Note by Collin S. Buisson
This note explains and analyzes the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Juneau v. State ex rel. Department of Health and Hospitals, 2015-1382 (La. App. 1 Cir. 7/7/16);197 So. 3d 398. The First Circuit held that the nieces and nephews of a personal injury claimant who died while his claim was still pending could not recover proceeds from his suit, since their mother—the claimant's sister—predeceased the claimant.
Note by Marjorie P. Dennard
This note explores the United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit's decision in Texas v. EEOC, 827 F.3d 372 (5th Cir. 2016), in which the Court held that the state of Texas had standing to challenge the EEOC's recent Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Response by Patricia L. Judd
In this Response to Sam F. Halabi's Article International Intellectual Property Shelters, Patricia L. Judd poses a "billion dollar question": Can the shelters Halabi identifies in his piece change the international intellectual property rights landscape in any meaningful way?
Essay by Nicolas Cornell
In Third-Party Beneficiaries and the Nature of Contract, Nicholas W. Sage raised some concerns with the proposal for revising our understanding of contractual obligation championed by Nicolas Cornell's Article The Puzzle of the Beneficiary’s Bargain. In this reply, Cornell responds to Sage's response essay.