Tag: JLPP
The Student-Athlete Compensation Shift — Where are the Federal Guidelines?
(Source) The House v. NCAA Settlement: A Turning Point in College Sports Economics In May 2025, the NCAA announced a landmark settlement in House v. NCAA, a class action that could reshape the economics of college sports. The agreement, approved by Judge Claudia Wilken, authorizes schools to pay student-athletes directly up to $20.5 million per…
31 Oct 2025
To Be or Not to Be: The FTC’s Non-Compete Rule in the Current Landscape
(Source) In April 2024, the Federal Trade Commission promulgated a non-compete rule, which banned most non-compete agreements in the United States. The rule also made existing non-competes unenforceable. The rule applies to all “workers,” which, in this case, includes employees, independent contractors, interns, and volunteers. Existing contracts for senior executives (which constitute less than one…
11 Apr 2025
All Eyes on Tolls: Congestion Pricing in Urban Centers
(Source) Congestion pricing has recently gained a massive amount of mainstream attention and heated public policy debate. As major cities worldwide struggle with increasing traffic, air pollution, and declining public transit efficiency, cities such as London, Stockholm, and Singapore have implemented congestion pricing with varying degrees of success. Recently, New York City became the first…
26 Mar 2025
The Current State of United States Birthright Citizenship
(Source) On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” Within this executive order, President Trump claims that the Fourteenth Amendment has never been interpreted in a way that would grant citizenship to everyone who is born within the United States. Instead, President Trump asserts …
20 Mar 2025
American Offshore Aquaculture: Cutting Bait
(Source) Today, more fish are farmed worldwide than are caught in the wild with demand only increasing year over year. Economic projections predict global seafood consumption to nearly double in the next quarter century. Future growth in aquaculture will lie offshore, with inshore aquaculture remaining largely stagnant. In contrast, American inshore aquaculture projects to…
19 Mar 2025
U.S. AI Policy and the DeepSeek Problem
(Source) On January 20, 2025, the Chinese chatbot DeepSeek launched on the Apple and Android app stores, offering capabilities rivaling U.S. AI giants at a fraction of the development cost. Within a day, the S&P 500 slipped by over 1.2%, and Nvidia lost over $590 billion in market share. Within a week, downloads of…
18 Mar 2025
Paid Family Leave: The U.S.’s Isolation on the Global Stage
(Source) The Rise of Paid Family Leave Paid family leave (PFL) refers to policies that give eligible workers partially or fully compensated time away from work for qualifying reasons, such as bonding with a new child or caring for a close family member with a serious health condition. Importantly, the United States currently has…
11 Mar 2025