BY ADAM FISCHER — The United States Supreme Court concluded its first day of the 2012 session with the South Florida-originated case of Lozman v. Riveria Beach. Fane Lozman, a wealthy former commodities trader, owned a floating home on the Riveria Beach Marina. The home was not a houseboat; rather it was more of a floating structure with […]
BY ALEC HEYDEMANN — This November 11-13, the International Chamber of Commerce will host the annual Miami International Arbitration in Latin America conference. This meeting marks the tenth anniversary of the ICC’s annual Miami conference and will highlight current and future issues in international arbitration, with a particular focus on topics involved in the 2012 London Olympic games, as […]
BY BERNADETTE SADEEK — Imagine you’re minutes from being offered the job of your dreams. You’ve passed interviews and screenings with flying colors. There’s only one thing left before the prospective employer puts you in a corner office—you have to hand over all your social media passwords and usernames. A social-media-snooping requirement, a.k.a. “shoulder surfing,” […]
BY BRYAN VEGA — Three weeks ago, on August 31, 2012, Southern District of Florida Judge Michael Moore struck down a Florida law denying in-state tuition to the children of undocumented immigrants as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause. The Florida law at issue affected American citizens. Specifically, it was aimed at dependent children […]
University of Miami Law Review alumns Kathryn DeMarco (J.D. 2012) and Elizabeth Rieser-Murphy (J.D. 2012) examine how Alabama’s H.B. 56 exposes immigrant women to dangerous abuse. Read the full article here.
