21Apr

Congressional Insider Trading: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Shed New Light on a Decades-Old Form of Corruption

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By Jacob Winton In 2004, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled U.S. Senators’ Stock Picks Outperform the Pros, reporting on an academic study that detailed the uncanny success of stock portfolios owned by United States Senators.[1] “Politicians may have done a poor job improving the government’s bottom line,” the opening line quipped, “but […]

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19Apr

Racial Discrimination in Tenant Screening Services

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Maggie Martin In 2019, Carmen Arroyo (“Arroyo”) and the Connecticut Fair Housing Center filed suit against CoreLogic Rental Property Solutions, LLC (“CoreLogic”) on the basis that CoreLogic violated the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”).[1] Arroyo sued on behalf of her son Mikhail, who was previously “injured in an accident . . . which left him unable […]

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14Apr

LLC: Least Likely to Care?

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By Kyle Brantley The time-tested principle of having “skin in the game” rings true in many aspects of life. When individuals have something on the line to lose, they are more likely to be invested in the ultimate success of the venture at hand. For example, a company may want to utilize an Employee Stock […]

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12Apr

The Nondelegation and Major Questions Doctrines: OSHA’s Stayed Mandate and a Closer Look at the Growing Debate over Chevron Deference

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By Jonathon Beatty In National Federation of Independent Business v. OSHA,[1] the Supreme Court reversed the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and stayed the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (“OSHA”) rule imposing a vaccine-or-test mandate on essentially every employer with at least 100 employees.[2] The rule and subsequent stay affected some eighty-four million private-sector workers […]

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7Apr

A New Kind of Academic Dishonestly: How the Rise of Online University Examinations Has Led to Copyright Issues

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By Morgan Kleinhandler The rise in technology and the COVID-19 pandemic have caused an increase in interconnectedness through the internet.[1] The pandemic specifically has led to an increase in higher education utilizing remote learning and online test-taking options.[2] Most colleges and universities were forced during the beginning and peak of the pandemic to move classes […]

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5Apr

Immigration Reforms Address Asylum Backlog but Do Little for the Most Vulnerable

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Madison Boyer A proposed reform is coming to the U.S. immigration system concerning asylum seekers. The reform would allow asylum claims to be heard by lower raking administrators to ease the backlog of cases in the immigration courts.[1] A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was issued jointly by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (part of […]

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31Mar

Twelve Miles Through the Last Frontier: Litigation Surrounding Land-Swap Deal in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

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By Carli Berasi Of the 2,428,213,158 acres that make up the land area of the United States,[1] a mere twelve percent is protected land that “has been conserved as national parks, wilderness areas, permanent conservation easements, state parks, national wildlife refuges, national monuments, or other protected areas.”[2] Protected lands, which comprise twenty-four percent of the […]

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29Mar

Unconstitutional and Ongoing: Property Taxes Funding Ohio’s Public Schools

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Danny Cundiff The Constitution of Ohio states, “[t]he general assembly shall make such provisions, by taxation, or otherwise, as, with the income arising from the school trust fund, will secure a thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the state . . . . ”[1] Under a “thorough and efficient system,” it is “the […]

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24Mar

North Carolina’s Redistricting Saga

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By Tanner Henson Before diving into the legal challenges that surrounded North Carolina’s 2022 congressional redistricting, it is important to understand the recent history of redistricting in the state. In 2010, a wave election year for North Carolina Republicans, the GOP stunned those who follow state politics by securing majorities in both houses of the […]

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22Mar

Ut Justitia Sit – How Church and Secular Law Can Fight Abuse in the Catholic Church

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Chandler J. Reece[1] If you ask someone to tell you a Catholic joke, it could be about a priest acting inappropriately with a child. That situation reflects the significant impact that the abuse crisis continues to have on the Catholic church. [2] Given the seriousness of this ongoing topic, this Blog provides a history of […]

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17Mar

Not So Equitable Distribution: Divorcing Spouses Are Using Cryptocurrency to Conceal Assets

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By: Christian Schweitzer Cryptocurrency (“Crypto”) is a decentralized digital currency stabilized by the blockchain, a digital ledger accessible and verifiable by millions of computers worldwide, that records every crypto transaction.[1] Crypto is no longer a fringe venture reserved for only the savviest players in the digital marketplace.[2] Recent estimates suggest that over twenty-seven million Americans […]

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15Mar

Military Mulligan: Thousands of Less-Than-Honorably Discharged Veterans Now Eligible for a Redo Thanks to Recent Court Settlements

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Joshua Plummer The United States’ (“U.S.”) chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 may have marked the end of the longest war in American history,[1] but it did not end the battle for thousands of veterans[2] who fought in the two conflicts that defined the post-9/11 generation.[3] Though the final shots of both conflicts […]

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Congressional Insider Trading: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Shed New Light on a Decades-Old Form of Corruption

Racial Discrimination in Tenant Screening Services

LLC: Least Likely to Care?

The Nondelegation and Major Questions Doctrines: OSHA’s Stayed Mandate and a Closer Look at the Growing Debate over Chevron Deference

A New Kind of Academic Dishonestly: How the Rise of Online University Examinations Has Led to Copyright Issues

Immigration Reforms Address Asylum Backlog but Do Little for the Most Vulnerable

Twelve Miles Through the Last Frontier: Litigation Surrounding Land-Swap Deal in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

Unconstitutional and Ongoing: Property Taxes Funding Ohio’s Public Schools

North Carolina’s Redistricting Saga

Ut Justitia Sit – How Church and Secular Law Can Fight Abuse in the Catholic Church

Not So Equitable Distribution: Divorcing Spouses Are Using Cryptocurrency to Conceal Assets

Military Mulligan: Thousands of Less-Than-Honorably Discharged Veterans Now Eligible for a Redo Thanks to Recent Court Settlements

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