Towns and cities are the first gatekeepers in the commercial cannabis licensing process.[1]After a potential cannabis business entity finds a suitable location usually in a mixed use industrial zoning area,[2]the entity must request a host agreement from the town and city.[3]If approved, then the entity submits a cannabis licensing application to the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission … Continue reading CANNABIS LAW IN MASSACHUSETTS: WHETHER THE TOWN APPROVAL APPARATUS PUNISHES COMMERCIAL CANNABIS OPERATORS →

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Left to right: Chad Yates (Senior Law Clerk at Bouchard Baker, PC), Attorney Bouchard Baker (Bouchard Baker, PC), and Kayla Venckauskas (Editor-in-Chief of UMass Law Review) On Tuesday, February 26, UMass Law students celebrated the release of their latest Law Review. The editorial team introduced UMass Law Review Volume 14.1 and took questions about its … Continue reading UMass Law Review 14.1 Book Launch →

India has a long history of outsourcing with comparatively solid legal establishments, and sincere efforts to support outsourcing laws.[1] There also has been a significant growth of business process outsourcing to India after the year 2000 Y2K computer problem.[2] Moreover, the Indian government has embraced foreign outsourcing with the help of their "functional democracy, thriving … Continue reading Comparative Law for India: The U.S. Digital Media Sales Company’s Destination for Business Process Outsourcing   →

Bagley v. Mt. Bachelor[1]will likely have a significant negative effect on negligence suits against ski operators.[2]Specifically, the Oregon ski operators may be held to a strict expert standard for terrain parks.[3]More generally, if Bagely sets a legal trend, the whole ski industry would probably suffer from more negligence lawsuits based on non-enforceable liability releases.[4]  Bagely … Continue reading NEGLIGENCE: CRIPPLING CONSEQUENCES OF BAGLEY V. MT. BACHELOR AND LIABILITY EXPOSURE TO THE SKI INDUSTRY →

The creation of the Nobel Prize depended on the executors of Alfred Nobel’s estate.[1] In the will of the Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel, he created international prizes in 1895.[2] After Mr. Nobel invented dynamite in the 1800s, he made a huge fortune selling his invention to mining and military operations.[3] From 1901 to present, the … Continue reading Nobel Prize- Importance of an Executor →

The Supreme Court is set to hear Janus v. AFSCME, a case which will determine whether employees represented by a public sector union under a collective bargaining agreement, but not full union members in good standing, should be required to pay agency fees to the public sector union. The ruling will potentially determine the future … Continue reading Janus v. AFSCME: Compelling Union Dues in the Public Sector →

The Illinois State Bar Association recently addressed the issue of whether Lawyers could store client information on cloud-based servers. See ISBA Professional Conduct Advisory Opinion No. 16-06. Given the increasing popularity of cloud-based services like Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, and Google Drive as means for easy file storage and sharing, the Illinois State Bar’s Ethics Opinion … Continue reading Ethical Considerations for Attorneys Using Cloud-Based Servers to Store Client Information →

Over the past few months I have not been able to go a single day without hearing about fake news; Facebook’s and Google’s confirmation bias bubble; and the polarization that these have created in the wake of the election of President Donald Trump.   However, this is not anything new. We have heard stories recently about … Continue reading A NEW GENERATION OF YELLOW JOURNALISM: New Media, Censorship, and the First Amendment Part I →