Suffolk Journal of Trial & Appellate Advocacy

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• GIVE 'EM THE OL' RAZZLE DAZZLE: THE ETHICS OF TRIAL ADVOCACY AND THE CASE OF KYLE RITTENHOUSE.
• INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION: SUPREME COURT HOLDS DISTRICT COURTS MAY NOT ORDER DISCOVERY FOR USE IN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.
• CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - TIGHTENING THE LOCKS TO THE SCHOOLHOUSE GATE - MAHANOY AREA SCH. DIST. V. B.L., 141 S. CT. 2038 (2021).
• CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - SEXUAL ORIENTATION RECOGNIZED AS PROTECTED CLASS FOR BATSON CHALLENGES - COMMONWEALTH V. CARTER, 172 N.E.3D 367 (MASS. 2021).
• CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - DEVICE SEARCHES ABSENT REASONABLE SUSPICION ALLOW SECURITY INTERESTS TO OUTWEIGH PRIVACY CONCERNS AND AMPLIFY BIAS AT THE U.S. BORDER - ALASAAD V. MAYORKAS, 988 F.3D 8 (1ST CIR. 2021).
• SECURITIES LAW - FIRST CIRCUIT ADOPTS IRREVOCABLE LIABILITY AS BOTH NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT CONDITION FOR DOMESTIC SECURITIES TEST - SEC V. MORRONE, 997 F.3D 52 (1ST CIR. 2021).
• CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - CONCEALING IDENTITY TO RECORD IS NOT AN INTERCEPTION UNDER MASSACHUSETTS WIRETAP STATUTE - CURTATONE V. BARSTOOL SPORTS, INC., 169 N.E.3D 480 (MASS. 2021).
• CRIMINAL LAW - THIRD CIRCUIT HOLDS PROPOSED DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOM IS CRIMINAL VIOLATION OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - UNITED STATES V. SAFEHOUSE, 985 F.3D 225 (3RD CIR. 2021).
• HOW DO LAWYER DISCIPLINARY AGENCIES ENFORCE RULES AGAINST LITIGATION MISCONDUCT? OR DO THEY? RESULTS OF A CASE STUDY AND A NATIONAL SURVEY OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL.
• AMERICA'S EXTRAORDINARY AND COMPELLING PROBLEM: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SENTENCE MODIFICATION PROCESS IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS AND THE NEED TO REMOVE THE BUREAU OF PRISON'S GATEKEEPER ROLE.

Featured documents

• Administrative law - United States entitled to sovereign immunity under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act's civil-liability provision, section 1810.
• AMERICA'S EXTRAORDINARY AND COMPELLING PROBLEM: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SENTENCE MODIFICATION PROCESS IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS AND THE NEED TO REMOVE THE BUREAU OF PRISON'S GATEKEEPER ROLE.
• COMBATTING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT: AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION DURING THE #METOO ERA.
• RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL FOR ALL, UNLESS YOU'RE INCARCERATED: HOW SIXTH AMENDMENT JURISPRUDENCE ALLOWS FOR PROLONGED ISOLATION - UNITED STATES V. BAILEY-SNYDER, 923 F.3D 289, 291 (3RD CIR. 2019).
• "NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS": THE FUTURE OF COSMETIC ANIMAL TESTING IN THE U.S. AND BEYOND.
• CONTRACT LAW/PROPERTY LAW - JUST TEXT THE CONTRACT OVER - ST. JOHN'S HOLDINGS, LLC V. TWO ELECS., LLC, NO. 16 MISC 000090 RBF, 2016 WL 6191911 (MASS. LAND CT. OCT. 24, 2016).
• Criminal law - duress: no defense to murder?
• CAFA's impact on forum shopping and the manipulation of the civil justice system.
• Crumbling patchwork: Massachusetts's efforts to fill the gaps left by Crawford are now redundant.
• Evidence - present sense and common sense: stretching the 803(1) hearsay exception to its limits.