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Summary: The case of Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh involves the secondary liability of social media giants Twitter, Facebook, and Google under the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) for failing to prevent terrorist organizations from using their services. The Supreme Court ruled that the platforms’ inaction did not constitute aiding and abetting, and highlighted…

The Justice Department’s Response to Fraud in COVID-19 Funds By: Adam B. McDonald             The COVID-19 pandemic caused physical and financial hardship for millions of people in the United States. As a result, the United States issued loans to small businesses in order to alleviate some financial burdens. These loans, often known as Paycheck Protection…

The Morrill Act of 1862: Its Generational Impact on Higher Education and at the University of Tennessee By: Taylor Boyer The Morrill Act of 1862 (the “Act”) has “shaped America’s knowledge-based democracy” and opened the doors of higher education to millions of people.1 The Act was signed by President Lincoln as a response to the…

By: Jansen Carver The last few years have seen many changes and dramatic moments in college football from name, image and likeness (“NIL”), conference realignment, and even a sign-stealing scandal.  NIL has become a major part of the college football world, and with NIL has come antitrust law. In the past five years, the NCAA…

By: Troy C. Book Can the State execute a prisoner who can no longer remember his crime? That was the issue the United States Supreme Court decided in Madison v. Alabama.[1] In Madison, the Court had to decide if Alabama could still execute a prisoner who developed dementia while incarcerated and could no longer remember…

By Emma S. Fowler In October the College of Law held its annual internal moot court competition known as “Advocates’ Prize.” Earlier this year I took on the role of Vice-Chair for the competition, with the primary duty of creating the problem that competitors would use for their arguments. Much of my summer and early…

By: Naudia O’Steen On Thursday, October 26, the Tennessee Law Review hosted two members of the Knoxville Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, the Barristers, for a discussion on business development as a young associate. Jimmy Snodgrass, an associate at Kramer Rayson in Knoxville, graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2017. TLR…

Knowledge Currency: Wikipedia, Musk’s Billion Dollar Offer, and the #BetterSharing Revolution By: Elizabeth Spica Last month, Elon Musk offered to give Wikipedia one billion dollars if it changed its name to a rather unflattering alternative.[1] Wikipedia, the free internet encyclopedia, is one of over a dozen “free knowledge projects” safeguarded by the Wikimedia Foundation, a…