Alan N. Walter 
Name, image and likeness compensation for college athletes just passed its fifth anniversary, and the ground has shifted again. The House v. NCAA settlement, approved in June 2025, let schools pay athletes directly for the first time and built a new compliance apparatus around third-party deals. But the most interesting legal questions in the NIL … Read more
On January 19, 2026, in one of his final acts in office, Governor Murphy signed a law that fundamentally rewrites how New Jersey regulates electric bicycles. The compliance deadline arrived on July 19, 2026, which means the grace period is over and the new framework is fully operational. New Jersey is now the first state … Read more
New Jersey has enacted one of the most aggressive data broker statutes in the country, and it did so in seventy-two hours. Assembly Bill A5328 was introduced on June 28, 2026, amended and passed by both houses on June 30 and signed by Governor Sherrill the same day as P.L.2026, c.25. For any business that buys, sells … Read more
Understanding what you qualify for and how to apply. If you’re a New Jersey homeowner or renter feeling the weight of property taxes, you’re not alone. The Garden State consistently ranks among the highest in the nation for property tax burdens, which is why the state has created several relief programs to help ease that … Read more
In two days the country turns 250, and marketers have noticed. Flags, eagles and “Made in America” banners are everywhere this summer, on packaging, product pages and paid social. The Federal Trade Commission has noticed too, and it has spent the spring reminding everyone that patriotism in advertising is a regulated activity. If your company … Read more
On July 4, 2026 the federal government launched Trump Accounts, a new tax-advantaged investment account for children created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. If you have a baby born between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2028, the Treasury will deposit $1,000 into your child’s account. If you have older children, they can … Read more
The United States is regulating artificial intelligence the hard way. Congress has enacted exactly one AI-specific statute, the TAKE IT DOWN Act on nonconsensual intimate deepfakes, and comprehensive federal legislation remains stalled. Into that vacuum the states have poured roughly 1,200 AI bills, with 38 states adopting more than 100 AI laws in 2025 alone. January 1, … Read more
When Apple took the stage at WWDC 2024 and unveiled Apple Intelligence, the company made a specific promise to every iPhone buyer watching. Siri, Apple said, was about to become genuinely useful, capable of reading emails, understanding a user’s calendar, acting across apps and answering questions that actually required knowing something about a person’s life. … Read more
Founders who receive restricted stock have 30 days to file an 83(b) election with the IRS. Miss the window and you owe income tax on the rising value of your shares every time a tranche vests, even if you have not seen a dollar of cash. Make the election and you lock in your tax … Read more
Costco sells roughly 157 million Kirkland Signature Seasoned Rotisserie Chickens a year, and it has held the price at $4.99 apiece for so long that the number itself has become part of the brand. That pricing discipline is now showing up in a federal court record. Two California shoppers sued Costco in the U.S. District … Read more
Between March 2024 and mid-2026, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Nvidia deployed more than $40 billion through a dealmaking structure that has no clean name in the legal lexicon. They did not acquire companies. They did not file Hart-Scott-Rodino notifications. They hired away founding teams, licensed intellectual property at extraordinary prices and left behind hollowed-out startups, stranded … Read more
This article was originally published on Law360 in June 2026. On April 17, federal prosecutors unsealed a 10-count indictment in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging the CEO and chief financial officer of iLearningEngines Inc., a corporate education and training company claiming to utilize artificial intelligence, with securities fraud, wire … Read more