The New Age Of Child Labor: Family Influencing And Child Exploitation

In this article, Devin Scarborough examines the rise of family influencing in online platforms and the associated risks it poses to child participants. She contends that existing labor regulations are insufficient to properly address the exploitation of child influencers, despite acknowledging recent, although limited, state legislation. This article advocates for stronger legal protections to safeguard the well-being and overall safety of children featured in online content.

October 8, 2025

How a Recent Starbucks Case Could Strengthen Teamsters’ Ability to Collectively Bargain with Costco

In this article, Casey Semple discusses how actions taken by Costco during contract negotiations with Teamsters could be considered unlawful after recent Starbucks litigation.

February 26, 2025

Game Changer: How Classifying Student-Athletes as Employees Adversely Affects International Students

In this article, Cecilia Giles discusses how the NLRB’s classification of the Dartmouth men’s basketball team as employees could adversely impact international students. Giles argues that Congress should reconsider the limitations of the F-1 visa to accommodate international students.

May 22, 2024

The United Auto Workers Strike: Are State Tort Claims a Remedy for the Big Three?

Audrey Rotman discusses the legal implications of the United Auto Workers strike against the Big Three automakers and what legal remedies and solutions exist for both the union and employers

November 8, 2023

Free to Speak: Are Non-Disparagement Provisions Enforceable?

Colleen Brugger explores the NLRB’s recent decision to invalidate the use of non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements. However, is the decision truly a get-out-of-jail-free card for former employees’ exercise of the First Amendment?

August 30, 2023

(Where?)House Safety: Amazon’s Systemic Hazards

Amazon has had a dynamic past few years, with phenomenal growth to become the United States’ second-largest private employer. However, in the face of widespread concern about employee safety, which has spawned both unionization and fines from OSHA, could there be a bug in Amazon’s system? Associate Member Colleen Brugger explores this question in her first article for the UC Law Review Blog.

March 9, 2023

Employee or Independent Contractor? Examining the U.S. Department of Labor’s New Recommendations Concerning Independent Contractor Classification

In this article, Stephen Fox examines the new U.S. Department of Labor’s recommendation on classifying independent contractors and how these recommendations may affect the labor market.

January 26, 2023

Starbucks’ Grand(e) Idea: Freshly Brewed Union-Busting

Associate Member Chris Colloton examines Starbucks’ most recent decision to boost benefits for its non-union workforce, a move that comes as support for labor unions is at a nearly 60-year high. Colloton argues that the coffee giant’s less-than-subtle efforts to dissuade its employees from unionizing may expose itself to potential liability under U.S. labor law.

December 21, 2022

Minor League Baseball and the Supreme Court Load the Bases for College Athletes

In this article, Associate Member Adam Drapcho discusses how minor league baseball’s recent unionization, combined with Justice Kavanaugh’s concurrence in NCAA v. Alston, puts college athletes in a prime position to organize and negotiate with the NCAA.

October 20, 2022

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