BY ELLINA BERDICHEVSKY — In November 2014, 75% of voters in Berkeley, California, succeeded in supporting the nation’s first tax on soda. The tax was in the amount of a penny per ounce, or about twelve cents a can, with all tax proceeds going into the City of Berkeley’s general fund. Local Florida news reporters […]
BY KEVIN HUGUELET — If recent history is indicative of future results, then this year Florida’s prosecutors will transfer juveniles into adult court at a higher rate than any other state in the Nation. From 2008 to 2012, over 12,000 Florida children—some as young as 12 years old—were transferred into adult courts. Florida law authorizes […]
BY KATHERINE BRENNAN — On September 26, 2014, the Estate of Jack Kirby and Marvel Characters, Inc. announced that the two parties had settled a longstanding legal dispute over Kirby’s rights to the characters that he created or co-created while working as a freelance artist for Marvel between 1958 and 1963. The parties announced the […]
The University of Miami Law Review would like to recognize the joint contributions of University of Miami School of Law alumnus Pedro Jimenez and UMLR member Amanda Parra who, while working together at Jones Day in Miami, produced “Chile’s New Insolvency Law: Restructured for Corporate Restructuring,” circulated by INSOL International last month. Mr. Jimenez is Partner-in-Charge at Jones […]
BY CAROLINE MCGEE — The Roberts Court has made headlines in recent years for its controversial decisions involving the right to religious freedom. The docket for the October 2014 term indicates that the Court remains intent on resolving disputes surrounding this fundamental First Amendment right. In Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, […]
