BY SHEKIDA A. SMITH — On August 17, the New Jersey Superior Court of Appeals held that negligence liability, which is traditionally claimed in car crashes where a texting driver is to blame, may be extended to the individual who sent the original text. The case caption is Kubert v. Best. The plaintiffs in the […]
A recent Slate.com post cites Wedlocked, an article written by Mary Patricia Byrn & Morgan L. Holcomb and published in Volume 67, Issue 1 of the University of Miami Law Review, for its insightful take on same-sex divorce. The Slate article, written by Dahlia Lithwick & Sonja West, addresses yet another chapter in the ongoing […]
BY LEAH AARONSON — It is with both sadness and celebration that I write this memoriam for Donald “Donny” Martin Klein, a cherished friend and family member who was also a beloved classmate, scholar, professor, attorney, and devout Miami Hurricanes fan. On August 14, 2013, Donny’s heart of gold failed to survive intensive open-heart surgery. […]
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BY MATTHEW E. KOHEN — On June 10, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion in Peugh v. United States. This case—involving the retroactive application of U.S. Sentencing Guidelines—implicates interesting constitutional concerns. In a term where some of the opinions issued (see, e.g., Salinas v. Texas and Maryland v. King) caused […]
