NIL at Five: AI Is the Next Battleground for Athlete Likeness Rights

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

Big Tech Loses in Court: What the Social Media Addiction Verdicts Mean

Two juries delivered consecutive verdicts last week that could permanently reshape how social media platforms operate in the United States. On Tuesday, March 24, a New Mexico jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million for failing to protect children from predators on Instagram and Facebook. On Wednesday, March 25, a Los Angeles jury found both Meta and Google’s YouTube liable for … Read more