Blog Posts in 2019
Posted on Apr 17, 2019 By David Thomas
HIDDEN CAMERAS: SECURITY OR INVASION OF PRIVACY? You’ve arrived at your vacation destination after a long day of travel, and have just settled into your Airbnb. The two bedroom, two bathroom ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2019 By David Thomas
MURDER IN S. CAROLINA SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON RIDE SHARES Two weeks ago, Samantha Josephson, a University of South Carolina senior, thought she was getting into the Uber she had called to pick her up. She ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2019 By David Thomas
A CASE TO WATCH A case to be argued before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in three weeks has both legal scholars and lay people talking. Department of Commerce v. U.S. District Court ...
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Posted on Mar 27, 2019 By David Thomas
TAKING BIG PHARMA TO COURT On January 3, 2019, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr filed a lawsuit in Superior Court of Gwinnett County against opioid manufacturers and distributors for their false ...
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Posted on Mar 21, 2019 By David Thomas
Below is an installment in our Trends in the Law series. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION: THE LAWS Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers with more than 15 employees from ...
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Posted on Mar 14, 2019 By David Thomas
THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CRISIS A study commissioned by the Governors Highway Safety Association and released recently found that U.S. pedestrian deaths hit a 28-year high last year, rising 4% in just ...
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Posted on Mar 14, 2019 By David Thomas
THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CRISIS A study commissioned by the Governors Highway Safety Association and released recently found that U.S. pedestrian deaths hit a 28-year high last year, rising 4% in just ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2019 By David Thomas
Electronic Scooters, or e-scooters, are the new “disruptive transportation technology.” Translation: e-scooters are the new craze in how to get from point A to point B. Their convenience ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2019 By David Thomas
TRENDS IN THE LAW SERIES: Cases on the Horizon in the High Court The 2018-2019 term of the Supreme Court of the United States has already had some noteworthy cases—Gamble v. U.S. is one such ...
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