St. John's University School of Law
Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
CUNY John Jay College
Universitas Indonesia
Fordham University School of Law
University of Georgia School of Law
U. S. Army
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Spacs, Forward-Looking Statements, And Rule 419: Is Sec Rulemaking Needed?,
2023
St. John's University School of Law
Spacs, Forward-Looking Statements, And Rule 419: Is Sec Rulemaking Needed?, Nicholas Vota
St. John's Law Review
(Excerpt)
On October 8, 2020, FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp. (“FirstMark” or “Company”) closed an initial public offering (“IPO”) of 41,400,000 units. Each unit was priced at $10.00 and “consist[ed] of one share of Class A common stock of the Company . . . and one-third of one redeemable warrant of the Company.” Each whole warrant provided its holder with the right to purchase “one share of Class A [c]ommon [s]tock for $11.50 per share.” FirstMark generated $414,000,000 in connection with the IPO. These funds were then placed in a trust account and maintained by a trustee.
In a filing submitted …
“You Don’T Bring Me Flowers Anymore”: President Clinton, Paula Jones, And Why Courts Should Expand The Definition Of “Adverse Employment Action” Under Title Vii’S Anti-Retaliation Provision,
2023
St. John's University School of Law
“You Don’T Bring Me Flowers Anymore”: President Clinton, Paula Jones, And Why Courts Should Expand The Definition Of “Adverse Employment Action” Under Title Vii’S Anti-Retaliation Provision, Lawrence Rosenthal
St. John's Law Review
(Excerpt)
Anti-discrimination statutes such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) prohibit discrimination based on individuals’ protected characteristics. In addition to prohibiting this type of status-based discrimination, these statutes also prohibit employers from retaliating against employees who assert their rights under the statutes or who assist others in asserting their rights.
Over the past several years, retaliation charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) have made up an increasingly high percentage of all charges filed with the agency. Specifically, …
Change We Can Believe In: The Seventh Circuit's Exposure Of Inadequate Environmental Review In Protect Our Parks V. Buttigieg,
2023
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Change We Can Believe In: The Seventh Circuit's Exposure Of Inadequate Environmental Review In Protect Our Parks V. Buttigieg, P. Nicholas Greco
Villanova Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
On Your Mark, Get Set, Sue: The Fourth Circuit Considers When Citizen Suits Under The Clean Water Act Properly Commence In Naturaland Trust V. Dakota Finance Llc,
2023
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
On Your Mark, Get Set, Sue: The Fourth Circuit Considers When Citizen Suits Under The Clean Water Act Properly Commence In Naturaland Trust V. Dakota Finance Llc, Sarah A. Moynihan
Villanova Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
On The Fence About Immigration And Overpopulation: "Environmentalists" Challenge Dhs Policies On Nepa Basis In Whitewater Draw Natural Resource Conservation District V. Mayorkas,
2023
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
On The Fence About Immigration And Overpopulation: "Environmentalists" Challenge Dhs Policies On Nepa Basis In Whitewater Draw Natural Resource Conservation District V. Mayorkas, Maya J. Williams
Villanova Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Equal Rights Amendment And The Equality Act: Closing Gaps Post-Bostock For Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Minorities,
2023
University of the District of Columbia School of Law
The Equal Rights Amendment And The Equality Act: Closing Gaps Post-Bostock For Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Minorities, Sarah Blazucki
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
In 2020, the Supreme Court held in Bostock v. Clayton County that the “because of sex” protection in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) included an individual’s “homosexual and transgender status.”1 This landmark decision expanded employment protections under the law, for the first time providing broad federal protections to sexual orientation and gender identity minorities.2 It was a sweeping decision, granting protections to millions of people.3 Yet many worry the protections are incomplete, for several reasons. First, the Court explicitly used the language “homosexual and transgender,”4 potentially leaving unresolved if other minority sexual orientations and …
The House Doesn't Always Win,
2023
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The House Doesn't Always Win, Jennifer Owen
International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking
In June 2015, fourteen South Korean casino executives were arrested on charges of soliciting Chinese players to gamble in their casinos. This single event foreshadowed a seismic change in the Australian casino market that few would have anticipated. The events which unfolded led to the two largest casino operators in Australia being found unsuitable to operate their casinos, and unable to hold their licenses. Collectively, these two casino groups reported revenues of $5.0bn in 2019, accounting for 92% of the total Australian casino market.
