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Case Comment on Central States v. Laguna Dairy – Richard Nehrboss
Case Comment on Central States v. Laguna Dairy Richard Nehrboss I. Background Under ERISA, multiple employers can contribute to the same collectively bargained pension plan. These are called, unsurprisingly, “multiemployer plans.”[1] But this arrangement has a lurking problem: Plans can incur significant liabilities as employees earn benefits that must be paid out in the future, and employers…
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The Case for App Stores to Age Gate Harmful Online Products – Joel Thayer
The Case for App Stores to Age Gate Harmful Online Products Joel Thayer* Today’s digital age requires parents to fend off a tech-induced health crisis, contending against the allure of products engineered by the most powerful corporations in history to be maximally addictive to kids. The concerns with respect to online harms are very well…
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The Souterian and Rehnquistian Views of Legal Talent – Andy Smarick
Andy Smarick* Introduction During congressional testimony in 1999, the late Justice David Souter explained that only those who graduated from one of the nation’s most elite law schools would be qualified for a precious Supreme Court clerkship. He considered it risky to hire from “outside the well-trodden paths.”[1] Earlier in the same hearing, he referred to…