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Trump’s Executive Order Signals Federal Disruption for New State AI Laws

February 18, 2026Artificial Intelligence

In the absence of comprehensive federal artificial intelligence (AI) legislation, states have moved aggressively to regulate AI. Beginning January 1, 2026, several major state AI laws imposed new safety and accountability obligations on AI developers. Just weeks before those laws took effect, President Trump’s Administration issued an executive order signaling a shift toward federal deregulation and preemption. The result is a looming conflict between state enforcement and federal resistance that is likely to continue to define the United States AI regulation in 2026.

Synthetic Media, Real Harm: Regulating AI-Generated Deepfakes

February 18, 2026Artificial Intelligence, Ethics

Carolyn Nsimpasi
Associate Editor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2026
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has enabled the creation of highly realistic synthetic media, commonly known as deepfakes. These AI-generated images, videos, and audio recordings can convincingly replicate real people, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish truth from fabrication. While deepfake technology has legitimate uses in entertainment, education, and accessibility, its growing misuse presents significant social, political, and ethical risks. As a result, the regulation of AI-generated deepfakes has become an urgent necessity.

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Adderall Shortages: Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement Risks in the Big-Pharma Ecosystem

February 17, 2026FDA

Since October 2022, the United States has been grappling with an ongoing shortage of Adderall, a cornerstone prescription stimulant for millions of Americans. What began as intermittent shortages due to manufacturing disruptions has evolved into a prolonged supply constraint affecting patients, providers, and regulators. Behind this shortage lies a complex overlap of regulatory frameworks, legal reporting obligations, and compliance risks that are present across the pharmaceutical industry. Thus, the Adderall shortage is not simply a manufacturing hiccup. It is a case study in how overlapping regulatory regimes can collectively constrain supply in ways that neither regulators nor companies can easily fix in real time. Thus, ensuring sustainable access to ADHD medications and promoting proper use will require clearer authority, better data integration, and shared accountability across drug regulators and the Big-Pharma industry. Without these reforms, shortages will remain a recurring crisis to manage, rather than a systemic problem to prevent.

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The Real Problem with Affordable Housing in America is Not Large Institutional Investors

February 13, 2026Regulation

“To preserve the supply of single-family homes for American families and increase the paths to homeownership,” President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 20th, 2026, preventing “large institutional investors” from buying “single-family home[’s].” The definitions of “large institutional investor” and “single-family home” are to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, by February 19th. However, even with an expansive definition of what constitutes a “large institutional investor,” this executive order seems likely to fall short of its intended goal. Large institutional investors account for too small of a share of single-family homeowners in the United States for this executive order to have any significant impact on housing affordability. Instead, to support housing affordability President Trump’s administration should focus on loosening credit standards, incentivizing home builders, and adopting economic policies to curb inflation, which in turn will lead to mortgage rate reductions.

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Farm-to-Table Regulation: The FDA’s Food Traceability Rule

February 11, 2026Uncategorized

Kendall Henry Associate Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2027 From potato chips to produce, it seems like food recalls are announced every other day. In today’s global supply chain, a single ingredient may move through countless hands, multiple countries, states, and facilities before reaching shelves. This makes it extremely difficult to identify …
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Can Personal Posts become Professional Problems?

February 10, 2026Employment

Social media is an unavoidable part of everyday life, it is how people communicate and document their experiences. However, it is very easy for an informal post to go beyond the intended audience of close family and friends, reaching the general public. This means that one’s persona on social media can be seen by employers as a proxy for their professionalism and personal judgment. While the internet operates as a virtual “Wild West” with little to no rules, federal organizations offer some guidance as to employees’ communication and expression on social media like the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Ultimately it is on the employees to understand the risks a social media presence poses and what protections exist.

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Are Forum Selection Clauses the New Mandatory Arbitration Agreements?

February 6, 2026Employment

In recent years, employment contracts have become increasingly laden with procedural clauses that dramatically shape where and how disputes are resolved. While mandatory arbitration agreements that require private dispute resolution remain common, employers are increasingly turning to forum selection and choice of law clauses as an alternative or supplement. The questions are whether these clauses are functionally becoming the new mandatory arbitration agreements, and whether they hide compliance traps that both employers and employees should be paying attention to.

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The Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act: A New Step in Illinois Employment Law

February 5, 2026Employment

Workplace stability is often tested most during medical emergencies. Few events are more disruptive than a familial hospitalization, an event that places an incredible amount of emotional, financial, and logistical stress on individuals. Unfortunately, for many, access to protected work leave depends more on employer discretion rather than enforceable legal protections. Although the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides baseline protected leave for certain family and medical needs, its coverage is limited by employer size thresholds and employee eligibility requirements. Thus, as workforce participation has expanded and family structures have evolved, a clear significant gap in statutory protection has become apparent. To fill this gap, Illinois has enacted the Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act (the “Act”), a law designed to expand on the FMLA by providing additional protections for employees.

To Compete Or Not to Compete: A Legal Question

February 3, 2026Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence, Uncategorized

Today, federal and state antitrust laws are as important as ever. However, modern courts struggle to apply the traditional interpretation and application of antitrust law to modern technology and related anti-competitive practices. This is particularly true in the realm of emerging technologies, where algorithms, automation, and artificial intelligence increasingly dominate. As a result, regulators face a host of unique challenges in an increasingly interconnected, data driven, and automated era. From business to finance, healthcare to housing, the importance of anti-competition law cannot be easily understated.

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The Need for Stronger Regulation of the Taxation of Churches

December 12, 2025Ethics, Regulation

Carolyn Nsimpasi

Associate Editor

Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2026

In the United States, churches and religious organizations qualify for exemptions from federal income tax under IRS Section 501(c)(3) and are generally eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions. While the intention behind this exemption is to protect religious freedom and support nonprofit missions, the lack of robust regulatory frameworks has opened the door to potential misuse. As religious institutions grow in both size and financial complexity, the public benefits they provide do not always receive the same scrutiny as their financial practices. Consequently, it is time for this exemption to be either eliminated entirely or significantly modified following an intensive evaluation of its regulation.

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