St. Thomas Law Review
Artificial IntelligenceFeaturedTrademark Law
September 25, 2025By Chelsea Barcenas
The “AI Barbie” trend became a viral sensation in early 2025 as millions of users uploaded selfies into generative tools that transformed them into Barbie-style avatars, complete with pink packaging and captions like “This Barbie is a Privacy Lawyer.”[i] Mattel, Inc. (“Mattel”), owner of Barbie since 1959, suddenly saw its product remixed at a massive […]
Employment LawEntertainment LawFeaturedReality TV
February 13, 2025By Chelsea Barcenas
On December 11, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a formal complaint against Kinetic Content, the production company behind Netflix’s hit reality series Love Is Blind.[i] The complaint alleges that the company misclassified contestants as non-employee “participants” rather than employees, potentially depriving them of crucial labor protections.[ii] This case has the potential to […]
Contract LawFeaturedHealth CarePharmaceuticals
October 21, 2024By Chelsea Barcenas
On September 9, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 306-81 in favor of H.R. 8333, known as the Biosecure Act.[i] The Biosecure Act prohibits U.S. companies from entering into contracts with biotechnology “companies of concern” and their U.S. subsidiaries.[ii] Specifically, the bill blocks partnerships with BGI Group, MGI, WuXi AppTec, WuXi Biologics, and […]
