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Table of Contents
JTAA Editors

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Attorney-Directed Voir Dire Comes to Massachusetts: The Republic Is Safe
Dennis J. Curran

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Nursing Home Liability for Failure of Care under the Federal False Claims Act
Scott Grannemann

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Constitutional Law - Sticks & Stones May Break my Bones, but the First Amendment Will Protect Me: Federal Court of Appeals Upholds Unconstitutionality of the Lanham Trade-Mark Act's Sec. 2(a) Disparaging Provision as a Violation of First Amendment Rights - in Re Tam, 808 F.3D 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2015)
Kimberly T. Aquino

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Criminal Law and Procedure - He Said, She Said: Grand Jury Indicts Based on Hearsay in Fourteen Year-Old Sexual Assault Case-Commonwealth v. Stevenson, 50 N.E.3D 184 (Mass. 2016)
Alexis Brewster

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Constitutional Law - Tipping the Scale: Extending Scope of Brady Application for the Sentencing Phase in Post-Conviction Cases - United States v. Hampton, 109 F. Supp.3D 431 (D. Mass. 2015)
Natasha A. Desa

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Constitutional Law - Should I Stay or Should I Go: First Circuit's Analysis of Fourth Amendment Seizure - United States v. Fields, 823 F.3D 20 (1st Cir. 2016)
Connor J. Gilbert

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Proving Hate: The Difficulties of Successfully Prosecuting Bias-Motivated Crimes
Shirin Afsous

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Employment Law - Independent Contractor Employed by a Regulation: Sebago v. Boston Cab Dispatch, Inc., 28 N.E.3D 1139 (Mass. 2015)
Marlee. R. Stever

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Editor's Note
Stephanie M. Toribio

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Roadway to Reform: Assessing the 2015 Guidelines and New Federal Rule to the Indian Child Welfare Act's Application to State Courts
Allison E. Davis

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To Whom Should We Point Our Stylus Allocating the Burden of Review in E-Discovery of Social Media Content
Rochella T. Davis

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Botched: The Lethally Injected Effect of Glossip on the Future of Capital Punishment
Meghan Elizabeth Hall

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Class Actions: How Easy Are They to Bring, and Why
Chelsey E. Turner

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The Transformation of Indirect Harassment in the 21st Century: Harassment Telephone Laws, Cyberbullying, and New Ways of Analyzing First Amendment Rights
Brian S. Brazeau

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How Employers Can Reconcile the Tension between the Supreme Court's Holding in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. and the EEOC's Guidelines Relating to Pre-Employment Inquiries
Bianca De Carvalho Munoz

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Effective Criminal Sentencing: Analyzing the Effectiveness of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines on Career Offenders
Stephanie Marie Toribio

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Criminal Law - Must Love Dogs: Zach and Kenji's Escape from Confinement and the Broader Context of Animal Cruelty - Commonwealth v. Trefry, 51 N.E.3D 502 (Mass. App. Ct. 2016)
Keshia Blair

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Criminal Law - First Complaint Doctrine Applies to Defendant in a Sexual Assault Prosecution - Commonwealth v. Mayotte, 56 N.E.3D 756 (Mass. 2016
Jennifer Plummer