Danielle Furneaux–On October 17th, 2011, commercial drone pilot Raphael Pirker raised a previously unimagined issue: whether an unmanned aircraft system, classified as a model aircraft, is regulated by FAA-manned aircraft guidelines where such flight is for commercial purposes. After being fined $10,000 for reckless flying by the Federal Aviation Administration, he took his novel case […]
Steven A. Vitale, “Dope” Dilemmas in a Budding Future Industry: An Examination of the Current Status of Marijuana Legalization in the United States, 23 U. Miami Bus. L. Rev. 132 (2014). This Comment provides an in-depth analysis of the current status regarding legalization of marijuana in the United States. It begins by tracing a brief […]
Joshua A. Berman, Mandating the Supersize Option: The Legality of Government Intervention in the Fast Food Industry to Address Insufficient Wages and Close the Public Assistance Gap, 23 U. Miami Bus. L. Rev. 178 (2014). Several prominent studies have recently highlighted how the federal government tacitly subsidizes insufficient wages paid in certain industries–notably, major corporations […]
Cara R. Baros, Barter, Bearer, and Bitcoin: The Likely Future of Stateless Virtual Money, 23 U. Miami Bus. L. Rev. 202 (2014). Over the past few years, virtual money has emerged via the Internet. Although currently unregulated, Internal Revenue System Notice 2014-21 will most likely cause virtual money to lose its mass appeal in the […]
