One Court to Rule Them All: How the Court of Arbitration for Sport has Shaped International Sports by Providing a Unified Dispute Resolution Solution
By: Ryan Kemrite In the international sports-dispute world, there is only one “Supreme Court of Sport,” the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Before the CAS, the international sports community had a problem: there was no unified, international body that could...
The International Criminal Court’s Role in a New World
By: Luke Collins The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a tribunal formed by the United Nations that investigates and tries cases of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. On June 11, 2020, the Trump administration issued an executive order authorizing...
Getting to the Grass-Root Problem: The Economic Effect on International Relations Caused by Narcoterrorism
By: Randee Williams Koeller Narcoterrorism is a problem that has plagued the world for centuries and persists to this day. Whether evidenced by a news headline or the quiet death of a person in a dark alleyway, the effect of illicit drug trafficking and...
An Analysis of the Abraham Accords and its Effects on Israeli-Arab Relations and the Middle East
By: Evan Merritt On September 15, 2020, Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates announced the signing of the Abraham Accords, a historic peace agreement that included pledges by each of the signatories to pursue peace in the Middle East. Within a few months, two...
Fake It Until You Sell It: An Analysis of Deceptive Advertising Practices in The Video Game Market Across the World
By: Jacob Osborn False advertising in the video game industry is a rising problem. Over the last several years, misleading statements and blatantly false ads have taken the market by storm, but despite their global rise, only a handful of cases have been brought...
The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act: An Analysis of the Legislation’s Potential Effect on Chinese Companies and U.S. – China Relations
By: Evan Merritt Abstract: On April 2, 2020, Chinese-based Luckin Coffee shocked the investing world when it admitted that the company’s Chief Operating Officer had faked $310 million worth of sales. As the company’s stock price subsequently tanked and U.S. investors...
How the Global Landscape for FRAND Licensing Terms Has Changed After Unwired Planet Int’l Ltd. v. Huawei Technologies Co.
By: Vlada Wendel Abstract: Manufacturers in industries that are highly dependent on standards, such as telecommunications, rely on fair, reasonable, and non-discretionary terms when licensing standard essential patents. These patents are termed essential...
Are We Nations or Toddlers? Vaccine Nationalism’s “Me First” Approach and the Problem of Vaccination Distribution COVID-19
By: Shaina Weisberg Abstract: We often hear COVID-19 described as “unprecedented,” but is it? Battles against global pandemics are not unheard of, some occurring within the last decade. However, the concern over COVID-19 continues to fester as the effect...
How Germany Used Antitrust Law to Protect User Data
By: Ashtyn Davis Abstract: What should be done about big tech? The problem that everyone is talking about, yet no one has an adequate solution for. Over the past decade, the commodification of user data on sites like Facebook has created a commodity worth...
AMLO’s Contrarreforma Energética: An Analysis of the Potential Ramifications of Renationalization for Foreign Investors in Mexico’s Hydrocarbon Sector
By: Ryan Kemrite Abstract: The Mexican hydrocarbon industry is at a crossroads. Current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has advocated for overturning the country’s energy reforms enacted in the mid-2010s by ex-president Peña Nieto. Peña...