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123 Penn Statim 586 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/statim123 and id is 1 raw text is: Dirty Relationships - An Argument for Criminalizing Improper Corporate Influence in Academic Research Michael R. Dohn* I. Introduction Fitzgerald Glider Kits, a Tennessee-based trucking company, installs rebuilt engines and transmissions in glider kits,' which are new trucks that have factory-installed, remanufactured rear axle assemblies but lack an engine or transmission.2 Traditionally, the completed glider vehicles have been required to only meet emissions standards that were in place the year the engine block was originally built.3 Companies such as Fitzgerald typically install engines rebuilt from older models' and can therefore avoid installing expensive, later-required engine technologies designed to reduce emissions.' This has allowed glider vehicle dealers to sell their wares at a price 10-25% lower than that of new, factory-built Michael R. Dohn earned his B.S. in Molecular Biology from the Florida Institute of Technology, his Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine from the Medical College of Georgia, and his J.D. from Belmont University College of Law. He would like to thank Professor Lucian Dervan for his advice and encouragement. 1. See About Fitzgerald, FITZGERALD GLIDER KITS (Nov. 22, 2018, 12:00 PM), https://www.fitzgeraldgliderkits.com/about-fitzgerald/. 2. What is a Glider Kit?, FITZGERALD GLIDER KITS (Nov. 22, 2018, 12:00 PM), https://www.fitzgeraldgliderkits.com/what-is-a-glider-kit/ (The name 'Glider Kit' comes from the fact that these units are unpowered from the factory.). 3. James Jaillet, Gliders losing altitude: Emissions regs crack down on pre-2010 engines, crimping a hot market, OVERDRIVE (Dec. 14, 2016), https://www.overdriveonline.com/gliders-losing-altitude-emissions-regs-crack- down-on-pre-20 10-engines-crimping-a-hot-market/. 4. Eric Lipton, How $225, 000 Can Help Secure a Pollution Loophole at Trump's E.P.A., N.Y. TiMES (Feb. 15, 2018), https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/politics/epa-pollution-loophole-glider- trucks.html (Dealers like Fitzgerald ... typically install 1990s-era engines, recovered from salvage yards . . . .). 5. Eric Miller, EPA Urged Not to Repeal Rule Regulating Glider Truck Emissions, TRANSPORT TOPICS (Dec. 4, 2017, 6:00 PM), https://www.ttnews.com/articles/epa-urged-not-repeal-rule-regulating-glider- truck-emissions. 586

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