Category Archives: Primary

Swift Action: The Push for Deepfake Reform

ANDREA FISCU—As generative artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, so do the capabilities of perpetrators to create ever-more realistic pornographic deepfakes. Legal experts have long reflected on the damage these violent images and videos can inflict and contemplated how the law may respond. Taylor Swift is one of the most recent victims and with her […]

Turbulent Takeoff: The JetBlue-Spirit Merger’s Bumpy Ride through Antitrust Skies

LAUREN SCHNEIDER—Buckle up, frequent flyers, as turmoil is brewing on the tarmac. If you have kept tabs on the stock market recently, you might have noticed that Spirit Airlines took a nosedive in mid-January, with its shares falling by nearly fifty percent. This swift market downturn came hot on the heels of a U.S. District […]

Trick or Treat? — Hershey’s Misleading Packaging Lands Itself in a $5 Million Lawsuit

KAITLIN PRECE—Hershey “tricking” its customers rather than “treating” them may come at a high cost. The expression “things are not always what they seem” has never been more true when it comes to consumer products. As creativity and technology continue to take new heights, so do the embellishments of advertisements.  Cynthia Kelly purchased multiple packets […]

Dose of Relief? FDA Approves Florida’s Plan to Import Cheaper Drugs from Canada

TAYLOR BUFFA—While prescription drugs provide vital relief to millions of Americans, the financial burden takes a heavy toll on their wallets. 66% of all U.S. adults use prescription drugs, leaving them faced with exorbitant prices for the medicine they rely on. The price of prescription drugs in the U.S. is almost four times higher compared […]

In re Match Group, Inc.: How a Spinoff of Match.com Could Change the Game for Controlling Stockholders

EBA HENDRICKSON—Against a backdrop of rising investor activism, controlling stockholders must now jump through more procedural hoops to obtain the deferential business judgment standard of review for transactions they take part in. In Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp. (“MFW”), the Delaware Supreme Court announced that the business judgment rule will only apply to “squeeze-out” mergers […]