LAUREN SCHNEIDER—Buckle up, frequent flyers, as turmoil is brewing on the tarmac. If you have kept tabs on the stock market recently, you might have noticed that Spirit Airlines took a nosedive in mid-January, with its shares falling by nearly fifty percent. This swift market downturn came hot on the heels of a U.S. District […]
ANDREW MASCIA—Amid looming state caucuses and primaries, states have vehemently sought to remove the 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot. These efforts are premised on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, a rarely used constitutional provision ratified after the Civil War. Notably, there is little to no […]
KAITLIN PRECE—Hershey “tricking” its customers rather than “treating” them may come at a high cost. The expression “things are not always what they seem” has never been more true when it comes to consumer products. As creativity and technology continue to take new heights, so do the embellishments of advertisements. Cynthia Kelly purchased multiple packets […]
TAYLOR BUFFA—While prescription drugs provide vital relief to millions of Americans, the financial burden takes a heavy toll on their wallets. 66% of all U.S. adults use prescription drugs, leaving them faced with exorbitant prices for the medicine they rely on. The price of prescription drugs in the U.S. is almost four times higher compared […]
EBA HENDRICKSON—Against a backdrop of rising investor activism, controlling stockholders must now jump through more procedural hoops to obtain the deferential business judgment standard of review for transactions they take part in. In Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp. (“MFW”), the Delaware Supreme Court announced that the business judgment rule will only apply to “squeeze-out” mergers […]
