Posts by blrme

By: Joshua Pearson The Trump Administration has taken the unprecedented step of inviting private companies to apply for permits to mine the deep seabed in areas beyond national jurisdiction.[1] The Administration notes that the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, an obscure statute enacted in 1980, provides the authority to conduct the action.[2] Relying on…

By: Rashonda Harris As technology continues to revolutionize financial services, the concept of open banking has gained momentum.[1]  Open banking involves facilitating access to consumer financial data with the ultimate goal of networking that financial data across financial entities.[2]  This provides consumers with increased choice and data portability for financial products such as bank accounts.[3] …

By: Anabelle Faivre More than five years after first filing suit in June 2020, a group of states is pursuing sweeping antitrust claims against thirty-six pharmaceutical defendants.[1] The multistate litigation continues to gain traction, as a federal judge in Connecticut recently rejected most of the pharmaceutical companies’ efforts to dismiss key claims, concluding that genuine…

By: Sam Schroeder As you can probably see from the litany of AI-related advertisements and marketing pieces, the biggest trend in the business world is integrating AI into firms and promoting that integration as a driver of growth and record profits. This practice, dubbed “AI-washing”, raises major securities fraud concerns, as firms make sweeping claims…

By: Jack Di Masi Due to Congress’s failure to enact a uniform statutory rule insulating student-athletes from employee classification, the Third Circuit’s Johnson v. NCAA[1] opinion now sits at the center of a fragmented legal regime that universities must manage immediately.[2] In Johnson, the Third Circuit held that student-athletes are not categorically barred from bringing…

By: Alejandra Gutierrez On January 21, 2026, the Trump Administration abandoned its appeal in a case before the Fourth Circuit regarding the Department of Education’s anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) guidance.[1] In American Federation of Teachers v. Department of Education,[2] a federal district court for the District of Maryland held that the Trump administration’s Dear…

By: Kobain Radzat-Lockwood In early December of 2024, xAI, the company behind X (formerly Twitter), introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) image generator that allowed users to prompt its AI model, Grok, to produce and edit photorealistic images.[1] Since its release, the model has generated millions of nude and sexually suggestive photos of individuals against their…

  By: Natalia Baigorri On November 19, 2025, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) released the 2025 update to the Model Tax Convention (“MTC”) and its Commentary.[1] The OECD MTC is not binding authority; rather, it serves as a non-binding recommendation to member countries to adopt their own bilateral tax treaties.[2] The role…

By: Lauren E. Smith The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments for Enbridge v. Nessel[1] this upcoming February.[2] The question presented in this case is a procedural one regarding whether or not district courts have the authority to excuse the thirty-day time limit for removal from state court to federal court in exigent…

By: David Stout Mere hours before any formal announcement by the U.S. government, one Polymarket user initiated a trade to bet that former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro would be ousted from his role by January 31, 2026.[1]  That single transaction netted the anonymous user $436,000.[2]  Polymarket and its competitor, Kalshi, allow users to place bets…