Bridget Mentzer* United States District Court for the District of Maryland Judge Peter J. Messitte permitted a lawsuit filed by the District of Columbia and Maryland against President Trump to proceed, contrary to the wishes of the Department of Justice. District of Columbia v. Trump, 315 F.Supp.3d 875, 907 (2018); Peter Overby, Federal Lawsuit AgainstContinue reading “Corrupt Trump? Possible Violations of the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses”
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Is Social Media a Viable Vehicle for Alternate Service?
Joseph Rossi* Alternate service is service of a party in a court proceeding through means other than direct personal service. Amanda Sexton, DGR Serves First Instances of Service via Social Media Through LinkedIn & Instagram, DGR Legal (Oct. 18, 2017), https://www.dgrlegal.com/electronic-service-of-process/service-via-social-media-linkedin-instagram/. Often, courts must grant motions for alternative service due to either difficulties in obtainingContinue reading “Is Social Media a Viable Vehicle for Alternate Service?”
Oh SNAP! The Farm Bill Will Likely Impact Your Everyday Life.
Travis C. Jones* Congress passed the latest iteration of the five-year farm bill in February 2014, and it is scheduled to expire in 2018. Renée Johnson & Jim Monke, Cong. Research Serv., RS22131, What is the Farm Bill? 1 (2018), http://nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/ /assets/crs/RS22131.pdf. The reauthorization process is underway, but the House and Senate have produced starklyContinue reading “Oh SNAP! The Farm Bill Will Likely Impact Your Everyday Life. “
Creating an Even Playing Field: State Sales Tax and Internet Transactions
Brenton Conrad* In 2016, South Dakota enacted emergency legislation requiring out-of-state businesses to pay South Dakota sales tax for any in-state internet purchase, claiming that the loss of revenue from a sales tax was “causing revenue losses and imminent harm . . . through the loss of critical funding for state and local services.” SouthContinue reading “Creating an Even Playing Field: State Sales Tax and Internet Transactions”
Maryland Offshore Wind Farms: Concerns of Ocean City, Maryland’s Tourism, and the Fishing Industry
*Curtis Snyder Under Maryland law, a “qualified offshore wind project” is permitted to be located in an area between ten and thirty miles off the coast of Maryland. Md. Code Ann., Pub. Util. § 7-701(k)(1)(ii) (West 2017). A qualified offshore wind project is defined as a wind turbine generation facility, which functions to produce renewableContinue reading “Maryland Offshore Wind Farms: Concerns of Ocean City, Maryland’s Tourism, and the Fishing Industry”
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