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Move Fast and Break Things: What Anthropic’s IPO Filing Says About Who Pays for AI’s Harms

 

 

Raymond Rif – From railroads to artificial intelligence, America’s frontier industries have run on the same bargain: build first and pay for harms later. Railroads laid track for decades before federal safety law caught up. A century later, Silicon Valley called it “move fast and break things.” That bargain now appears in Anthropic’s October 26 […]

 

 

A Deal with the David: The Skydance Settlement and the New Antitrust Bargain

 

 

Peter Gonzalez – Not only did September’s Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery settlement clear this year’s most controversial merger, but it also revealed a new kind of antitrust bargain: permanent concentration in exchange for short-term “behavioral remedies.” But do these remedies resolve the merger’s concerns, or just delay them? On February 27, 2026, Skydance won its months-long […]

 

 

Bought but Not Yet Built: Carnegie Mellon’s Miami Expansion

 

 

Benjamin Grosz – Wynwood is known around the world for its murals, galleries, and overall creative environment. However, Carnegie Mellon plans to leave its mark on the city by adding a campus of more than 35 acres. The campus is expected to hold more than 3,500 college students, nearly 300 faculty members, and more than […]

 

 

The New Cable Monopoly: How Streaming Became What Consumers Tried to Escape

 

 

Lisdanny Hernandez – Cable television first became available in the late 1940s, and it took America by storm, reaching an all-time high by the year 2000 with over 68.5 million total subscribers. It was one of the most sought-after entertainment services because it allowed viewers to tune in to their favorite shows or movies right […]

 

 

From Books to Music: The Post-Bartz Wave of AI Piracy Litigation and What It Means for Business Counsel

 

 

Massiel Moya Martinez – In June 2025, Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California issued one of the first major decisions addressing fair use in generative AI training. In Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, Judge Alsup held that using books to train Anthropic’s Claude models was “exceedingly transformative” and therefore qualified as fair use. […]

 

 

Part 53’s Blind Spot: New Fusion Technology and the Fragmentation of Nuclear Regulation

 

 

Arturo Espinosa – For most of the twentieth century, nuclear power meant one thing: a large light water reactor—a massive plant with iconic cooling towers, where ordinary water is used to cool and regulate a uranium-fueled reaction that produces electricity. For decades, the technology was settled and had a well-understood risk profile. The regulatory architecture […]

 

 

Federal Intervention in College Athletics: Legal Implications of Trump’s College Football Executive Order

 

 

Rebekah Brunelle – In a significant and controversial move, President Donald Trump issued an executive order on April 3, 2026 aimed at reshaping the governance of college football (Urgent National Action to Save College Sports). The order signals an unprecedented level of federal involvement in collegiate athletics – an area traditionally governed by private associations, […]

 

 

 

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Navigating South Florida’s Rapid Development and Legal Landscape: Insights from the University of Miami Business Law Review Fireside Chat

 

 

Kaitlyn Jauregui – South Florida’s rapid development and its legal implications took center stage in a recent fireside chat hosted by the University of Miami Business Law Review. The panel, moderated by Professor Thomas F. Nealon III, provided a comprehensive exploration of the opportunities and challenges associated with our local region’s growth. Florida is a […]

 

 

Section 1332 State Innovation Waivers: Waiving Goodbye to Cooperative Federalism and Hello to Collaborative Federalism

 

 

Brittany Hynes

 

 

Alexa, Amazon Assistant or Government Informant?

 

 

Julia R. Shackleton Esq.