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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.

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Courts Prepare to Take On the True Lender Question
Rhemé Sloan
Rhemé Sloan is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2023.

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

Financial technology (“fintech”) firms and banking institutions have thoroughly cemented lending in the digital realm.

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Exhausting Government Class Actions
Adam S. Zimmerman
Adam S. Zimmerman is a Professor of Law and Gerald Rosen Fellow at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

I have authored amicus briefs on behalf of law professors of civil procedure, administrative law, and federal courts in several cases supporting veteran class actions, including Skaar v. McDonough. I’m grateful to Maureen Carroll, Helen Hershkoff, Alexandra Lahav, and David Marcus for thoughtful discussion and comments. I’d also like to thank the incredible team at the University of Chicago Law Review Online, including Anson Fung, Annie Kors, and Matthew Makowski.

For decades, veterans were one of the few groups that could not bring class actions when the federal government systematically mishandled their disability benefits.

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Evaluating Mistakes of Law: Objective Reasonableness Under Title VII
Gabrielle Dohmen
Gabrielle Dohmen is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2023.

She thanks Matthew Makowski, Abigail Barney, Annie Kors, and Maggie Niu for their very helpful comments.

Title VII’s anti-retaliation provision is clear: if an employee complains about employment discrimination, it is illegal for an employer to retaliate against them.

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Failing the Sniff Test: Using Marijuana Odor to Establish Probable Cause in Illinois Post-Legalization
Claire J. Rice
Claire J. Rice is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2023.

She thanks her family, her friends, and the entire University of Chicago Law Review Online team.

Imagine that a convicted felon in Illinois is pulled over by the police. He hasn’t smoked all day. Stuffed in his coat pocket, however, is a baggy containing marijuana residue—a remnant from several days prior.