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April 29, 2022
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The U of A School of Law has named its newest members of the Business Law Advisory Board. Each of these new board members began their term in Spring 2022.
CURTIS BOX II, J.D.'14
Curtis Box II is an Arkansas native and currently lives in Austin, Texas, where he serves as senior counsel for Apple.
Before attending law school, Box spent several years building business acumen as ...
April 29, 2022
This story begins with Bobby Beavers’ difficulty sleeping.
The Bluefield coal miner talked with a pharmacist and decided to try CBD, a chemical compound found in marijuana, as a sleep aid. CBD may contain trace amounts of THC, the ingredient in marijuana that produces the high, but not enough to have any effect. CBD is sold legally in West Virginia.
The next day, Beavers was subject to a rand...
April 29, 2022
Rep. Joe Ciresi, D-Montgomery, wants Pennsylvania to join the states with more stringent automatic renewal laws.
Ciresi has introduced House Bill 2511, the “Click To Cancel” bill that would require service providers to provide notification before each automatic renewal of a service, to be transparent about renewal terms, and to allow consumers to cancel subscription services exclusively onlin...
April 29, 2022
The year was 1947. The United States was leading the world’s recovery from the Great Depression and World War II. Locally, the City of Toledo celebrated its role in producing the Jeep — the vehicle that won the war — and launched a new era of economic prosperity and growth. In the midst of Toledo’s exciting development and new direction, four attorneys fulfilled a dream that would help lead t...
April 29, 2022
WASHINGTON, HOLMES COUNTIES, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - When someone calls 911, deputies don’t know exactly what they’re about to walk into.
“When deputies are responding, the more information they can get is always, always better,” Washington County Sheriff Kevin Crews said.
When a local mom asked Crews how his deputies would respond to a call in regards to her son with autism, the two put together ...
April 29, 2022
Leaving Russia? Credit: Nikolay N. Antonov/ Adobe Stock
Nearly two months since Big Law firms made statements about pulling out of Russia, there are murmurings in the Russian market that the exits aren’t what many had expected.
“That’s if they’re leaving at all,” said one skeptical Moscow-based lawyer. “They keep working with the same teams, on the same client matters, and sitting in the same...
April 29, 2022
On April 21, 2022, the Stevens Law Society welcomed three former graduates of Stevens to campus to speak about their experiences in law school and industry. Organized by Professor Joyce Mullen, the event began with a light reception and led into a panel discussion. The panelists were introduced by Professor Adam Elewa.
First on the panel: Victoria Goodlof Esq. ’09 is a Senior Staff Attorney o...
April 29, 2022
President Joe Biden departs after speaking about the war in Ukraine in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew… Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden doesn’t want to just seize the yachts, luxury homes and other assets of Russian oligarchs, he wants to sell off the pricey goods and use the money to help rebuild Ukraine.
He’s a...
April 29, 2022
For the first time, the law acknowledges nine variations of sexual violence, including physical and non-physical sexual abuse, forced contraception, forced sterilization, forced marriage, sexual torture, sexual exploitation, sexual slavery, and online sexual violence.
Earlier this month, Indonesia’s parliament passed the Sexual Violence Crimes Law, the nation’s first dedicated law for addre...
April 29, 2022
Dear Carolyn: My husband hates our daughter-in-law and bad-mouths her to the rest of the family. He thinks she is ugly, lazy and was spoiled by her parents.
Fortunately, I have a good relationship with our daughter-in-law and the grandkids, but this rift in the family is tearing at my heart. I have tried to get my husband to at least behave in a civil, respectful manner, to no avail. He liter...