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The Earle Effect: Can Advertising Law Keep Up with Influencer Marketing?
By: Amy Innes Few creators expose the difficulty of regulating modern advertising quite like Alix Earle. Her now-signature “Get Ready with Me” (“GRMW”) videos are built around an apparently simple premise. In a comfortable setting similar to FaceTiming with a friend, Alix applies her makeup, gets dressed, and catches up with her 8.7 million follower audienceabout her […]
Political or Patriotic? FIFA and Argentina’s Malvinas Banner
By: Valentina Bowes After Argentina defeated England in the 2026 World Cup semifinal, Argentine players Lisandro Martínez, Giovani Lo Celso, and Nicolás Otamendi celebrated by displaying a banner that read, “Las Malvinas Son Argentinas”—“The Falklands Are Argentine.” The message referred to the disputed islands known in the United Kingdom as the Falkland Islands and in Argentina […]
The Earle Effect: Can Advertising Law Keep Up with Influencer Marketing?
By: Amy Innes Few creators expose the difficulty of regulating modern advertising quite like Alix Earle. Her now-signature “Get Ready with Me” (“GRMW”) videos are built around an apparently simple premise. In a comfortable setting similar to FaceTiming with a friend, Alix applies her makeup, gets dressed, and catches up with her 8.7 million follower audienceabout her […]
Political or Patriotic? FIFA and Argentina’s Malvinas Banner
By: Valentina Bowes After Argentina defeated England in the 2026 World Cup semifinal, Argentine players Lisandro Martínez, Giovani Lo Celso, and Nicolás Otamendi celebrated by displaying a banner that read, “Las Malvinas Son Argentinas”—“The Falklands Are Argentine.” The message referred to the disputed islands known in the United Kingdom as the Falkland Islands and in Argentina […]
Who Gets to Sell a Passport? The EU’s Caribbean Ultimatum and the Rule That Quietly Changed
By: Camila Serrano Some countries sell citizenship. Pay a few hundred thousand dollars into a government fund or buy approved real estate, and, within months, you possess that nation’s passport. The industry calls these citizenship-by-investment (CBI) programs; everyone else calls them golden passports. On June 25, 2026, the European Commission wrote to five eastern Caribbean nations — […]
From Place to Product: The Intellectual Property of Food Names
By: Jenna Zwick Have you ever wondered why certain cheeses are more expensive than others or why certain cheeses are tied to specific places? Think Wisconsin Cheddar or Italian Parmesan Reggiano. Quality plays an important role in the product’s name and marketing, but legal frameworks have large implications. This raises the important question about whether a food […]
When Names Don’t Match: The SAVE Act in a Global Landscape of Documentation Barriers and Women’s Voting Rights
By: Sara White The right to vote is often heralded as the litmus test for gender equality and women’s empowerment. Yet, across the world, the path to the ballot box is increasingly obstructed by documentation-based requirements that, although they appear facially neutral, create profound and disproportionate barriers for women. In the United States, the proposed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act represents […]
