Behind the Brand Deals: The Legal Architecture Behind Being a Creator

Yasmin SobhanianEntertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law, News & Insights

On Friday, February 20, 2026, Loyola Law School’s Entertainment Law Review (“ELR”) hosted its annual symposium, with this year’s theme of “Power Players.” One of the panels, “Content Creator Counsel + Social Media Esquires,” focused on attorneys working at the …

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Defective by Design? Nonconsensual Deepfakes and Emerging AI Liability

Michael BaldocchiArtificial Intelligence Law, News & Insights

Deepfakes—generative AI-manipulated video, photo, or audio recordings that misrepresent events or individuals—have been widely accessible since 2017.[1] Once the technology became public, it was almost immediately used to produce nonconsensual images of women, and the problem has since worsened.[2] In …