Author Archives: Giordi Valdivia

The Dark Side of American Baseball

Alessandria San Roman – “Hey batter, batter, batter. Hey batter, batter, batter. SWING!” For the past few years, investigations have shed new light on American baseball that is more than just the classic baseball chants, bag of peanuts, and the seventh-inning stretch. Since 2004, stemming from over a dozen federal investigations, twenty-five Cuban baseball players […]

Compromising the Dream: The Dangers with the H-1B Visa Program

Robert Santos – The H-1B Visa, for a great many foreign people around the world, is a manifestation of an invitation to find the American Dream—securing gainful employment, owning your own protected property, and pursuing your interests with little to no outside intervention—all the while practicing your own specialized skills mastered abroad. It is a […]

Florida’s Amendment 2: Effects on Patients, Doctors, and Entrepreneurs

Brandon M. Peck – This past November, Florida joined twenty-three other states who have enacted medical marijuana legislation when a majority voted in favor of passing Amendment 2: the Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative.  The affirmative result, which garnered 71.29% support from Florida voters, required at least a sixty percent (60%) supermajority vote for an […]

No One Statute Should Have Too Much Power: How Electing Not to Amend 42 U.S.C § 1320(a)–7(b) May Frustrate the Purpose of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Amber C. Dawson – The over breadth of the Federal Anti-Kickback statute as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) holds dangerous implications for the future of the health care marketplace. When a statute permits criminal, civil and administrative punishment for an overbroad category of innocuous actions, such a statute must also […]