Anti-Bullying: The Legal Landscape

Advocates argue that laws against bullying will aid in reducing victimized students and improving children’s lives.

“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.

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.

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?

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.

Uber-Problematic

Uber’s “ridesharing service” endeavors to replace taxis but the way it escapes regulation could hurt consumers and competitors.

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.

FAT KID FINE: PUERTO RICO TO PENALIZE OBESE KIDS’ PARENTS

If after another six months the situation persists, the parents can be assessed up to $500 in fines. Six months after that, if the problem continues, the parents can be fined an additional $800. All because their kids have high BMIs.

Clinton Correspondence Controversy

Naturally, the question of whether Clinton’s use of a private e-mail account is against the law has risen. Her critics have cited numerous ways in which she may be criminally prosecuted. What’s the truth?

Speech & Debate in Letters to Leaders(Prof. Josh Chafetz Speaks)

An interview with Prof. Josh Chafetz underlining why the speech and debate clause probably protects those 47 Republican Senators you’ve heard about this month.

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