• Con or Constitutional: An Analysis of the "Net Worth" Wealth Tax 

  Fletcher, Brian (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  ABSTRACT|This Article is an in-depth analysis of the wealth tax proposals presented by former presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to determine if their proposals could be considered constitutional. ...

• But What If Big Brother's Surveillance Saves Lives?--Comparative Digital Privacy in the Time of Coronavirus 

  Xu, April Xiaoyi (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|By April 2020, a significant portion of students from across the globe were taking classes online instead of learning with their friends at school. Most working-age adults found themselves at home, many ...

• Ensuring Proper Notice: Clearing the Fog Surrounding Virtual Patent Marking 

  Sowers, Dane D. (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|Consider an everyday product many consumers use with little, if any, thought regarding the packaging: a ketchup packet. On the lid of the packet, in small print, Heinz has printed the words “U.S. Pat. Nos. ...

• Our Conflicting Liberty Heritage from England and France 

  Hart, James (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|The original tension of the United States of America is that it was formed based on the highly conservative nature of the English Common Law, made manifest in the Constitution of the United States, but also ...

• A Tribute to Professor Michael G. Fenner 

  Thomas, Clarence, Justice (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

• Kiobel's "Touch and concern" text in the Eleventh Circuit (and elsewhere) and a new paradigm for the extraterritorial application of U.S. law 

  Borchers, Patrick J. (2020)

  The Supreme Court's jurisprudence on so-called "extraterritorial" application of federal statutes has long suffered from deep incoherence. Specifically, it is not clear what it means for a statute to be applied extrater ...

• The Alford Plea Turns Fifty: Why It Deserves Another Fifty Years 

  Conklin, Michael (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|Fifty years ago, in North Carolina v. Alford, the United States Supreme Court ruled that it does not violate due process for a judge to accept a guilty plea from a defendant who maintains his innocence. Alford ...

• Creighton Law Review Full Issue - Volume 54 Number 1 

  Unknown author (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

• Casting a Broad Net: The Federal Communication Commission's Preemption of State Broadband Internet Regulation 

  Brown, Jonathan B. (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|As a comparatively modern innovation, the internet has become fundamental in our personal and professional lives. With increasing frequency we are introduced to new innovations in internet-based technologies ...

• Important developments in federal income taxation 

  Morse, Edward A. (. Lincoln, NE, 2020)

  This outline covers significant developments in federal income taxation arising during the past year. It offers a selective treatment focusing on items likely to interest practitioners and advisors within a broad range of ...

• On corporate purpose, director primacy, and the business judgment rule 

  Fershee, Joshua P. (2020)

• An overview of corporate Compliance and ethics programs 

  McGreal, Paul E. (. New York, NY, 2020)

• Professional decision-making in medicine: Development of a new measure and preliminary evidence of validity 

  Antes, Alison L.; Dineen, Kelly K.; Bakanas, Erin; Zahrli, Tyler; Keune, Jason D.; Schuelke, Matthew J.; DuBois, James M. (2020)

  This study developed a new Professional Decision-Making in Medicine Measure that assesses the use of effective decision-making strategies: seek help, manage emotions, recognize consequences and rules, and test assumptions ...

• Annual survey of periodical literature 

  Fershee, Kendra Huard (2020)

• Invisible no more: The impact of COVID-19 on essential food production workers 

  Ramos, Athena K.; Lowe, Abigail E.; Herstein, Jocelyn J.; Schwedhelm, Shelly; Dineen, Kelly K.; Lowe, John J. (2020)

  From the farms to the packing plants, essential workers in critical food production industries keep food on our tables while risking their and their families’ health and well-being to bring home a paycheck. They work in ...

• Cognitive Competence and Decision-making Capacity 

  Boron, Julie Blaskewicz (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|This essay is based upon a panel discussion at the 2020 Creighton Law Review Symposium and Tepoel Lecture entitled The 21st Century Trust: Evolution, Innovation, Adaptation. As the population of the United ...

• Estate Planning Choice of Wealth Management Entity: The Limited Partnership as an Alternative to the Trust 

  Gagliardi, Elaine Hightower (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|This Article takes a closer look at the limited partnership as an alternative to the trust. After summarizing the shift in client perspective and objectives in part two, this Article analyzes specific ...

• Christian Purpose Trusts 

  Simmons, Thomas E. (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|This Article contextualizes noncharitable purpose trusts, outlines and critiques the Uniform Trust Code provisions governing purpose trusts, and proposes a corporate purpose trust format which preserves a ...

• Rethinking Disposition Provisions of Trusts: Recent Trends and Approaches to Trust Design with an Asset Protection Focus 

  Vandenack, Mary E. (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) was passed in late 2017. The TCJA made significant changes to the federal estate and gift tax rules. The TCJA allows an individual to transfer ten million dollars (adjusted ...

• Twenty-First Century Trusts and Ethics: Estate Planning for Couples 

  Spivack, Carla (Creighton University School of Law. Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)

  INTRODUCTION|Representing spouses jointly may seem natural to estate planning attorneys. Most casebooks discuss the ethics of joint representation as if it were the default for this type of practice. The American College ...

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