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Puck Dropped: How Teenage Hockey Players Have Opened the Door for Professional Athletes in NCAA Athletics
By: Patrick Neiswender There have always been two major developmental paths for a youth ice hockey player: the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).[1] When a player turned sixteen, they had to choose either the CHL or the NCAA.[2] Prior to the NCAA allowing student compensation through name, image, and…
Read MoreTokenized Deposits and Stablecoins Offer Regulators a Brave New World in Financial Services
By: Rashonda Harris Since the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (hereinafter, the “GENUIS Act”) was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump, there is increased interest in digital assets among both regulators and industry participants.[1] The GENIUS Act enhances the legitimacy of the cryptocurrency market by bringing stablecoins…
Read MoreSouper Hot Trade Dress Dispute Dropped in the State of Michigan
By: Noreen Tareque On October 10, Campbell’s Soup Company (“Campbell’s Co.”) filed a trademark infringement complaint against Shelby Nicole Campbell, a congressional candidate in Michigan’s 13th District, in the Eastern District Court of Michigan.[1] Notably, Ms. Campbell’s campaign materials are comprised of soup can imagery created using artificial intelligence (AI).[2] The imagery is nearly identical…
Read MoreThe Five-Year Countdown Rule: Satellite Deorbiting and the Impact on the Space Industry
By: Emily Martinez In 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted a new regulatory rule for the space industry requiring satellite operators in low-Earth orbit (“LEO”) to dispose of their satellites no later than five years after the conclusion of their mission.[1] The five-year deorbiting rule replaces the decades-old twenty-five-year guideline for deorbiting satellites post-mission,…
Read MoreCooking but with Someone Else’s Gas: EPA Regulation Roll-Back Could Harm the United States’ Role in the Global Energy Economy
By: Michaelyn Preston Early in his second term, President Trump declared an energy emergency in the United States, incentivizing and facilitating faster energy production through deregulation.[1] The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), in accordance with Executive Order 14154 (“EO 14154”), recently proposed the repeal of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (“GHGRP”).[2] EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin cited…
Read MoreThe Catch-22 of California’s SB 53: The Legal Tension Between Disclosure Requirements and Confidentiality Obligations
By: Andrea Martinez On September 29th, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 53 into law, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, which is the first state legislation to impose public safety disclosure requirements on major artificial intelligence (“AI”) frontier developers, such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple.[1] California’s legislative efforts in this rapidly…
Read MoreBreaking Into Hollywood Without a Pulse: AI Actors and Employment Law
By: Khushi Palan A recent introduction in Hollywood has caused widespread backlash and discussion.[1] Tilly Norwood is an AI-generated actress produced by Xicoia, an AI talent studio under parent company Particle6, that is dedicated to developing and monetizing a new generation of digital stars.[2] Xicoia is developing a larger “portfolio of emotionally intelligent AI personas…
Read MorePatent Law’s Power Play: How PERA 2025 Could Upend the Innovation Economy
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…
Read MoreWhen Commissions Bite Back: The U.K.’s £11-Billion Auto Finance Reckoning
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,…
Read MoreThe Battle for Social Media Content Moderation & Age Verification: A Case That May Turn the Tide
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…
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