By Emma Anmolsingh, Staff Editor On October 6, 2025 the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument on Berk v. Choy, a pivotal case in medical malpractice (med-mal) law set to establish grounds for how med-mal cases can be pursued in federal courts.[1] Central to this case is whether or […]
By: AJ Cummins, Staff Writer Photo courtesy of Unsplash On October 3, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newson signed Assembly Bill 940 and Senate Bill 80, formally establishing California’s roadmap for quantum technology and fusion energy development. The two new initiatives are the first coordinated state effort to not just fund […]
By: Lauren Shovlin, Staff Writer A mourning daughter visits her deceased mother’s grave only to arrive to find a stranger buried in her mother’s plot. Must the body be removed, and does the decedent’s family have any claim to prevent it? When a decedent is buried in the wrong plot, […]
By: Abigail Palotas, Staff Writer Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com In July 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opill tablet for nonprescription use to prevent pregnancy.[1] Opill is the first daily oral contraceptive approved for nonprescription use in the U.S.[2] Opill is a progestin-only as opposed to an […]
By Erin Keen, Staff Writer In the absence of comprehensive federal legislation on Artificial Intelligence (AI), California leads as a frontier on AI safety issues. On September 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 53, known as the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act. SB 53 is the […]
By: Sofia Bennett, Staff Writer Photo courtesy of Unsplash In business you often hear the adage, “the customer is always right.” But what happens when the customer wants to steal the business’ intellectual property rights? Such is the case currently between a local Pittsburgh company, Matthews International (Matthews), and its […]
By Elica Semnani, Staff Writer Photo courtesy of Elica Semnani As I rush to catch my bus early on Friday mornings, I pass by a group walking the opposite way towards Sidney Street. Every Friday without fail, the group is equipped with signs and banners reading “Due Process 4 Immigrants” […]
By Abigail Palotas, Staff Writer On March 31, 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the first of three religious rights cases on the docket for the 2024-25 term.[1] This first case, Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, could significantly shift the bounds of which organizations receive […]
By Abigail Palotas, Staff Writer The second Trump administration, through newly approved Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., plans to crack down on food additives.[1] But what food additives are at issue, why are they in our food in the first place, and how […]
By Amisha Patel, Staff Writer On March 15, 2025, President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 for the first time since World War II.[1] The decision to invoke this act was made in part with the aim to deport individuals allegedly associated with the Venezuelan gang, Tren de […]