James M. Fischer

Publications

• When Can a Lawyer Lawfully Use Threats When Negotiating?
  15 ST. MARY'S J. LEGAL MAL. & ETHICS 109 (2025) · St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics · 2025
• What Are “The Usual Burdens of Voting”?
  40 GA. ST. U. L. REV. 573 (2024) · Georgia State University Law Review · 2024
• Is Poker Legal or Illegal In California?
  12 U. N. L.V. GAMING L.J. 27 (2021) · UNLV Gaming Law Journal · 2021

• Understanding the “Exhaustion Of Coverage” Doctrine in the Context of Continuous Trigger Coverage
  Connecticut Insurance Law Journal · 2019
• Accidental or Willful?: The California Insurance Conundrum
  54 SANTA CLARA L. REV. 69 (2014) · Santa Clara Law Review · 2014
• Does an Insured Have a Duty to Mitigate Damages When the Insurer Breaches?
  Connecticut Insurance Law Journal · 2013
• Ethically Handling the Receipt of Possibly Privileged Information.
  1 ST. MARY'S J. LEGAL MAL. & ETHICS 200 (2011) · St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics · 2011

• The Puzzle of the Actual Injury Requirement for Damages
  42 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 197 (2008) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 2008
• The Right to Injunctive Relief for Patent Infringement
  24 SANTA CLARA HIGH TECH. L.J. (2007) · Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal · 2007
• Insurer-Policyholder Interests, Defense Counsel’s Professional Duties, And The Allocation Of Power To Control The Defense
  Connecticut Insurance Law Journal · 2007
• "Preliminarily" Enjoining Elections: A Tale of Two Ninth Circuit Panels
  41 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 1647 (2004) · San Diego Law Review · 2004
• Insurer or Policyholder Control of the Defense and the Duty to Fund Settlements
  2 NV. L.J. FORUM 1 (2002) · Nevada Law Journal · 2002
• Plebiscites, the Guaranty Clause, and the Role of the Judiciary
  41 SANTA CLARA L. REV. 973 (2001) · Santa Clara Law Review · 2001
• An Analysis of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996
  25 SETON HALL J. LEGIS. & PUB. POL'Y (2001) · Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy · 2001

• The Doctrine of Reasonable Expectations Is Indispensable, If We Only Knew What For?
  Connecticut Insurance Law Journal · 1998
• The Presence of Insurance and the Legal Allocation of Risk
  Connecticut Insurance Law Journal · 1996

• Ballot Propositions: The Challenge of Direct Democracy to State Constitutional Jurisprudence
  11 UC L. CONST. Q. 43 (1983) · UC Law Constitutional Quarterly · 1983
• The New Synthetic Fuels Program: Boomlet or Bust
  16 TULSA L. REV. 357 (1981) · Tulsa Law Review · 1981
• The Availability of Private Remedies for Acid Rain Damage
  9 ECOLOGY L. Q. 429 (1981) · Ecology Law Quarterly · 1981
• Institutional Competency: Some Reflections on Judicial Activism in the Realm of Forum Allocation Between State and Federal Courts
  34 U. MIAMI L. REV. 175 (1980) · University of Miami Law Review · 1980

• Shaffer v. Heitner: Some Thoughts on Its Impact on the Doctrines of Choice of Choice of Law and Preclusion by Judgment
  30 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 74 (1979) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 1979