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“La Fin,” A Potential End to Iceland’s Controversial Whaling Industry

Iceland is one of three countries that still allow for-profit whaling, and a February 2027 bill that could permanently ban commercial whaling may mean that...

Does Faster FDA Review Actually Lead to Faster Patient Access? Evaluating the Breakthrough Devices Program

The Breakthrough Devices Program The development of innovative medical devices can offer life-changing benefits to patients with serious conditions, but providing access to the devices...

Six Years After Maui: Groundwater, Geology, and the Clean Water Act in the Upper Midwest

The Clean Water Act (“CWA”) requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit for the discharge of pollutants from a point source into navigable...

Who Owns the Night Sky? Reflect Orbital Wants to Sell Sunlight From Space.

A California startup is preparing to launch a satellite with an eighteen-by-eighteen-meter mirror into low-Earth orbit, with the stated goal of redirecting sunlight onto the...

Your Digital Doppelgänger

What counts as harm in an age of inference? Modern systems do not just collect information; they generate it. [1] From patterns in behavior, timing...

The “Search Party” Backfire: How a Super Bowl Ad Ignited a Bipartisan Privacy Reckoning in Minnesota

Introduction: Heartwarming Ad with a Chilling Reality During the 2026 Super Bowl, a commercial meant to pull at the heartstrings of millions of viewers instead...

Can American Antitrust Law Keep Up With Artificial Intelligence?

Since the debut of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) has exploded from an experimental tool to a global industry. The exponential rise...

You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too: How the Endangerment Finding Rescission Clears the Path for More State Climate Action

In the decade since the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, the governments of the world have fallen far short of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emission...

Closing the Reporting Gap: Building a Legal Framework for Reporting Serious Online Threats

On February 12, 2026, Canada experienced one of the deadliest mass shootings in its history. [1] The shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, claimed the...

AI Companies Could Be Liable for Violence Inspired by Their Chatbots

Overview Artificial Intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly, and a substantial segment of the population now regularly uses large language models (LLMs). [1] Certainly, LLMs present...