Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com By Giulia Schaub, Editor-in-Chief Following mandates to cease regular business operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses across the nation have suffered significant financial loss to prevent the spread of the virus. As a result, many business owners are seeking to cover these losses through […]
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 […]
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 […]
Photo provided courtesy of Pixaby.com By David McPeak, Blog Editor The findings of a two-year Grand Jury investigation into criminal violations of Pennsylvania’s environmental laws by natural gas producers was recently accepted by a judge in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. [1] The State Wide Investigating grand […]
To our Juris writers and readers and to our fellow Duquesne University School of Law classmates, professors, and colleagues: Like all of you, we are perturbed and deeply saddened by the death of George Floyd. It is incredibly disheartening to see the horrors of police brutality and systemic racism so […]
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 […]
Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com By Margaret Potter, Blog Editor Imagine your state is holding an election, and you are seeking to exert your constitutional right to vote. But wait – the past month has been filled with turmoil regarding a global pandemic that has resulted in thousands of deaths […]
Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com By David McPeak, Staff Writer Absent an express appropriation, just exactly when does Congress commit taxpayers to a financial obligation? The old adage “if something seems too good to be true, it probably is”— speaks to insurance companies’ theory of relief in Maine Community […]
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 […]
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 […]