Category: Health
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Punishing Recovery: The Legal Contradictions of Relapse in the Americans with Disabilities Act
By Patrick Huaman — The American Medical Association and many other major medical organizations have recognized addiction as a chronic medical condition since 1987, yet many employers still terminate workers for the most predictable symptom of that condition: relapse. A…
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Antitrust Challenges in the CAR-T Patent Landscape: Are Patent Thickets a Barrier to Innovation and Access?
By Liam Boyle – In 2012, six-year-old Emily Whitehead failed chemotherapy treatments after relapsing in her battle against acute lymphoblastic leukemia. While doctors told her family that there was nothing left that could be done, they refused to accept this…
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Trouble on the Horizon: EPA’s Environmental Justice Efforts Under Threat in Cancer Alley
By Danielle Williams — The eighty-five mile stretch along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana, often referred to as “Cancer Alley,” is home to 25% of the nation’s petrochemical production. The significantly increased cancer risks for…
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What Makes a Doctor a Criminal? Preventing the Criminalization of Medical Errors
By Dabeluchi Isiofia — When a physician walks into a room, the patient need not say anything. There is an unspoken assumption that the physician is there to help them. It is well understood that even when a physician does…
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At Heart of Intentionality: Reevaluating the Standards for Civil Rights Violations in Context of Organ Transplants
By Aiko Offner — As of March 2025, three plaintiffs are suing the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) across California, Washington, and Tennessee. Randall v. UNOS, Maddox v. UNOS, and Welch v. UNOS are the three ongoing lawsuits against…
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The Glyphosate Debate: Challenging Federal Preemption of State Failure-to-Warn Claims
By Daniel Zayas — Over the past decade, thousands of cases have reached federal courts to gain redress for injuries that plaintiffs have sustained while using Roundup, a popular pesticide manufactured by American agrochemical corporation Monsanto to kill weeds and…
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Abortion Exceptionalism in the Post-Dobbs Period: Violation of Equal Protection?
By Anika Sekar — Arbortion exceptionalism refers to the substantial difference in how abortion is treated compared to other medical procedures and forms of medical care. Oftentimes, abortion is subject to additional regulations that similar medicines are not; for example,…
