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  • Algorithmic Pricing, Rising Rents, and the Future of Antitrust Law By: Jake Smithson Average rents across the United States have increased at a rapid pace in recent years.[1] Unsurprisingly, this rapid increase has resulted in an affordability crisis which has become a central issue in some recent high-profile political campaigns.[2] While many factors contribute to…

  • Navigating the False Claims Act in the Age of AI: Implications for Healthcare Providers and Billing Practices By: Carter Graves Since its enactment in 1863, the False Claims Act (“FCA”) has served to disincentivize and punish false and fraudulent claims submitted to the federal government by imposing damages and a civil monetary penalty for violators.[1]…

  • Tidal Wave: How AI is Poised to Replace Younger Lawyers, and How Those Lawyers Can Adapt to Make Themselves Irreplaceable By: Sam Riddle The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has resulted in frequent speculation regarding the role of lower-level employees across different industries. Particularly, the emergence of large language models (“LLMs”) as a method for…

  • Plaintiffs for Sale: How Third-Party Litigation Funding Threatens Civil Litigation By: Zach Gilbert When one hears about the growing trend of wealthy financiers, hedge funds, and private equity firms providing capital to plaintiffs who are unable to afford litigating their claims, the initial reaction is likely positive.[1] But when the full context of the dangers…

  • Tennessee’s New Repeat Domestic Violence Offender Registry By: Isabella Morrow As of January 1, 2026, Savanna’s Law has taken effect in Tennessee, creating the first ever domestic violence offender registry in the nation. [1] The idea behind a repeat domestic violence registry originated after tragedy struck Robertson County Deputy Sheriff Savanna Puckett in 2022.[2]  The…

  • A Beautiful Change in the Neighborhood: The Power of Community Benefits in Tennessee By: Mariel Cuellar The primary reason I made the decision to attend law school was to “make a difference” in the world around me. I know I am not alone in this pursuit, and I still believe that law can be an…

  • Colorblind, Data-Blind: Health Equity Demands the Disaggregation of Asian Ethnicities By: Vivian Lee In an era that increasingly prioritizes colorblindness, many commentators advocate for the removal of racial and ethnic classifications from public data, arguing that such labels perpetuate division and hinder equality.[1] Yet, as counterintuitive as it may seem, erasing race in healthcare does…

  • The New Law School Recruitment: Is the Race for “Top Candidates” Actually a Race to the Bottom? By: Katelyn Graham             Despite first-year grades for law students coming out at the same time each year, law firms continue to push their recruitment timeline earlier. As a result, students are forced to submit applications without receiving…

  • Are Management Service Organizations the Future of Law Firms? By: Madison Landry and Grace Tinsley Introduction The involvement of private equity in professional service provider industries is transforming how these businesses operate by bringing capital, technology, and professional management expertise to traditionally partner-owned practices. This has led to the rise of the Management Service Organization…

  • Originalism: How the Justice System Left Behind Justice By: Tylor Storey* I. Introduction “One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. . . . ‘an unjust law is no law at all.’”[1] These words—an unjust law is no law…