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Society and Culture
The Brown Identity
Dominic Jones | October 30, 2013In news that shocked no one, early Sunday morning at the W Hotel in Washington, DC, singer, dancer, and...
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IP & Copyright
Hoop Dreams: Why the NCAA Doesn’t Care Who Was Shooting in the Gym
Gena Thomas | October 30, 2013Right of publicity, the newer and increasingly more significant area of intellectual property law, has something stimulating for us...
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IP & Copyright
Free-Per-View: Facebook vs. BreakYourFacebook
Gena Thomas | October 30, 2013Cody Romano, creator of BreakYourFacebook, has been threatened with a lawsuit by the social media powerhouse that I love...
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News
Orthodox Rabbi Accused of Using Violence to Obtain Religious Divorce Decrees
Peter Davidson II | October 30, 2013Today The New York Times wrote about a Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish rabbi who is accused of kidnapping estranged husbands...
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Education
Should Law School Be More Like Trade School?
Akil Alleyne | October 30, 2013About four years ago, one of the professors who gave me recommendations for my applications to law school described...
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Society and Culture
Yoga Got Me Through Law School and the Bar Exam
Peter Davidson II | October 29, 2013I joke a lot about the struggles of law school and bar prep. I’ve done it here, and here,...
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News
New York AG Investigating Racist Policies In Department Stores
Anneliese Mahoney | October 29, 2013Two classic New York City department stores—Barneys and Macy’s—are dealing with controversy regarding their racial profiling of any customer...
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Society and Culture
Post Traumatic Sandy Disorder – One Year Later
Hannah R. Winsten | October 29, 2013Folks, today marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. Last year, on October 28th, I walked to a nearby...
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News
Penn State Settles With Some of Jerry Sandusky’s Victims
Anneliese Mahoney | October 29, 2013On Monday, October 29, the horrifying case that has consumed Penn State University came closer to completion. In recent...
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News
Commonsense Etiquette or Blatant Sexism?
Anneliese Mahoney | October 28, 2013In the workplace, there are certain parameters of acceptable behavior that are common knowledge, and then it is up...
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News
“I Killed a Man” Driver Sentenced to Six and a Half Years
Peter Davidson II | October 28, 2013Matt Cordle created a stir on the internet when he posted a video to Youtube entitled “I Killed a...
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News
Iowa Permits Blind People to Obtain Gun Permits. Seriously.
Peter Davidson II | October 26, 2013Disclaimer: I am a very vocal advocate of stricter regulation of gun laws. That does not mean that I...
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News
“Cocaine Mom” Law’s Horrifying Effects
Anneliese Mahoney | October 25, 2013The state of Wisconsin has a law that has been dubbed the “cocaine mom” law. The idea, in theory,...
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News
Follow Your Friends…And Arms Dealers on Instagram
Anneliese Mahoney | October 25, 2013The popular picture-sharing social network Instagram has definitely cornered the market on sharing brunch memories and beach photos. But...
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News
Inaction is an Action: Saudi Arabia Declines UN Security Council Seat
Vasudha Sadana | October 25, 2013The U.N News Centre announced new members of the UN Security Council. Among the new members, Chad, Lithuania, Nigeria,...
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News
Teacher Killed by Student in Danvers MA
Anneliese Mahoney | October 24, 2013In a small outer suburb of Boston, MA, a town named Danvers is reeling after the discovery of a...
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News
New Charges For Former Blackwater Contractors
Anneliese Mahoney | October 24, 2013The DOJ has brought new charges against four former Blackwater Security contractors by the names of Dustin Heard, Evan...
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Society and Culture
How Facebook Pays Your Rent
Hannah R. Winsten | October 24, 2013Last week, the government reopened and raised the debt ceiling. YAY! We don’t all have to worry about getting...
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News
Everyone, Let’s Lay Off the Obamacare Online Marketplace?
Peter Davidson II | October 24, 2013On October 22, 2013, the New York Times ran an article describing the various problems that have accompanied the roll...
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Society and Culture
Tom Ridge Tells GOP: Tolerate the Gays, Don’t Make Their Lives Better
Hannah R. Winsten | October 24, 2013Wednesday night, the Republican Party was given an interesting task. Stop being so judgmental. That’s what former GOP politician...
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News
Immigration: The Journey is Just Beginning…
Zachary Schneider | October 23, 2013Mass media essentially dropped it, yet it still affects millions of people around the word. The issue? You guessed...
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Education
Law School Daze
Akil Alleyne | October 21, 2013As luck would have it, the nonprofit work I’ve done since graduating from law school last spring has situated...
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News
Privacy or the Internet: Choose One
Zachary Schneider | October 21, 2013The double standard of a generation. The ultimate oxymoron. Each year major companies including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Google,...
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News
The United Nations and Drones
Anneliese Mahoney | October 21, 2013Drones: depending on whom you ask, drones are either the military instruments of the future, or the machines that...
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Society and Culture
Beggars (Still) Can’t be Choosers in Today’s Job Market
Peter Davidson II | October 20, 2013Beggars still can’t be choosers. My first job after 1L year was for the U.S. Attorney for the Southern...