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Post-Laidlaw Civil Penalties: Circuit Split or Good-Faith Exception?
February 10, 2026
Matthew Agurto, MJLST Staffer Introduction Congress enacted the Clean Water Act (“the Act”) in 1972 to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity...
Proposed Rule of Evidence 707: Machine Experts
January 26, 2026
Autumn Zierman, MJLST Staffer Citing concerns about the lack of reliability and authenticity of machine-generated evidence, the Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules (“the Committee”) published...
The Rise of the Tea App: What to Do if You’re Defamed
December 22, 2025
Kate Neill, MJLST Staffer Introduction The Tea App has exploded in popularity in the past year as a place for women to anonymously share their...
The EU’s Proposed Space Act Signals a New Era Controversial Space Regulation
December 9, 2025
Harper Bischoff, JLST Staffer The European Union’s proposed Space Act has emerged as an early indicator of how the United States and Europe will approach...
Examining the Constitutionality of Ohio’s New Obscene Material Age Verification Law
December 1, 2025
Fide Valverde-Rivera, MJLST Staffer In September 2025, an Ohio law requiring websites that purvey obscene material to verify users’ ages went into effect. [1] Although...
The Precarious Issue of Legally Creating Mashups Under the U.S. Patent System
November 24, 2025
McKenzie Alders, JLST Staffer Ever wondered how your favorite DJs can legally incorporate those familiar beats and 2010 tunes into their own, new mashups? Apparently...
Trump’s Shortsighted Proposal Would Shatter the Patent System
November 17, 2025
Charlotte Lucas, JLST Staffer The overall objectives of the U.S. patent system are to foster innovation, maintain inclusivity and fairness to all potential patent applicants...
The [In]adequate Provision Loophole: The Future of Drug Advertisements
November 10, 2025
Caelen Caspers, MJLST Staffer The television shows a sunny day, birds chirping, and kids skipping. A journal staffer attempts to join in, but winces in...
Why New York’s Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act Is Not Enough
November 3, 2025
Jannelle Liu, MJLST Staffer As artificial intelligence (“AI”) becomes increasingly integrated into business development strategies, policymakers have been prompted to consider new frameworks for oversight...
The Dark Reality of Family Vlogging: Minnesota’s Legislative Attempt to Combat Child Labor in Content Creation
October 28, 2025
Shayla Miller, MJLST Staffer Minnesota joins a short list of states to pass specific laws protecting children featured in social media content (“kidfluencers”) from exploitation...