Personal Jurisdiction After Mallory: Beyond International Shoe Christopher R. Green, Professor of Law and Jamie L. Whitten Chair in Law and Government, University of Mississippi School of Law Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway clarifies that consent extracted by states as a condition of doing business is sufficient consent for personal-jurisdiction purposes under the Due Process Clause … Continued
Yin and Yang: The Human Faces of Veterans Law Anna Kapellan* “All stories have two kinds of characters.” – Daniel Albright Half an hour. That’s all there was to cross the street into a snooty restaurant where waiters were serving pizzas on white linen tablecloths meant to match the jacked-up prices and deliciousness of pizzas … Continued
Penitent Privilege in the Age of Abrogation Nathan J. Ristuccia[1] Privilege law is transforming today. The evidentiary privilege for penitential confessions has been near universal across the United States since the 1960s. In most jurisdictions, this guarantees that communications “made privately and not intended for further disclosure” to “an individual reasonably believed” to be “a … Continued
The Terminator: The Surreal Reality of Limitations Periods as Applied to Claims of Incarcerated Veterans Anna Kapellan[1] Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.[2] Say the word “veteran,” and images of flags waiving in the wind, red carnations on gravestones, … Continued
About Time: Wyoming’s Efforts to Limit Child Marriage Anna Beavers, University of Mississippi School of Law, Class of 2024 The sixty-seventh Wyoming legislative session began on February 10th with one bill before the House that stirred up both activist groups and members of the state Congress.[1] Despite doubts voiced by the media, House Bill 7 … Continued
Are Digital Assets Securities? Tyler White, University of Mississippi School of Law, Class of 2024 In July, a federal magistrate rejected the Security Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) third attempt to withhold internal documents relating to a speech given by an SEC official in 2018. The decision is part of a case in which the SEC claims … Continued
By: Vitruvius Introduction Since the opening of trade routes between peoples across the globe, international negotiation has become an integral part of shared prosperity. Negotiation is not simply drawing “X’s and O’s” on a clipboard and expecting the plan to be flawlessly executed. Rather, the evolution between time and space shifts the clipboard and the … Continued
Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire: How Deception is Burning the Criminal Justice System[1]This blog post is derived from a larger article of the same name by the author. To read the larger work, visit https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3772453 By: Mckenzie Williamson, University of Mississippi School of Law, Class of 2022 In the United States, the use of deception … Continued
Up-the-line Immunity: A Gift to General Contractors Jack Simpson, University of Mississippi School of Law, Class of 2022 A. Workers’ Compensation is the Exclusive Remedy for on-the-job Injuries All individuals and businesses that regularly employ five or more individuals are required to provide workers’ compensation benefits.[1]Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-5. The benefits are … Continued
Modern Homemakers: How Cottage Food Laws Open a New World for Small Businesses Bess Fisher, University of Mississippi School of Law, Class of 2022[1] Social media, namely Instagram, has changed the name of the game for marketing and advertising. Average, everyday people now have the ability to gain thousands of followers, and with that platform … Continued
