Before becoming LegalReader's Editor-in-Chief, Jay W. Belle Isle worked as a freelance copywriter with clients on four continents. Jay has a degree in Business Administration from Cleary University and a Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Jay has also worked as a contracts administrator for a DOD contractor specializing in vehicle armor.
Cooler heads may prevail in Indiana returning the famous Hoosier hospitality to its former prominence after the recent Religious Freedom Restoration Act sparked national protest. Business, sports and civic leaders were against the divisive RFRA from the beginning fearing it would result in open discrimination of the state’s LGBTQ community and a substantial loss of
Judge Henry T. Wingate of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi granted Google’s motions for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against Mississippi AG Jim Hood (D). This order, issued in early March, stops the AG from making good on threats of civil and criminal charges against the online
The $1.6M verdict in Kaenzig v. Charles B. Chrystal Co. involved a rarely reported on case of mesolthelioma caused by asbestos in cosmetic-grade talc. Typical asbestos cases involve industrial disease aspects. In fact, plaintiff’s counsel in Kaenzig wasn’t aware of any other talc-related verdicts. It’s believed that this case is the first of its kind
On March 9, SCOTUS not surprisingly vacated a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit that denied an injunction against the federal health care law’s contraception requirement for the University of Notre Dame. The one-paragraph order remanded the case back to the Seventh Circuit for “further consideration in light of Burwell
Religious freedom and the right to bear arms, both guaranteed by the Constitution in the 1st and 2nd Amendments respectively, are hot topics in political and legal circles lately. Yet no one really gets all that worked up over the 7th Amendment. It’s probably safe to say that some people don’t even know what it
The FDA held a public meeting on March 27, 2015 to hear new comments on a proposed regulation that would permit generic drug manufacturers to initiate labeling changes as new information about their products became available. In addition to the meeting, FDA also invited comment submission via electronic means as well as by snail mail.
Indiana Governor Mike Pence (R) recently signed into law the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act allowing businesses to hide behind their religious beliefs if they make the misguided decision to not serve customers on the basis of sexual orientation. The law seeks to protect people by not forcing them to do things that would violate
A bipartisan effort led by Reps. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) and Don Young (R-Alaska), The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act was introduced to the House on Tuesday. CARERS is a companion bill to identical Senate legislation backed by Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) that was introduced
Patients treating hepatitis C with Harvoni (ledipasvir/sofosbuvir) or Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) in conjunction with another direct acting antiviral such as the investigational drug daclatasvir or Olysio (simeprevir) and also treating arrhythmia with amiodarone are at serious risk of developing symptomatic bradycardia. This dangerous combination has already resulted in one patient death due to cardiac arrest and
Due to a failure to provide timely notice of defects in over 4 million car seats, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx levied a $10M fine against the company. This action closed out a NHTSA investigation that was launched in 2014. Graco was found to be in violation of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety