Category Archives: Insights

Trouble Bruen: The Ambiguities of Second Amendment Analysis

JACKSON GILLESPIE—Gino Recchia, a firearms dealer, filed suit in Massachusetts federal court on October 4th, alleging that a state law that went into effect on October 2nd, which bans the possession and sale of assault-style firearms and large capacity feeding devices (LCMs), violates his Second Amendment right to bear arms. Recchia’s complaint is just one […]

DOJ v. Visa: What Can We Expect as Consumers? 

BARAK KOREN—Americans spend over four trillion dollars using debit cards each year. But what really happens behind the scenes when you pull out your debit card at the grocery store to tap and pay? To illustrate, say you make a fifty-dollar purchase using your Visa debit card, issued by Chase Bank. This transaction will charge […]

Chasing the Bag: FTC Seeks to Block Merger Between Purveyors of “Accessible Luxury” Handbags

ALEJANDRO OTERO—As the hip crowd gathered around the runway in Chelsea for New York Fashion Week, the case for the future of the fashion industry began in Lower Manhattan. On September 9, 2024, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York began hearing arguments in the FTC’s case against the merger […]

Is Reading the Fine Print Enough? What the Disney Wrongful Death Suit Reveals to Consumers About Arbitration Agreements

ALEXA MASCARO—Earlier last month, Disney found itself in hot water for moving to dismiss a wrongful death suit filed on behalf of Kanokporn Tangsuan, an NYU doctor who suffered a fatal allergic reaction after dining at a Disney Springs restaurant in 2023. The suit, brought by Tangsuan’s widower, alleges that Disney acted negligently by failing […]

Moore or Less Taxes: How Moore v. United States Stands to Upend the Current Tax Framework

MILES POLLEY—Two things are certain in life: death and taxes. Nonetheless, how much taxpayers pay in taxes remains up for debate, especially given the pending Supreme Court case Moore v. United States. The Constitution sets up two avenues of taxation: indirect and direct. To be constitutional, an indirect tax must be uniform across the country, […]