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Memorizing Trade Secrets
Get PDFThe earliest trade secret cases recognized that remembered information raised unique issues in trade secret misappropriation claims. However, courts struggled with exactly how to address remembered information, as opposed to information taken in tangible form. The modern trend, according to one case from the Washington Supreme Court, is to ignore the distinction and treat remembered information the same as information taken in tangible form for purposes of trade secret misappropriation claims. However, this case may have prematurely signaled the demise of remembered information’s relevance to a trade secret claim. Particularly during the pandemic era, where increased employee mobility is placing new pressure on existing trade secret law, the issue of remembered information is of increasing importance. This Article discusses the historical development of trade secret law with respect to remembered information and suggests the continued importance of the distinction between information taken in tangible form and that taken solely in memory
2021 Redistricting In Virginia: Evaluating The Effectiveness of Reforms
Get PDFThe redistricting cycle that followed the 2020 census provided the first test of Virginia’s redistricting reforms that were enacted when voters approved the constitutional amendment in the 2020 General Election. The centerpiece of these reforms is the bipartisan Virginia Redistricting Commission, comprised of eight citizen and eight legislator members. This article details how the 2021 redistricting occurred under the new reforms, and it evaluates the maps that were ultimately approved.
While the selection of the commissioners unfolded successfully and in accordance with the law, the work of the commission was mired by partisan fighting and dysfunction. Nevertheless, a statistical analysis of the maps drafted by the Republican and Democratic commissioners suggests that they were largely free of one-party bias, in contrast to the maps approved during the previous redistricting cycle, when Republicans racially gerrymandered the congressional and House of Delegates maps to achieve a partisan advantage. Ultimately, the Commission deadlocked, and redistricting shifted to the Supreme Court of Virginia (SCOVA), which appointed two special masters to draw the maps. The maps drawn by the special masters and approved by SCOVA are free of extreme partisan bias and advance the goals of minority representation, competitiveness, and partisan neutrality. In the selection of the special masters and subsequent approval of their maps, the Supreme Court demonstrated a commitment to fairness and transparency, and to redistricting standards approved by the General Assembly in 2020. In sum, the 2020 redistricting reforms succeeded in preventing gerrymandering. However, the redistricting process can be further improved by establishing multimember districts with a single transferable vote rule, and by replacing politician members of the Virginia Redistricting Commission with citizen members with no partisan preference
University of Richmond Magazine - Autumn 2023
Get PDFThe University of Richmond\u27s Alumni Magazine was first published as The Alumni Bulletin in 1936 and continues to this day as the University of Richmond Magazine
Lack Of Policy Regarding Generative AI Use In Schools Places Students At Risk
No full textA lack of policy and clear definitions regarding academic integrity, cheating, and appropriate use of generative AI in K-12 schools places students at risk
Duped by Dope: The Sackler Family’s Attempt to Escape Opioid Liability and the Need to Close the Non-Debtor Release Loophole
Get PDFThe opioid epidemic continues to rage on in the United States, ravaging its rural populations. One of its main causes? OxyContin. Purdue Pharma (“Purdue”), the maker of OxyContin, aggressively marketed opioids to the American public while racking up a fortune of over $13 billion dollars for its owners,3 the Sackler family. As a result, roughly 3,000 lawsuits were filed against Purdue and members of the Sackler family. Generally, the lawsuits alleged that Purdue and members of the Sackler family knew OxyContin was highly addictive yet aggressively marketed high dosages of the drug and misrepresented the drug as nonaddictive and without side effects. Facing thousands of lawsuits with damages in the trillions, Purdue soon filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to halt litigation. Though Purdue and its executives have twice pleaded guilty to perpetuating the opioid epidemic in litigation with the federal government, the Sackler family has yet to be held liable for their involvement