Jan 16, 2012 | Case Comments, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 45
The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) affords private parties the opportunity to bring suit against the United States for certain types of tortious harm caused by government employees. An FTCA claim generally accrues at the time of injury, but in circumstances where...
Jan 14, 2012 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 45
Since the so-called conflicts revolution, choice-of-law theory continues to reject the vested rights approach of the First Restatement of Conflicts without fully criticizing the failures of the governmental interest theory in the Second Restatement of Conflicts. At...
Jan 14, 2012 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 45
In August 2010, Deadspin.com, a sports and entertainment website, published leaked financial records for a number of Major League Baseball (MLB) clubs, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. According to...
Jan 14, 2012 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 45
Residents of the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico have more in common with their part of the sea than only salt content. Affecting the well-being of Gulf residents, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the largest in United States history, and efforts to respond to...
Nov 29, 2011 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 45
Execution Watch, KPTF 90.1 FM, Houston, Texas, is a Public Radio program that only broadcasts when the State of Texas is executing one of its death-row inmates. Hosted by a former prison inmate and providing live coverage at Huntsville Prison, Execution Watch promotes...
Nov 22, 2011 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 45
The emergence of social media, from Facebook to Myspace and Linkedin to Twitter—much like the earlier evolution of email, IM, and web 2.0—have changed the way people communicate, expanding the virtual horizons for social networking and business promotion on these...
