Uber Data Breach: Where do we go from here?
Written By Shelby Mann Uber admitted to paying hackers $100,000 for a 2016 data breach last week. This comes on the heels of several other mishaps, including an FTC order… Read more »
Category: Legal Pulse
Diplomacy or Fake News: How Much Did Presidential Intervention Help LiAngelo Ball and His UCLA Teammates?
Written By Sam Hauser Background President Donald J. Trump engaged in a Twitter controversy on November 19, 2017, when he directed one of his tweets at LaVar Ball, the outspoken… Read more »
Forgetting the Crime: Death Penalty and Memory
Written by Cynthia Moore On November 6, 2017, the Supreme Court decided Dunn v. Madison and held that, despite the inability to remember his crime, Vernon Madison was eligible to… Read more »
Is Alcohol the New Tobacco?
Written By Jordan J. O’Connor On October 25, 2017, New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) decided to ban all alcohol advertisements on its public transportation, set to take effect… Read more »
Is There Something Arbitrary about the NFL’s Arbitration Process?
Written By Tessa J. Kajdi Background Philadelphia Eagles lineman, Lane Johnson (“Johnson”), served a four-game suspension in 2014 for violating the National Football League’s (“NFL”) Policy on Performance-Enhancing Substances. Subsequently,… Read more »
Presidential Tweeting Stirs Up Freedom of Information Act Controversy
Written By Hannah Redmond Last week, a lawsuit was filed against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The suit stems from a tweet made by President Donald J. Trump. On October… Read more »
The Travel Ban: Where does it stand now?
Written By Maria C. Zumpano On October 10, 2017, the United States Supreme Court vacated the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ judgment in Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project… Read more »
Madness Comes Early for NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball
Written By Christina Graziadei The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s basketball world got an early dose of madness this year. On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, the FBI made… Read more »
Syngenta Settles U.S. Corn Litigation
Written By Erika Hooker On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, Syngenta agreed to settle one of the largest legal battles in the company’s 17-year history. Background Syngenta is a Swiss-based… Read more »
Illinois District Court Judge Rules Against Conditioning Grants for Sanctuary Cities
Written By Alex Grzebyk Background Pursuant to 34 U.S.C. 10151, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (“Byrne JAG”) supports state and local law enforcement, by providing federal funds… Read more »