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Live Nation Entertainment’s dominance over the online ticketing industry has come at a significant cost to consumers. Through its control of venues, monopolistic conduct, collusion with ticket scalpers, and use of widely criticized business practices like demand-based pricing, the platform has perpetuated the artificial inflation of ticket prices. This Note examines legislation and enforcement actions …

For years, the legal structure of the video game industry has rested on the idea that consumers do not buy games but rather purchase licenses to access them. As the industry has shifted toward always-online games and online multiplayer, this minor distinction has transformed from a technicality into a tool for product obsolescence. Through an …

Medical technologies continue to improve at a rapid pace, bringing us ever closer to working near magic; but balancing someone’s rights to autonomous medical decision-making with fetal personhood is an open issue ripe for analysis. As seen in the ongoing story of Adriana Smith and baby Chance, families lack recourse when hospital decision-makers override both …

Historically, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) employed a strict framework in which only prediction markets for research and academic value were permitted. This framework rejected political event contracts. In September 2024, a ruling from U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as well as recent press releases from the Trump Administration …

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) present one of the greatest global challenges in environmental regulation today. Their vast presence and persistence across virtually the entire world has resulted in a staggering 99% of humans having detectable levels of PFAS in their blood. These man-made chemicals have been linked to several diseases and health issues, including …