Feb 18, 2014 | Archives, Online Edition
In Commonwealth v. Winfield,[ref]985 N.E.2d 86 (Mass. 2013).[/ref] the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), in a matter of first impression, held that the First Amendment right of access to a criminal trial—as applied to the states through the Fourteenth...
Feb 7, 2014 | Archives, Online Edition
In United States v. Wurie,[ref]728 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2013), cert. granted, 2013 WL 4402108 (U.S. Jan. 17, 2014) (No. 13-212).[/ref] a police officer, while performing routine surveillance, observed what he believed was an illegal drug transaction between Fred Wade and...
Jan 31, 2014 | Archives, Online Edition
I. Introduction On October 23, 2013, the SEC released its proposed equity crowdfunding rules.[ref]See Sarah N. Lynch, SEC Releases ‘Crowdfunding’ Rule, Reuters (Oct. 23, 2013, 6:05 PM),...
Feb 25, 2013 | Archives, Online Edition
Supreme Court cases reflect changing times. Suffolk University Law Review began in 1967, the year of Loving v. Virginia,[ref]388 U.S. 1 (1967).[/ref] a civil rights case that struck down state laws barring interracial marriage. In 2013, the Court has before it cases...