Category Archives: IALR Posts

Bracing for Impact: The ILA’s Potential Strike and its Economic Consequences

By: Anthony Montano, 2L The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) is a union of port workers on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, Great Lakes, major U.S. rivers, Puerto Rico, Eastern Canada, and the Bahamas, boasting over 85,000 members.  On November 11, 2014,  ILA entered into a Master Contract with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). USMX […]

The Battle for Port-Au-Prince

Photo Credit: Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters By: Anthony Puntasecca, 2L The Haitian people have become increasingly familiar with political instability; the last twenty years have produced only one successful transfer of presidential power between elected officials. Specifically, there has been no president for the last three years following the assassination of Jovenel Moise in 2021. The subsequent appointment […]

To Be or Not to S.B.4: Back and Forth on Texas’s Senate Bill 4

Photo Credit: (AP Photo/Eric Gay) By: Monica Diaz, 2L A contentious new Texas law,  known as Senate Bill 4 or S.B. 4, that aims to grant state and local law enforcement the authority to detain migrants entering the state from Mexico without permission is currently facing an unclear fate. In late February, a federal district judge ordered […]

Canada’s Online News Act: A Blueprint for Regulating Big Tech?

Photo Credit: Koshiro K/Alamy Stock Photo By: Blake Hawthorne, 2L Enacted in June 2023, Bill C-18, popularly known as Canada’s Online News Act, represents a significant move to tackle the financial challenges the news industry faces in the digital era. The Act requires large digital platforms to provide “fair compensation” for displaying Canadian news content. While some […]