By: Will Schena Savvy law students love taking advantage of benefits from their subscriptions. Students enjoy a variety of discounts, promotional deals, and terrific offers. Notably, law students who have their Lexis Nexis subscriptions paid for via their tuition have access to Lexis Points. Students earn Lexis Points by doing online activities that are meant… Read More Lexis Points: Are they Federally Taxable Income?
By: Anthony Aceto On September 29, 2023 the Supreme Court granted the certiorari petition for the dual cases of NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice, LLC. These cases concern a seminal development of First Amendment application to social media platforms. These cases address the issue of whether a social media platform’s content moderation… Read More Publisher or Platform?¬¬– A Decision May Finally be Reached
By: Talya Torres YouTube, founded in 2005, receives over 2 billion monthly viewers. Twitch, founded in 2011, receives over 140 million monthly viewers. If you are wondering the difference between the two sites, besides the 6-year difference in founding and millions of viewers, you might not be shocked to find that YouTube is mainly known… Read More Are Your Favorite Streamers Breaking the Law?
By: Bryan Sicard As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly accessible to the general public, it is being used not only as an artistic novelty but has also shown itself capable of being used to fill voids in artistic markets. This has resulted in AI being directed to create poems and literature, songs, scripts, and… Read More Art in the Digital Age: the Limited, but Real Value of Intellectual Property Rights in AI-made Artwork
By: Adrienne Viarengo Union support is high; a recent Gallup poll had the approval of labor unions at 67%. Support has been higher only two other times: last year when approval was at 71% and in the 1950’s when union support peaked at 75% post-World War II, a time when over a third of wage… Read More The Tech Industry is Organizing: How Workers Can Serve as a Check on Big Tech’s Power
By: Eleni Tsokolas When was the last time you booked a hotel over an Airbnb? For those frequenting New York City, the answer to that question will be far less often than most since the city’s “de-facto ban on Airbnb” was implemented on September 5, 2023. The recent regulation, Local Law 18, mandates that… Read More Airbn-be Gone: The Ramifications of Regulations Squeezing Out Short-term Rentals in NYC
By: Kaylie Scalze The European Parliament passed the Digital Services Act (DSA) in July 2022, requiring several major tech conglomerates to implement stricter safeguards on their online markets, social networks, and content-sharing platforms. The DSA recently began fully applying to all VLOPs (Very Large Online Platforms) within the European Union. Companies like Meta, Google, TikTok, and… Read More The European Union’s Digital Services Act and its Impact on Digital Marketing
By: Kate Donovan Wearable technology is often used in college athletics to track athlete’s sleep, recovery, heart rate and other measurements to predict and regulate their performance. This technology— found in devices such as the Apple Watch, Fitbits, and Whoop— has become a staple in college athletics and many programs have invested in this technology… Read More Wearable Technology in College Athletics Creates Potential Privacy Violations with the Distribution of Student-Athlete Biometric Data
By: Miles G. Michaud Until the 1990s the residential real estate world ran on a sub-agency model. Sellers of real estate signed listing agreements with a single broker to advertise their property and find a buyer. The broker held open houses, placed signs, and listed the property on the Multiple Listing Service (“MLS”). Oftentimes… Read More Broker Commissions And The Modern Market
By: Allison Nickerson Social media allows everyday people to freely practice their First Amendment rights by sharing their ideas and beliefs. While these platforms allow for free expression, healthy debate, and discourse, there is a limitation to the conduct that is allowed. This limitation existed from the inception of social media and is present… Read More Balancing Free Speech and Preventing Hate Speech in the Digital Age
By: Victoria Nash Water is the best choice of drink for quenching your thirst, but is the water in your dwelling just water? Water comes in many forms to the consumer, iced, hot, in plastic bottles and even in consumer-friendly boxes. However, the easiest way to enjoy this in your home is water in a… Read More Clean or Not so Clean Water
By: John Garrasi Antitrust regulation has seemingly taken a back seat during the last twenty years. This apparent lull in government enforcement of antitrust behaviors has coincided with the rise of Big Tech. To the delight of tech executives across the country, the government has largely failed to enforce regulations on tech companies since the… Read More Pay to Play: Google’s Antitrust Case Ushers in New Era For Regulators
By: Erin Gray The release of Meta by Facebook in October of 2021 introduced another way in which Facebook may connect and increase interactions amongst people and companies across the globe. Like other online software, the “metaverse” creates virtual spaces where people can “create and explore” with others who can’t be in the same… Read More Meta Pixel: Collegiate Sports Fans Fighting for Their Privacy
By: Andrew Cammarano In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, eliminating the federal ban on sports gambling and allowing states to legalize sports gambling on their own accord. Now, over 30 states, including Washington D.C., have legalized sports betting and the emergence of online gambling has skyrocketed. Online… Read More Sports Betting: How a Gambling IP Could Change the Sportsbook Marketplace
By: Grayson Barlow In the wake of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and the Inflation Reduction Act, that passed nine months later, the United States government and the private sector have joined forces to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) to promote sustainable energy solutions. Since then, two pivotal developments are currently shaping the… Read More Driving Toward a Greener Future: EV Charging Networks, Lithium Mining in the U.S., and Ethical Considerations Along the Way
By: Meg Cotter The writers behind our favorite films and movies and the actors portraying the roles within them are standing up for their place in Hollywood as Artificial Intelligence becomes a hot topic in the SAG-AFTRA labor strike. Technology has progressed to the point that scripts can be written without writers and actors’ images… Read More Writer’s Guild Strikers push for boundaries to be set in negotiations involving the use of Artificial Intelligence in Hollywood, setting legal precedent, and taking the future of careers out of technology’s hands.
By: Anthony Aceto While the adoption and incorporation of new technology into judicial proceedings has been slow, it has nonetheless infrequently evolved to meet changing circumstances. Zoom hearings, eDiscovery, and service by electronic communication are all new developments which serve to expedite the judicial process and show that it is not only Luddites who control… Read More Marital Communications: Not as “Privileged” as One Might Think
By: Paul Coste The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been denying applications for spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) since the Winklevoss twins’ first application in 2017, consistently reasoning that the products are not “designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices,” which is required by the Exchange Act. However, the agency does not… Read More Spot vs. Futures: Analyzing the SEC’s Dilemma in Bitcoin ETF Approvals
By: Sarah McLaughlin In the United States, wind turbines are becoming an increasingly popular method in which wind is utilized in combination with turbines, generators, and wires to create useable electricity. Due to dramatic natural changes in air pressure between the ocean and shore, thus producing strong winds, the government and private wind power companies… Read More Harvesting Green Energy, Risking Marine Harmony: The Debate Over Massachusetts Offshore Wind Turbines
By: Jennifer Gomes While the race to market for the COVID-19 vaccines may be a thing of the past, companies have taken the fight from the labs and manufacturing floors to the courts. A complex web of patent infringement litigation has developed between competing vaccine manufacturers Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, both in the U.S. and abroad.… Read More Biotech Companies Continue to Throw Jabs Over Covid Shot