Popular Media is a collection of faculty scholarly communications that target a broader audience than purely legal academic scholarship. This collection may include briefs, blog postings, magazine articles, editorials, and television and radio interviews.
Submissions from 2023
Who Cares Whether A Monopoly is Efficient? The Sherman Act Is Supposed to Ban Them All, Robert H. Lande
Submissions from 2022
Megacorporations are jacking up prices 'because they can,' pushing red-hot inflation to historic levels, Robert H. Lande
Submissions from 2021
It’s time to give marked-to-market taxation a try, Fred B. Brown
Submissions from 2020
Menstrual Products and the Bar: Advocacy Seeks to Create Equal Bar Exam Testing Conditions for Menstruators, Elizabeth B. Cooper, Margaret E. Johnson, and Marcy L. Karin
With Biden’s win, America, thankfully, ‘ain’t what we was’, F. Michael Higginbotham
Stop the Stigma Against Menstruation; Starting with the Bar Exam, Margaret E. Johnson, Marcy L. Karin, and Elizabeth Cooper
Lessons on Race and Place-Based Participation from Environmental Justice and Geography, Sonya Ziaja
Submissions from 2019
Show Me the Money, Dionne L. Koller
The U.S. Needs Conglomerate Merger Legislation, Robert H. Lande
UB Law Professor: Learn From History, Don't Whitewash it, Kenneth Lasson
Submissions from 2018
Officer's murder highlights Baltimore's truancy problems, Barbara A. Babb and Gloria Danziger
Only 1 in 4 women who have been sexually harassed tell their employers. Here’s why they’re afraid, Margaret E. Johnson
Who Should Conservatives Blame for Alex Jones’ Ban From Social Media? Themselves., Robert H. Lande and Chris Sagers
Submissions from 2017
Trumping the Court, José F. Anderson
Editorial Notes: April 2017, Barbara A. Babb
Editorial Notes: January 2017, Barbara A. Babb
Why a Strong Patent System is Vital, Gregory Dolin
Why Trump Should Move US Embassy to Jerusalem, Kenneth Lasson
Hearsay and the Confrontation Clause (2017), Lynn McLain
Framers Wouldn't Stand for Trump's Anti-Muslim Immigration Ban, Michael I. Meyerson
Reform Md. Parole to Offer a 'Meaningful Opportunity for Release', Jane C. Murphy
Implementing A First-Year Research Assessment, Savanna L. Nolan
Morality, Law, and Judicial Ethics in the Western Legal Tradition, Mortimer N.S. Sellers
Law Reason and Emotion: Proceedings of the XXVII World Congress on the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Mortimer N.S. Sellers, Vito Medrado, and Catherine Moore
The Silencing of Senator Warren, Charles Tiefer
More Work to Be Done on Md. Bail Reform, Ronald Weich
Submissions from 2016
Bill of Rights Day: The Death Penalty and the Constitution, John Bessler, Carol S. Steiker, Jordan M. Steiker, and Michael J. Gerhardt
Trump's Tax Plan Is "With You" If you're Rich, Fred B. Brown
What Constitutes Dangerous Political Speech and How It Can Incite Violence, Garrett Epps, Diane Rehm, Doyle McManus, Jennifer Mercieca, and Susan Benesch
How Limiting Women's Access to Birth Control and Abortions Hurts the Economy, Michele E. Gilman
How the Supreme Court Made Income Inequality a Whole Lot Worse, Michele E. Gilman
The Supreme Court Guarantees Economic Unfairness, Michele E. Gilman
Gender Balance and Diversity in International Adjudication: A Glass Ceiling?, Nienke Grossman, Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, Liesbeth Lijnzaad, Catherine Marchi-Uhel, and Mélida Hodgson
Grow Up and Get Over Your Hillary Hang-ups, Steven P. Grossman
Monuments Should Reflect Today's Thinking, Steven P. Grossman
Transforming the Poverty Industry, Daniel L. Hatcher
U.S. Must Prioritize Financial Inclusion, Cassandra Jones Havard
Unbanked in Baltimore, Cassandra Jones Havard, Sheilah Kast, and Maureen Harvie
A Battle for America's Racial Soul, F. Michael Higginbotham
Voting Trump a Big Risk: Donald Trump Could Set Civil Rights Back 50 Years, F. Michael Higginbotham
What Do Blacks Have to Lose? Let Me Tell You, F. Michael Higginbotham
Baltimore State's Attorney Mosby on New Proposals to Change Police Misconduct Investigations, David Jaros, Tom Hall, Marilyn Mosby, and Edward Smith Jr.
