Juris Blog

The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Marks International Women’s Day by Filing a Gender Discrimination Claim Against the U.S. Soccer Federation

  By: Amanda Leonard, Staff Writer   On International Women’s Day 2019, twenty-eight players of the U.S. women’s national soccer team (USWNT) filed a gender discrimination claim against the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) in the U.S. district court of California.[1] The complaint alleges violations of the Equal Pay Act […]

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Lake Erie Can Now Sue People

By: Andrew Beluk, Staff Writer   Human beings have been suing other human beings since the dawn of litigation. But now, a body of water can sue human beings too. On February 26, 2019, citizens of Toledo, Ohio voted to give Lake Erie legal standing to sue polluters in court.[1] […]

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UPMC and Highmark Split

By: Christina Pici, Staff Writer   As June 30th, 2019 approaches more articles and news stories are sure to come out concerning the long deliberated split between two of Pittsburgh’s largest health care providers, University of Pittsburgh’s Medical Center [“UPMC”] and Highmark.[1] June 30 is the day that the consent […]

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The Rate of Rights: Wrongful Conviction Compensation

By: Kyle Steenland, Feature Editor   Imagine finding yourself trapped in the criminal justice system and later thrust into the hands of the department of corrections. Along the way, you pled your innocence but for reasons outside your control, your last contact with outside society was a judge handing down […]

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Law in the Wasteland

  By: Rachel Pressdee, Staff Writer   As a law student, I walked out of my last final of the semester and I did not want to think about the legal world until I had to step back through the school’s doors.  However, once you become a law student something […]

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Euthanasia in America

By: Emma Hurst, Staff Writer   Oregon, Montana, Washington, Vermont, Hawaii, California, Colorado, and Washington D.C. were among the first states to introduce and pass legislation that would allow physician assisted suicide, or euthanasia, to terminally ill patients.[1] In Oregon alone, 1,275 patients have died from the drugs provided to […]

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