By: Justin Gowan Americans enjoy a unique privilege not shared by a majority of the world—the ability to publicly criticize the government without fear of retaliation. In the wake…
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Captain America’s Shield and Trade Secrets?
By: Snehashish Sadhu Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War ends with the Captain forfeiting his shield to Iron Man. But what is Captain America without his shield? His new friend Black…
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Censorship or Law Against Hollywood Age Discrimination?
By: Yvonne Tindell On September 24, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that will require subscription-based entertainment websites to remove or omit a subscriber’s age or birthdate from…
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments on a Case That Will Decided the Future of Offensive and Disparaging Trademarks
By: Adam Shelton This past week the United State Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding whether part of the Lanham Act was an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment.[1]…
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Krusty Krab Still Only Located in Bikini Bottom
By: Shayna Stuart “Oooooooh, who lives in a pineapple under the sea?” The infamous yellow sponge who won all of us over with his annoying laugh, overly optimistic personality, and…
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Sports and Entertainment Law Symposium
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Locker Room Talk? Not in Their Locker Rooms.
By: Shelby Anderson At the second presidential debate, the phrase of the night was ‘locker room talk’.[1] Just forty-eight hours before the debate, a video surfaced of the Republican presidential candidate…
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Effective Political Expression By Sports Organizations: A Cursory Analysis on the Reactions to North Carolina’s Bathroom Law House Bill 2
By: Tim Lauxman Roughly $180 million.[1] That’s a (rough) estimate of economic loss from sporting events being canceled or moved from North Carolina in protest of the state’s Public Facilities…
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Winning a Medal; the Only Way to get Paid for Play According to the NCAA
By: Alexa DuMity Over 1,000 student-athletes competed at the Rio Olympics in 2016.[1] This included current and incoming student-athletes.[2] Many of these athletes were successful and brought home medals…
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The Fight Against Crippling the Student Athlete
By: Andres Chagolla The joy of running down a football field of fresh cut grass, running the base paths on a newly dragged baseball field, the echo of a…