An Olympic Antidoping Champion, Dionne L. Koller
Don't Go Easy on Sharapova, Dionne L. Koller
Five Ring Fraud, Dionne L. Koller
Women's Soccer Shows How Far We've Come Since Title IX - and What Battles Remain, Dionne L. Koller
Bail Reform Begins with the Bench, Zina Makar
Hearsay and the Confrontation Clause, Lynn McLain
Legal Recognition of De Facto Parents: Victory for Same-Sex Parents or Threat to Parental Autonomy, Jane C. Murphy
Why the Jolie-Pitt Divorce Won't Be Like Kramer vs. Kramer, Jane C. Murphy
Building a Virtual Law Library on a Shoestring, Adeen Postar
What Trump Should Know About Regulations, Charles Tiefer
A Right to "Know" or a Right to "No"?: Recent Developments in the Law on Congressional Access to Information, Ronald Weich, Carl Levin, Linda J. Gustituts, Virginia E. Sloan, Steve Castor, and Andrew Wright
Submissions from 2015
Administrative "Death Squads" for Patents? Assessing the New Administrative Procedures for Challenging Patents - Podcast, Peter Cicala, Gregory Dolin, Robert Sterne, and Mark F. Schultz
An Opportunity Missed?: Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises - Podcast, Gregory Dolin
Commil USA v. Cisco Systems and Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises - Post-Argument SCOTUScast, Gregory Dolin
Patent Agreements, Patent Validity, and the Supreme Court - Podcast, Gregory Dolin
Should a Royalty Agreement Exceed the Life of a Patent?, Gregory Dolin
DOJ Has the Power to Crush Price-Fixers: Column, Douglas H. Ginsburg, Joshua D. Wright, Albert A. Foer, and Robert H. Lande
Why So Few Women on International Courts? It's Time for a Change, Nienke Grossman
The Limits of Judicial Mechanisms for Developing and Enforcing International Environmental Norms: Introductory Remarks, Nienke Grossman and Jacqueline Peel
It's Past Time for Maryland and Others to Ban Confederate Flag License Plates, Steven P. Grossman
Clinton Deserves Black Vote, F. Michael Higginbotham
Journalistic Ethics and Mideast Reporting, Kenneth Lasson
How the Right to Speedy Trial Can Reduce Mass Pretrial Incarceration, Zina Makar
Your Honor, the Defense Asks for a Meaningful Bail, Zina Makar
Stop Making Court a First Stop for Many Low Income Parents, Jane C. Murphy
The Surety's Exposure for Wages and Related Liabilities, Lisa D. Sparks and Marc A. Campsen
A Justice System Overwhelmed, Colin Starger
Authority for Maryland v. Kulbicki, Colin Starger
Deadly Force, Mullenix v. Luna, and the Power of Dissent, Colin Starger
Doctrinal War in Ohio v. Clark, Colin Starger
Forbes (regular column), Charles Tiefer
Submissions from 2014
Genetic Resources, Indigenous Peoples and Federal Policy, Gregory Dolin
Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Management Systems and Octane Fitness v. Icon Health and Fitness - Post-Argument SCOTUScast, Gregory Dolin
Is IP Property or Government-Conferred Monopoly?, Gregory Dolin
Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC - Post-Decision SCOTUScast, Gregory Dolin
Supreme Court Series – Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., Gregory Dolin
University of Baltimore Law Professor Breaks Down SCOTUS Contraception Decision, Gregory Dolin
The Injustice of the Affluenza Defense, Michele E. Gilman
Normative Legitimacy and International Courts, Nienke Grossman
Banking on Those Who Don't, Cassandra Jones Havard
Comments to the U.S. Sentencing Commission Concerning Antitrust Fines, Robert H. Lande
Academic Extremism Threatens Democratic Values (Commentary), Kenneth Lasson
Government Internet Resources: Federal, State and Local, David E. Matchen Jr.
Pass-Through Entity Reform: Is a Major Overhaul Necessary?, Walter D. Schwidetzky
DNA Helps Clear Man's Name from Rape Charge After 24 Years, Colin Starger
Submissions from 2013
The Seed Patent Case: Bowman v. Monsanto, Jorge L. Contreras, Gregory Dolin, Hans Sauer, Sean O'Connor, and Dean Reuter
Cruel and Unusual for Whom, J. Amy Dillard
Burden of Proof in the World of Patents: Medtronic v. Boston Scientific - Podcast, Gregory Dolin
Man Fined in Baltimore County Crash that Killed 5-year-old Boy, Gregory Dolin
Patenting Human DNA: The Court's Decision - Podcast, Gregory Dolin
Should the US Enact Stronger Regulations Against Genetically-Modified Crops? The Pride and Purpose Debate, Gregory Dolin
DNA and Patents: Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. - Podcast, Gregory Dolin and Christian Corrigan
The Myriad Decision and Patented Innovation in the Biotech Industry, Gregory Dolin, Michael Risch, Jacob S. Sherkow, Kristen Osenga, and Christian Corrigan
The Judge Is a Woman, Nienke Grossman
Ghosts of Jim Crow Haunt Us Still, F. Michael Higginbotham
The Front Burner: Congress Must Act to Guard Our Most Important Right, F. Michael Higginbotham
All U.S. Sports Need an Anti-Doping Agency: The Anti-Doping Program That Brought down Lance Armstrong Should Cover Our Pro and College Sports, Too, Dionne L. Koller
High School Football: A Dangerous Game: Too Many Children Are Being Injured Under the Guise of Recreation, Dionne L. Koller