Both are now operating under various forms of special supervision until it can be demonstrated that …
Evidence Of Gambling Expert Witness In Prosecuting Online Gambling Offences: Malaysia’S Experience And Way Forward,
2023
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Evidence Of Gambling Expert Witness In Prosecuting Online Gambling Offences: Malaysia’S Experience And Way Forward, Sharifah Zulia Balqish S. Agil
International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking
Abstract:
Accessibility of online gambling surges with rife coverage of the Internet worldwide including in Malaysia. Criminal procedures to curb rampancy of online gambling are the last bastion of the society from gambling disorder hazards. However, prosecuting online gambling offences poses ginormous technical challenges to police force and prosecutors. The assistance of gambling expert witness is sine qua non in proving attributes of games as gambling. The existing Malaysia legal framework stipulates for appointment of gambling expert witness in prosecuting traditional gambling offences but absence of online equivalent. This paper seeks to examine the general law on expert witness in …
The Central American Minors Program: Advocating For Private Sponsorship,
2023
University of San Francisco
The Central American Minors Program: Advocating For Private Sponsorship, Magaly Velasco-Escobar
Master's Theses
Under this recommendation, minors would be interviewed by qualified officers at resettlement agencies in their home countries to assess credible fear, those deemed eligible but lacking an eligible relative would be referred for a private sponsorship pathway. Sponsors would be vetted and qualified using protocols currently in place by the Welcome Corps and Refugee Foster Care. Ideally, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) would coordinate between the private sponsors and overseas resettlement agencies, given they already do the work of vetting eligible sponsors for minors. ORR could create a program staffed with qualified individuals to coordinate this program or provide …
Charter Schools: A Missed Opportunity To Improve Education Through Innovation,
2023
Notre Dame Law School
Charter Schools: A Missed Opportunity To Improve Education Through Innovation, Maria Chiara Parisi
Journal of Legislation
The U.S. education system, unlike other fields, has failed to encourage and learn from innovation. Charter schools—publicly-funded schools with the freedom to develop innovative practices—offered an opportunity to address the education system’s resistance to change. The hope was that charter schools could serve as laboratories of innovation for new school models that traditional public schools across the country could later adopt.
Despite these good intentions, the charter school movement has not resulted in the change early advocates hoped for. Charter schools often recycle old practices instead of experimenting with new ones. And when a charter school does develop a successful …
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: Doctrinal And Policy Problems,
2023
George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: Doctrinal And Policy Problems, Robert Leider
Journal of Legislation
In response to recent mass shootings, Congress passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The Act encouraged states to implement red-flag laws, adopted a more punitive approach to federal gun control, expanded the domestic violence misdemeanors that prohibit firearm possession, and implemented more stringent regulations on young adults purchasing firearms. Because of the difficulties in passing federal gun control laws, Congress hastily passed the Act after a small, bipartisan group of Senators agreed on its text. This stunted legislative process left the new law riddled with ambiguities and technical deficiencies. This Article explores the constitutional, doctrinal, and policy problems created by …
A Federal Legislative Proposal To Address The Demise Of The Bivens Remedy,
2023
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
A Federal Legislative Proposal To Address The Demise Of The Bivens Remedy, Henry Rose
Journal of Legislation
No abstract provided.
