Liability
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Contracting Away Consumer Protections: Warren v. Cielo Ventures and the UDTPA
On March 20, 2026, the North Carolina Supreme Court held that parties may contractually reduce the four-year limitation period of… Read More
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Weekly Round Up- 10/29-11/2
By Sophia Pappalardo & Kenya Parrish In re: Murphy-Brown, LLC In this civil case, the Petitioner requested mandamus relief from… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Denies Review of Administrative Order & Civil Penalties Following a Fatal Coal Mine Accident
Fourth Circuit Denies Review of Administrative Order & Civil Penalties Following a Fatal Coal Mine Accident By Kelsey Hyde On… Read More
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Products Liability Case Presents a Plethora of Issues on Appeal, Fourth Circuit Affirms All
By Taylor Anderson On January 14, 2016, the Fourth Circuit issued its published opinion regarding the civil case Cisson v.… Read More
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Qualified Immunity for Detention Officers Conducting Strip Searches
By: Lauren Durr Emery Are Corrections Officers Entitled to Qualified Immunity from Suits Involving Strip Searches of Arrestees not Charged… Read More
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Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress: A View of the Proposed Restatement (Third) Provisions from England
By: M.H. Matthews* Matthews_LawReview_December2009 * Fellow in Law, University College, Oxford; CUF Lecturer in Law, Oxford University. In writing this Article… Read More
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Stable Divisions of Authority
By: Kenneth S. Abraham* Abraham_LawReview_September2009 * David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law. Read More
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Can Governments Impose a New Tort Duty to Prevent External Risks? The “No-Fault” Theories Behind Today’s High-Stakes Government Recoupment Suits
By: Victor E. Schwartz* Phil Goldberg** Christopher E. Appel*** SchwartzGoldbergAppel_LawReview_September2009 * Victor E. Schwartz is Chairman of the Public Policy… Read More
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Social Value as a Policy-Based Limitation of the Ordinary Duty to Exercise Reasonable Care
By: Mark A. Geistfeld* Geistfeld_LawReview_September2009 * Sheila Lubetsky Birnbaum Professor of Civil Litigation, New York University School of Law. In… Read More
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Land-Possessor Liability in the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Too Much and Too Little
By: Stephen D. Sugarman* Sugarman_LawReview_September2009 *Roger J. Traynor Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley. Thanks to Christine Fujita (UC… Read More
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Finding Trademark Use: The Historical Foundation for Limiting Infringement Liability to Uses “in the Manner of a Mark”
By Margreth Barrett This article is only available in PDF format. Click here for the full PDF version of this… Read More
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On Leaving Corporate Executives “Naked, Homeless and Without Wheels”: Corporate Fraud, Equitable Remedies, and the Debate over Entities vs. Individual Liability
By: Donald C. Langevoort This article is only available in PDF format. Click here for the full PDF version of… Read More