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Establishing College Football Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Governance
Jan. 15, 2025—By Matthew Stefanski Jr.; Photo Credit: Ashley Cefali/Grand Valley State University On July 1, 2021, the NCAA ushered in a new age in college athletics by adopting an interim policy allowing collegiate athletes to profit from their name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) for the first time.[1] This interim NIL policy came in the wake of...
Tax Status of College Athletic Programs: Do They Need to Take a Step Back from NIL Collectives?
Jan. 15, 2025—By Michael Ilg; Photo Credit: Shun Ahmed In May 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released a memorandum addressing the tax status of Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”) collectives and the required burden of proof to obtain tax-exempt status under Code Section 501(c)(3).[1] To meet the “Operational Test” and “Private Benefit Doctrine” burden, an organization...
Loper-Bright Delivers Another Death Blow to Net Neutrality
Jan. 15, 2025—By Nathaniel Cambridge; Photo Credit: Visionary Marketing (X: @vismktg) The Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright has delivered another blow to net neutrality, which has been a hot button issue over the past decade.[1] Last year, in the landmark case Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court struck down Chevron deference, so courts must now...
Student Athletes as Employees: Should They be Hourly or Salary for Overtime Calculation Implications?
Nov. 25, 2024—By Alexandra Peterson; Photo Credit: Jae C. Hong/AP In 2024, The Third Circuit Court of Appeals officially ruled in Johnson v. National College Athletic Association that college athletes may be considered employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).[1] While this seems like a win for student athletes, there are important legal implications that come...
What Young Thug’s RICO Plea Means for Hip Hop Record Labels
Nov. 25, 2024—By Ashley Klein; Photo Credit: Miguel Martinez/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/ZUMA Almost a year after opening statements began for Young Thug’s criminal trial, a plea was entered on Young Thug’s behalf that ended his trial.[1] Young Thug, born Jeffrey Williams, and 27 others were arrested in 2022 under a 56-count indictment for violations under Georgia’s Racketeering and...
NCAA Eligibility Limitations: How Diego Pavia Seeks to Change the Game Off the Field for Junior College Athletes
Nov. 25, 2024—By Zach Cogan; Photo Credit: George Walker IV/AP Photo Diego Pavia, the face of Vanderbilt’s revamped football program and the quarterback who defeated Alabama in a historic NCAA win, is now seeking to accomplish another game-changing feat—but this time, it is off the field.[1] Pavia filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle...
The Privacy Ghost of TransUnion: The Continuing Struggle to Prove Harm
Nov. 25, 2024—By Hannah Moore; Photo Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Earlier this fall, in Howard v. Laboratory Corp. of America, No. 1:23-cv-00758, 2024 WL 4326898 (M.D.N.C., 2024), Plaintiffs, individually and on behalf of a class, raised privacy concerns, alleging that Labcorp embedded hidden tracking codes, known as “Third-Party Trackers,” from Meta (formerly Facebook) and Google, among others,...
Houston, We Have a Problem
Nov. 25, 2024—By Joe Andersen; Photo Credit: Joe Skipper/Reuters On September 16th, 2014, NASA announced that Boeing was awarded a $4.2 Billion fixed-price contract. The contract was awarded to develop the Starliner spacecraft, eventually transport U.S. crews to and from the International Space, and end reliance on Russian launch services.[1] In the Source Selection Statement, NASA gave...
The Right to Your Face: Privacy at the Intersection of Virtual Reality and Facial Recognition
Nov. 16, 2024—By Alexander McGrail; Photo Credit: Gina Tomko/Education Week + Canva Two Harvard students recently found themselves thrust into the limelight after a video they made testing facial recognition software in Meta glasses went viral.[1] Using fairly basic tools available to anyone they were able to construct a tool that allowed them to access the personal...
So, You Want to Train Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) on Your Supercomputer?
Nov. 16, 2024—By Emma Stauber; Photo Credit: VCG via Getty Images AI, AI, AI. If you’re like most of us these days, it’s the top new technology on your mind. How can I learn to use it more effectively right now? How can I incorporate it into my future workflow? Will it take over the world? But...