BY EAMON WELCH — Although Native Americans enjoy a substantial degree of sovereign immunity on their tribal lands, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently demonstrated that this immunity is not unqualified. On October 15, 2012, in Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. United States, the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the […]
BY ROSS CHAFFIN — Florida, meet trolls. In response to recent federal judicial intervention, and with the help of some obscure legal weapons, copyright trolls are now plying their dubious trade en masse in the courts of the Sunshine State. “Copyright trolls” are entities that purchase intellectual property rights to a wide variety of media, from computer […]
BY JOSHUA TRUPPMAN — Several months ago, Jonathan Lippman, the Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals, announced a new rule requiring would-be lawyers to perform 50 pro bono service hours as a prerequisite to obtaining a license to practice law. (Read the rule here). Future lawyers can fulfill this requirement by working at […]
BY GABRIELA PIRANA & LESLIE POLLACK — On Wednesday, October 10, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. The case involves Abigail Fisher, a white female, who was denied undergraduate admission to the University of Texas at Austin. Fisher narrowly missed UT’s admissions criteria for white […]
BY STACY BYRD — Headlines this election season might be dominated by national politics, but in Florida, there’s a crucial election issue that most voters are alarmingly unaware of. The Republican Party of Florida, in conjunction with national conservative interest groups and PACs, has launched a campaign to encourage voters to oppose the merit retention […]
