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17Sep

The Catch-22 of the COVID-19 Remote Workforce: A Payroll, Income, and Unemployment Tax Nightmare

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By Alex Lewis             Working remotely has become the new normal, and it may stay that way after COVID-19.[1] Although many professionals enjoy the safety, freedom, and flexibility that comes with remote work, a potential tax nightmare may be around the corner for some in 2021. If employees did not switch over their withholding once […]

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19Aug

Raising the Age and Raising the Budget: Why North Carolina’s Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act Requires Full Funding

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Since 1919, North Carolina had treated its sixteen- and seventeen-year-old offenders as adults. On December 1, 2019, after one-hundred years of this misguided system, North Carolina finally raised its age of juvenile jurisdiction to eighteen.

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24Apr

U.S. Jails & Prisons Poorly Positioned to Prevent COVID-19 Spread

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By Amanda Manzano            The rapid spread of COVID-19 has disrupted business as usual across the globe and created a “new normal” for human social behavior; a normal that U.S. prisons and jails as we know them do not have the luxury, or ability, to implement. Physical distancing in public, self-isolation, and the use of face […]

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21Apr

“Life, uh, Finds A Way”: Is the Political “Horse Race” the Next Great American Sport?

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By Alexander S. Boros So far, 2020 has felt like an eternity and yet we are just four months in.  The spread of COVID-19 has turned the entire world upside down and has transformed the economy in a way we have never seen before.  One of the more interesting twists of fate in the midst […]

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17Apr

Can He Do That? President’s Executive Order Encourages Mining on Moon, Asteroids

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By Chris Flurry President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order on Apr. 6, 2020, with potentially out-of-this-world implications.[1]  The order encourages the U.S. and international communities – public and private – to support the exploration, recovery, and use of extraterrestrial resources.[2]  While the order may seem to come at a surprising time,[3] it has reportedly […]

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8Apr

COVID-19: N.C. Governor’s Order Enables Remote Shareholder Meetings During Pandemic

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By Matthew Hooker            For the duration of the COVID-19 emergency, North Carolina corporations may conduct shareholders’ meetings completely via remote communication technology, pursuant to an executive order by Governor Roy Cooper.[1] This order temporarily resolves an ambiguity in the North Carolina Business Corporation Act pertaining to remote participation in shareholders’ meetings, allowing North Carolina corporations […]

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5Apr

COVID-19 Stimulus Package: What CARES Act Rebates Mean for Immigrants

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By Agustin Martinez Across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated many lives,[1] including those of immigrants living in the United States.[2]  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) recently announced that it “will neither consider testing, treatment, nor preventative care (including vaccines, if a vaccine becomes available) related to COVID-19 as part of a public […]

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17Apr

Liberation Theology and Political Process: A Case Study of New York City’s Mayor

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10 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 68 Jonathan Cantarero* I.   Introduction Liberation theology as a religious movement focuses on the socio-economic and political liberation of the oppressed through the disruption of governing structures.[1]  On a conceptual level, this movement has been extensively considered and examined by legal scholars and theologians.  On an empirical level, discussions […]

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14Apr

COVID-19: The Legality of N.C. Governor’s Dine-In Restaurant Ban

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By Michael Johnston            The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally reshaped American life.[1] As a result of the potentially high mortality rate of unchecked COVID-19 spread, many state and local governments have implemented orders shutting down various public activities, and 95 percent of Americans are under some form of lockdown as of April 7, 2020.[2] However, perhaps […]

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3Apr

Abortion Rights in the Era of COVID-19

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By Alexandria Montgomery As the COVID-19[1] pandemic continues to spread across the United States, a new wave of abortion litigation has reached federal courts. In the wake of the ongoing pandemic, several states—including Texas, Ohio, Iowa, Alabama, and Oklahoma—have attempted to restrict women’s access to abortion procedures under the guise of promoting social distancing and […]

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31Mar

Grapes of Impact: The Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019 and Chapter 12

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10 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 55 Sara Kathryn Mayson* I.  Introduction It is no secret that many American farmers are in financial trouble, specifically small family farmers.  As a part of an effort to alleviate farmers in a struggling agriculture economy, Congress passed the Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019, an amendment to Chapter […]

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31Mar

Foreign Interference and Defamation: President Trump’s Latest Attack on the ‘Fake News’ Outlets

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By Alex Hill President Trump’s disdain for “fake news” outlets continues to receive media attention.[i]  In his latest act, Trump’s campaign filed defamation suits against CNN, the Washington Post, and the New York Times over opinion articles that discussed the campaign’s involvement with Russian interference in Presidential elections.[ii]  These complaints point to Robert Mueller’s report[iii] […]

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