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White-collar crimes crackdown? 

September 11, 2015

In an Elon Law Now commentary, Professor Michael Rich applauds new policy changes at the U.S. Department of Justice developed to pursue white-collar crimes more aggressively, but questions the depth of impact those changes will have. 

 

Fight cyber-espionage, but don’t damage trade secrecy law

September 2, 2015

Elon Law Professor David Levine kicked off Elon’s Technology and Law Speakers Series on Sept. 2 with a discussion featuring insights about evolving federal legislation designed to tackle cyber-espionage but threatening to deteriorate trade secrecy law. 

The European Union, Greek debt & cultural sovereignty

August 7, 2015

In an Elon Law Now commentary, Professor Antonette Barilla reports from Europe about growing concern across the continent over the evolving strategy to address the Greek debt crisis and the viability of the European Union.

"Confidentiality creep" risks government abuse

August 2, 2015

The dangers of growing secrecy in government, for instance new North Carolina legislation to keep death penalty chemical compounds confidential from the public, forms the focus of Elon Law Professor David Levine's latest blog post for Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP).

Power, morality and law enforcement

July 28, 2015

In this week’s Elon Law Now faculty commentary series, Professor Mike Rich examines legal issues involved in the nationally prominent confrontation between Sandra Bland and Texas state trooper Brian Encina. In his commentary, Rich explores whether current law relating to law enforcement powers reflects society’s moral sense on matters of police conduct.

Six Words

July 17, 2015

In this week’s Elon Law Now faculty commentary series, Professor of Law and Senior Scholar Steven Friedland examines the significance of the U.S Supreme Court’s reasoning in its historic Affordable Care Act decision in King v. Burwell