Articles:

Inside or Out?: The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program’s Antiretaliation Protections for Internal Reporting
- Jennifer M. Pacella – Assistant Professor of Law, City University of New York, Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business
- This Article examines Dodd-Frank, a Fifth Circuit recent decision (Asadi v. G.E. Energy, LLC), and “the importance of internal compliance programs as a preventative measure against major securities violations.”
The Trouble With Happiness
- Rick Swedloff – Assistant Professor of Law, Rutgers School of Law–Camden
- This Article critiques the use of empirical “happiness data” in public policy or legal institutions, and it seeks to provide a roadmap for better use of this data in the future.

Comments:

The Sky’s the Limit: Applying the Public Trust Doctrine to the Atmosphere
- Jordan M. Ellis, J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2014 – Associate, Jackson Lewis P.C.
- This Comment points out the increasing scientific evidence of extreme weather and man-made global warming. It argues that courts should apply the “public trust doctrine,” an ancient property law requiring sovereign governments to protect important natural resources on the public’s behalf, to the atmosphere.
Mom, Dad, Here’s Your Allowance: The Impending Reemergence of Pennsylvania’s Filial Support Statute and an Appeal for its Amendment
- Jared M. DeBona, J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2014 – Associate, Blank Rome LLP
- This Comment critiques the use of filial support statutes, in a time of tightening public assistance budgets, to support the indigent elderly. It proposes a model alternative to alleviate the problems raised by these “outdated” statutes.
Adjusting the Law to Reflect Reality: Arguing for a New Standard for Student Internet Speech
- Eleanor Bradley, J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2014 – Law Clerk, Judge Franklin S. Van Antwerpen, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- This Comment argues that the current balancing test for restrictions of students’ off-campus Internet speech must be reframed, with consideration given to psychological research on adolescent decision-making capabilities.

* Brynn C. Chafin, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2024. Introduction On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump was sworn into office for his second term as President of the United States of America.[1] Although his administration has and will continue to affect all parts of American life, it will impact the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act […]

By Fiona Burke, Temple Law Review Volume 96 Staff Editor Liberals have, as exit polls and Bernie Sanders point out, largely lost the working class and, in fact, most of America. There are many reasons for this, all of which have been dissected and analyzed ad nauseum in the past few weeks and likely will be for even years. One such […]

Author: Jasnoor Hundal In early August 2023, the Supreme Court stayed the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision, In re Purdue Pharma L.P., and granted certiorari to hear oral argument in December of 2023. The parties were asked to brief and argue “[w]hether the Bankruptcy Code authorizes a court to approve, as part of a […]