Month: April 2015
New Regulations Seek to Curb Perceived Food Stamp Abuse
New state regulations on spending are designed to curb food stamp abuse. But are these prescriptions for change worse than the problem?
Apr 2015
How Will the Law Handle Self-Driving Cars?
Enter: the self-driving car. The self-driving car is never distracted, never asleep at the wheel, and never drunk. This should theoretically improve road safety. But what happens when it malfunctions?
Apr 2015
Economically Bankrupt- Student Loan Bankruptcy Discharge
The case that allowing students to discharge student loans in bankruptcy could benefit students and the economy in the long run.
Apr 2015
Anti-Bullying: The Legal Landscape
Advocates argue that laws against bullying will aid in reducing victimized students and improving children’s lives.
Apr 2015
“Cyber-Service:” Manhattan Justice Cooper Allows Process Service via Facebook
Extending the doctrine allowing service on an airplane over a state, one judge has held that you can serve process via a Facebook message.
Apr 2015
Update on Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Latest Lawsuits
Plaintiffs in California and NY have filed lawsuits challenging their respective states’ laws prohibiting Physician-Assisted Suicide because the statute violates privacy & due process rights.
Apr 2015
Direct to Arbitration:Enforcing Arbitration in Consumer Contracts
The Supreme Court will review a class action lawsuit by consumers challenging DirecTV’s cancellation which also forces consumers to arbitrate. Should they enforce the mandator arbitration clause?
Apr 2015
Medical Marijuana Bill Does Not Fully Secure Industry
Bipartisan legislation would permit medical weed and defer to states.Also important are the ways this wouldn’t normalize medical marijuana.
Apr 2015
Uber-Problematic
Uber’s “ridesharing service” endeavors to replace taxis but the way it escapes regulation could hurt consumers and competitors.
Apr 2015
Dead Man Walking to the Supreme Court
Before the Supreme Court is a case that could determine the future of Lethal Injection as a method to administer the death penalty in the United States.
Apr 2015