Data-Scraping, AI, and the New Internet Frontier

Posted by Ethan Storck. Nearly every single day we see news articles and stories focusing on “Artificial Intelligence” (or “AI”), and how AI is the future of so many different industries. This includes everything from medicine, law, banking, cybersecurity and so much more.  However, with the growth of AI comes new and expanding issues for …

Is It Ever Worth the Risk of Getting Caught?

Posted by Julia Salomon. This article highlights the details regarding the New York business lawsuit against former U.S President, Donald Trump. This all started when Letitia James, a New York Attorney General accused Donald Trump, his two sons, The Trump Organization, and its top employees for fraudulently inflating Trump’s assets in order to boost his …

Elizabeth Holmes Receives an 11-Year Sentence for Theranos Fraud

Posted by Brianna Favatella. Stanford University dropout Elizabeth Holmes rose to fame as a celebrity entrepreneur, only to witness the downfall of her company when its technology was exposed as fraudulent. Once hailed for her innovative blood-testing startup Theranos Inc., which reached a valuation of $9 billion, Holmes now faces the consequences of her actions. …

IRS Launches a Tax Law Crackdown on Tax Evasion by Millionaires and Billionaires

Posted by Khalil Crumes. The nation’s tax revenue suffers a significant blow due to millionaire and billionaire tax evasion, totaling over $150 billion annually, as per IRS Chief Danny Werfel. This evasion aggravates government shortages and challenges the fairness of the tax system. The IRS, encouraged by recent Congressional funding, has initiated an extensive crackdown …

The Cons of Breaching the Founding Mission of Companies

Posted by Anastasha Yee. Elon Musk is most notably known for being the CEO of Tesla Inc., although he also created OpenAI in 2015 as well as other companies. Due to his many duties in his various areas of work, he realized that OpenAI had drifted philosophically further than he had intended which ultimately led …

Jazwares Accuses Build-A-Bear of Stealing the Squishmallow Design

Posted by Gabriella Pecoraro. The up-and-coming company Jazwares, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway since October of 2022, accused Build-A-Bear of stealing the design of their trending Squishmallow product. Build-A-Bear was sued by Jazwares on February 12th of this year and Build-A-Bear responded with a lawsuit in the same day. In the official complaint that was …

The Reality of Amazon: Hard Work, Paid Less  

Posted by Gia Leonardis. The Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts prohibits an employer from treating you differently, or less favorably, because of your sex, which is defined to include pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity. This law was put in place to protect employees in the workplace. However, 3 women, who work for …

The Issue with Clean Beauty in the Cosmetic Industry

Posted by Chelsea Hynes. Health and wellness is a very popular practice in our society. It touches upon almost every consumer market out there and continues to grow each year. One area in particular that has seen some conflicts with its efforts to capitalize on the health and wellness kick is the beauty industry. One of …