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Dec
21

Almost fifty years into America’s anti-narcotics domestic and foreign policy initiatives, launched with Nixon’s signing of the Controlled Substances Act (colloquially referred to as the “War on Drugs”), the arms race between international drug cartels and the law enforcement agencies tasked with stopping them soldiers on. Still a centerpiece of policy decisions by today’s politicians,

Dec
21

In 2017, North Carolina experienced the nation’s second-highest increase in opioid-related deaths. This spike includes a total of 1,118 people who died last year by use of fentanyl and other fentanyl analogues. Fentanyl is used for post-surgery pain management and is 100 times stronger than morphine, and 50 times stronger than heroin. Analogues (drugs that

Dec
21

Earlier this year the Canadian Senate voted to pass Bill C-45, known as the Cannabis Act, and will effectively make recreational marijuana legal for adults. Marijuana will not be sold in the same locations as alcohol or tobacco and will be available from drug retailers regulated by provinces and territories or from federally licensed producers.

Dec
21

Over the past couple of years, Apple has sued semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm in three different countries, with its United States claim seeking approximately $1 billion in damages. In its complaint, Apple alleged that Qualcomm was “withholding” that sum “as retaliation for [Apple] responding truthfully to law enforcement agencies investigating [Qualcomm].” In a major development in

Dec
21

According to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs there are currently 4,858 registered objects orbiting the Earth. The Union of Concerned Scientist’s Satellite Database states of those 4,858 objects, 1,886 of them are operational satellites. The objects are registered to 78 different countries. The country with the most objects registered is the United

Dec
21

For most, an introduction to Justice Kavanaugh would be redundant. However, for the few interested in intellectual property, Kavanaugh’s confirmation comes timely to two upcoming intellectual property cases. First, Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC asks whether “registration of [a] copyright claim has been made” in accordance to 17 U.S.C. § 411(a) when the

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