During November 2024, the contents of the WVU College of Law community in the Research Repository @ WVU had 10,957 new full-text downloads of the 5,820 total works archived in our collections. Readers came from 809 different institutions across 135 different countries and territories. This brings the total full-text downloads of scholarship from the College of Law collections to 782,804.

Law faculty scholarship was downloaded a total of 3,176 times in November 2024. The most downloaded articles from the  faculty scholarship collection last month are:

West Virginia College of Law professor S. Sean Tu published new scholarship in the New England Journal of Medicine. The article is titled "Clearing Dense Drug-Patent Thickets ". Professor Tu's co-authors are: Bernard Chao, University of Denver Sturm College of Law; Ryan Whalen, University of Hong Kong; and Aaron S. Kesselheim, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The article was published online by the journal on November 27, 2024 and subsequently in print on December 12, 2024.

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The West Virginia University College of Law Research Paper Series published Volume 12, Issue 3 on December 5, 2024. The following authors were featured for their new scholarship recently published to SSRN:

West Virginia University College of Law professor  S. Sean Tu recently published a new Special Communication in JAMA. The article is titled  "Differential Legal Protections for Biologics vs Small-Molecule Drugs in the US," and explores the premise that biologics require more time and resources to develop and have weaker patent protection, necessitating additional protections for manufacturers to recoup their development costs and generate adequate returns on investment.

Professor Tu co-authored with work with Olivier J. Wouters, London School of Economics and Political Science, Matthew Vogel, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, William B. Feldman, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Reed F. Beall, Cumming School of Medicine at University of Calgary; and Aaron S. Kesselheim, also of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. It was published online by the journal on November 24, 2024.

West Virginia University College of Law professor  Anne Marie Lofaso recently published in the ABA's PREVIEW of United States Supreme Court Cases. Professor Lofaso comments on an upcoming employment law case, E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, Docket No. 23-217, which was heard on November 5, 2024. The article is titled "What Standard of Proof Must Employers Satisfy to Demonstrate the Applicability of a Fair Labor Standards Act Exemption?" Professor Lofaso's contribution appears in volume 52, issue 2 of the journal, published in November 2024.

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