Pirates, Rogues, Revolutionaries, And Lobbyists: A Legislative History Of The Panama Canal Purchase Act Of 1902,
2023
Notre Dame Law School
Pirates, Rogues, Revolutionaries, And Lobbyists: A Legislative History Of The Panama Canal Purchase Act Of 1902, Graham Markiewicz
Journal of Legislation
Just three pages of legislative text was enough for the United States to embark on the one of the grandest engineering feats of all time. This Article examines the history, policies, and processes that led to the passage of the Panama Canal Purchase Act of 1902. Beginning and ending with civil wars in Latin America, this Article tells the story of how foreign affairs influence Washington, D.C., and vice versa. It follows closely a rotating cast of characters seeking fame and fortune who resorted to any lengths to achieve them. It winds through stories of revolutions, corruption, pirates, and cutthroat …
Table Of Contents,
2023
Notre Dame Law School
Is It Fair? Is It Competitive? Is It Human?: Artificial Intelligence And The Extent To Which We Can Patent Ai-Assisted Inventions,
2023
Notre Dame Law School
Is It Fair? Is It Competitive? Is It Human?: Artificial Intelligence And The Extent To Which We Can Patent Ai-Assisted Inventions, Hubert Ning
Journal of Legislation
No abstract provided.
Curtailing Coercion Of Children: Reforming Custodial Interrogations Of Juveniles,
2023
Notre Dame Law School
Curtailing Coercion Of Children: Reforming Custodial Interrogations Of Juveniles, K'Reisa Cox
Journal of Legislation
No abstract provided.
A Response To “Thou Shall Not Ration Justice”: Applied Behavior Analysis Causes Harm,
2023
Notre Dame Law School
A Response To “Thou Shall Not Ration Justice”: Applied Behavior Analysis Causes Harm, Ariana Cernius
Journal of Legislation
No abstract provided.
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Royalties?: Reflecting On The Emergence Of Bluegrass And Appalachian Folk Music In Promoting The American Music Fairness Act,
2023
Notre Dame Law School
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Royalties?: Reflecting On The Emergence Of Bluegrass And Appalachian Folk Music In Promoting The American Music Fairness Act, Mark Edward Blankenship Jr.
Journal of Legislation
The film Oh Brother, Where Art Thou ironically illustrates two points that are relevant in in the context of copyright law within the music industry. First, it displays the strength of radio play on new artists’ lives, careers, and incomes, which was crucial for bluegrass and string-band artist. Second, the film highlights the distinction between the sound-recording copy-holder’s exclusive right to publicly perform their copyrighted sound recording live and the absence of any such right concerning terrestrial radio broadcasts. The absence of a public-performance right for broadcasts of copyrighted sound recordings by terrestrial radio stations (and the resulting non-incurrence of …
Bureaucratic Overreach And The Role Of The Courts In Protecting Representative Democracy,
2023
Liberty University
Bureaucratic Overreach And The Role Of The Courts In Protecting Representative Democracy, Katie Cassady
Helm's School of Government Conference
Although only four departments at the United States’ founding, the American bureaucracy has expanded to address nearly every issue of public life. While these agencies are ostensibly under congressional oversight through monetary allowance and the supervision of the President as part of the executive branch, they consistently usurp their discretionary authority and bypass the Founders’ design of legislative power vested solely in a bicameral legislature.
The Supreme Court holds an indispensable role in mitigating the overreach of bureaucratic agencies. However, despite their obligation to protect the rights of the American people, the courts’ inability to hold bureaucrats accountable has diluted …
Drug Ideologies Of The United States,
2023
Liberty University
Drug Ideologies Of The United States, Macy Montgomery
Helm's School of Government Conference
The United States has been increasingly creating lenient drug policies. Seventeen states and Washington, the District of Columbia, legalized marijuana, and Oregon decriminalized certain drugs, including methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine. The medical community has proven that drugs, including marijuana, have myriad adverse health side effects. This leads to two questions: Why does the United States government continue to create lenient drug policies, and what reasons do citizens give for legalizing drugs when the medical community has proven them harmful? The paper hypothesizes that the disadvantages of drug legalization outweigh its benefits because of the numerous harms it causes, such as …
