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7Oct

The Overregulation of Syringe Service Programs: How West Virginia Legislators Are Exacerbating the Opioid Crisis on the Battleground of the Epidemic

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By Emily Wilmink While the COVID-19 pandemic has consumed the field of public health since its onset in 2020, substance use disorder and the opioid crisis have continually plagued the United States for many years.  Substance use disorder is a disease that “leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or illegal […]

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5Oct

Current Effort to Combat Potential Danger of Quantum Computing

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By: Inyoung Park Many companies, large or start-up, are recognizing the potential of quantum technology.[1] Quantum technology is based on quantum mechanics that study the movements of subatomic particles.[2] Unlike other particles that follow Newtonian physics, the quantum system differs in that the particles can be in superposition and exhibit entanglement, for example.[3] Superposition means […]

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30Sep

The National Security Powers Act of 2021 and the Erosion of Congressional War Powers

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By Jacob Winton On July 20, 2021, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced the National Security Powers Act of 2021[1] (“NSPA”), a bipartisan bid to reign in the war powers of the Executive Branch.  The bill, which would impose substantial limitations on presidential power,[2] would allow “Congress [] to […]

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29Sep

Pledge to End Hazing

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11 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 111 Gregory S. Parks* Introduction Hazing has been a persistent issue for centuries.[1]  Little empirical research, or research drawing on empirical data, has been conducted on what would meaningfully curtail it.  Researchers have agreed, however, that among the necessary hazing prevention factors are: (1) organizational leadership;[2] (2) more certainty […]

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28Sep

Shining a Light into the Shadows of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket

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By Grace Koppenheffer When systems work as expected, people generally are content to let such systems work in the background—the shadows—without needing to know the details. When those same systems start producing different and unexpected results, however, people want to shine a light into the shadows to understand, diagnose, and if needed, fix the system. […]

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23Sep

Business Interruption Coverage in North Carolina: Victory Dinner for North State Deli?

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By Taylor N. Jones As North Carolina courts resume in-person oral arguments,[1] small businesses wait to see when the significant case, North State Deli, LLC v. Cincinnati Ins. Co.,[2] will be scheduled for oral argument.  Described as a “groundbreaking and powerful win for policyholders during this era of economic devastation for small businesses,”[3] North State […]

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21Sep

Community Caretaking Function: A Doctrinal Overview

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By: Nick Christopherson On August 30, 2019, twenty-three year old Elijah McClain died[1] from injuries sustained during a police welfare check.[2]  On the night of the encounter, police responded to a report of a man (McClain) who “look[ed] sketchy,” and after perceiving McClain to be resisting arrest, the officers quickly initiated a takedown.[3] An independent […]

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16Sep

SPAC ATTACK: The Boom (and Bust?) of the Capital Vehicle Du Jour

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By Michael J. Riedl   Shaquille O’Neal.  Patrick Mahomes.  Serena Williams.  Alex Rodriguez.  No, this is not a reading of the guest list at the 2021 ESPY Awards,[1] but rather a list of athletes on the management or advisory boards of various Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”).[2]  SPACs, far from a novel financial vehicle,[3] grew […]

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1Sep

LITIGATING OPIOID ADDICTION AS ORGANIZED CRIME: AN ANALYSIS OF PROXIMATE CAUSE AND PHARMACEUTICAL MISREPRESENTATION UNDER RICO

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11 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 93 (2021) Introduction In 2018, 128 people died every day from an opioid overdose, twenty-five percent of patients misused opioids prescribed for chronic pain, and approximately 1.7 million people developed a substance use disorder directly from prescription opioid use.[1]  The effects were so devastating that the opioid epidemic was […]

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9Jun

WILL THE SUPREME COURT RECOVER ITS OWN FUMBLE? HOW ALSTON CAN REPAIR THE DAMAGE RESULTING FROM NCAA’S SPORTS LEAGUE EXEMPTION

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11 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 70 Alan J. Meese* I. Introduction        Horizontal restraints are unlawful per se unless a court can identify some redeeming virtue that such restraints may create.  In National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (“NCAA”),[1] the Supreme Court rejected this standard, refusing to […]

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27May

Niz-Chavez v. Garland: Pereira Groundhog Day

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By: Ashley Oldfield (Wake Forest School of Law alumnus) In Niz-Chavez v. Garland,[1] the Supreme Court of the United States addressed, for the second time, what constitutes a notice to appear under 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a)(1).[2] In doing so, the Court may have also resurrected challenges to an immigration court’s jurisdiction which first arose following […]

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