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Sexual assault in the US Armed Forces is a very real and prescient issue for all service members. In April 2023, the US Department of Defense (DoD) reported that in 2022 there had been “a roughly 1% increase in overall reports of sexual assaults” with all the service branches having seen an increase in reported [...]

The US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) invited Starbucks CEO and founder Howard Schultz to testify on March 9 regarding his company’s compliance with federal labor laws, according to a letter released by Senator and Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday. The invitation follows a wave of unionization amid unfair [...]

The Starbucks Corporation Monday disclosed in US Securities and Exchange Commission filings that former General Counsel Rachel Gonzalez’s pay amounted to nearly $11.7 million in 2022, including $7.1 million in severance pay. Although Starbucks has not revealed the reason for Gonzalez’s departure, it coincided with a nationwide wave of unionization. Gonzalez served as Starbucks’ general [...]

Experts in England and Wales have concluded that granting legal rights to non-human entities, such as animals, trees and rivers, would help tackle climate change and the loss of biodiversity, according to a report published Monday by the Law Society. The report suggested that introducing legal protections would create a link between the damage to [...]

56-year old Cesar Sayoc of Florida was arrested and charged Friday in connection with the investigation of suspicious packages sent nationwide to various democratic politicians and outspoken critics of President Donald Trump, including former President Barack Obama and Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Sayoc was charged with transporting explosives across state lines, illegally mailing [...]

The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Friday, in three separate opinions, overturned several charges for three Pennsylvania State University administrators accused of playing a role in covering up the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal. The defendants argued...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced at a press conference Thursday that she will not defend Pennsylvania's statutory ban on same-sex marriage. Title 23, Chapter 11, section 1102 of the Pennsylvania consolidated statutes defines marriage as...

Kenneth S. Gallant, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law