The editorial board is pleased to announce the publication of volume eight of the Rutgers Journal of Law & Public Policy. This issue includes articles on topics such as the racial tensions underlying the Supreme Court decision of Ricci v. Destefano, punitive damages in asbestos litigation, the evolution of FCC fleeting profanities policy, and the role of state… continue reading
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Professors Ricks co-wrote Current Issues in Constitutional Litigation with the overriding goal of providing attorneys-in-training with practical knowledge and skills to prepare them for practice. She wanted to create the sort of practical guide she wished she had to prepare herself for her legal career. With that in mind, the text avoids a bare recitation of theory,… continue reading
This note examines a gap in military health insurance availability for retired military reservists who have not yet attained age 60 (“gray area reservists”) and proposes a solution to fix this problem. The solution essentially entails expanding the current health insurance program for actively drilling military reservists to cover gray area reservists. Actively drilling military… continue reading
Revolution is in the air: from Tunisia to Egypt, Libya to Syria; from the streets of lower Manhattan to the hills of Berkeley, making Amory Starr, Luis Fernandez and Christian Scholl’s work, Shutting Down the Streets: Political Violence and Social Control in the Global Era all the more relevant. The authors explore the concept of social control… continue reading
Follow The notion that corporations are treated as persons under the confines of the Constitution is rooted in the beginnings of the nation. Within the past decades, however, corporations viewed as citizens akin to human beings has generated a great deal of political and social scrutiny. Many opponents regard the corporate entity as a massive engine of wealth that… continue reading
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), a San Francisco-area commuter rail governmental agency created by the State of California, shut down cellular communications, including internet access on “smart phones” for over three hours on August 11, 2011 in several of their stations.[2] The disruption was made, anticipating a demonstration to protest the shooting of a… continue reading
The expression “professional plaintiff” has long been a dirty word in the legal lexicon.[2] To some, the term describes “rapacious jackals whose declared well-being camouflages their unwholesome appetite for corporate dollars.”[3] To others, the term describes “misunderstood . . . battle-tested ‘private attorney general[s]’ who shoulder the burden of enforcing regulatory violations for… continue reading
Litigation is a relatively recession proof business and is, therefore, an attractive asset class to investors. [2] As a result, third party investment in litigation has become a lucrative business. [3] While third party litigation financing is a recent phenomenon, [4] the emergence of investors who finance commercial claims brought by companies against other companies, is… continue reading
On February 18, 2005, President Bush signed the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”) into law.[2] He described the legislation as “a critical step toward ending the lawsuit culture in our country” and lauded that the law will “ease the needless burden of litigation on every American worker, business, and family..”[3] Congressional findings on the law describe its… continue reading
