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    #ad, #sponsored, #sued: Influencer Marketing and Consumer Deception

    October 2, 2026By Ashley Sanchez

    What makes an influencer influential?  It is not simply the number of followers, likes, or views.  It is the authenticity they portray, creating the belief that the person behind the screen genuinely likes what they are recommending.  A favorite pair of leggings, a skincare routine, or an energy drink feels different when it appears in […]

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    Public Tools, Private Motives: Regulating ALPR Misuse in Florida

    October 1, 2026By Marcela Rivera

    Over the span of 667 days, Florida police officer Christopher Goodson used law-enforcement resources to search his estranged wife’s license plate 717 times.[i]  From September 1, 2024, to June 30, 2026, Officer Goodson employed the help of the increasingly controversial automated license plate recognition system (“ALPR”), Flock Safety, to track where and when her vehicle […]

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    What is the Meaning of “In Common Use?”: Supreme Court to Decide Whether AR-15s Are Protected by the Second Amendment

    September 30, 2026By Maxwell Gregg

    The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states, in full, that “[a] well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”[i]  While this language has been a contentious source of debate and scrutiny,[ii] the interpretation of the […]

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    When Madness Has a Method: What the Lindsay Clancy Trial Reveals About the Insanity Defense

    September 29, 2026By Gianelle Cabrera

    Few criminal defenses generate as much controversy as the insanity defense.[i]  To some, a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity sounds like an escape from responsibility.[ii]  To others, punishing a person who could not understand the nature or wrongfulness of her actions undermines the basic principles upon which criminal liability rests.  Madness does […]

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