Articles by: JurisMagazine

Employment Law Round-Up: Summer 2020

Employment Law Round-Up: Summer 2020

Photo provided courtesy of Freeimages.com By: Samantha Cook, Staff Writer   This summer – has there really been a summer? – has upended life as we know it, and for many Americans, their jobs are their lives.  Amid a pandemic, a social justice revolution, and the highest unemployment rate since […]

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Corporate Espionage in Pennsylvania

Corporate Espionage in Pennsylvania

Photo provided courtesy of Pixabay.com By Stephen Hodzic, Blog Editor On January 27th, 2020, the Hershey Company of Hershey, Pennsylvania, filed a breach of contract suit against a former executive who had recently left the company. [1] The executive, Doug Behrens, is now employed with KIND LLC as a chief […]

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Intimate Partner Terrorism Amid the COVID-19 Crisis

Intimate Partner Terrorism Amid the COVID-19 Crisis

Photo provided courtesy of Pixabay.com By Elizabeth Fitch, Staff Writer Across the globe, victims of domestic violence are trapped at home with their abusers amid the COVID-19 crisis. They are in more danger than ever, as places continuously shut down due to the pandemic.[1] “Court resources are being stretched extraordinarily […]

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Juris Magazine Summer 2020

Juris Magazine Summer 2020

Letter from the Editor In January, when the e-board settled on “The Environment” as a theme for the Summer 2020 issue of Juris, none of us could have predicted the challenge that nature would present to us this year.  Environmental law is often treated peripherally in the United States.  The […]

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Trump Administration Enacts Largest Rollback of the Clean Water Act

By: Margaret Potter, Blog Editor Enacted in 1972, the Clean Water Act (the “CWA”) has provided for the federal protection of the “waters of the United States” for over forty years.[1] Under the CWA, the federal government can regulate water quality standards and implement pollution control to protect the integrity […]

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