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 […]
Nick Kriak – For forty-one days this winter, the nation’s largest and most complex healthcare market was forced to confront a simple but disruptive reality: hospitals cannot operate without nurses. What began on January 12 as the largest nursing strike in New York City history quickly escalated beyond a mere labor dispute. Nearly 15,000 nurses […]
Alexander Brenner – College sports are rapidly evolving. The transfer portal and Name, Image , and Likeness (“NIL”) compensation have created a system where college athletes can earn significant amounts of money while also moving between schools without penalty. Just a few years ago, college athletes were not allowed to participate in athletics for a […]
Mark Estrada – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is deploying new valuation strategies to target Meta for profit shifting and underpayment of taxes. The IRS is seeking nearly sixteen billion dollars in tax deficiencies, all related to Facebook’s—now Meta’s—2010 use of an international tax framework called the double Irish—a now-abolished ownership arrangement that routed profits […]
