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  • Picking Up the Blitz: The Protect College Sports Act in the Modern Era of NCAA Athletics

    By: Paul Mrochinski The Changing World of College Athletics In the last decade, the world of college athletics has been flipped upside down. For the first time in history, student-athletes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) are not only able to profit from their name, image, and likeness (“NIL”),[1] but can receive direct income…

  • Who Is Behind the Mouthpiece? Potential Confrontation Clause Issues When A.I. Is Trained on Testimonial Statements

    By: Jeffrey Ramsey I recently had the privilege of writing the record for the intramural moot court competition at the University of Tennessee Winston College of Law. I drew inspiration from two sources: the controversial HALT Drunk Driving Act and a cruel essay question on an Evidence exam administered by Associate Dean Briana Rosenbaum.[1] From…

  • The Kids Aren’t Alright: Why Instagram’s New Safeguards for Teens Are Not a Substitute for Parental Oversight

    By Misha Nesbitt In August 2026, Meta agreed to pay $17.1 billion to settle claims that it deliberately designed Instagram to be addictive for teens and ignored the resulting harms. Alongside this record payout, Meta agreed to impose sweeping new default settings for teen accounts. While these safeguards represent a step in the right direction,…

  • Insured, Injured, and Liened Anyway

    By: Jacob Stembridge Introduction You are stopped at a red light when a distracted driver slams into you from behind. You did nothing wrong. You carry health insurance. The emergency room treats you, and it could bill your insurer at the discounted rate the hospital and insurer already agreed on. Instead, the hospital does something…

  • Your Privacy Depends on Your Zip Code: Consumer Data Privacy’s Fifty-State Problem

    By: Hunter Carr Introduction Without a comprehensive federal consumer data privacy regulation scheme, states have had to fill the gaps. So far, twenty-four states have enacted comprehensive consumer data privacy statutes.[1] As one would imagine, approaches vary widely. State experimentation in consumer data privacy regulation produces meaningful consumer protections that the federal level lacks. However,…

  • Dear Tennessee Law Review Community,  Serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Tennessee Law Review has been the greatest honor of my law school career, and as that chapter comes to an end, I find myself reflecting on what we set out to do. When I ran for this role, I made a commitment to make TLR a people-focused…

  • A Wilderness of Mirrors: Navigating 1L Fall By: Harry Thomas The gauntlet of your first semester as a law student can seem like an endless labyrinth. Most 1Ls are entering a new campus, discipline, and environment with no prior experience, all while expectations academically and professionally reach new heights. These are only a few of…

  • Algorithmic Pricing, Rising Rents, and the Future of Antitrust Law By: Jake Smithson Average rents across the United States have increased at a rapid pace in recent years.[1] Unsurprisingly, this rapid increase has resulted in an affordability crisis which has become a central issue in some recent high-profile political campaigns.[2] While many factors contribute to…

  • Navigating the False Claims Act in the Age of AI: Implications for Healthcare Providers and Billing Practices By: Carter Graves Since its enactment in 1863, the False Claims Act (“FCA”) has served to disincentivize and punish false and fraudulent claims submitted to the federal government by imposing damages and a civil monetary penalty for violators.[1]…

  • Tidal Wave: How AI is Poised to Replace Younger Lawyers, and How Those Lawyers Can Adapt to Make Themselves Irreplaceable By: Sam Riddle The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has resulted in frequent speculation regarding the role of lower-level employees across different industries. Particularly, the emergence of large language models (“LLMs”) as a method for…