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An Argument to Permit Greater Disclosure of Grand Jury Legal Instructions
Danielle Tyukody
Danielle Tyukody is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2024.

She thanks Professor Jonathan S. Masur, Matthew Makowski, Claire Rice, Annie Kors, Lea Haddad, Dylan Salzman, and the University of Chicago Law Review Online team.

The difficulty of accurately portraying complex and nuanced aspects of the law to lay jurors is well-recognized.

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Sedlik v. Drachenberg: Is a Body Merely a Canvas?
David Doktorman
David Doktorman is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2024.

He thanks Matthew Makowski, Renic Sloan, Annie Kors, and the University of Chicago Law Review Online team.

Tattooing is on the rise. No longer the taboo it once was, more and more Americans are opting to ink themselves as a mode of self-expression.

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Ditch the Directives and Make Like California: The Path to Improved Conditions for E.U. Farm Animals Does Not Begin in Brussels
Joaquin Gonzalez
Joaquin Gonzalez is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2023.

He thanks Delaney Prunty, Mike Morgan, Annie Kors, Matt Makowski, Benjamin Klein, and the University of Chicago Law Review Online team.

The European Union is not doing enough to protect farm animal welfare—at least, so say animal rights activists and their fellow travelers.

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A Right to Reasonable Protection Under Marsy’s Laws
Evan Blanchard-Wu
Evan Blanchard-Wu is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2024.

He thanks Cheridan Christnacht, Matthew Makowski, Claire Rice, Virginia Robinson, and the University of Chicago Law Review Online team.

If you are a crime victim in Ohio, you have the rights “to be treated with fairness and respect,” to “a prompt conclusion” of your case, and “to be heard in any public proceeding . . . in which a right of the victim is implicated.”

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Expecting the Unexpected: Moore v. British Airways and Defining an Accident Under the Montreal Convention
Kelsey Roberts
Kelsey Roberts is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2024.

She thanks Benjamin Klein, Matthew Makowski, Annie Kors, and the University of Chicago Law Review Online team. She also thanks her parents for their support and for listening to her ramble on about the law.

When a passenger suffers injuries on an international flight, any claim for damages against the airline must be brought under the Montreal Convention, a multilateral treaty governing the liability of air carriers.

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Examining Causation Standards in False Claims Act Cases Predicated on Anti-Kickback Statute Violations
Josh J. Leopold
Josh J. Leopold is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2024.

He thanks Matthew Makowski, Abigail Barney, Virginia Robinson, and the entire University of Chicago Law Review Online staff for their insightful comments.

Congress has decided that awarding kickbacks to doctors to influence medical decisions is unacceptable, at least when the underlying medical care is reimbursed at the government’s expense.

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Saldana v. Glenhaven Healthcare LLC—Should Wrongful Death Suits from COVID-19 Be Heard Exclusively in Federal Courts?
Bethany Ao
Bethany Ao is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2024.

She thanks Matthew Makowski, Abigail Barney, Annie Kors, and the University of Chicago Law Review Online team. She also thanks the health reporters at the Philadelphia Inquirer for inspiring this piece.

After Ricardo Saldana suffered a stroke in 2014, his family moved him into Elms Convalescent Hospital, a skilled nursing facility in Glendale, California, so he could receive the care he needed.

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Offended-Observer Standing’s Last Stand: Kennedy as the Final Nail in a Flawed Doctrine’s Coffin
Stephen Vukovits
Stephen Vukovits is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2024.

He thanks Matthew Makowski, Anson Fung, Virginia Robinson, and the University of Chicago Law Review Online team.

This past term, the Supreme Court in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (2022) formally overturned the notorious Lemon test that had governed Establishment Clause jurisprudence for more than a half-century.

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Judging the Referee: How Judicial Standards of Review Can Improve Soccer’s Video Assistant Referee System
Eliana Fleischer
Eliana Fleischer is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2024.

She thanks Matthew Makowski, Cheridan Christnacht, Annie Kors, and the University of Chicago Law Review Online team. She also thanks her first readers, Julie Fleischer and Barry Fleischer.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is in full swing, and while no one knows what the results of the games will be, we do know one thing: no matter who wins, there will be people mad at the referees.