By: Patrick M. Denny, 2L Throughout this year, Cuba has been dealing with large-scale issues in sourcing food and producing energy. Power outages have been affecting millions of residents due to deteriorating infrastructure, the US embargo, and a decline in fuel imports from allies like Russia. Issues in providing energy and food were exacerbated by […]
By: Andres Torres, 2L In December 2023, Argentinian President Javier Milei repealed Argentina’s rent control laws, a major step in his neoliberal reform agenda. Enacted in 2020, these laws sought to cap rent increases and protect tenants by mandating tenant-controlled leases for a minimum of three years. However, unintended consequences soon developed: landlords rapidly withdrew […]
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 […]
Photo Credit: Erik Gay/Associated Press By: Ariana Kravetz, 2L The United States reached a proposed settlement agreement on October 16, 2023, in the case of Ms. L., et al. v. ICE, et al. This lawsuit, filed in 2018 on behalf of a Congolese mother who was separated from her seven-year-old daughter at the U.S.-Mexico border, grew to become […]
