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Lawless Fashion

Lawless Fashion

by: Meghan Collins, Graphic Designer In honor of the New York Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, this is a look in the legal protection provided to designers and their artwork.[1] Surprise! There is hardly any protection at all. How could that be? How could an industry composed of talented visionaries have little […]

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Panel at Duquesne Law School Discusses the Trayvon Martin Case

Panel at Duquesne Law School Discusses the Trayvon Martin Case

by: Eric Donato, Executive Editor On Thursday, February 6 the Duquesne University School of Law hosted a three-person panel discussion of the controversial George Zimmerman murder trial involving Trayvon Martin. The event drew overflow crowds from Duquesne’s student body and the community. The wide-ranging discussion covered topics including police procedure, […]

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Going Rogue?, Part II:  Why the Refusal of State Attorneys General to Defend Laws is a Troubling Trend

Going Rogue?, Part II: Why the Refusal of State Attorneys General to Defend Laws is a Troubling Trend

by: Lauren Gailey, Associate Editor On January 24, 2013, Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced that she is reconsidering her office’s arguments against same-sex marriage in a case currently before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit “are likely no longer tenable.”  Masto, a Democrat, felt […]

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College-Athletes Seek Unionization With NLRB

by: Alexander Hyder, 2L Contributor Last Tuesday, January 28, a group of Northwestern football players petitioned to the National Labor Relations Board seeking approval as a labor union. The move was the latest in a series of events aimed at rectifying the current amateurism rules governing major college sports—an industry […]

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Alumni Tips: Networking

Alumni Tips: Networking

By: Kathleen Charlton, Evening ‘08 Partner at Charlton & Charlton Attorneys at Law Networking is an integral part of building your career. Regardless of whether you are practicing at a small firm or a large firm, you will be expected to generate clients. I found that the best way to […]

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Pennsylvania Judge Rules Act 18 Unconstitutional

by: Kevin Lorello, 2L Contributor Less than a month after the state Supreme Court invalidated significant portions of the Act 13 drilling statute, the Commonwealth Court found another important policy initiative to be unconstitutional in Applewhite v. Commonwealth. In an opinion by Judge Bernard McGinley, the court struck down Act […]

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