Author Archives: UMBLR

A Look Inside the Booming Sports Card Industry

Adam Brown – Although sports cards have been around since the mid-1800’s, the industry has seen a boom the likes of which it has never seen over the past year. While many people traditionally view collecting sports trading cards as a nostalgic children’s hobby, the reality of the industry is quite the opposite. Fueled by […]

r/WallStreetBets: The New Face of Wall Street or Market Manipulators?

Joseph Candelaria – Currently, the most impactful stockbrokers are not on Wall Street, but instead are on Reddit. Online day trading by amateurs has become increasingly popular during the COVID-19 pandemic, shown by investing app Robinhood’s 3 million usership increase at the start of 2020. Novice and experienced day traders started to share their wins, […]

Revisiting Freedom of Speech on Yelp Amid a Pandemic

Lauren Alevizos- Long before March 2020, restaurants have relied upon positive reviews on Yelp to boost business. Even a jump from 3 stars to 3.5 stars can increase a restaurant’s chance of reaching capacity at peak dining times from 13% to 34%. How is this so? Because nearly half of people check Yelp reviews prior […]

Copyright Infringement Claims and Digital Versions of Tattooed Athletes and Celebrities

Noah Vollmer- In the United States, tattoo artists’ designs are protected under copyright law. This gives artists the exclusive right to make and distribute copies of their designs and allows them to be compensated when someone else wishes to reproduce their designs. However, a problem can arise when a company wishes to use an artist’s […]