by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Aug 11, 2021 | Volume 72, Issue 6
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...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Aug 11, 2021 | Volume 72, Issue 6
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...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Aug 11, 2021 | Volume 72, Issue 6
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...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Aug 11, 2021 | Volume 72, Volume 72, Issue 6
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...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | May 24, 2021 | Volume 72, Volume 72, Issue 5
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...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | May 24, 2021 | Volume 72, Issue 5
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...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | May 24, 2021 | Volume 72, Issue 5
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...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | May 24, 2021 | Volume 72, Issue 5
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...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | May 24, 2021 | Volume 72, Issue 5
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...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Apr 19, 2021 | Volume 72, Issue 4
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...
