By Katherine Littlejohn, Staff Writer Get dressed. Eat breakfast. Get Starbucks. Head to work. That is the daily schedule for many, whether in the business world or still in school. Starbucks, however, has been battling unruly customers in court over the amount of drink-product customers are given with their […]
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Finding Passion in the Legal Profession
By Carlie Masterson, Staff Writer I write this after a week of evaluating where I am now, and where I truly want to be within the legal profession. Duquesne University School of Law lost an extraordinary alumna on October 12, 2016. Judge Debra A. Pezze,[1] a 1979 graduate, passed […]
Duquesne Law Students Visit Washington, D.C.
By Susan Pickup, Staff Writer Last weekend, Duquesne University School of Law students in Professor Rhonda Gay Hartman’s health law class joined those from the School of Pharmacy on their trip to Washington, D.C. The buildings on Capitol Hill were flooded with students in white coats, who were visiting […]
Unaccompanied Minor Litigants: Expecting 10-Year-Old to Appear Pro Se in Immigration Court is Recipe for Removal
By Natalie Tupta, Staff Writer In the last several years, record numbers of children have crossed the southern border of the United States without their parents in search of a better life. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports apprehending 108,511 “Unaccompanied Alien Children” (UACs) between the ages of 0 […]
The Scandal That Rocked the World’s Most Popular Sport
By Nick Frost, Staff Writer For some, sports may be an escape from work and politics, but there are times when they reflect these same real-world difficulties. There are moments when athletes use their platforms to protest injustices they perceive, and there are scandals that make fans question the […]
Bankruptcy Disaster on the High Seas: Hanjin Shipping Forced to Anchor
By Phil Raymond, Staff Writer If I asked you how you felt about the Hanjin crisis, what would your answer be? Well, as of early September, I would not have had a clue. That was until my father informed me that Hanjin Shipping, an international, top 10 shipping company, […]
The Future of Pennsylvania Daily Fantasy Sports Betting
By Katherine Mannion, Staff Writer While the future of Pennsylvania sports betting is currently unclear, there is no doubt that there are changes to come that may clarify the definitions and breadth of fantasy sports regulation. When these changes occur are up in the air, but proponents of the […]
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: JASTA and the Golden Rule
By Matt DeSantis, Staff Writer September saw the first Congressional override of a presidential veto in President Barack Obama’s term, resulting in a law that limits the scope of foreign states’ sovereign immunity even further than its predecessor, the 1976 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.[1][2] The passage of this […]
If It Looks Like a Telephone and Acts Like a Telephone, It’s [NOT] a Telephone
By Amy Kerlin, Staff Writer In Commonwealth v. Fant, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently held that the device used for communication between an inmate behind a glass wall and a visitor is not a telephone and is therefore not excluded from Pennsylvania’s Wiretap Act.[1] Pennsylvania’s Wiretap Act protects the privacy […]
SCOTUS Rules Mandatory Juvenile Sentencing Practice Unconstitutional
By Kyle Steenland, Staff Writer Within our criminal justice system, the mental capacity of the offender, and its role in the commission of a crime, is paramount for the judiciary in arriving at a sentencing verdict that benefits both society and the offender. In a situation where someone lacks […]
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