Jan 22, 2021 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Maria Wood The concept of contact tracing is not new, having been used for centuries to halt the spread of disease, with the first known use in the 1500s during the outbreak of the bubonic plague. The practice is now being employed to stop the spread of coronavirus...
Jan 21, 2021 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Michael Barbella Among the many things that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light is that staying at home all the time is no fun and everyone has a different idea of what “essential” means. For example, California’s Santa Clara County—one of the nation’s first...
Jan 21, 2021 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Michael Barbella In 2019, college athletics generated nearly $19 billion for colleges and universities, according to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the nonprofit organization that regulates student athletes. The NCAA maintains that more than...
Sep 13, 2020 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Michael Barbella Voting in the 2020 presidential election could prove challenging this year as the unrelenting coronavirus pandemic fuels fear of going to the polls in person. In order to allay those fears, as well as address the lack of poll workers who are also...
Sep 13, 2020 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Jodi L. Miller There are nearly 17 million students enrolled in colleges and universities across the United States. Some of these students are passionate about political causes and feel strongly about exercising their right to vote. According to Tufts University’s...
Sep 11, 2020 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Phyllis Raybin Emert Can you imagine voting in 2020 the way people did in some parts of 19th century America? Men (and it was only white men) swore to a judge that they had not voted before and then shouted out their choice to the waiting clerk, who recorded it in...
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