by Eric Donato, Executive Editor Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl announced on March 20 that the city would challenge the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s status as an “institution of purely public charity,” which renders much of the $10 billion global health system’s properties tax exempt under state law. UPMC’s tax […]
by Matt Andersen, Op-Ed Participant We currently reside in a technologically rich era, and our personal information is constantly under attack, or available to attack, by hackers. Luckily, the United States legislature enacted the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in 1984, and it has been heavily critiqued ever since. […]
by Brandon Uram, Op-Ed Contest Participant It may all unravel soon for the NCAA, the billion-dollar collegiate sports enterprise, as a class-action lawsuit barrels down the road. O’Bannon v. NCAA could finally force payments for the “student-athletes,” the ones that generate all derived revenues, which are solely enjoyed by the […]
by Staci Fonner, Op-Ed Contest Participant “America is the land of dreams. Everyone knows that.” These were the words of several illegal Chinese immigrants on board the Golden Venture, a ship that ran aground in New York City in 1993. The ship carried 286 desperate immigrants, many attempting to escape […]
by Lauren Gailey, Op-Ed Contest Participant On January 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled a “final omnibus rule” intended to tighten the privacy regulations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This rule, HHS declared, “greatly enhances a patient’s privacy protections, provides individuals […]
by Zack Bombatch, Staff Writer In the wake of Madame Justice Joan Orie Melvin’s criminal proceedings, conviction, and resignation that takes effect on May 1, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is potentially gridlocked 3-3 on a number of cases currently pending before it. This is possibly the result of the sharp […]
by Douglas Henry Sullivan, Op-Ed Contest Participant The principal’s voice echoed through the school as he uttered the signal for an armed intruder. I was a student teacher and one of my students was in the bathroom down the hall. I left my classroom with adrenaline pumping. I knew with […]
Duquesne Law students are inspiring. 3D Kaitlyn Kascuta ran the Boston Marathon on Monday and has now set out on a mission to honor Boston, the victims and all those who responded to the tragedy. She will be running a mile for every victim over the course of 26 days.
by Amy Coleman, Staff Writer For those that are not up to speed on the Facebook lingo, a “Catfish,” as first coined in the eponymous Independent Film, “is someone who pretends to be someone they’re not[,] using Facebook or other social media to create false identities, particularly to pursue deceptive […]
by James Dilmore and Lisa Brunner, Op-Ed Participants David Ranta spent the past 22 years in a maximum-security prison near Buffalo. Ranta was convicted of murdering Rabbi Chaskel Werzberger during a botched robbery. The tragedy of Werzberger’s death is compounded by a further tragedy, as reported by the New York […]