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February 2, 2023By Scarlet Riviere
A cooing baby, a smiling toddler, a laughing child, a creative teenager—abusers should not be allowed to strip them of their innocence. Yet, according to the United States Sentencing Commission, there continues to be a rampant growth of child pornography reports—422% over the last fifteen years. With the rising tide of Child Sexual Abuse Material […]
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January 19, 2023By Jessica Pagliery
The swift rise of Amazon has consequences far past slow internet on Prime Day. In 2013, Amazon contracted with the cash-desperate United States Postal Service (USPS) to have their packages delivered on holidays and Sundays. This deal halted USPS’ fiscal bleeding and gave it a foothold to a booming e-commerce market. However, the rise of […]
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May 8, 2022By Emily Chahede
In March of 2015, consumers for disposable contacts commenced a class action lawsuit against four major manufacturers of disposable contact lenses in the United States. Among the Defendants were Alcon Vision LLC, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, CooperVision, Bausch & Lomb Inc., ABB Optical Group, LLC (“Manufacturers”). The Complaint alleged that the Manufacturers were in […]
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May 4, 2022By Claudia Reves Gonzalez
“Elon Musk attempts hostile takeover of Twitter, calling path ‘painful,’” was the headline in The Washington Post. On April 4, 2022, Elon Musk announced he had become the largest shareholder of Twitter, owning about 9.1 percent of the platform. As a result, a former shareholder filed a suit alleging that Elon Musk violated securities regulations […]
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September 21, 2021By Byron Acosta
Aside from the health and social toll that COVID-19 has wreaked on the global community, the Pandemic has upended the way modern business is conducted. Although the internet has been around for several decades, COVID-19 shattered and perhaps permanently altered the way commerce is conducted. Some companies were forced to transition entirely online to stay […]
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July 27, 2021By Gerald Lane
Some debt collectors had a record year in 2020, and some debt-buying companies saw record profits. One reason for this success is that many Americans received stimulus checks, breaks on rent, and higher unemployment benefits. These benefits left Americans with thousands of extra dollars in cash and more willing to pay off their old debts. […]
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