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Performing on Thin Ice: Music Licensing and Global Broadcast Rights at the Olympics
By: Nicholas Yun The 2026 Winter Olympics brought an unexpected legal controversy to the ice rink: music…
From Compliance Tool to Board-Level Risk: Treasury’s FinCEN Whistleblower Tips and the Future of Board Accountability
By: Ariana Rokneddini Traditionally, a whistleblower is a member of an organization who exposes illegal misconduct that…
Contracting Parenthood in the Age of Commercial Surrogacy
By: Jasveen Kaur Commercial surrogacy has rapidly expanded into a multibillion-dollar industry, shaped by advances in assisted…
Tariff Refunds? The Supreme Court’s Decision in Learning Resources v. Trump
By: Francesca Jaubert When President Trump’s second term in office began, he issued multiple executive orders to…
Deep Sea Mining in International Waters
By: Joshua Pearson The Trump Administration has taken the unprecedented step of inviting private companies to apply…
Banks v. FinTech: The Legal Fight Around CFPB’s Open Banking Rule
By: Rashonda Harris As technology continues to revolutionize financial services, the concept of open banking has gained…
When ‘Generic’ Isn’t Cheap: Antitrust Enforcement and the Business Fallout of the Generic Drug Price-Fixing Litigation
By: Anabelle Faivre More than five years after first filing suit in June 2020, a group of…
Goodbye Greenwashing, Hello AI-washing
By: Sam Schroeder As you can probably see from the litany of AI-related advertisements and marketing pieces,…
Student-Athlete “Employee” Status After Johnson v. NCAA: Litigation & Compliance in a Post-Legislative Landscape
By: Jack Di Masi Due to Congress’s failure to enact a uniform statutory rule insulating student-athletes from…
Trump Administration Drops Appeal in University Dear Colleague Letter Case: What the District Court’s Analysis Means for Businesses
By: Alejandra Gutierrez On January 21, 2026, the Trump Administration abandoned its appeal in a case before…
