On April 16, 2008, the author received the UCLA School of Law’s Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching. This Essay consists of a revised and extended version of the remarks he gave on that occasion. In it, he addresses both his progression from...
A response to Priceless? The Economic Costs of Credit Card Merchant Restraints In Priceless?: The Economic Costs of Credit Card Merchant Restraints, Adam Levitin argues that credit card systems violate the U.S. antitrust laws by prohibiting...
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Every year, thousands of taxpayers and their advisors are required to mail special disclosure forms that reveal details of potentially abusive tax strategies to the Office of Tax Shelter Analysis of the Internal Revenue Service in Ogden, Utah. This...
After decades of struggle with paper discovery rules in an age of electronic discovery, President George W. Bush signed Federal Rule of Evidence 502 into law on September 19, 2008. Rule 502 is aimed at reducing the costs associated with privilege...
The Fair Housing Act was enacted in order to protect certain groups against discrimination in housing. The Act extends this protection to any “dwelling,” but its coverage is not well defined for nontraditional sleeping facilities such as homeless...