Category Archives: Featured

From Amateurism to Professionalization: How the NCAA’s House Settlement Aligns the U.S. with Global Sports Norms

By: Mia Massimo On June 10, 2025, Judge Claudia Wilken approved the landmark settlement in House v. NCAA, reshaping the future of college athletics. The agreement requires the NCAA and its member conferences to pay nearly $2.8 billion in damages to former athletes and permits schools to share up to 22% of athletics revenue directly with players. The settlement […]

Unwilling, Unable, and Unavoidable: Analyzing the Legal Justifications and Aftermath of Israel’s Doha Strikes

By: Yehuda Gannon On September 9, 2025, the Israeli Air Force conducted “Operation Summit of Fire,” a targeted operation that sought to eliminate high-profile Hamas leaders living in Qatar. The list of targeted individuals included Khalil al-Hayya, Zaher Jabarin, Muhammed Ismail Darwish, and Khaled Mashal, all senior members of Hamas’s leadership. What distinguished this operation from previous Israeli […]

AI, Authorship, and Copyright: A Comparison Between the United States and the European Union

By: Addison Hichman As artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly changes the way art, music, and literature are created, the copyrightability of these creative works has become an important consideration. Courts and policymakers are now forced to ask: Who is the author of an AI-generated work? Copyright protection has long been tied to human creativity, but the […]

Local Threats, Global Warrants: Mamdani, the ICC, and Constitutional Boundaries

By: Yedida Bentolila In an interview with The New York Times earlier this month, Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, made it clear that if elected, he would instruct the New York Police Department (NYPD) to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he traveled to the city during his tenure. Mamdani said he […]