Mar 16, 2026 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Maria Wood Voter participation in primary elections is typically low. The Garden State is looking to reverse that trend by attracting a new voter demographic—17-year-olds. The objective of a new law, which passed in 2024 and took effect January 1, 2026, is to...
Mar 16, 2026 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Michael Barbella From its earliest days, social media has created significant legal challenges for America’s judicial system. Numerous cases involving digital networks have been brought before the courts seeking clarification on how the First Amendment, which...
Mar 16, 2026 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Robin Roenker Inscribed over the entrance to the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, DC are the words “Equal Justice Under Law.” According to the webpage of the U.S. Supreme Court, those words “express the ultimate responsibility of the Supreme Court of the...
Jan 5, 2026 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Robin Roenker In the United States the press is often referred to as the Fourth Estate, the other estates being the three branches of government—legislative (Congress), executive (the President) and judicial (the courts). The press, and all forms of news media, are...
Jan 2, 2026 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Michael Barbella Despite concerns about potential health risks, e-cigarettes, first introduced in the U.S. in 2007, have become popular over the nearly two decades they have been on the market, especially among teens and young adults. Opponents of e-cigarettes...
Jan 2, 2026 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Emily Pecot Goldman Sachs, an investment bank firm, estimates the value of the social media influencer economy at around $250 billion and projects that it will reach $480 billion by 2027. According to a 2023 survey by Morning Consult, a global market research...
