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Legal Tech
Booking.com: Can a Generic Word Plus .com Become a Trademark?
Booking.com asks how trademark law should treat digital brands built from ordinary words and domain names.
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Consumer Rights
Chevron Deference After Loper Bright: Why Agency Power Still Sparks Debate
Chevron created the best-known agency deference rule, but Loper Bright changed the framework and renewed the debate over courts, agencies, and Congress.
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Consumer Rights
Marbury v. Madison: Why Courts Can Say What the Law Is
Marbury v. Madison began as a fight over a commission and became the foundation for judicial review in American constitutional law.
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Consumer Rights
Youngstown Sheet & Tube: Can a President Seize Private Industry in a Crisis?
Youngstown Sheet & Tube is the classic case on emergency power, private property, and the limits of unilateral presidential action.
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Consumer Rights
Erie Railroad v. Tompkins: Why Federal Courts Sometimes Use State Law
Erie Railroad v. Tompkins changed federal civil litigation by requiring federal courts in diversity cases to apply state substantive law.
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Consumer Rights
International Shoe: Why a Company Can Be Sued in Another State
International Shoe created the minimum-contacts framework that still governs when courts may exercise personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants.
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Consumer Rights
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife: Why Standing Can Stop Environmental Lawsuits
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife is a foundational standing case that limits who may sue to enforce environmental law.
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Consumer Rights
Massachusetts v. EPA: Can States Force Climate Regulation?
Massachusetts v. EPA recognized state standing and EPA authority in a landmark climate-regulation dispute.
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Legal Tech
Sony v. Universal: The Betamax Case That Still Shapes Technology
Sony v. Universal asked whether a technology company should be liable because consumers used home recording devices to copy television programs.
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Consumer Rights
SEC v. Howey: The Orange Grove Case Behind Modern Crypto Law
SEC v. Howey created the investment-contract test that still shapes securities law, including modern crypto disputes.
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Family Law
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl: Adoption, Tribal Rights, and Hard Family Choices
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl is a difficult adoption case involving the Indian Child Welfare Act, parental rights, and tribal interests.
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Family Law
Troxel v. Granville: Parents, Grandparents, and the Right to Decide
Troxel v. Granville explains why courts must give special weight to fit parents' decisions about third-party visitation.
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