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Grounding Drones: Big Brother’S Tool Box Needs Regulation Not Elimination, Melanie Reid Jan 2014

Grounding Drones: Big Brother’S Tool Box Needs Regulation Not Elimination, Melanie Reid

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

The Ford Model A was advertised as “the latest and best” in the world in 1903 and sparked global interest to design and create better, faster, and more complex machines than had ever traveled on land. Fast forward to the 21st century and creating machines that can travel around the world’s airspace appears to be the latest fascination. Until relatively recently, only airplanes and helicopters dominated the friendly skies. But now, the public is catching on to the idea that building an aircraft is easier that one might expect. In fact, a pilot is no longer necessary. Drones, also referred …


E-Prescribing In A Changing Legal Environment, Jeff Todd Jan 2006

E-Prescribing In A Changing Legal Environment, Jeff Todd

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Perhaps nothing permeates modern American society as much as prescription drugs. Evidence of this exists not just in television and magazine ads extolling the promises of Viagra and Nexium, but also in a few statistics. First, forty-six percent of Americans use at least one prescription drug daily. Further, in 2001, 3.1 billion prescriptions were issued in the United States at a cost of $132 billion. That amount is projected to increase to $414 billion by 2014.3 Such numbers explain the intensity of the recent political and legal debates surrounding prescription drugs, such as the importation of American pharmaceuticals from Canada …


Fighting Terrorism And Preserving Civil Liberties, James B. Comey Jan 2006

Fighting Terrorism And Preserving Civil Liberties, James B. Comey

University of Richmond Law Review

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The Eastern District Of Virginia: A Working Solution For Civil Justice Reform, Heather Russell Koenig Jan 1998

The Eastern District Of Virginia: A Working Solution For Civil Justice Reform, Heather Russell Koenig

University of Richmond Law Review

It has been referred to as "the fastest, fairest, federal court in the country," "the most efficient, professional federal court in the nation," the court "known for moving things along quickly" and where "cases zoom through the system faster than at any other federal court in the nation." Where is this court that is "so efficient that it could be used as a model for the rest of the country?" It is the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.