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Jason’S Long Night At Camp Blood: Surveying The Independent Copyrightability Of Jason Voorhees In The Wake Of Horror Inc. V. Miller, Tim Kelly

Cybaris®

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Virtual Hearings And Blockchain Technology Solutions In Criminal Law, Chantell Bergquist

Political Science Theses and Capstones

Technology has evolved and raided our personal and professional lives. Although the courts are not immune to the advancement and integration of technology, the courts are not keeping up with relevant technological advancements. Historically, courts have been hesitant to embrace new technologies despite the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure creates the right to a “just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding.” Likewise, the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct have determined attorneys must “keep abreast of …

Judges Do It Better: Why Judges Can (And Should) Decide Life Or Death, Andrew R. Ford

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

Following its decision in Furman v. Georgia, the Supreme Court of the United States has attempted to standardize procedures that states use to subject offenders to the ultimate penalty. In practice, this attempt at standardization has divided capital sentencing into two distinct parts: the death eligibility decision and the death selection decision. The eligibility decision addresses whether the sentencer may impose the death penalty, while the selection decision determines who among that limited subset of eligible offenders is sentenced to death. In Ring v. Arizona, the Court held for the first time that the Sixth Amendment right to …

Calls For Speculation: An Experimental Examination Of Juror Perceptions Of Attorney Objections, Krystia Reed

Buffalo Law Review

Should attorneys object during trial? Does preserving the record outweigh the potential costs of objections, such as upsetting the jury or drawing attention to the evidence? Legal scholars have opined on the delicate balance attorneys must strike in their decisions to object, but researchers have offered little to guide attorneys making these in-the-moment decisions. I discuss results from two empirical studies that provide evidence that attorneys have less to fear from objections than legal scholars suggest. Based on these results, I provide suggestions for practicing attorneys.

Uncovering The Hidden Conflicts In Securities Class Action Litigation: Lessons From The State Street Case, Benjamin P. Edwards, Anthony Rickey

Scholarly Works

Courts, Congress, and commentators have long worried that stockholder plaintiffs in securities and M&A litigation and their counsel may pursue suits that benefit themselves rather than absent stockholders or the corporations in which they invest. Following congressional reforms that encouraged the appointment of institutional stockholders as lead plaintiffs in securities actions, significant academic commentary has focused on the problem of “pay to play”—the possibility that class action law firms encourage litigation by making donations to politicians with influence over institutional stockholders, particularly public sector pension funds.

A recent federal securities class action in the District of Massachusetts, however, suggests that …

Our Passive-Aggressive Model Of Civil Adjudication, Thomas O. Main

Scholarly Works

In this essay, Professor Main offers one original observation and poses two new questions about the vanishing civil trial.

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Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

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Front Matter, Jtaa Editors

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

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Editor's Note, Michelle A. Reid

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

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Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

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Audible: Contractual Relations Between Schools And Their Student-Athletes Are Due For A Reroute, Tyler Jordan

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

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Land Of The Free Market: U.S. Companies Continue To Enjoy Greater Legal Protection Than Consumers, Christopher Leblanc

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

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All For One And One For - Some: Challenging The Constitutionality Of Massachusetts Charter School Legislation After Doe No. 1 V. Secretary Of Education, Perry Gans

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

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Reexamining The Admissibility Of The Defendant's Non-Inculpatory Statements At Trial, Wes Reber Porter

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

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Truancy, Secure Detention, And The Right To Liberty, Amanda Mcnelly

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

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Sentencing Statutes: The Deviation From Federal Sentencing Guidelines And Variation Among States' Sentencing Laws, Ashley Walsh

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

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Civil Rights - Slamming Shut The Courthouse Doors: The Supreme Court's Expansive View Of Qualified Immunity Kills Section 1983 Suits For Excessive Force At Summary Judgment - Kisela V. Hughes, 138 S. Ct. 1148 (2018), Kevin Hennessey

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

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Turning Texters Into A Civil Liability: Texting And Driving Bans And New Ways Of Expanding Liability On The Road, Julianne Jeha

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

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State Of Slayer's Estate, Paul Mourad

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

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Straight Past Go And Collect $200: A Look Into The Clayton Act And Vertical Mergers Within Corporate America, Natalie Brough

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

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