Employees in a wide range of fields, including engineering, science, and design, are required to sign intellectual property (IP) assignment agreements at the start of employment. These agreements assign IP generated by the employee to the employer. IP assignment agreements are often all-encompassing. The agreement may categorically claim all IP that the employee generates even […] Continue Reading >
Bankruptcy’s Thalidomide: Repurposing a Defunct Family Law Doctrine to Address Student Loans in Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy’s Thalidomide: Repurposing a Defunct Family Law Doctrine to Address Student Loans in Bankruptcy
The American bankruptcy system needs a thalidomide—a creative and innovative solution to a nationwide crisis brought on by the widespread proliferation of student loan debt. This crisis has only been exacerbated by the inability of the current consumer bankruptcy regime to deal with what is increasingly becoming a larger and larger share of consumer debt. […] Continue Reading >
High Prices and Low-Level Conspirators
“A Mortgage on a Man’s Brain”: The Unconscionability of Overly Broad Intellectual Property Assignment Clauses in Employment Contracts
Introduction Society routinely overlooks the importance of ordinary workers. Their contributions often go unappreciated. In one famous example, most of the Tiffany lamps and stained-glass artworks credited to Louis Tiffany were actually designed and crafted by Clara Driscoll and her team of over thirty women, who were denied recognition for their achievements for a century.[1] In art […] Continue Reading >
Bankruptcy’s Thalidomide: Repurposing a Defunct Family Law Doctrine to Address Student Loans in Bankruptcy