All Articles tagged congressional legislation

• Economic Regulation
  March 22, 2019 EDT
  Til (Defaulted) Debt do us Part: The Need for Regulation of Debt Buyers Collecting on Delinquent Debt in the Aftermath of Henson v. Santander
  Meghan Brickner

  In the recent decision of Henson v. Santander, the Court found that diversified debt buyers are not bound by the FDCPA when collecting on purchased delinquent debt.

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• Constitutional Law & Criminal Procedure
  January 30, 2019 EDT
  Regulate/Mandate: Two Perspectives
  John Valauri

  The constitutionality of the “individual mandate” of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act demonstrate that its disputants do not even agree on the meaning of basic terms.

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• Legislation
  January 30, 2019 EDT
  The Patriot Act and Crisis Legislation: The Unintended Consequences of Disaster Lawmaking
  Kyle Welch

  Again and again, Congress has exploited emergencies to pass legislation that would not otherwise have been tenable to either the American public or the political opposition.

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• Constitutional Law & Criminal Procedure
  January 30, 2019 EDT
  Drones and Jones: Rethinking Curtilage Flyover in Light of the Revived Fourth Amendment Trespass Doctrine
  Sean M. Kilbane

  According to a recent poll, “64[% of Americans] are ‘very concerned’ or ‘somewhat concerned’ about their privacy if U.S. law enforcement uses drones with high-tech cameras."

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• Intellectual Property
  September 08, 2018 EDT
  The Wrong Decision at the Right Time: How Aereo and its Aftermath Exposed the Need for Change in the Copyright Act
  Alexis V. Preskar

  The distinction between broadcast and cable is becoming more significant in both intellectual property and communications law as new technologies emerge and test the limits of existing law.

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