By: Rachel Lugay With the explosion of the opioid crisis, came a spike in “sober homes” throughout southern Florida. These seemingly well-intended rehabilitation programs promising a cheaper outpatient recovery option, in fact, are central to a large scale insurance fraud scheme.[1] When insured substance users seek assistance from sober homes, the owners receive insurance payments for their rehabilitative care, while the insured receive little to … Continue reading The Fraudulent Florida Shuffle

By: MaryAnn Grover Article IV of the United States Constitution endows Congress with the ability to admit new states into the Union.[1] Beyond the conclusory grant of power contained in this single clause, the Constitution provides no instructions as to how or under what circumstances states should be admitted to the Union. There is no “Statehood for Dummies” book explaining the process and there is … Continue reading It’s Time to Rearrange the Stars on the Flag

  By: Brittany Barnett, L’19   The United Nations defines human trafficking as having three elements: an act, a means, and a purpose:   “(i) an “action”, being recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons; (ii) a ‘means’ by which that action is achieved (threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or a position of vulnerability, … Continue reading Consent: A Loophole in Human Trafficking Law