A Mid-Air Balancing Act: To Under-Regulate or Over-Regulate?
By: Leo Garonski Under the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, Congress significantly subsidized airlines and created the…
Texas Two-Stepping Out of Liability: How the Purdue Pharma Decision Will Have Huge Implications for Future Chapter 11 Cases
By: Olivia Woodmansee From 1999 to 2021, the national rate for deaths caused by drug overdose increased…
Unpacking E.O. 14117’s Impact on the Data Brokerage Industry, Biden’s Most Advanced Executive Order Yet
By Elizabeth Carroll On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order 14117[1] on “Preventing Access to…
The Google-Reddit AI Deal: Strategic Move or a Harbinger of Licensing Agreements to Come?
By: Connor Charney Google and Reddit recently finalized a licensing agreement (“the Agreement”) that will allow Google…
The Legal Cloud Over Trump: How Business Troubles Could Shape His Presidential Aspirations
By: Jae De Leon In a recent legal setback for Donald Trump, a state judge in New…
Duty to Protect: How the 23andMe Data Breach is Defining the Responsibilities of Data Collectors and Storers
By: Veronica Walsh On October 6, 2023, 23andMe reported they had experienced numerous data breaches executed by…
How Courts Are Navigating the Constitutional Debate Around FINRA’s Enforcement Authority
By: Hannah Lief Alpine Securities Corporation (“Alpine”), a broker-dealer, is challenging the delegation of authority by the…
Monument(al) Designations and Their Vulnerabilities
By: Sarah Benjamin The Antiquities Act, which was passed in 1906, gives Presidents broad discretion to designate…
A Win for the SEC: Terraform Cryptocurrencies are Securities
By: Julie Chung The rise in cryptocurrency usage and sales confused the traditional securities and financial space….
What the Shell? Understanding the SEC’s Latest Rule for SPACs
By: Liam Sullivan Last month, SEC Commissioners adopted new rules regarding special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), concluding…