Cheating off ChatGPT: Can Teachers Prove if AI Wrote Something?
How Do Teachers Prove Students Used AI to Write for Them? Even if a teacher cannot prove that AI like ChatGPT wrote something, evidence may still suggest it is more likely than…
Securing Parental Rights Early: When to File for Parentage in NY and Why It Matters
A Judgment of Parentage offers benefits over both Acknowledgments of Parentage and Adoption Orders for many New York parents. But when you file for Parentage can make all the…
Petitioning for a Pre-Birth Judgment of Parentage: The Legal Process in New York
Effective February 15, 2021, the Child-Parent Security Act (CPSA) has legalized gestational surrogacy in New York. In addition to key legal protections, the CPSA also secures a…
What Happens When a Federal Employee Fails a Background Check?
Federal employment depends on meeting suitability or fitness standards established under Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 731. When a background investigation…
2026 Update: Clarifying the Legal Status of Non-Competes in Texas
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates that one in five U.S. employees is subject to a non-compete. In Texas, that number is more than doubled: above 50%, according to…
Play Safe: Understanding Security Risks in Online Sports Betting
In 2018, a SCOTUS decision (Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association) enabled states to govern sports gambling for themselves. Many opted in. This, combined with the…
PERSPECTIVE | Choosing Legal Rationale to Justify Caribbean Boat Strikes: The Piracy Paradigm
The Christmas holiday police action against the President of Venezuela took many inside the Beltway by surprise, even United States Senators. Questions now circulate about whether…
Gestational Surrogacy in New York: 3 Pathways to Legal Parentage
Legal Surrogacy in New York Before the Child-Parent Security Act (CPSA) went into effect in 2021, gestational surrogacy was not legal in New York. Now, the CPSA secures a legal…
Challenging Channeling: Does CSRA Dysfunction Vest District Courts With Jurisdiction?
Continuing developments in federal employees’ legal challenges to Trump administration policies have renewed the question of jurisdiction. At the close of 2025, the Trump…
Union Representation Rights in New York: What Workers Should Know
Workers in New York have clear legal rights for union involvement. If you’re already in a union or considering forming one, you’re entitled to engage in collective…