Blog Posts
Trump’s Gambit: Will Tariffs Move Chip Manufacturing from Taiwan to the U.S. Before It’s Too Late?
Mar. 2, 2025—By Phillip Steinberg; Photo Credit: William Potter/Shutterstock It’s no secret President Trump likes tariffs. He has suggested reverting back to the era when most of the government’s revenue came from tariffs instead of the income tax.[1] There’s no shyness in this White House about putting tariffs on friend and foe alike. Trump began his second term...
Title IX Turnover: Trump Administration Reverses Play on Revenue-Sharing Agreements
Mar. 2, 2025—By Noah Dunaway; Photo Credits: IMAGN On February 12, 2025, the Department of Education rescinded a guidance document (“Ensuring Equal Opportunity Based on Sex in School Athletic Programs in the Context of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Activities”) published by the Biden Administration in its final days. The Trump Administration’s press release accused the guidance of...
The Future of DeFi Tax Reporting: Will the New Rules Survive?
Mar. 2, 2025—By Brooks Bailey; Photo Credit: Mehaniq/Shutterstock On December 27, 2024, the United States Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final regulations regarding cryptocurrency reporting requirements.[1] The regulations target decentralized finance platforms, requiring that specified “front-end” platforms report digital asset transactions to the government via new Form 1099-DA. The rules do not change...
Olympians as Laborers under the FLSA
Feb. 22, 2025—By Mark Mehochko; Photo Credit: Ian Walton / Getty Every four years, the strength and athleticism on display at the Olympic Games generates billions of dollars in revenue.[1] Yet, many Olympians live below the poverty line.[2] The United States Olympics and Paralympics Committee (USOPC) does not provide stable compensation to its athletes; despite athletes providing their...
Trademark Tightrope: The NFL, FIFA, and Protecting Event Names
Feb. 22, 2025—By Fady Megaly; Photo Credit: Alexandre Loureiro/Getty Images for adidas In recent weeks, many grocery store advertisements and commercials have referenced “the big game.”[1] Without giving it much thought, most consumers understand this phrase as a reference to the Super Bowl, thanks to the timing and visual cues. But why don’t they just say “Super Bowl”?...
AI Copying AI: How The Rise of New AI Models Poses Difficult Intellectual Property Considerations
Feb. 22, 2025—By Priya Jain; Photo Credit: Anthropic The rapid growth and development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has posed significant intellectual property questions for AI companies. Most recently, OpenAI, best known for its AI products like ChatGPT, accused DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, for illegally copying and developing a competing product called R1.[1] OpenAI states in its Terms of...
Developments in the AI Arms Race—Does The Emergence of DeepSeek Mean That OpenAI is in Deep Water?
Feb. 13, 2025—By Nate Garcia; Photo Credit: Greg Baker/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Last week, “scrappy Chinese A.I. start-up” DeepSeek released a statement about their language model—DeepSeek-R1—which uses “a modest number of second-rate A.I. chips” to create a result “to match the performance of leading American A.I. models at a fraction of the cost.”[1] Additionally, DeepSeek claimed it...
When a Glitch in the Matrix Becomes a Legal Problem: Meta’s Re-Follow Scandal
Feb. 13, 2025—By Dani Brody; Photo Credit: Justin Sullivan / Getty Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has recently faced backlash over reports that it has automatically re-followed political accounts for users who had previously unfollowed them.[1] Meta has historically handled administration changes by switching the official President of the United States (POTUS), Vice President (VP),...
Where Does Amateurism Stand After House v. NCAA?
Feb. 13, 2025—By Jack McNabola; Photo Credit: Peter H. Bick For over a century, the NCAA maintained an iron fist over college athletics through its model of amateurism. The amateurism model is built on the idea that college athletes should compete for the love of the game, not financial compensation. Under this system, athletes receive scholarships and stipends...
Nissan-Honda Merger: An Example of the Complexities Involved in Cross-Border Mergers
Feb. 6, 2025—By Taryn Pastore; Photo Credit: Nissan The Nissan-Honda merger highlights global anti-trust concerns and the complex procedures involved in a multi-national merger. Nissan’s financial situation has steadily been on the decline; its market share dropped 1.9% in the last five years and sales decreased by 26% in the last ten.[1] Nissan has been selling only about...