Posts by Business Editor

By: Eric Ettorre On February 22, 2021, China’s banking regulator formalized rules that will ultimately force the Ant Group Co.’s internet-lending platform to fund at least thirty percent of every loan they make jointly with commercial lenders.[1] This blog concerns the Chinese government’s efforts to limit internet-lending throughout its economy by 2022 to perpetuate the ongoing…

By: Poppy Doolan On February 1, 2021, the Myanmar military took control of the government following the country’s general election and the landslide victory of Suu Kyi, of the National League for Democracy Party.[1] The military supported the losing party and claimed the election was unfairly won.[2] Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest, and the military’s…

By: Adam Wasinger In July 2019, physicist and artificial intelligence (“AI”) researcher Stephen Thaler filed two relatively benign patent applications: one for a food container and one for an emergency flashlight.[1] What made them unique was not their function, however, but their inventor. According to Thaler, this inventor was his AI “creativity engine,” DABUS.[2] On…

By: Meghan Chilappa In January 2020, a little-known app called Clearview AI suddenly became infamous.[1]  The app scrapes – or pulls an image’s URL – from public images online, including from social media websites like Facebook and YouTube.[2]  The company collects these images for its database, which contains over 3 billion images.[3]  Clearview AI employs…

By: Erin Donnelly For years, Coca-Cola has held the spot as the leading carbonated soft drink (CSD) company in the United States.[1]  In 2018, over half of American consumers, aged thirty to forty-nine, reported that they had consumed a Coca-Cola product in the last month.[2]  In recent years, however, the CSD giant has been faced…

By: Aya Abdellatif The cryptocurrency world has seen unprecedented popularity lately with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies hitting all-time high prices.[1] With the rise in popularity of cryptocurrency comes the rise in attention from regulatory bodies including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  This rise in attention is followed by arguments as to what constitutes…

By: Neli Traykova On February 4, 2021, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced, what is regarded as, a much-needed reform to current antitrust laws, primarily the Clayton Act.[1] As the chair of the Senate’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, Senator Klobuchar sponsored the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2021.[2] The Act aims…

By: Amy Berger While the fashion industry has struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic, fast-fashion companies have been able to secure revenue in an unstable market. For millennials and Gen-Z alike, social media seems to be inundated with sponsored posts from fast-fashion brands. Influencers donning sweatpants from Fashion Nova, Boohoo, and other direct to consumer retailers…

By: Laila Abdelaziz A broad range of communications and technology companies, led by eBay, Facebook, and Google, have submitted an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to narrowly interpret when individuals have standing to bring class action lawsuits against companies in federal courts.[1]  The case is TransUnion LLC v. Sergio L. Ramirez[2], and the Court’s ruling is…

By: Maggie Horstman After sampling became common practice in the late 1980s, disputes pertaining to this technique were often settled out of court.[1] Laws surrounding sampling were not thoroughly considered by a judge until 1991, when Gilbert O’Sullivan sued Biz Markie for sampling his song “Alone Again (Naturally) in the case Grand Upright Music, Ltd.…