Jan 3, 2024 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Maria Wood According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 95% of kids ages 13 to 17 are on social media, with more than a third of them admitting “they use social media ‘almost constantly.’” In May 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released an...
Jan 2, 2024 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Emily Pecot Since its creation in 2016, TikTok, the short-form video-sharing app, has grown significantly. Currently, TikTok has approximately 1.1 billion active users worldwide—150 million of them are in the United States where the app launched in 2018. According...
Jan 2, 2024 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Sylvia Mendoza Growing up in the age of technology, the convenience of googling information on any topic is probably second nature to you. The problem is the possibility that the information you’re getting could be inaccurate (misinformation) or purposely...
Sep 2, 2023 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Emily Pecot Seeing Taylor Swift live with thousands of other “Swifties” wasn’t supposed to be impossible. In November 2022, when tickets for Swift’s “Eras” tour went on sale, Ticketmaster customers encountered website crashes, sparse availability, unusable presale...
Aug 29, 2023 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Michael Barbella Are you itching to cast a ballot in your first election? If you’re 17, you may get the chance. New Jersey may be joining a growing number of states that are expanding electoral rights by adjusting the state voting age. Americans have been debating...
Aug 29, 2023 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Maria Wood Faced with a nationwide labor shortage since the COVID-19 pandemic, several states, including New Jersey, have loosened their child labor laws to help employee-strapped businesses hire more staff. According to a June 2023 report from the Economic Policy...