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Annette E. Clark

"What's Past Is Prologue": The Story of the Sale of the University of Puget Sound School of Law to Seattle University (2023).

Seattle University Law Review

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Margaret Chon

Inside or Outside?: Remarks on Abitron v. Hetronic (2023).

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property Law

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John B. Kirkwood

The Antitrust Agencies Should Take a More Muscular Approach to Common Ownership (2023).

The Sling | Economic Analysis and Competition Policy Research

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