Samson R. Nabozny* On August 22, 2019, New York Supreme Court Judge Joel Cohen issued a ruling denying the Baltimore Orioles latest request to vacate an arbitration award to the Washington Nationals over the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) television rights fees dispute. TCR Sports Broad. Holding, LLP v. WN Partner LLC, No. 652044/2014 2019 WLContinue reading “What’s Going on With the Orioles/Nationals MASN Dispute?”
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Keeping up with the Kalifornia Bar
Victoria Devore* In the midst of rising tuition rates and student debt, an unlikely individual is shedding light on an alternative method to become an attorney—one that seems to not require the woes or monetary sacrifices of law school. See, e.g., Jonathan Van Meter, The Awakening of Kim Kardashian West, Vogue (Apr. 10, 2019), https://www.vogue.com/article/kim-kardashian-west-cover-may-2019. Continue reading “Keeping up with the Kalifornia Bar”
Who Decides What is Too Scandalous? The Supreme Court and Scandalous Trademarks.
Miranda Walker* I. Introduction June 24, 2019, would herald the end of Erik Brunetti’s (Brunetti) nearly thirty-years worth of fighting with the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to get his brand name trademarked. Samuel Hine, How O.G. Streetwear Brand FUCT Took a Free Speech Case All the Way to the Supreme Court, GQ (Jan. 30,Continue reading “Who Decides What is Too Scandalous? The Supreme Court and Scandalous Trademarks.”
From Platform to Publisher: The Call to Rein in the Political Influence of Big Tech
Kristin McManus* On July 25, 2019, presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard’s campaign (the Campaign) filed a complaint against Google, LLC alleging violations of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, Article I, § 2 of the California Constitution, the Lanham Act, and the California Unruh Civil Rights Act. Complaint at 29, Tulsi Now,Continue reading “From Platform to Publisher: The Call to Rein in the Political Influence of Big Tech”
Monumental Changes: Bears Ears National Monument and Executive Authority Under the Antiquities Act of 1906
Jonathan Lucido* In a letter to then-Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke (Secretary Zinke), the National Trust for Historic Preservation identified Bears Ears National Monument (BENM) as one of the most significant cultural landscapes in the United States. Letter from Stephanie K. Meeks, Chief Exec. Officer, Nat’l Tr. for Historic Pres., to Ryan Zinke, Sec’y,Continue reading “Monumental Changes: Bears Ears National Monument and Executive Authority Under the Antiquities Act of 1906”
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