Author Archives: UMBLR

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. […]

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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 […]

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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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Trademark’s Role After Copyright Expiration: Lessons from Steamboat Willie

Carolina Camus – In January of 2024, Steamboat Willie, the 1928 cartoon character that served as the black-and-white debut of Mickey Mouse, entered the public domain. This meant that for the first time in nearly a century, the earliest depiction of the Mickey Mouse character became free for public use, reproduction, adaptation, and distribution without […]

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