State Civil Asset Forfeiture Curtailed by the Supreme Court
Written by Katherine Brisson When Tyson Timbs pleaded guilty in Indiana state court for selling $225 of heroin to undercover officers, he never expected his case to result in… Read more »
Category: Legal Pulse
Trapped in the Freezing Cold: Federal Defenders File Lawsuit Against the Metropolitan Detention Center
Written by Julia Wingfield Last week’s “Polar Vortex”, caused sub-zero temperatures and high-speed winds to grip the east coast. New York City was particularly affected by this weather pattern—with… Read more »
New York Abandons Link Between Students’ Standardized Test Scores and Teacher Evaluations
Written by Kristian Stefanides History In 2015, Governor Andrew Cuomo spearheaded a national movement in American public education to revamp the system by determining a teacher’s rating by their… Read more »
Supreme Court Allows Transgender Military Ban to Remain in Effect
Written by Molly McDermid On January 15, 2019, the United States Supreme Court decided in a 5-4 decision to allow the Trump Administration’s transgender military ban to remain in… Read more »
Supreme Court Unanimously Defends Workers’ Rights in New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira
written by matt Bemis On January 15th, 2019, in an 8-0 unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled that independent contractors who work in transportation cannot be forced… Read more »
Border Wall or . . . ?: The Legality of Declaring a National Emergency to Build a Border Wall
Written By Kali Schreiner On December 22, 2018, the federal government came to a screeching halt in what is now the longest shutdown in United States history. The government… Read more »
FINRA Fines Morgan Stanley For Five Years Of Ineffective Anti-Money Laundering Monitoring
written by Madeline Sheffield The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced on December 26, 2018, that it has fined Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LCC (Morgan Stanley) ten million dollars… Read more »
Battle Royale: A Showdown Over Creative Expression
Written By Matthew Taghavi The Fortnite Phenomenon Fortnite is a phenomenon that has, for gamers, combined two seemingly unrelated concepts into an entertaining video game. Fortnite combines the cartoon… Read more »
Could the Affordable Care Act Return to the Supreme Court for a Third Time?
Written by Alexandra Gladu DeSimone Will it be, “Third time’s a charm,” or, “Three strikes, you’re out,” for the Affordable Care Act? The landmark health care overhaul became law… Read more »
Ninth Circuit Rejects Nationwide Block of Trump Administration’s ACA Birth Control Rules
written by carly rolph A decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has narrowed a lower court’s nationwide ban on Trump administration rules exempting… Read more »