CONFERENCE REPORT

• Lindsey Champlin, Nathan Chubb, and Anthony D. Peluso, Symposium Conference Report: Two Watersheds: The New Case Law of Bundles, Rebates, and Class Certification, 17 Geo. Mason L. Rev 927 (2010).

ARTICLES

• Pierre Cremieux, Ian Simmons, and Edward A. Snyder, Proof of Common Impact in Antitrust Litigation: The Value of Regression Analysis, 17 Geo. Mason L. Rev 939 (2010).

• Joshua P. Davis and Eric L. Cramer, Antitrust, Class Certification, and the Politics of Procedure, 17 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 969 (2010).

• Hal J. Singer and Robert Kulick, Class-Certification in Antitrust Cases: An Economic Framework, 17 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 1035 (2010).

• D. Daniel Sokol, Antitrust, Institutions, and Merger Control, 17 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 1055 (2010).

COMMENTS

Candidate Member Chelsea Sizemore is this year’s winner of the Arthur E. Schmalz Award for the best write-on competition entry. Chelsea’s paper earned the highest marks from our Notes Editors out of all of this year’s write-on entries. Congratulations, Chelsea!

Lora Barnhart
Paisley Bender
Catherine M. Brown
Erik Burggraf
Robyn Burrows
Joshua Chamberlain
Sean Clerget
Mark DiGiovanni
Angela Diveley
Alissa Dutrow
Stephen Foster
Adam C. Fowles
Ashley Fry
Emily Harp
Kalynn Hughes
Carly Humphrey
James Kim
Alysa Kociuruba
Matthew Long
Genevieve McCarthy
Matthew McGuire
Linda America Santiago
Catherine Schmierer
Meredith Schramm-Strosser
Zach Shoup
Chelsea Sizemore
Stacey Sklaver
Mark Smatlak
Raymond B. Sperry

Thank you to all the first-year students who participated in this year’s Write-on Competition and to the other journals for helping the Law Review put together another successful competition.

The 2010 Transfer Write-On Competition Packet has now ended.

• Write-On Competition site

• Walker F. Todd, A Brief History of International Lending, From a Regional Banker’s Perspective, 11 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 1 (1989).

• G. Nelson Smith, III, The Subject Matter Jurisdiction of Virginia Courts in Divorce and Equitable Distribution Proceedings, 11 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 73 (1989).

ESSAY

• Henry N. Butler, The Contractual Theory of the Corporation, 11 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 99 (1989).

COMMENT

• Alice Ann Berkebile, Joint Custody in Virginia: A Procedural Change, 11 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 125 (1989).

CASENOTES

• Freddie K. Park, Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid: Needed Insight in Interpreting the “Work for Hire” Provision of the Copyright Act of 1976, 11 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 141 (1989).

• Jeffrey E. Schanz, The Criminal Forfeiture of Assets as Applied to Attorneys’ Fees: In Re Forfeiture Hearing as to Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, 11 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 167 (1989).

• Christopher D. Thompson, Operating Subsidiaries Under the Bank Holding Company Act: The Decision in American Insurance Association v. Clarke (AMBAC), 11 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 189 (1989).

• Laura L. Wagner, Hodgson v. Minnesota: Abortion and the Two-Parent Notification Requirement, 11 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 207 (1989).

• Carolyn Doozan Cowan, Frisby v. Schultz: Where Do the Picketers Go Now? “We’ll Just Have to Wait and See”, 11 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 227 (1989).

• Harry F. Manbeck, Jr., The Federal Circuit—First Ten Years of Patentability Decisions, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 499 (1992).

• Helen W. Nies, Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 505 (1992).

• Pauline Newman, The Federal Circuit—A Reminiscence, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 513 (1992).

• Dennis DeConcini, The Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982: A Legislative Overview, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 529 (1992).

• Daniel R. Levinson, The Federal Circuit and Federal Personnel Law, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 537 (1992).

• Donald W. Banner, Witness at the Creation, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 557 (1992).

• Robert L. Harmon, Seven New Rules of Thumb: How the Federal Circuit Has Changed the Way Patent Lawyers Advise Clients, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 573 (1992).

• Thomas A. O’Rourke, The Modernization of the Patent Venue Statute, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 585 (1992).

COMMENTS

• Joel S. Armstrong, Secondary Meaning “In the Making” in Trademark Infringement Actions Under Section 43(A) of the Lanham Act, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 603 (1992).

