By: Cristian Lopez On October 1, 2017, roosted on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire into a crowd at a country music festival—a…
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#TimesUp For Sexual Harassment Allegations Without Investigations
By: Stacy Skankey Sexual harassment and assault allegations have taken over Hollywood headlines in the past few months. Dozens of Hollywood’s elite men have been accused of various forms…
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Did Mark Wahlberg Provide Actresses the Ammo Needed to Sue for Equal Pay?
By: Marsha Durr Many current headlines in Hollywood are dominated by gender issues. Claims of sexual misconduct appear daily, and the stark wage-gap between men and women has yet…
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“Super Bowling” for Revenue – NFL’s Cash Cow and the Legal Issues That Follow
By Brendan Alan Melander It’s Sunday, the fifth day of February 2017. There’s no National holiday, but family and friends all over the country prepare to spend the afternoon together…
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The Blurred Line Between Advocacy and Incitement
By: Justin Gowan Americans enjoy a unique privilege not shared by a majority of the world—the ability to publicly criticize the government without fear of retaliation. In the wake…
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Captain America’s Shield and Trade Secrets?
By: Snehashish Sadhu Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War ends with the Captain forfeiting his shield to Iron Man. But what is Captain America without his shield? His new friend Black…
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Censorship or Law Against Hollywood Age Discrimination?
By: Yvonne Tindell On September 24, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that will require subscription-based entertainment websites to remove or omit a subscriber’s age or birthdate from…
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments on a Case That Will Decided the Future of Offensive and Disparaging Trademarks
By: Adam Shelton This past week the United State Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding whether part of the Lanham Act was an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment.[1]…
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Locker Room Talk? Not in Their Locker Rooms.
By: Shelby Anderson At the second presidential debate, the phrase of the night was ‘locker room talk’.[1] Just forty-eight hours before the debate, a video surfaced of the Republican presidential candidate…
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Effective Political Expression By Sports Organizations: A Cursory Analysis on the Reactions to North Carolina’s Bathroom Law House Bill 2
By: Tim Lauxman Roughly $180 million.[1] That’s a (rough) estimate of economic loss from sporting events being canceled or moved from North Carolina in protest of the state’s Public Facilities…