CONtroversy in Health Care: A Hard Look at North Carolina’s Certificate of Need Laws

(May 2019)

As health care costs continue to rise in the United States, patients are frequently exposed to unaffordable and unpredictable medical bills. In North Carolina, diagnostic imaging services such as MRI scans can cost patients more than a month’s income. In response to this, physicians like Dr. Singh of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, have attempted to part

Cryptocurrency Mining: The Challenges it Faces and How New Regulations Can Help

(May 2019)

The prevalence and importance of cryptocurrency has significantly increased since the introduction of Bitcoin just over ten years ago. Today, there are over 1,000 different cryptocurrencies, and recently the combined market capitalization of these cryptocurrencies peaked at over 750 billion dollars. A critical component of any cryptocurrency is the transaction verification through mining. However, cryptocurrency

Someone Else May Own a Piece of You: Lack of Federal Regulation over Direct-to-Consumer DNA Test Kits

(May 2019)

Direct-to-consumer DNA test kits, such as those sold by Ancestry and 23andMe, are now more popular than ever. These test kits require a consumer to submit a personal DNA sample in exchange for detailed results about the consumer’s ancestry. Although about half of the United States has a genetic privacy law, they vary in strictness

What’s New with Electric Vehicles: Tesla Captures Headlines While VW Quietly Plans to Change the Electric Vehicle Grid

Abi Christoph, October 8, 2018

(Nov 2018)

Much hullabaloo has resulted from Elon Musk’s tweet in August 2018, announcing falsely that he had secured funding to take Tesla private at $420 a share. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) official fraud investigation reports that Musk seriously rounded to $420 to impress his girlfriend with a weed reference. Due to stockholder pressure, Musk

Virtual Currency Markets: More Regulation Forthcoming?

Ryan Bullard, October 8, 2018

(Nov 2018)

Last month, New York took yet another step toward regulating nascent virtual currency exchanges, which are largely used as a platform to trade virtual cryptocurrencies in a way that is similar to how securities are traded on a more traditional stock exchange.  The Office of the New York State Attorney General released its “Virtual Market

Increased Competition Between Video Streaming Services Like Netflix And Hulu Means More Consumers Are Turning to Illegal Means for Movies And TV Shows

Sebastian Brana, October 8, 2018

(Nov 2018)

Someone has probably told you “you can watch it on Netflix.” Nowadays, Netflix is practically synonymous with video streaming service. Although Netflix’s impressive 130 million subscribers still stands head and shoulders above any other streaming service, more and more competitors have begun to throw their hat in the ring. Amazon, Hulu, Disney, HBO, YouTube, and