By Hannah Dean, Staff Writer In 2019, the American Bar Association (“ABA”) formed a Plea Bargain Task Force to examine and address the widespread criticisms of the plea bargaining process in the United States.[1] Task force members include judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and law professors.[2] The Task Force released a […]
By Jack Bradley, Staff Writer On February 14, Verax Biomedical Inc. filed an antitrust suit in federal court against the American Red Cross (“ARC”) alleging that it had used its position within the blood transfusion market to monopolize platelet treatment.[1] Verax also alleged that ARC published false statements about Verax’s […]
By Riley Frank, Staff Writer Photo courtesy of unsplash.com On January 23, 2022, the Supreme Court dismissed certiorari for In Re Grand Jury, a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit case dealing with attorney-client privilege.[1] The case involved two parties, both of which were unnamed.[2] Petitioner, “Law Firm,” […]
By Liza Honaker, Staff Writer A hospital and the city of Portland, Oregon are being sued for forcibly displacing over 80 predominantly Black families from the central Albina area in the 1970s.[1] The lawsuit was filed with the Portland Division of the District of Oregon on December 8, 2022, by […]
By Hannah Dean, Staff Writer Photo courtesy of unsplash.com If you’re hard at work studying and suddenly your laptop battery stops charging, usually your first step is to bring it somewhere for repairs, or perhaps, if you are tech-savvy, repair it yourself. But what happens when the part or tools […]
By Roshni Master, Staff Writer The beginning of 2023 brought yet another loss for former President Donald Trump, as presiding Judge John Middlebrooks, sitting in the Southern District of Florida, ordered over one million dollars in sanctions holding Trump and his attorney, Alina Habba, jointly and severally liable for bringing […]
By Jack Bradley, Staff Writer Photo courtesy of pexels.com Assumption of risk is a common law doctrine referring to a plaintiff’s inability “to recover for the tortious actions of a negligent party in scenarios where the plaintiff voluntarily accepted the risks of those actions.”[1] This doctrine has long been a […]
By Madeline Olds, Staff Writer On March 22, 2023, the country’s largest whiskey company, Jack Daniel’s, will head to the Supreme Court in a challenge against VIP Products LLC, a dog toy company, over one of its dog toys.[1] The question for the Supreme Court is whether the humorous use of […]
By Mia Hoetzlein-Sirman, Staff Writer On February 7, 2023, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania returned a monumental decision on an ongoing school funding lawsuit almost a year after the trial ended. The court determined that the funding mechanisms for Pennsylvania’s public schools are unconstitutional and must be remedied immediately. This […]
By Jacob Schramm, Features Editor Over the 2022 Christmas holiday, thousands of travelers’ flights were cancelled as winter storms ran across the central and eastern United States.[1] The news ran stories about solo travelers and families who spent Christmas in airports, stranded in unfamiliar states without luggage and without certainty […]
