Addendum

The North Carolina Law Review is proud to announce a new forum for legal academics and practitioners to publish cutting-edge scholarship: Addendum. A new issue of Addendum will be published six times per year, beginning in May 2010, on the North Carolina Law Review’s website. More information is available here.
Addendum — Recent Publications:

Paradigms of Plagiarism: Fair Use and Plagiarism Detection Software in A.V. ex rel. Vanderhye v. iParadigms, LLC

89 N.C. L. Rev. Addendum 29

Laura A. Dickson

Multiple surveys taken over the past four years indicate that a large portion of undergraduate students at America’s colleges and universities admit to cheating on a college exam or assignment.  In fact, in one survey, over fifty percent of college students confessed to having plagiarized from the Internet.  As information has become easier to... »

Murders & Executions: The SEC’s Regrettable Reluctance to Formalize a Finder’s Exemption in M&A Transactions

89 N.C. L. Rev. Addendum 16

Clay Martin

“Mergers and acquisitions” is an often misunderstood and perhaps intimidating field encompassing both complex transactional law issues, as well as specialized business practices. Since the decade of the 1980s and the birth of the hostile takeover, business combinations have become more frequent and involve increasingly large capital expenditures. So numerous have mergers... »

No Brothers Allowed: How Expanding a Juvenile’s Miranda Rights Backfired on a North Carolina Sheriff’s Department

89 N.C. L. Rev. Addendum 1

Trent McCotter

Imagine watching the nervousness wash over fifteen-year-old Micah. His parents have brought him to the sheriff’s office to talk with a female detective about sexual contact he allegedly had with his younger brother Jake. He does not want to talk with the detective alone—it would be embarrassing to talk to a female about this,... »

A Time for Action: Reforming the North Carolina Tax Code

88 N.C. L. Rev. Addendum 1

Andrew J. Haile

The economic recession has forced almost all states to make difficult budget decisions, including cuts to education funding and other essential government services. North Carolina is no exception. Faced with a projected $4.6 billion budget shortfall, the General Assembly last year cut services, increased taxes, and yet still had to rely on federal recovery... »

Hall v. Torero’s II, Inc.: Drunken Driving, Bar Liability, and the Quest for Safer Roadways

88 N.C. L. Rev. Addendum 22

Fitz E. Barringer

Tragedy can strike in the blink of an eye. For Michael and Theresa Hall, tragedy struck at approximately 10:40 p.m. on December 3, 1997. That evening the couple was driving on Guess Road in Durham, less than a mile from Torero’s, a local Mexican bar and restaurant. Unbeknownst to them, William Terry,... »