• Douglas Robert Morrison, The Statute of Frauds Online: Can a Computer Sign a Contract for the Sale of Goods?, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 637 (1992).

CASENOTES

• Brad Wright, Changing the Standard for Computer Software Copyright Infringement: Computer Associates International v. Altai, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 663 (1992).

• Donald R. McPhail, In Re Braat: A Two-Way Test for Obviousness-Type Double Patenting, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 691 (1992).

• Reed Olsen, Dean Lueck, and Michael Ransom, Why Do States Regulate Admission to the Bar? Economic Theories and Empirical Evidence, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 253 (1991).

• Thomas E. Plank, The True Sale of Loans and the Role of Recourse, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 287 (1991).

COMMENTS

• Michael A. Branca, Tackling Attorney Abuse of Judicial Procedure: A Search for Efficiency, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 347 (1991).

• Ritchenya Shepherd, The United States’ Actions in Antarctica: The Legality, Practicality and Morality of Applying the National Environmental Policy Act, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 373 (1991).

• Arthur E. Schmalz, The Anti-Baiting Regulation Pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act: Have the Federal Courts Flown the Coop, or is the Regulation for the Birds?, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 407 (1991).

CASENOTES

• Christina L. Hosp, Has the PMS Defense Gained a Legitimate Toehold in Virginia Criminal Law? Commonwealth v. Richter, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 427 (1991).

• Elliot P. Holar, Rubanick v. Witco Chemical Corp.: A New Admissibility Standard for Controversial Scientific Evidence in Toxic Torts—Leaving Science to the Experts Will Not Open the Courts to “Junk Science”, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 447 (1991).

• Stacey Turner Caldwell, Discrimination or Protection of the Public: An Examination of Estate of Behringer v. Medical Center at Princeton, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 469 (1991).

• Nicholas Wolfson, A Transaction Cost Analysis of the First Amendment, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 1 (1991).

• Michael E. DeBow, Markets, Government Intervention, and the Role of Information: An “Austrian School” Perspective, with an Application to Merger Regulation, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 31 (1991).

• Alexander C. Larson and Mark E. Meitzen, Recent State Legislation for Telecommunications: Brave New World, or Bad Public Utility Law?, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 99 (1991).

• Ramona L. Paetzold and Steven L. Willborn, The Efficiency of the Common Law Reconsidered, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 157 (1991).

COMMENT

• Sharon E. Connaughton, The Dawn of the Limited Liability Company in Virginia: An Analysis of the Statute, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 177 (1991).

CASENOTES

• David M. Young, The Ninth Circuit Requires Alaskan Employers to Prove Misconduct to Justify Termination of Employees in Hazardous Workplaces: Sanders v. Parker Drilling, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 201 (1991).

• Julia B. Strickland, First National Bank of Eastern Arkansas v. Taylor: A New Exception to the Well-Pleaded Complaint Rule?, 14 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 229 (1991).

• Christopher Rebel J. Pace, Reconsidering a Founding Father’s Admonition Against a Bill of Rights: Has the 200 Year Old Constitutional Experiment Failed?, 13 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 499 (1991).

• Christopher L. Culp, Stock Index Futures and Financial Market Reform: Regulatory Failure or Regulatory Imperialism?, 13 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 517 (1991).

• Henry C. Su and Michael B. Weiss, Secured Financing of Research and Development Using Intellectual Property as Security—Reconciling Article 9 Heuristics With the Patent Law Regime, 13 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 607 (1991).

• Peter J. Ford, The NLRB, Jean Country, and Access to Private Property: A Reasonable Alternative to Reasonable Alternative Means of Communication Under Fairmont Hotel, 13 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 683 (1991).

• Mark A. Stach, An Overview of Legal and Tactical Considerations in Proxy Contests: The Primary Means of Effecting Fundamental Corporate Change in the 1990s, 13 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 745 (1991).

COMMENT

• Carolyn E. Lampe, The Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990: A Costly Solution to a Serious Problem, 13 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 779 (1991).

CASENOTES

• Bruce D. Gray, Mallinckrodt Inc. v. Medipart Inc.: Express Limitations on the Use of a Patented Product After Sale, 13 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 803 (1991).

• Douglas M. Foley, Infants, Lost Earning Capacity, and Statistics: Sound Methodology or Smoke and Mirrors?, 13 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 827 (1991).

• Bruce M. Serchuk, The Abolition of the Futility Exception in Derivative Suits Under Section 20(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, 13 Geo. Mason U.L. Rev. 851 (1991).