Category: Legal Pulse

What In The World Is A “Crime Involving Moral Turpitude?”

Written By: Leslie M. Lawson Introduction United States immigration law states that a non-citizen may be removed from the country if they are convicted of certain crimes within five years… Read more »

Keeping Up With The Krypto: Kim Kardashian’s Touting Violation

Written By: Adelena Gorgoni Background: On October 3rd, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced charges against Kim Kardashian for touting a crypto asset on her public Instagram account… Read more »

Ninth Circuit Chalking up a Split: Chalking Tires is Reasonable under the Fourth Amendment

Written By: Shannon Chamberlain You just parked in a 20-minute parking space to grab your morning coffee before work. No problem, you should be in-and-out of the café in 10… Read more »

Illinois’ Biometric Privacy Information Act Derails BNSF Railway Co.

Written By: David Trombly First Ever Jury Trial for the Biometric Information Privacy Act. On Oct. 12, a federal jury determined that BNSF Railway Co. violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy… Read more »

Race and Exonerations: Why Black Defendants Are More Likely To Be Wrongfully Convicted

Written By: Selin Ince National Registry of Exonerations 2022 Report In September of 2022, the National Registry of Exonerations released a Report (the “Report”) demonstrating that Black Americans are significantly… Read more »

Legal Twists in Maryland: The History of John Leo Brady, and the Future of Adnan Syed

Written By: Austin M. Baker Wiese To be a seventeen-year-old kid in this situation with no experience with the system, no experience with any of this stuff, it’s very difficult… Read more »