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Revisiting the Legality of Physician-Assisted Suicide
March 28, 2014
Alison Key, MJLST Staff Already this year, two states have expanded options for physician-assisted suicide (PAS) by striking all or part of statutes designed to...
Cyberbullying Laws in Minnesota: An Update and Counterpoint
March 28, 2014
Erin Fleury, MJLST Staff Bullying in schools is an age-old problem; the effects of which have been exacerbated by society's increasing use of technology, especially...
Why Antitrust Must Play a Role in Analyzing Drug Patent Settlements
March 28, 2014
Michael A. Carrier, Distinguished Professor, Rutgers School of Law, MJLST Guest Blogger Think back several years to, say, 2006 or 2008. The world of drug...
E-Cigarette Trend Will Likely Subside After Federal and State Regulation Weighs In
March 16, 2014
George David Kidd, MJLST Managing Editor Who could have predicted that development of better portable-battery technology would unleash such a radical transformation of tobacco consumption...
Will Sodsaver Save the Prairie Pothole Region?
March 16, 2014
Joe McCartin, MJLST Staff In recent years, high crop and farmland prices, in combination with technological advances in agriculture, have pushed crop producers to convert...
Lethal Injection, Moral Compunction
March 12, 2014
Becky Huting, MJLST Staff Ohio inmate and convicted murderer Dennis McGuire was recently executed by lethal injection with a new combination of drugs. Ohio had...
Breathalyzers v. Blood-Alcohol Tests
March 12, 2014
Jenny Nomura, MJLST Managing Editor In the MJLST volume 11 spring edition, David Liebow discussed the difficulties of obtaining the source code of breathalyzers in...
BP’s Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill Litigation Drags on in the Eastern District of Louisiana
March 12, 2014
Daniel Schueppert, MJLST Staff With the recent celebration of Mardi Gras not long past, Louisiana and other southern coastal states are once again making national...
The High Cost of Medical Errors
March 1, 2014
Mayura Iyer, MJLST Staff When we feel unwell, or have an injury, or are battling a serious condition, we turn to doctors and hospitals to...
Genetic Testing: Thorny Ethical Puzzles in Returning Results From Researchers
March 1, 2014
Savir Punia, MJLST Lead Notes and Comments Editor The Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology Symposium article, The Role of Law in the Debate...