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By: Andrea Pacheco Congress is actively debating the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (“PERA 2025”), a legislative effort to clarify and expand which inventions are eligible for patentability under 35 U.S.C. §101.[1] The bill was introduced by Senators Thomas Tillis and Christopher Coons, along with Representatives Kevil Kiley and Scott Peters, in an effort to restore…

By: Deniz Oktay On October 7, 2025, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) announced one of the largest consumer-finance compensation schemes in the regulatory agency’s history (“Car Loan Redress Scheme”).[1] The agency confirmed that U.K. lenders, including Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays, and others, must compensate consumers for motor finance agreements issued from April 6, 2007,…

By: Pablo Urioste Introduction: The June 2025 Supreme Court decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton[1] marks a potential pivot point for state laws regulating online content and requiring age identification (“ID”) for online engagement.[2] Across the country, a trade group of social media companies called NetChoice is battling “ID-For-Speech” laws that require social media…

By: Sara Galloway The leading legislation on copyright law in the United States, the Copyright Act of 1976, protects “original works of authorship.”[1]  Amidst the current artificial intelligence (“AI”) renaissance, creators are attempting to stretch the boundaries of what qualifies as an author.[2]  In Thaler v. Perlmutter,[3] a computer scientist sought to copyright an image…

By: Gabriel Papadopoulos On Monday, September 29th, President Trump doubled down on an idea he originally suggested in May to place a 100% tariff on foreign-made films to stop the American movie industry from “dying a fast death.”[1] This announcement comes as a response to an increase in American blockbuster films being shot overseas to…

By: Manuel Legaspi On September 4th, 2025, Federal Homeland Security agents brandishing firearms raided a Georgia factory and detained hundreds of workers.[1] This raid has been one of many under the current administration, with federal agents targeting workplaces across the country.[2] These workplace raids have instilled fear into workers and employers, as they threaten the…

By: Rose Soltani The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), joined by several states, recently filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, for engaging in illegal ticket retail tactics.[1] The lawsuit alleges that Ticketmaster enables large-scale ticket scalping, allowing tickets to go…

By: Nicholas Yun Under 35 U.S.C. § 101, patentable subject matter covers processes, machines, and compositions of matter, while excluding laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas.[1] These judicially recognized exceptions have long guided courts and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) in determining what counts as an invention.[2] As AI technology continues…

By: Sarah Elliott On May 5, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 14,292: Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research.[1] The order, published in the Federal Register three days later, directed federal agencies to pause or end funding for projects that meet the definition of “dangerous gain-of-function” until new safeguards are in…