BY JENNA FELDMAN — On November 12, 2013, a fire alarm rang loudly at the University of Sydney, forcing 450 law students to abandon their Corporate Law final exam. This exam, as with many other law school finals, would constitute the students’ complete semester grade. The University told the students that they must leave their […]
BY BRITTANY FORD — Ever since its passage, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Affordable Care Act”) has been subject to scores of lawsuits challenging its validity. The recent problems with its initial rollout received scathing reviews and only served to make the Act more controversial. Many critics are still trying to find ways […]
BY MAXIMILIAN VISKI-HANKA — “The context in which [science and technology] issues arise varies widely, but generally they share one characteristic: They challenge the ability of judges and juries to comprehend the issues—and the evidence—and to deal with them in informed and effective ways. As a result, they tend to complicate the litigation, increase expense […]
BY LINDSAY ADKIN — The United States Government deposited more than $4.2 billion in its asset forfeiture fund during the 2012 fiscal year. That was more than double what the Government deposited in each of the two previous years. Asset forfeiture became a common practice after Congress first passed asset forfeiture statutes in the 1970s. […]
BY ZACHARY D. LUDENS — In the closing issue of the University of Miami Law Review’s 67th Volume, Brendan Ryan offered a thoughtful analysis of Florida’s capital punishment regime and one United States District Judge’s determination that this regime was no longer constitutional. Although the Supreme Court of the United States ultimately declined to address […]
