Volume 50, Issue 4

In antitrust class action litigation courts have subtly dismantled the treble damage regime by manipulating the standard for reviewing proposed settlements. Federal law requires judicial approval of class action settlements…

Creditors exercise significant power over financially distressed corporations, thereby pushing corporate managers further into the realm of unprofitable risk aversion. The heavy hand of creditor power and the threats creditors…

Every federal court that has addressed the issue has held that Rule 13(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure bars a defendant who defaults and fails to file a…

Over the past few years, federal sentencing procedure has seen significant changes. Most recently, in Irizarry v. United States, the Supreme Court held that federal criminal defendants are not entitled…

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) judges the severity of each veteran’s case and decides how much to pay. However, VA has not written regulations that give specific guidance about…

In Deer Valley Unified School District No. 97 v. Houser, the Arizona Supreme Court held that claims against a public entity must strictly adhere to Arizona’s notice of claims statute,…

In Cullen v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co., the Arizona Supreme Court granted review in part to determine whether it should reinterpret Rule 8 of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure to…

For this 50th Anniversary Issue, the Editor-in-Chief of Volume 1 describes the genesis of the Law Review and contrasts earlier efforts with the modern Law Review.