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The Federal Trade Commission’s ‘Made in America’ Policy Has Disincentivized Domestic Production but Supply Chain Issues Associated with Coronavirus May Incentivize Reshoring

Americans are proud of their domestic incorporations, sourcing, and/or production and want to market as such. The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is a federal agency charged with the authority to regulate unfair and deceptive advertising in the marketplace. If a…

Managing Editor
February 8, 2021

COVID-19’s Toll on Independent Concert Venues

The fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic this past year has been economically devastating for nearly every industry and market, but it has hit the arts and entertainment sectors especially hard. The impacts of long-term lockdown and the resulting recession will…

Natalie Linn
February 1, 2021

We Survived 2020 and the Mechanical Licensing Collective is Now in Full Effect… But How Exactly Does it Work?

The music industry’s widely anticipated Mechanical Licensing Collective (“MLC”) officially went into effect at the beginning of January 2021. The MLC, which was created via the passage of the Music Modernization Act (“MMA”) in 2018, was created to administer a…

Daniela Brumer
February 1, 2021

Who Cares if It’s an Executory Contract?

The bankruptcy code provides a debtor with the power to either reject or assume an executory contract. The debtor must decide 60 days after filing for chapter 7 or before the reorganization confirmation in a chapter 11 case, to reject…

Shaul Sultan
January 25, 2021

The King of Pop’s 2014 Hologram Performance Was Legal – But This Wasn’t a Green Light for All Postmortem Hologram Concerts: A Glimpse into the Various Intellectual Property Concerns Surrounding Hologram Performances

The 2014 Billboard Music Awards featured a Michael Jackson performance like no other: a holographic Jackson moonwalked once again as he sang “Slave to the Rhythm,” a song from the new, posthumously released Jackson album “Xscape.” The legality surrounding holographic…

Paige Frankel
January 25, 2021

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal 2021 Spring Symposium: 75 Years of the Lanham Act

Managing Editor
January 13, 2021

Child Gambling and the Sordid Story of FIFA Ultimate Team Packs

Loot boxes are random chance purchases inside a game. Gamers pay real money for a box whose contents can range from a pedestrian low-value in-game item to a rare and costly in-game treasure. FIFA, an annually released football simulation video…

Nosson Sternbach
November 23, 2020

Intellectual Property Law – What Happens After the “Vote-From-Home” Election?

If Biden were to carry on with the Obama administration’s approach to intellectual property law, the America Invents Act of 2013 (AIA) would be the best place to start in analyzing how the president-elect might influence IP law over the…

Ryan Baal
November 23, 2020

The Washington Redskins Abandon Their Historically Controversial Team Name Amidst a Push for Socially Conscious Branding

However, current events were not the only factor weighing into the decision. Since the team’s inception, the Washington Redskins’ name has been a topic of debate between both Native American groups and the country as a whole. The Redskins first…

Shelby Epstein
November 16, 2020

Broadway: Adapting and Overcoming Post-COVID

On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, a Broadway usher tested positive for COVID-19. A day later, on March 12, 2020, one of New York’s most significant cultural institutions, and a symbol of the city itself, entered an indiscernibly long hiatus when…

Emily Feldman
November 16, 2020