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Since 1949, Hastings Law Journal has published scholarly articles, essays, and student Notes on a broad range of legal topics. With close to 100 members, HLJ publishes six issues each year reaching a large domestic and international audience. One of these issues may be dedicated to our periodic symposium, which features speeches, commentaries, and panel discussions on an area of current interest and development in the law.
UC Hastings’ flagship law review has contributed to the advancement of knowledge in legal thinking and case law through scholarly articles written by experts in the legal community. An occasional issue is devoted to a law symposium. Each Journal Volume publishes in December, February, April, May, June, and August.
Recent Mentions by the Supreme Court of the United States
- Rosales-Mireles v. U.S., 138 S.Ct. 1897 (2018), citing Rebecca Hollander–Blumoff, The Psychology of Procedural Justice in the Federal Courts, from Volume 63.
- Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, 138 S.Ct. 1365 (2018), citing Adam Mossoff, Rethinking the Development of Patents: An Intellectual History, from Volume 52.
Recent Mentions by the Supreme Court of California
- De La Torre v. CashCall, Inc., 5 Cal 5th 966 (2018), citing Harry G. Prince, Unconscionability in California: A Need for Restraint and Consistency, from Volume 46.
- Chen v. Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, 7 Cal. 5th 862 (2019), citing Gregory E. Smith, Choice of Law in the United States, from Volume 38.
- City of Oroville v. Superior Court, 7 Cal. 5th 1091 (2019), citing Arvo Van Alstyne, Inverse Condemnation: Unintended Physical Damage, from Volume 20.
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Expanding Accountability: Using the Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress Claim to Compensate Black American Families Who Remained Unheard in Medical Crisis
Nia Johnson Volume 72, Issue 6, 1637-1663 Black Americans have constantly been victims of health disparities and unequal treatment in healthcare facilities. This is not new. However, more attention has been paid to accounts from Black Americans alleging that their...
Secrets, Lies, and Lessons from the Theranos Scandal
Lauren Rogal Volume 72, Issue 6, 1663-1702 Theranos, Inc., the unicorn startup blood-testing corporation, was ultimately laid low by a former employee whistleblower. The experience of that whistleblower during and after her employment illuminates detrimental secrecy...
The Intersectional Race and Gender Effects of the Pandemic in Legal Academia
Angela Onwuachi-Willig Volume 72, Issue 6, 1703-1716 Just as the COVID-19 pandemic helped to expose the inequities that already existed between students at every level of education based on race and socioeconomic class status, it has exposed existing inequities among...
Why Familial Searches of DNA Databases Can and Should Survive Carpenter
Jasper Ford-Monroe Volume 72, Issue 6, 1717-1740 Over the past few years, a powerful new forensic technique has emerged. By uploading DNA from a crime scene to a civilian DNA database, such as GEDmatch, investigators can discover the genetic relatives of the...
Electronic Form Over Substance: eSignature Laws Need Upgrades
Lothar Determann Volume 72, Issue 5, 1385-1452 Most professionals favor substance over form. Yet, with respect to form itself, more and more favor electronic form over substantive media and signatures. Companies, consumers, and governments increasingly use electronic...
Race and Equity in the Age of Unicorns
Lynnise E. Phillips Pantin Volume 72, Issue 5, 1453-1510 This Article critically examines startup culture and its legal predicates. The Article analyzes innovation culture as a whole and uses the downfall of Theranos to illustrate the deficiencies in Silicon Valley...
Hedonic-Loss Damages That Optimally Deter: An Alternative to “Value of a Statistical Life” That Focuses on Both Decedent and Tortfeasor
Michael Pressman Volume 72, Issue 5, 1511-1572 Plaintiffs in wrongful-death suits typically are unable to recover for the decedent’s “hedonic loss”—the loss of happiness (or wellbeing) incurred as a result of the lost life-years themselves. Although this omission...
The DOJ’s Role in the Franchise No-Poach Problem
Molly Edgar Volume 72, Issue 5, 1573-1604 In 2016, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a joint policy statement which notified human resource professionals of antitrust issues that may arise in the context of employee...
The Legal Value of Fiscal Sponsorship: A Proposal of New Law
Emma Geering Volume 72, Issue 5, 1605-1636 With social conscientiousness as a core value, American society has utilized nonprofit organizations to motivate social change. But as resources are finite and expertise in the complex legal, operational, and organizational...
Commercial Law Intersections
Giuliano G. Castellano & Andrea Tosato Volume 72, Issue 4, 999-1054 Commercial law is not a single, monolithic entity. It has grown into a dense thicket of subject-specific branches that govern a broad range of transactions and corporate actions. When one of such...