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    Chemical Whack-a-Mole: Why Our Environment Can’t Keep Up with PFAS

    November 5, 2025By Aracely Reyes-Rodriguez

    Welcome to the 98%, the not-so-exclusive club of Americans with measurable levels of forever chemicals in their blood; membership is automatic, but the health risks are still being calculated. A toxic threat flows from our taps. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) are a family of thousands of synthetic compounds dubbed “forever chemicals” because their unique […]

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    Motorcycles Watch Out . . . That Car Is On Autopilot!

    March 27, 2023By Max Stein

    If you asked someone in the twentieth century where technology would be today, some would say that there would be “cars that fly themselves!” Though we are not at the level of flying cars, there are plenty of car manufacturers that utilize autonomous driving systems. Although self-driving vehicles sound like an amazing feat of engineering, […]

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    “Up in the Air”: Interpreting Airlines’ Liability Under the Montreal Convention

    November 11, 2022By Jose Rodriguez-Lage

    On April 29, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that when determining whether an accident that occurred on a commercial flight was unexpected or unforeseen, the inquiry should focus on the expectations of “the average reasonable traveler.”[i]  On September 14, 2018, Jennifer Moore (“Ms. Moore”) arrived in London from […]

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    “Just A Part of the Game”… or Negligence?

    November 9, 2022By Max Stein

    The National Football League (“N.F.L.”) has been around for over one hundred years, and fans worldwide have watched their favorite football players win, lose, and get injured. On September 29, 2022, the Miami Dolphins quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa, suffered a major head injury while being sacked in the second quarter.[i] Although injuries are inevitable in the […]

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