JACK COSTELLO—The Supreme Court declined to halt a bankruptcy settlement for the Boy Scouts of America, rejecting an Application for a Stay of the Bankruptcy Plan posited by 144 victims of the national organization’s child sexual abuse scandal. The Court’s decision lifted a temporary order, which had temporarily blocked the settlement from moving forward while […]
AMANDA GONZALEZ—On February 6, 2024, a jury in Pontiac, Michigan made a decision that may alter the way prosecutors in the United States handle mass attacks committed by minors. After eleven hours of deliberation, the Michigan jury found Jennifer Crumbley, mother of Ethan Crumbley, guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter. This conviction was based […]
OLIVIA ZUKOWSKI—Consumers using streaming platforms like Amazon Prime Video and Vudu are receiving an unwanted spoiler alert about certain movies and shows they have purchased. To consumers’ surprise, although purchasing digital media may be easy, these titles may not be available in their video libraries indefinitely. With a simple click, individuals can acquire a whole […]
DILLON RICHARDS—It would be the biggest courtroom spectacle since O.J.: a former president on trial for conspiring to “overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election . . . .” With cameras in the courtroom, cable news would cover every word uttered by the lawyers, judge, witnesses, and defendant. Social media personalities would endlessly […]
ANDREA FISCU—As generative artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, so do the capabilities of perpetrators to create ever-more realistic pornographic deepfakes. Legal experts have long reflected on the damage these violent images and videos can inflict and contemplated how the law may respond. Taylor Swift is one of the most recent victims and with her […]
