Micah Millsaps* In a landmark decision on August 26, 2019, Judge Balkman of the Cleveland County District Court ruled in favor of the State of Oklahoma in its lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and ordered the company to pay $572 million in damages for its role in the opioid crisis in the state. Meghan Keneally,Continue reading “Household Name or Opioid Kingpin: Johnson & Johnson the Target of the Landmark Case in a Series of Opioid Trials”
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The Maryland State Senate Comes Historically Close to Passing an End-of-Life Option Act
Jordan L. Cook* At twenty-nine-years-old Brittany Maynard was faced with a life-altering circumstance. Brittany Maynard, My Right to Death with Dignity at 29, CNN (Nov. 2, 2014), http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/07/opinion/maynard-assisted-suicide-cancer-dignity/index.html. She was newly married and trying to start a family, but this dream was short-lived after discovering that she had brain cancer. Id. Brittany underwent surgery andContinue reading “The Maryland State Senate Comes Historically Close to Passing an End-of-Life Option Act”
Cruel and Unusual Payment: The Supreme Court Incorporates the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment to the Fifty States in Timbs v. Indiana.
*Emily Schreiber On Wednesday, February 20, 2019, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced the unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court in Timbs v. Indiana: the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution applies to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Timbs v. Indiana, 139 S. Ct.Continue reading “Cruel and Unusual Payment: The Supreme Court Incorporates the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment to the Fifty States in Timbs v. Indiana.”
Prophesizing Pot: LAX Marijuana Policy Highlights the Need for Uniformity
*Joe Stephan The internet was set ablaze in late September 2018 after catching a whiff of the official marijuana policy of Los Angeles Airport (LAX), which allows individuals to possess marijuana on airport property in accordance with California state law. See Lilit Marcus, LAX Airport to Allow Marijuana in Carry-ons, CNN (Oct. 1, 2018), https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/lax-los-angeles-airport-marijuana/index.html.Continue reading “Prophesizing Pot: LAX Marijuana Policy Highlights the Need for Uniformity”
Home Sharing Regulations Coming Soon to a City Near You: The Recent Evolution of Local Short-Term Rental Regulations
*Elizabeth Strunk Home sharing has existed in many forms for centuries. Jamila Jefferson-Jones, Airbnb and the Housing Segment of the Modern “Sharing Economy”: Are Short-Term Rental Restrictions an Unconstitutional Taking?, 42 Hastings Const. L.Q. 557, 561 (2015). The premise of home sharing has always been “lodging purchased on a time- or space-limited basis . .Continue reading “Home Sharing Regulations Coming Soon to a City Near You: The Recent Evolution of Local Short-Term Rental Regulations”
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