Arflin, Cheryl

On November 4th, 2013, global health care giant
Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries reached a
settlement amount of $2.2 billion dollars. Johnson
& Johnson settled to pay this amount to resolve
the civil and criminal allegations of promotions not
approved as safe and effective, kickbacks to physicians,
and violations based on the False claim act.
This type of offense has been common with pharmaceutical
companies for the past ten years, but
the federal government still gives pharmaceutical
companies tax breaks which represent billions of dollars
in lost revenue for the federal government. With
this type of exemption, pharmaceutical companies
are given an incentive to commit fraud for corporate
greed while neglecting to put funds towards research
and development.

In the wake of contemporary events, such as the Syrian refugee crisis, and recalling historical events such
as the Holocaust, it is important to understand the
dynamic between states and international law. In the
midst of the current refugee crisis, how might countries
decide who accepts and denies refugees into
their borders? We answer this by focusing on the laws
and regulations that have been implemented since
the 1951 Refugee Convention. The attitudes toward
refugees and how the crisis is handled are an accurate
reflection of the discrepancy between states’
responsibilities and states’ needs. We investigate
the history of the laws and how states have found
loopholes through the rules and regulations through
court cases. Through this research, we are able to understand
the legalities of how refugees reach safety
and who takes responsibility when a government ultimately
fails its people.mitter in the brain. Therefore,
an investigation into the properties of the neurotransmitter
glutamate, which could be the potential cause
of this neurodegenerative disease, will help elucidate
the role of this amino acid in ALS.

“Death Spiral Financing” refers to a certain type of
Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE), generally
used by companies in financial trouble. I will show
how these “toxic” PIPEs usually lead to the devaluation
and even destruction of companies. While not
illegal, these transactions take advantage of loopholes
within the SEC regulations regarding disclosure
of securities purchases. I will present how the
SEC has raised claims (mainly unsuccessfully) against
such practices in at least one of two categories: sale
of an unregistered security, or insider trading. I will
conclude by arguing that such transactions need to
be more carefully scrutinized in order to protect and
better inform the “unsuspecting public”.

The separation of church and state was passed under
the First Amendment in 1791. However, Since its
inception the United States has not followed through
with this philosophy. Since colonial times, churches
have been privileged with tax exemptions. Nine out
of the thirteen colonies had some form of tax relief
to aid their churches. This right was granted to all religious
organizations with the expectation that they
would contribute to their communities by providing
aid to the poor. Through their constant reformation,
tax laws have achieved a more rigorous stance on
religious tax exemptions, yet lack the integrity needed
to prevent religious organizations from taking advantage
of the current tax laws. The objective of this
project is to analyze how the church went from being
humble, to a corporation that exploits the current tax
exemptions law, and how we need reconstruct the
current tax exemptions on religious organization.

This article questions the legality of issues that fall
into the gray-area of the law in regards to misrepresentation
as exemplified by the distortion of results
from a lack of publishers and researchers willing to
publish negative results, ineffectual disclaimers in
social media content, the fine line between what is
legally permissible and legally questionable advertising,
and more. This article will be focusing on the
many ways that misrepresentation exists in a myriad
of fields and the methods by which they are currently
being addressed, or not addressed. The article will
also discuss the historical background, current situation,
and future implications of these methods.