By Matthew DeSantis, Staff Writer The approach of the midterm elections in November has brought the debate about state election laws back to the fore. The legislatures of each state must decide whether they wish to implement voter identification laws or move polling places around, but more importantly, they must […]
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Beyond FarmVille: Facebook Harvests More Than Digital Crops
By Samantha Cook, Staff Writer “If something is free, you’re not the customer – you’re the product.” While free for users, Facebook turns its consumer data into a huge profit. Christopher Wylie, a whistleblower from the U.K. consulting firm Cambridge Analytica came forward recently about what he considered to […]
Marriage Settlement Agreements: An Avenue for Children to Enforce Their Parents’ Promises
By Mariah Mandy, Staff Writer Typically, parents are immune from being sued by their children. Only in limited circumstances can children actually bring their parents to court. One of these narrow exceptions arises in an unlikely setting – the enforcement of marriage settlement agreements between divorced parents. Marriage settlement […]
How Should Employers Approach Applicants with Criminal Records?
By Elizabeth Echard, Staff Writer The number of qualified job applicants is not growing fast enough to satisfy the needs of employers. At any given point, six million jobs in the United States are unfilled.[1] While filling these jobs is vital to the success of the companies, certain applicants may […]
It Is Time for Athletic Regulatory Agencies to Protect Athletes from Commotio Cordis
By Joseph Murphy (L’98), Senior Attorney We have all heard the tragedy of the young star athlete who dies on the field from an unknown or undiagnosed heart condition. In many cases, this reflects a lack of understanding, or reluctance to admit, that many of these deaths are the product […]
PA Medical Marijuana Industry Off to a Hazy Start
By Jennifer Carter, Staff Writer February 15, 2018 marked the first day that dispensaries in the state of Pennsylvania could legally sell medical marijuana to those with patient identification cards. The first sale occurred nearby at CY+ dispensary in Butler County. Local news reported that customers included the mother of […]
Snitches Get Riches: The SEC Whistleblower Program
By Kurt Valentine, Staff Writer In 2002, Congress enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) “[t]o safeguard investors in public companies and restore trust in the financial markets following the collapse of Enron Corporation.”[1] SOX included “the first federal enactment providing whistleblower protection for insiders with knowledge of financial fraud.”[2] In 2010, […]
Gibson Investors Fret As Threat of Bankruptcy Looms for Iconic Guitar Company
By Phil Raymond, Staff Writer Perhaps one of the most iconic guitar brand names in the marketplace, “Gibson,” is facing financial difficulties, and by summer 2018 it could either be under new management or be completely bankrupt. Beginning its life in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1902,[1] Gibson quickly grew to became […]
Mass Shootings in America: What is the Answer?
By Elizabeth Echard, Staff Writer Since 1966, 1,077 victims, ranging from the unborn to the elderly, have been killed in America in mass shootings.[1] While no universally accepted definition for “mass shooting” exists, these statistics look to the 150 shootings in America where four or more people were killed by […]
The Constitutionality of Launching Sticky GPS Darts During a High-Speed Car Chase
By Amy Kerlin, Staff Writer On the multiple occasions that the United States Supreme Court opined about vehicles and the Fourth Amendment, it considered competing policy interests like officer safety or an individual’s privacy rights. These frequently clashing policy interests come to the forefront in the realm of high-speed pursuit […]
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