Blog Posts
The “End” of Hollywood? New IATSE Deal Highlights Power of Unionization
Oct. 26, 2021—By Olivia Pitten Throughout history, a key feature of Hollywood’s business landscape has been the presence of unions. While many other industries felt considerable decline in worker union density, the entertainment industry has consistently remained active in unionization. This is likely due to the infeasibility of individuals negotiating with large, prominent studios on their own....
There’s an App for Everything – Even INTERPOL Investigations
Oct. 18, 2021—By Cates Saleeby International art crime sounds like something that only happens in heist movies, but stolen artifacts are relatively common in the market. Even Kim Kardashian had to forfeit one of her purchases, an ancient Roman sculpture, earlier this year after customs authorities in Los Angeles detained it based on its unclear provenance and...
The Big Problem with The Explosive Growth of Telemedicine
Oct. 18, 2021—By Yash Dattani The COVID-19 pandemic led to explosive growth in the field of telemedicine and telehealth. The terms telehealth and telemedicine represent a wide range of care delivery models that utilize modern communications technologies to extend clinical care and healthcare availability outside of the traditional healthcare environment. At its core, for telemedicine to function...
Facebook Has Had a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week.
Oct. 13, 2021—By Jonathan Winkle Francis Haugen, the whistleblower who revealed thousands of pages of Facebook’s internal documents to the Wall Street Journal, revealed her identity on Sunday in a 60 Minutes interview and testified before a U.S. Senate subcommittee on Tuesday. This bad news was compounded by the outage of Facebook’s servers for Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp...
Where Are the New Old Cars Congress Promised?
Oct. 13, 2021—By Paul J. Schwarzentraub Modern cars are equipped with a myriad of features designed to make driving easier and more enjoyable. However, not everyone prefers these features and there are still some in automotive community who prefer cars that come thundering out of the past rather than racing towards the future. For these classic car...
Live from D.C.: The Supreme Court
Oct. 6, 2021—By Jack Kimmel Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live made its return to television to begin its 47th season. However, the cast of the long-running sketch comedy show was not the only well-known group returning to American audiences this week. On Monday, October 4th, the members of the Supreme Court convened to begin hearing cases....
Did the Third Circuit Just Break the Internet? Circuit Split Over Whether a News Anchor Can Sue Facebook for a Photo Shared Without Consent
Oct. 6, 2021—By Kendall Kilberger Social media platforms such as Facebook enjoy protection from liability against many claims pursuant to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act[1]; however, a recent Third Circuit opinion in Hepp v. Facebook, Inc. potentially poses a large threat to this veil of protection.[2] On September 23rd, 2021, a divided Third Circuit ruled...
Censoring Social Media: Texas HB 20
Oct. 6, 2021—By Mackenzie Cerwick There is perhaps nowhere that the extreme political polarization in the United States is felt more strongly than on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. Some Republican lawmakers feel that those platforms are catering to only one view and improperly restricting voices on the other side. On September 2, 2021,...
Embracing Competition: Protecting the Name, Image, and Likeness of Student-Athletes
Oct. 6, 2021—By Cole G. Merritt In the wake of the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in NCAA v. Alston and new state laws, the NCAA issued an interim policy over the summer allowing collegiate student-athletes to exploit their Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”). Subsequently, collegiate student-athletes have been making headlines by signing large deals, like the Ohio...
Zoom Boom Security Bomb – The Cost of Virtual Convenience?
Sep. 22, 2021—By Claire Bonvillain When the Covid-19 pandemic forced us to adapt to remote work and education, Zoom Video Communications quickly rose above other teleconferencing platforms. Today, Zoom dominates the virtual office, and the word “zoom” is a verb almost as ubiquitous as “google”. Its success is largely due to its user-friendly nature and convenience, but...