Volume 13

David A. Koplow [*] [Full text of this Article in PDF is available at this link] I.   Introduction The theory and practice of “social distancing” were suddenly thrust upon a startled U.S. and global population by the novel coronavirus pandemic in spring 2020, as we all learned the importance of establishing adequate buffer zones around ourselves and sustaining a rigid keep-out perimeter against potential threats. Where common sense was insufficient, law augmented this effective barrier against intermingling and enforced the rigorous strictures of separation for mutual protection. This Article addresses an analogous but very different genre of distancing: the requirement under the […]

Kristen E. Eichensehr [*] [Full text of this Article in PDF is available at this link] I.   Introduction In June 2021, Texas enacted the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act (LSIPA) to prohibit both companies and Texas governmental entities from entering into agreements relating to critical infrastructure with companies that have certain ties to China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia.[1] Spurred by concerns about a wind farm development by a Chinese company near a U.S. military installation,[2] the statute is intended—according to the bill sponsor—to “ban” the listed governments “from connecting physically/remotely into Texas critical infrastructure due to acts of aggression towards the

Sarah Beller [*] [Full text of this Article in PDF is available at this link] I.     Introduction As Professor Xi Xiaoxing and his family slept, a dozen armed Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) agents broke into their house and arrested him.[1] The government charged Xi with selling trade secrets to China[2] and Temple University subsequently stripped him of his position as Chair of the Physics Department.[3] Professor Xi then received a one-sentence letter: The United States of America . . . provides notice to defendant Xiaoxing Xi and to the Court, that pursuant to Title 50, United States Code,