Category Archives: UMBLR Insights

Betting on Integrity: Olympic Games, Compliance, and the Business of Sports Betting

Sadie Goyins – Even at the pinnacle of athletic achievement, the Olympic Games are not immune to gamesmanship. In particular, the Winter Olympics condense years of preparation into seconds-long performances watched globally, and a single slip, jump, or call determines not only medals, but reputations and national pride. When integrity falters on this stage, it […]

The Anticompetitive Effects of Closing the GENIUS Act’s Rewards “Loophole”

Alec Gutierrez — The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (“GENIUS Act”), signed into law on July 18, 2025, seeks to strengthen the dollar’s reserve-currency dominance, protect consumers, and position the United States as the global leader in digital asset-regulation. The Act creates the first comprehensive federal framework for payment stablecoins by […]

What Came First, the Deal or the Antitrust Scrutiny? Netflix and Paramount’s Fight for Warner

Luis Chacin — Netflix’s proposed purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming operations generated one of the biggest modern antitrust questions in media: What happens when one of the largest subscription streaming distributors acquires a major studio and rival streamer in the same swoop? The deal has unfolded in a high-profile, contested process that […]

Copyright Meets the Colossus: What the Anthropic Settlement Means for the Future of AI

Bryce Peters — The recent settlement of the Bartz v. Anthropic case marks one of the first major legal inflection points in the AI era. The outcome is one that forces AI companies, authors, and the business community to face an increasingly unavoidable question: If large-language models depend on copyrighted works to function, who gets […]