Going into effect October 24, 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act is one of the most important legacies of FDR's New Deal. The FLSA establishes regulations that govern the treatment of both full-time and part-time workers, and it has proven to be one of labor's most important shields since its passage. In this year, on the 80th anniversary of the … [Read more...]
2018 Midterms Preview
The 2018 midterm election projects to be one of the most consequential in recent history. At stake is Congressional oversight of the Trump Administration, the future of the federal court system, impending Congressional re-districting and a staggering range of elected positions. If you've been too busy to obsess over American politics, here are … [Read more...]
New Lawsuit Seeks Financial Damages for Immigrant Children Separated from Their Families
When the details and consequences of the Trump Administration's draconian family separation policy were reported this summer, Americans recoiled from the sight of children forcibly separated from their parents. Polls found that nearly two-thirds of respondents opposed these policies, a remarkable figure in such a polarized age – though a strong … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Alleges Facebook is Apathetic About Human Trafficking
A Texas woman and human trafficking victim has filed a seven-figure lawsuit against Facebook, alleging that the social media giant has systematically failed to take steps to prevent its website from being used as a tragically effective tool for traffickers. Though the woman is identified only as “Jane Doe” in media reports, her attorney, Annie … [Read more...]
Two Court Rulings Re-Shape Ability to Sue Out-of-State Companies in Pennsylvania
Two rulings from the Pennsylvania Superior Court have re-affirmed Pennsylvanians' right to sue out-of-state companies that register as “foreign corporations” in Pennsylvania. The two cases, Webb-Benjamin v. International Rug Group and Murray v. American LaFrance, were decided in June and September of this year, respectively. Attorneys in the … [Read more...]
EPA Loosens Rules on Power Plants, Raising Health Concerns
Time and time again, the Trump Administration's Environmental Protection Agency has provided Americans with good reason to believe it is less interested in protecting the environment than it is in protecting the profits of polluters. Now, the EPA is taking what is arguably its most important – and most dangerous – deregulatory step: a dramatic … [Read more...]
Texas Wins Again in Lawsuit Over Campus Carry
Three professors at the University of Texas at Austin suffered another legal defeat in August in their longshot campaign against a Texas law allowing concealed weapons on college campuses. A three-judge panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the state of Texas, upholding the now three-year-old law that prevented … [Read more...]
Are Social Media Sites Censoring Conservatives? The President Says Yes – Without Evidence.
These days, our public square is largely a digital space. The man ranting in the public commons while standing on a soap box is now tweeting, for better or worse. We hold most of our debates on our digital forums. This presents challenges our society is still grappling with. After all, these digital spaces aren't really public squares – they're … [Read more...]
Potential Supreme Court Case Could Have Huge Impact on Gender-Based Wage Gap
If you've applied for a job recently, there's a good chance you had to fill out an extensive salary history. It's not at all unusual for companies to require applicants to provide their salaries at several – or even all – of their past jobs. In public sector jobs, wages and benefits are easily accessible – either through record requests or … [Read more...]
Google, Big Data and Civil Liberties
We live in an inter-connected world – hundreds of millions of Americans own smartphones, which provide a staggering level of technology, connectivity and access to the wider world in a device the size of your hand. However, this revolution in digital technology has taken place within an analog legal framework, one constructed over centuries long … [Read more...]
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