By Jenna Anderson, Staff Writer Nearly 90% of Americans use Google as their search engine, making the company’s name synonymous with searching the web.[1] In its civil lawsuit against Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) contends Google became the nation’s top search engine by engaging […]
By: Margaret Potter, Staff Writer Two years after taking office, the Trump administration enforced quotas on immigration judges in 2018 requiring each judge “…to clear seven hundred cases a year or get docked points on their performance evaluations.”[1] In addition to this burden on immigration judges, then Attorney General […]
By: Brandon Schall, Staff Writer On February 26, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted the Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet rules, known as Net Neutrality.[1] The FCC approved the rules with a 3-2 vote, along party lines.[2] The FCC ultimately adopted the rules and released the order […]
By Karissa Murphy, Executive Editor In 1986, Congress enacted the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA).[1] This Act regulated how United States law officials could access data stored overseas.[2] Over 30 years, and countless technological developments later, Congress enacted the CLOUD Act, which seeks to update its predecessor.[3] The CLOUD Act, […]
By David Zvirman, Staff Writer The news of the $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner by AT&T has brought considerable speculation of how the deal will impact consumers and whether it should be approved by federal regulators.[1] There are also other important questions to ask, however. Who are these […]
