Redefining Parental Responsibility: The Jennifer Crumbley Verdict and Its Implications for Mass Shooting Cases
For the first time, a parent has been charged with manslaughter after her child committed a school shooting. [...]
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Understanding Federal Tax Exemptions: A Guide to Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes
While the high exemption amount only pertains to a small population of the United States currently, there will be many more taxable estates in 2026 if the law is not changed. [...]
International Students Excluded from Collegiate NIL Deals
Although college athletes have the potential to secure impressive NIL deals, the opportunity is generally not given to international athletes. However, Congress has proposed a bill that could allow international student-athletes to participate. [...]
North Carolina’s Looming Constitutional Crisis
Legislative change, especially on a state level, is often a result of active constituents who contact their legislators time and time again until either the funds or dedication sets bills in motion. Legislators will focus on pleasing their constituents to ensure favorable results in upcoming elections, so how will students who are unable to vote until they are 18 years old be able to influence the enactment of similar legislation protecting their rights? [...]
Money Talks: United States Domestic vs. Foreign Affairs
The issue here is not that the government does not have money for the problems that we are facing within the borders of the United States, but rather that the United States government has chosen to use the money to aid our allies and influence global foreign policy. [...]
Necessary Reform or Blurring Transparency: A Look into The New State Bar Review Committee
An essential aspect of the State Bar’s grievance process is the transparency it provides for the public. Limiting public access to disciplinary actions against lawyers diminishes that transparency and may even be said to go against the purpose of the State Bar to protect the public and maintain the integrity of our profession. If a prospective client is trying to find an attorney, they should be able to see that attorney’s discipline record regardless of the severity of it. [...]
Too Old to Work, but Not Old Enough to Sue
A growing consensus among circuit courts may destroy the hopes of litigants, dismissing an age discrimination claim if there is not an age difference of ten or more years between the plaintiff and their replacement hire. [...]
Cybercrime: How Can the United States Seek Justice?
Penalties for committing a crime included in the CFAA range from imprisonment for less than a year to a maximum of life imprisonment. However, it is often difficult for the government to pinpoint the exact identity of cybercriminals to bring them to justice, especially if they are located in a different country. [...]
The Law’s Imaginary Playbook: Navigating Legal Fictions
In the common law system, legal fictions have been utilized to adapt to changing circumstances and address gaps in legislation. English common law, with its emphasis on precedent and flexibility, incorporated legal fictions into its legal system to achieve justice. [...]
Gene Editing from a Global Perspective: The Ethical Battle
The editing of genome cells is used in a number of ways, including treating and preventing hereditary diseases. A first case look includes a “brave” scientist by the name of He Jiankui of Shenzhen, China’s Southern University of Science and Technology, shocked the world by unveiling his unique experiment where he secretly modified the embryos of nine different couples who had biological fathers with HIV positive genes and mothers with HIV negative genes. [...]
Legal Backlash to the #MeToo Movement: A Rise in Defamation Lawsuits Against Survivors
As evidenced by the cases mentioned above, defamation lawsuits wield a significant amount of power against victims. Although the First Amendment protects a wide variety of speech, including truthful statements from victims who choose to share their stories, these lawsuits are extremely effective. Facing a lawsuit, or even the mere threat of legal action can instill profound fear in victims. [...]
Academic Theft – Is ChatGPT an Offender?
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has a list of activities that are banned, with the risk of termination of a user’s account if the company discovers banned activity. Within these banned activities, OpenAI specifically prohibits academic dishonesty. The regulation instructs its users not to misinform, misrepresent, or mislead others. [...]
Who Owns What: How to Classify Ownership of a Chatbot’s Generated Content
Tracing ChatGPT back to its conception, the core of the programming was always the Language Learning Model. By being able to access and compress a large number of data points into a uniquely generated output mimicking speech patterns, chatbots seem to be a supreme combination of search engines and research tools. [...]
Unpacking North Carolina’s Ballot Initiative Shortfall
. . . voting measures are opportunities for citizens of a state to propose a change in legislation or a state constitutional amendment. Ballot initiatives are commonly viewed as a pure form of democracy and may be utilized by those who feel underrepresented by their state or local politicians. [...]
Lost Owners: North Carolina’s Limitation of Veterinary Practice Property Rights
Without any change, local owners of veterinary practices entering retirement must either close down, find another veterinarian to buy their practice, or in many cases, submit to selling their local practice to a large national corporation. [...]