Understanding the Law
Explaining court cases, statutes, and executive actions across the country, providing valuable analysis of the facts and legal impact on the public.
The disappearance of Flight MH370 implicates a variety of legal issues ranging from investigatory responsibility to international civil procedure.
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North Carolina’s new law broadly limits employers’ inquiries about expunged records.
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The question of whether to extradite Amanda Knox—should Italy make such a request—transcends purely legal questions and implicates political and foreign policy concerns as well.
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The Uber mobile app is an innovative way for people to get a ride to almost anywhere, but Uber’s terms of service absolve the company from any liability, allowing Uber to profit from these drivers and still free itself from all responsibility.
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What do eggs being thrown on houses, drag racing in Miami, DUIs, and being yelled at by Keyshawn Johnson all have in common? Justin Bieber. It is “the Biebs’s” latest run in with the law, however, that has the Internet buzzing and people petitioning for him to be deported back to Canada.
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More than half of the deadliest mass shootings in United States history have occurred within the past decade. In 2012, Americans were rocked by the news of deadly shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, and Aurora, Colorado. Tragedies like those that occurred in Newtown and Aurora spark renewed
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Each time Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective Sherlock Holmes faced an especially challenging problem, he called it “a five pipe problem.” By this, Holmes meant that finding a solution was difficult enough to keep him up through the night, enough time for him to fill his pipe with
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On December 24, 2013, the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit affirmed an order authorizing medication to be administered to Simon Dillon “by force if necessary” so that he would be competent to stand trial. By weighing the government’s prosecutorial interests above “special
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BY: KRISTOPHER HAWKINS, Guest Contributor Editor’s Note: The Campbell Law Observer has partnered with Judge Paul C. Ridgeway, Resident Superior Court Judge of the 10th Judicial District, to provide students from his International Business Litigation and Arbitration seminar the
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Despite the complex obstacles posed by the intersection of Domestic and International Law, the U.S. moves forward in its efforts to expand jurisdiction over international terrorists.
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At the Supreme Court of North Carolina’s request, the North Carolina Court of Appeals is set to review Bryan DeBaun’s lawsuit against the City of Durham. DeBaun claims that the Durham Police Department’s use of force policy is both unconstitutional and dangerous. On the night of July
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BY: Taylor Hutchens, Guest Contributor January 14, 2013 Editor’s Note: The Campbell Law Observer has partnered with Judge Paul C. Ridgeway, Resident Superior Court Judge of the 10th Judicial District, to provide students from his International Business Litigation and Arbitration seminar
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It all started with a football player’s tweet. In the early morning hours of May 29, 2010, Marvin Austin, then a defensive tackle for the University of North Carolina (UNC) Tar Heels, posted, “I live In club LIV so I get the tenant rate… bottles comin [sic] like its [sic] a giveaway.”
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After experiencing the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, photojournalist Daniel Morel posted several photos of the devastation to his Twitter page in hopes of selling them to news agencies and other potential buyers. Instead, Lisandro Suero, a resident of the Dominican Republic, copied the photos and
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The disease first discovered in a wealthy Texas teenager accused of manslaughter has the potential to mutate and spread to less well-off defendants.
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