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AI Companion Legislation in the United States: What It Means for the Video Game Industry
AI Companion Legislation in the United States:What It Means for the Video Game Industry By: Stuart Irvin, Monique N. Bhargava, and Kalid Qur’an Knox[1] Across the United States, state legislatures are moving aggressively to regulate AI-powered chatbots and conversational companions, particularly those that interact with minors in a manner that provides human-like social interactions. Driven by high-profile incidents involving AI companion platforms, a surge in parasocial relationships, and growing alarm about the mental health effects of emotionally engaging chatbots on young users, states are enacting laws that impose safety protocols, disclosure requirements, and content restrictions on AI systems capable of sustaining […]
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From Students to Professionals: A Comparative Analysis of Athlete Development Pathways in the United States and the United Kingdom
Written by Jamie Fowler, Joseph Lubin, and Bartosz Osowski
The legal pathways to sport professionalism differ widely in the U.S. and in the U.K. Contrasting the NCAA’s amateurism-based model with England’s academy system, this article considers how each framework reflects different priorities in education, market control, and player welfare.
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High Stakes Litigation: The Sweeping Implications of the Class Action Suit Against Stake and Drake
Written by Kitty Luo
A recent class action against the gambling site Stake and its celebrity promoters Drake and Adin Ross reflects a broader shift in celebrity liability for endorsing financial products and platforms in the digital age.
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Break Point: The Curious Case of Simona Halep & the Importance of Due Process Protections for Tennis Professionals
Written by Alex Talel
Inconsistent rulings in doping cases of top tennis players such as Simona Halep reveal serious due process flaws and the need for stronger procedural protections to ensure fair and consistent treatment for professional athletes.
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Interview with Melina Iavarone, Author of “Selectively Scandalous: The Subjectivity Problem of Morals Clause Enforcement in Talent Contracts”
Interview by Priya Setty
Melina Iavarone is a current 2L at Boston College Law School. Her recent article examines how broadly drafted morals clauses in sports and entertainment contracts enable subjective and selectively applied enforcement. She reflects in an interview on her research process and the growing role of social media in shaping modern morals clause disputes.
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Interview with Oliver Canning, Author of “Baffling Bets”
Interview by Kitty Luo and Priya Setty
Oliver Canning is a current 3L and L.L.M. candidate at the University of Miami School of Law. He discusses in an interview his recent article examining the evolving legal and regulatory landscape of collegiate sports betting. Canning reflects on his research process, key findings, and what he hopes readers take away from the work.
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Playing or Being Played?: Legal Protections for Children in the Family Influencer Economy
Written by Ahan Dhar
In recent years, family influencing has become one of the most fascinating, profitable, and perhaps ethically dubious realms of social media content creation, posing new questions in child labor laws.
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OpenAI’s “Sora” Sparks Copyright and Fair Use Debate
Written by Rachel Barkin
The release of Sora 2 and the Sora app raises new questions about copyright protection and fair use in the age of artificial intelligence. -
The Varied Chapters of the Connecticut Sun Franchise Sale: from Antitrust Enforcement to Public Finance
Written by Lauryn Wang
The WNBA faces potential antitrust violations for interference with the sale of the Connecticut Sun. -
True Crime, False Narratives: The Menendez Brothers and “Monsters”
Written by Priya Setty
Netflix’s dramatization of the Menendez brothers case raises serious questions about how the law fails to protect public figures from damaging misrepresentations in true crime media. -
What Happened to the Olympic Esports Games? If IP is the Problem, We Can Fix It
Written by Stuart Irvin, Xing Cheng (邢成), Philip Chang (장필립), Grace D. Wiley[1] Download the article here: What Happened to the Olympic Esports Games? If IP is the Problem, We Can Fix It. At the 142nd Session of the International Olympic Committee (“IOC”) held in Paris in July 2024, the members voted unanimously to create the “Olympic Esports Games.” The IOC’s celebratory press release announced that “history was made today” and quoted a statement from the organization’s president, Thomas Bach, who confirmed that the IOC is committed to “keeping up with the pace of the digital revolution.”[2] The term “esports” refers […]
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U.S. Copyright Office Grants Registration to AI-Generated Artwork
Written by Alec Winshel. The Copyright Office issued a determination that a piece of artwork created with AI contained sufficient human authorship to support a copyright registration and, in doing so, has shed greater light on how potential applicants can gain copyright registration while using AI in their future work. The United States Copyright Office has resisted efforts by artists seeking a copyright in works created with the substantial involvement of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The Copyright Office denied registration in 2023 to prize-winning artwork created using interactive prompting within the popular program Midjourney. Subsequently, it awarded only limited copyright registration […]