Evaluating Whether the White House is Violating Pokémon Trademarks in Its Social Media Posts
By: Ryan Burgan In early 2026, the White House social media accounts used two trademarks of the Pokémon Company in…
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Big Losses, Little Recourse: Bilateral Investment Treaties Unlikely Path for Embattled Social Media Companies
By: Pablo Urioste Bilateral Investment Treaties (“BITs”) are agreements between two governments to afford certain protections to the investors…
China’s New Arbitration Law: Big Rewrite, Same Judge
By: Thabiso Faith Mutumhe On March 1, 2026, China’s amended Arbitration Law took effect, marking the first substantive…
AI and the Conflict Between the Patchwork of US Data Privacy Law and the EU’s GDPR
By: Lola Campbell On May 13, 2025, the District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered defendants, OpenAI,…
Local Power, Global Platforms: Regulating Airbnb in the Age of Digital Commerce
By: Khushi Palan As cities grapple with housing shortages and rising rents, local governments are increasingly cracking down on short-term…
Performing on Thin Ice: Music Licensing and Global Broadcast Rights at the Olympics
By: Nicholas Yun The 2026 Winter Olympics brought an unexpected legal controversy to the ice rink: music copyright licensing.[1] Several…
Tariff Refunds? The Supreme Court’s Decision in Learning Resources v. Trump
By: Francesca Jaubert When President Trump’s second term in office began, he issued multiple executive orders to address two separate…
Contracting Parenthood in the Age of Commercial Surrogacy
By: Jasveen Kaur Commercial surrogacy has rapidly expanded into a multibillion-dollar industry, shaped by advances in assisted reproductive technologies and…
From Compliance Tool to Board-Level Risk: Treasury’s FinCEN Whistleblower Tips and the Future of Board Accountability
By: Ariana Rokneddini Traditionally, a whistleblower is a member of an organization who exposes illegal misconduct that is occurring within…
Will I Win in Court? The Rise of Prediction Markets and Whether They Fall Under State Gambling Laws
By: David Stout Mere hours before any formal announcement by the U.S. government, one Polymarket user initiated a trade to…
Who’s the Boss? – Michigan Argues for Sovereign Immunity over International Pipeline Operations
By: Lauren E. Smith The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments for Enbridge v. Nessel[1] this upcoming February.[2]…
Home Office or Permanent Establishment? Implications of the 2025 OECD Commentary on the Model Tax Convention
By: Natalia Baigorri On November 19, 2025, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) released the 2025 update…