Law Review
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Workin’ 9 Past 5: Supreme Court Lowers the Evidentiary Standard for Employers Arguing FLSA Overtime Exemptions
By: Emma Rice Background The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)[1] was first passed in 1938 to protect employees working in… Read More
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Research at Risk: New NIH Policy Proposal Threatens Research Funding
By: Palmer Dayhuff A new policy proposed by the National Institute for Health could dramatically reduce the amount of federal… Read More
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Legislating the Bench: North Carolina’s Next Separation of Powers Battle
By: Andrew Ring On February 7, 2025, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (Stein) filed a complaint in state court challenging… Read More
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Speaking of Justice: Paralegals’ First Amendment Challenge to North Carolina’s Unauthorized Practice of Law Rules
By: Anna Lants On December 16, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina dismissed… Read More
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Victory for Victims: The North Carolina Supreme Court Upholds the SAFE Child Act’s Revival Provision
By: Emily Haglund On January 31, 2025, the North Carolina Supreme Court (the “Court”) issued multiple opinions upholding the SAFE… Read More
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The Burden of Belief: An Analysis of Quakers’ Challenge ICE Enforcement Policy in Places of Worship
By: Grace Mohlin For decades, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has limited Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) actions in… Read More
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On Thin Ice: Trump’s Funding Freeze and the Fight Over Presidential Power
By: Virginia Brown The first two weeks of President Donald Trump’s (“Trump”) second term have been marked by a flurry… Read More
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TikTok on the clock, but the party has stopped–the U.S. Supreme Court has officially ruled to uphold legislation to ban TikTok effectively.
On January 10th, the Supreme Court of the United States (“Supreme Court”) heard arguments about whether the Protecting Americans from… Read More
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Changing the Language, Not the Law: North Carolina’s Citizens-Only Amendment
By Emily Gordon When North Carolina residents voted in the 2024 election, they might have been surprised to see… Read More
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Don’t fall for the CON: A Challenge to North Carolina’s Certificate of Needs
By: Spencer Lewis History and Purpose In 1977, North Carolina legislature presented the North Carolina Health Planning and Resource Development… Read More
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North Carolina’s Regulatory Sandbox: Proposed Permanent Rules
By Alexis Furgal A regulatory sandbox is a “controlled environment” in which companies reward innovative contributions regulatory freedom with.[1] Essentially,… Read More
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Thou Shall Not: Would today’s Supreme Court uphold precedent that displays of the Ten Commandments in classrooms are unconstitutional?
Chris Whipple Background Earlier this month, a local school board in North Carolina failed to pass a policy requiring public… Read More