging formal law and politics for their capitulation to a regime of racial capitalism. In this Feature, I argue that we must reconceive our ...

abstract. This Note presents a study of judicial decisions that have engaged with executive orders. The study was designed to elucidate the contexts in which courts have considered executive orders; ...