Month: March 2020

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Are We in a Jail Health Care Crisis?

March 30, 2020

Photo Credit: https://images.wisegeek.com/prison-medical-care.jpg.

By: Savannah Pelfrey
Member, American Journal of Trial Advocacy

            Telemedicine is a phenomenon within the health care world that is presumed to have started within the last decade; however, its history within the prison industry started much earlier.[1] Continue reading “Are We in a Jail Health Care Crisis?”

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Sign Here, and Swipe There: Potential Impact of Florida’s New Remote Online Notary Law

March 23, 2020

Photo Credit: https://www.chron.com/business/moneytips/article/Mortgage-Closing-Now-Done-Remotely-12193151.php

By: David Newman
Junior Associate Editor, American Journal of Trial Advocacy

            In January 2020, Florida became one of the most recent states to pass a law allowing for remote online notaries.[1]  Florida is now one of 22 states that have passed laws allowing for remote online notaries.[2] Continue reading “Sign Here, and Swipe There: Potential Impact of Florida’s New Remote Online Notary Law”

Can a City Challenge the Constitutionality of State Monuments?

March 16, 2020

Photo Credit: https://www.al.com/news/2019/11/alabama-supreme-court-says-birmingham-violated-historic-monuments-law.html.

By: Nicki Lawsen
Member, American Journal of Trial Advocacy

Background

          In November 2019, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the Memorial Preservation Act is constitutional and reversed the lower court’s decision.[1] Continue reading “Can a City Challenge the Constitutionality of State Monuments?”

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Enough is Enough: Hotels and Motels Profiting from Sex Trafficking Must Stop Here

March 2, 2020

Photo Credit: https://ramblernewspapers.com/2020/01/lawsuit-charges-texas-hotels-willfully-blind-to-sex-trafficking-exploitation/ (last visited Feb. 19, 2020).

By: Landon Whatley
Junior Associate Editor, American Journal of Trial Advocacy

The United States enacted the Trafficking Victim’s Protection Act of 2000 (“TPVA”) as its first major move to combat human trafficking both domestically and worldwide.[1]  Continue reading “Enough is Enough: Hotels and Motels Profiting from Sex Trafficking Must Stop Here”