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Roll Sushi, Roll: Defining “Sushi Grade” for the Consumer and the Sushi Bar By Brandt T. Bowman. 116 Penn St. L. Rev. 495. Behind the glass partition of the sushi counter, a young sushi chef meticulously slices a fresh piece of Bluefin tuna, carefully molds it around a ball of vinegared rice, and artfully arranges [...]

Fruit of the Vine: Understanding the Need to Establish Wineries’ Rights Under the Right to Farm Law By Katherine Pohl. 116 Penn St. L. Rev. 223. In the age of the Slow Food Movement, Americans are increasingly embracing a farm-to-table philosophy. People are generating an awareness of where their food comes from and are becoming [...]

Hey! Universities! Leave Them Kids Alone!: Christian Legal Society v. Martinez and Conditioning Equal Access to a University’s Student-Organization Forum By David Brown. 116 Penn St. L. Rev. 163. Imagine the following scenario: You are a student at the unimaginatively-named Public University. You and a handful of other students form a student organization on campus [...]

Beanballs and Baseball: Private Remedies vs. Criminal Sanctions for Violence in Baseball By Kelli Amanda Metzger Knerr. 115 Penn St. L. Rev. 727. On August 10, 2009, the tension between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers began to escalate when a pitch hit Detroit Tigers’ first baseman Miguel Cabrera while he was at [...]

Can You Hear Me? Will the Diminishing Scope of ERISA’s Anti-Retaliation Provision Drown the Cries of Whistleblowers? By Malena Kinsman. 115 Penn St. L. Rev. 685. In 1974, Congress enacted the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to protect the retirement benefits of America’s working men and women. ERISA imposes fiduciary responsibilities upon the administrators [...]

Clean & Green: Tidying Up the Farm Tax Subsidy By Joshua Wilkins. 115 Penn St. L. Rev. 473. Agriculture is one of our most important industries, and it is under constant threat. Agricultural operations have been experiencing reduced profits, increased costs associated with working capital, and the expense of complying with ever-increasing environmental regulations. Combined [...]

The Breaking Point: Examining the Potential Liability of Maple Baseball Bat Manufacturers for Injuries Caused by Broken Maple Baseball Bats By Matthew A. Westover. 115 Penn St. L. Rev. 517. Both participating in and watching sporting events involves some risk of injury. The shelves of law libraries are filled with cases involving injuries sustained by [...]

Implied Causes of Action Under § 1396r: Why Grammer Reminds Nursing Home Residents to Actively Participate in Their Own Care By Edward J. Cyran. 115 Penn St. L. Rev. 253. I. INTRODUCTION They made the mistake of thinking of a personality as some sort of possession, like a suit of clothes, which a person wears. [...]

Slamming the Door in the Consumer’s Face: Courts’ Inadequate Enforcement of TILA Disclosure Violations and the False Hope of a Foreclosure Defense By Michael Sabet. 115 Penn St. L. Rev. 183. Do you remember not remembering the word foreclosure? The late 1990s to early 2000s was certainly a wonderful time to be a homeowner. Everyone [...]

By Anna M. Sewell. 114 Penn St. L. Rev. 1067 The sinful nature of humankind is not a danger often discussed in American government textbooks. In fact, such reflections are typically reserved for the pulpit. Nonetheless, at Calvary Chapel Christian School (“CCCS”), high school students are exposed to this language in their government book, they [...]

By Jaime S. Bumbarger. 114 Penn. St. L. Rev. 1003 There is perhaps no greater debate in America than the one surrounding taxes, whether it is at the national, state, or local level. While taxes serve the important purpose of funding government programs, they also bear quite a burden on taxpayers. For example, property taxes [...]

By Andrew M. Schnitzel.  114 Penn St. L. Rev. 667. Violent crime fueled by drug profits is not a new problem for our nation’s inner cities.  Police struggle to adapt their tactics to changing street conditions while still safeguarding the constitutional rights of citizens they have sworn to protect.  The summer of 2008 marked a [...]

By Neil Patrick McConnell.  114 Penn St. L. Rev. 621. At every restaurant there is the familiar sound of after-meal chatter, everyone at the table giving their closing thoughts as to what the cooks did correctly or the criticisms from the dining companion who has watched too many episodes of Bravo’s “Top Chef.”  The bill [...]

By Stas Getmanenko.  114 Penn St. L. Rev. 251. This Comment reviews First Amendment freedom of the press through the prism of technological change brought about in the last decade.  When the First Amendment  secured fundamental human liberties in 1791, its main purpose was to oppose tyranny.   The passage of the First Amendment was a [...]