North Carolinians are becoming used to seeing post-apocalyptic pictures of muddy brown water rising up beyond the banks of our rivers, and overtaking agricultural and industrial sites. Hurricane Florence is the second storm in three years to cause massive inland flooding, leading to the breaching of dozens of hog lagoons in the state. Now there …
SpaceX announced that the world’s first private passengers will fly around the moon in the largest reusable rocket ever to be built, the BFR. (Big Falcon Rocket) For an as yet undisclosed amount, Japanese businessman Yusaku Maezawa purchased all of the seats on the rocket for the trip around the moon, and will be choosing …
On Friday, September 7 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a December 2017 ruling by the Federal Circuit that found Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act’s bar on “immoral or scandalous” material in violation of the First Amendment. In this 2017 case, the Federal Circuit found in favor …
As the North Carolina coast was battered by the unprecedented Hurricane Florence, a coal ash pond at Duke Energy’s Sutton Plant in Wilmington, N.C. collapsed displacing over 2,000 cubic yards of coal ash into nearby water ways. At the time of this writing, “[t]he company has not yet determined whether the weir that drains the …
Ashle Page During his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump declared that “[w]e stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space…” In March of 2018, one of those mysteries was unlocked and the idea for a Space Force was born. Some may argue that it was actually created “a …
A trademark includes any word, symbol, or combination thereof which constitutes a brand name. Brands are an essential part of everyday life that allow us to distinguish item sources, set price expectations, and quality expectations. Brand recognition allows consumers to hold the brand accountable, which in turn incentivizes the safety of a manufacturer’s product. To …
In a world of emerging technologies, there are not many areas that have not been revolutionized in one way or another by the adaptation of new devices. Next on the list of technological revolutions is the corporate event that many of us have been dragged to over the course of our lives. As corporate events …
Less than a month ago, Himelda Mendez, a legally blind individual, filed a lawsuit against Apple over the accessibility of Apple’s website.. In her complaint, Mendez alleges that Apple’s stores are places of “public accommodation” within the meaning of Title III of the ADA, and that the Apple.com website is a “service, privilege, or advantage” …
When Hurricane Florence was first predicted to make landfall in Eastern North Carolina earlier this month, Governor Roy Cooper issued the unprecedented action of ordering state-mandated evacuations for many ENC residents. But in one county alone, 2.9 million residents stayed put: the hogs of Duplin County, N.C. Riding out the storm with them? Their waste. …
First-year law students around the United States learn in their introductory torts classes that any entity in the manufacturing, distribution, or retail chain of a defective product can be held liable for injuries that result from that defective product. But, in a recent ruling from the Southern District of New York, Amazon was relieved of …