Volume 52 (2020) Issue 1 (Spring) – Arizona State Law Journal

Time To Join the Playing Field: A Proposal for Legalizing Sports Betting in Arizona

May 13, 2020

Lauren Smith. The American Gaming Association (“AGA”) estimates that Americans illegally wager $150 billion on sporting events every year. In 2018, of this $150 billion, Americans illegally wagered an estimated $4.6 billion on Super Bowl LII. An estimated $9.7 billion…

If We Only Had A Brain: Toothless Aquatic Code Allows Deadly, Brain-Eating Zombie Amoeba To Flourish in Arizona Splash Pads and Water Playgrounds

May 13, 2020

Sarah Pook.Full ArticleI. IntroductionIt starts with a fever. A splitting headache. Vomiting, fatigue, an earache—then the secondary symptoms begin. Vision loss. Stiff neck. Lethargy, confusion, inability to walk, an aversion to light. Hallucinations. Doctors scramble to make a diagnosis, attempting…

Over the Border, Under What Law: The Circuit Split over Searches of Electronic Devices on the Border

May 13, 2020

Ashley N. Gomez. On January 30, 2017, Sidd Bikkannavar arrived at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas from a trip to Chile. He had taken a few weeks off from work to go on a personal trip to…

Of Immigration, Public Charges, Disability Discrimination, and, of All Things, Hobby Lobby

May 13, 2020

Mark C. Weber. This Essay seeks to demonstrate that federal disability discrimination law conflicts with and thus supervenes the Trump Administration’s new regulations changing the standards for excluding immigrants from the United States on the basis of their likelihood of…

Antitrust Immunity, State Administrative Law, and the Nature of the State

May 13, 2020

Alexander Volokh. North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC (N.C. Dental) has worked a potential revolution in antitrust law. A revolution because it makes clear that state regulatory agencies dominated by active market participants are not entitled to…

Advancing the Use of HIE Data for Research

May 13, 2020

Michael J. Saks, Adela Grando, Chase Millea, & Anita Murcko. Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are centralized repositories of patients’ health records. The records come from most or all of the providers and health-care organizations within a given region or locale.…

Preventing the Curse of Bigness Through Conglomerate Merger Legislation

May 13, 2020

Robert H. Lande & Sandeep Vaheesan. The antitrust laws, as they are presently interpreted, are incapable of blocking most of the very largest corporate mergers. They successfully blocked only three of the seventy-eight largest finalized mergers and acquisitions (defined as…

Improving the Presentation of Expert Testimony to the Trier of Fact: An Epistemological Insight in Search of an Evidentiary Theory

May 13, 2020

Edward J. Imwinkelried. The use of expert testimony at trials is not only widespread; its use also appears to be increasing. In a Rand Corporation study of California trials in courts of general jurisdiction, the researchers found that experts appeared…

The #E-Too Movement: Fighting Back Against Sexual Harassment in Electronic Sports

May 13, 2020

John T. Holden,* Thomas A. Baker III,** & Marc Edelman***Full ArticleAbstractCompetitive video gaming or esports has captured the attention of hundreds of millions of people across the globe. With that attention has come billions of dollars’ worth of investment and…