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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Sep 2

Morgan O. Schaack argues that tribal treaties and the federal trust responsibility create a tribal right to spectrum access—casting tiered internet service without net neutrality as a breach of that duty.

UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Sep 2

Marta Krason critiques courts’ mischaracterization of FRAND disputes over standard-essential patents, proposing a contract- and property-based framework that assigns adjudication to judges, not juries.

UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Sep 2

Sabrina Huang calls on courts to drop the subjective malice requirement in Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claims, urging an objective or burden-shifting test to expand relief and deter misconduct.

UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Sep 2

Jesse M. Cross spotlights the amended statute—amended tens of thousands of times each Congress—as the neglected but central democratic text of modern law, urging theory and practice to place it at the heart of public law.

UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Sep 2

@shbarclay.bsky.social critiques prevailing theories of constitutional rights as incoherent or incomplete, proposing instead a democratic model that better aligns with institutional competencies across government.

UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Sep 2

Volume 92.5 is now live, featuring pieces by @shbarclay.bsky.social; Jesse M. Cross; Sabrina Huang; Marta Krason; and Morgan O. Schaack. You can find them all here: lawreview.uchicago.edu.

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Jul 22

Congratulations and welcome to the newest members of The University of Chicago Law Review!

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Jul 16

The University of Chicago Law Review will begin accepting submissions again for Volume 93 on July 17 at 9:00 a.m. CT. We look forward to reviewing your scholarship!

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Jun 8

Margaret Schaack examines the latest development in class actions, the “future stakes settlement,” and recommends additional judicial standards to supplement FRCP 23(e) to handle the high degree of risk and moral complexity associated with such agreements.

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Jun 8

Elijah Greisz reveals the empirical shortcomings of how states are presently regulating data brokers, arguing that more should follow the lead of California’s Delete Act.

UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Jun 8

Hana Ferrero analyzes a recent defendant-friendly shift in litigation under Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act and proposes a framework courts can use to determine whether a given biometric identifier falls under the statute’s reach.

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Jun 8

Menezes & Pozen argue that public law relies on vague invocations of “the public” while neglecting real public input. They call for reimagining the public as an author of law—offering a reform agenda rooted in deliberative democracy.

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Jun 8

@profblanchard.bsky.social examines “offender-funded” alternatives to incarceration and argues that coercive contracts—offered under threat of jail—extend state power and extract wealth from defendants, all while evading meaningful legal regulation.

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Jun 8

Volume 92.4 is now live, featuring one Article by @profblanchard.bsky.social; one Article by Nikhil Menezes & David E. Pozen; and three Comments by Hana Ferrero, Elijah Greisz, and Margaret Schaack. You can find them all here: lawreview.uchicago.edu.

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · May 4

Aziz Huq reviews three major works mapping the geopolitical dynamics of digital regulation. He argues that U.S.–China rivalry limits global regulatory convergence and urges modest ambitions for a unified digital governance regime.

UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · May 4

Adriana Z. Robertson, Pat Akey & Mikhail Simutin show how retroactive changes to Fama-French factor data can decisively shape legal valuations and event studies—highlighting concerns over reliability, the "law of conservation of judgment," and academic-commercial entanglements.

UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · May 4

Michael C. Pollack (@michaelcpollack.bsky.social) & Matthew Tokson (@mtokson.bsky.social) expose the flaws of property-centered Fourth Amendment law, showing how it can be manipulated, exclude digital privacy, and leave society’s most disadvantaged with the least protection.

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · May 4

Conor Clarke & Henry Hansmann examine the rise of special-purpose governments—single-service entities that blur the line between public and private. They offer a new framework and suggest reforms to help these overlooked bodies fulfill their potential.

UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · May 4

Volume 92.3 is now live, featuring pieces by Conor Clarke & Henry Hansmann; @michaelcpollack.bsky.social & @mtokson.bsky.social; Adriana Z. Robertson, Pat Akey & Mikhail Simutin; and Aziz Huq. You can find them all here: lawreview.uchicago.edu.

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Apr 18

Thank you to the "Applying the Different Approaches of LPE and L&E" panelists, Amy Cohen, Jonathan Klick, @hajinkim.bsky.social, Kristin Underhill, @kevintobia.bsky.social, and moderator @genevievelakier.bsky.social.

UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Apr 18

Thank you to the "Markets & Inequality" panelists,
@sanjukta.bsky.social, Erik Hovenkamp, @jacobsgoldin.bsky.social, @zliscow.bsky.social, and moderator Ari Glogower.

UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Apr 18

Thank you to the “What Is Distinctive About LPE and L&E?” panelists, @akapczynski.bsky.social, @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social, @sonofdavid.bsky.social, @adamchilton.bsky.social, @joshuamacey.bsky.social, Mila Versteeg Sarath Sanga, and moderator Joe Schottenfeld.

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Apr 18

Today, we are hosting the 2025 Law Review Symposium: Law & Economics vs. Law & Political Economy: A Debate. t.co/XTrVs4le0w

https://www.law.uchicago.edu/events/2025LawReviewSymposium

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UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Mar 3

David Zaring posits that the Roberts Court’s willingness to revisit everything in the admin law context but resist change in the securities regulation context can be explained by its interest in policing public rights, but not in reformulating the standards for private disputes.

UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social · Mar 3

Yesha Yadav and Joshua Younger analyze the introduction of mandatory central clearing for most trades in U.S. Treasuries and detail its likely advantages and its potential trade-offs from a public policy perspective.

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