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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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] […]

By Ethan Haddon Introduction: The California Camp Fire             California has suffered fifteen of the twenty largest wildfires in its history since 2000, and ten of its most costly fires have occurred since 2015.[1] California’s most deadly wildfire, the 2018 Camp Fire, lasted over two weeks and had a devasting impact on the people and […]

By Kate Hubbs Introduction      As the coronavirus pandemic worsens in the U.S., hospitals feel the strain as they face medical supply shortages.[1]  The Society of Critical Care Medicine projects that of hospitalized patients with coronavirus, about 40% —about 1.9 million patients—will be admitted to intensive care units.[2]  Additionally, 50% of the intensive care unit […]

By Victoria Dishner Introduction The novel coronavirus has been wreaking havoc upon individuals, businesses, markets, and entire nations in the past weeks and months.  It appears the pandemic is continuing its reign of terror as shareholder plaintiffs have officially filed the first securities class action lawsuit––perhaps, of many––alleging that a company has not been honest […]

By Olivia Rojas Julian Assange and WikiLeaks In 2006, Julian Assange, an Australian computer-programmer and journalist, launched WikiLeaks in an effort to combat “acts of censorship.”[1] In this pursuit, Assange and those working for WikiLeaks published various classified and/or confidential documents. Throughout its 12-year existence, WikiLeaks’ staff gathered information from anonymous whistleblowers and released various […]

By Abby Castaldi Introduction With over 3,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States, widespread reactions from the public have resulted in the closing of schools, sporting events, and businesses.[1]  President Trump declared a national emergency and the World Health Organization officially classified the virus as a pandemic.[2]  The NBA, NHL, and […]

By Grayson O’Saile The latest ruling in the copyright litigation surrounding Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” provides a point for discussion regarding strict adherence to the text of a statute versus pragmatic, equitable fairness and plain “common sense.” Led Zeppelin, a famous British rock band (and one of the most famous bands in history), formed […]

Since its first use in 1843, the insanity defense has been an inherent part of Anglo-Saxon, and later American, courts. Sensationalized in various movies and television shows, from Law & Order[1] to How to Get Away With Murder[2], the insanity defense has almost become a part of American culture. If the insanity defense is such […]