Juris Blog

Former Dallas Police Officer Found Guilty of Murder

    Photo provided courtesy of Pixabay By Matthew Minard, Staff Writer   On Tuesday, October 1, 2019, former Dallas Police Office Amber Guyger was found guilty of murder in the killing of Dallas resident Botham Jean.[1] The trial was of high national interest as discourse regarding killings of black […]

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Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace: Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Experience and the Law Intended to Protect All Pregnant Women

Photo provided courtesy of Pixabay By: Kirstin Kennedy, Staff Writer When presidential hopeful Senator Elizabeth Warren recently suggested that she was terminated from her position as a school teacher in the early 1970s as a result of her pregnancy, women flocked to social media to share similar stories of pregnancy […]

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Candy Flavored Cancer: How Did We Get Here?

Candy Flavored Cancer: How Did We Get Here?

  Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com By: Elizabeth Fitch, Staff Writer When smoking tobacco cigarettes first became customary in the 1600’s, it was because advertisements portrayed cigarettes as a symbol of glamour, status, and wealth. Smoking was popular. It was encouraged. The negative effects of tobacco were either unknown or […]

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Hefty False Advertisement Fine Upheld by Circuit Court

By: Donald Shelton, Staff Writer In September 2019, after a decade and a half court battle, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld the district court’s order of contempt and $40 million sanctions against Warner Laboratories, Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc., and individual officers.[1] In 2004, the Federal Trade […]

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Felicity Huffman Sentenced to Two Weeks in Prison Following College Admissions Cheating Scandal: How it Could Affect Lori Loughlin’s Case

  By Emma Hurst, Staff Writer Actress Felicity Huffman was sentenced to 14 days in a federal prison for her involvement in the college admissions cheating scandal.[1] In March 2019, 50 people were charged by federal prosecutors in a conspiracy to alter their children’s college entrance exams, paying more than […]

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Brexit and the Expected Issues of an Irish Border

By: Isabella Simon, Staff Writer Brexit has been a messy divorce between the United Kingdom (“UK”) and the other 27 European Union (“EU”) countries, and politicians across Europe are doing everything they can to sign the papers and move on. The UK, comprised of four countries (England, Scotland, Wales, and […]

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UPMC Will Accept Highmark Patients, Per New Contract

By: Margaret Potter, Blog Editor The contentious relationship between the two Pennsylvania healthcare giants, UPMC and Highmark, is a story well known to all Western Pennsylvanians for the past several years. In an unlikely turn of events, the two health insurance companies were able to come to common ground and enter […]

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