Aug 4, 2010 | Notes, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 43
Desperate to stop the youth-on-youth violence permeating the city, the Boston Police Department (BPD) unveiled the Safe Homes Initiative (Safe Homes) in November 2007—a program designed to reduce the number of weapons available to at-risk youth by confiscating...
Aug 4, 2010 | Notes, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 43
Unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE), more commonly known as spam, takes a heavy toll on business each year and has proven to be a serious international problem. In 2008, spam comprised an estimated eighty percent of all e-mails sent worldwide. And according to at...
Aug 4, 2010 | Lead Articles, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 43
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) of 1999, also termed the Financial Modernization Act of 1999, was signed into law on November 12, 1999. At the time of its enactment it was hailed by supporters as an important step forward in the removal of the legal barriers...
Aug 4, 2010 | Lead Articles, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 43
With the interpretation of fair employment laws often mired in confusion, it comes as no surprise that the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Gross v. FBL Fin. Servs., Inc. raises more questions than it answers. In declining to apply the mixed-motive standard,...
Aug 4, 2010 | Lead Articles, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 43
The rise of lawyer mobility is a recent and remarkable development within the legal profession. In the past, movement of lawyers between firms was uncommon, but over the last thirty years lateral hiring has become the norm rather than the exception, and lawyers may...
Aug 4, 2010 | Lead Articles, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 43
The state of punitive damages in the United States has been a controversial topic for more than three decades, resulting in litigation reaching the U.S. Supreme Court and state supreme courts. Various business advocacy groups have sought to drastically curb or...