Melanie Gray ’81
Written by: Ethan Leonard Melanie Gray ’81 spent the majority of her four-decade career practicing complex commercial and bankruptcy litigation with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in… Read more »
Author Archives: Alexis Takashima
The Mechanical Clerk? A Federal Judge’s “Modest Proposal” on AI
Written by: Daniel Grant Landscaping and TrampolinesIs an in-ground trampoline “landscaping”? Reasonable minds may differ. Some may think this is not a very important question, as was the case… Read more »
Credit Card Class Actions: The 2024 Settlements of Visa and Mastercard
Written by: Olivia S. Murphy On May 26th, just a few short months after their last settlement, credit card giants Visa and MasterCard agreed to pay $197 million to… Read more »
Pay for Play, The Changing Landscape of College Athletics Following House v. NCAA Settlement
Written by: Gary Loope Thursday, May 23, marked a significant milestone in college athletics as the NCAA Board of Governors and Power Five conferences reached a settlement in the groundbreaking… Read more »
Are Burritos Sandwiches: Indiana Judge Rules that Burritos are Sandwiches
Written by: Darby Peters What constitutes a sandwich? Well, according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a sandwich is defined as (1)(a) “two or more slices of bread or a split roll having… Read more »
Bettor Beware: Why Kentucky Derby Bettors Are Out of Luck When Race Results Are Revised
Written by: John Rutecki Who is Anthony Mattera, and Why Did He Sue Churchill Downs andBob Baffert?This past week, while the 2024 Kentucky Derby grabbed headlines, a legal battle over… Read more »
Barker Keith L’97
Written by: Savana Conrade Barker Keith is the General Counsel of Sovereign Risk Insurance Limited (“Sovereign”), a political and credit risk insurance company in Bermuda; and has worked there for… Read more »
Errors in Weinstein Prosecution Lead to Retrial
Written by: Matt Perez On April 25th, in a 4-to-3 decision, the New York Court of Appeals overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 felony sex crime convictions. The court concluded that the… Read more »
Life, Law, and Liberty: The Supreme Court’s Abortion Dilemma in Idaho
Written by: Shelby Spurgin The Battle for Women’s Health: EMTALA vs. State Sovereignty The United States Supreme Court recently delved into a critical legal dispute surrounding Idaho’s abortion ban… Read more »
Hermès Hit with an Antitrust Lawsuit Over Birkin Bag Sales Practices
Written By: Gabriela Zinaty On March 19, 2024, Tina Cavalleri and Mark Glinoga sued the luxury design house Hermès for violations of federal antitrust and state unfair competition law. The… Read more »