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Santa Clara Law Review


LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD: PRIVATE EQUITY CROSS-OWNERSHIP AND ANTITRUST IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
Professional sports leagues in the United States are undergoing a fundamental shift in ownership as private-equity firms increasingly acquire minority stakes in team franchises. Since 2019, every major league has opened its ownership structure to institutional investors, bringing significant capital, rising valuations, and greater financial stability. At the same time, this shift has introduced a largely overlooked risk: private-equity firms holding financial interests in mul
Brooke Franks


THE POST-DOBBS WAR ON WOMEN: DIGITAL SURVEILLANCE OF INTERSTATE ABORTION SEEKERS
The private matter of abortion in the United States has become a nationwide controversy rooted in morality. Some believe that abortion ends an innocent life, some believe that abortion is a woman’s right, and some believe that abortion should be allowed under particular circumstances, but not all. The 2022 Dobbs decision overturned nearly 50 years of precedent, including the landmark case Roe v. Wade which established abortion as a fundamental right. Although abortion is no
Brittany Prock


ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE HUB: ALGORITHMS, COORDINATION AND THE CARTWRIGHT ACT
In October 2025, California Assembly Bill 325 was signed into law, amending the Cartwright Act to more effectively address hub-and-spoke algorithmic price-fixing. As a growing number of companies come to rely on third-party algorithms as pricing becomes more dynamic and data-driven, antitrust law has failed to keep pace with algorithms’ capacity to facilitate coordinated pricing among competitors. Although scholars increasingly recognize the risks of algorithmic coordination,
Ryan Flanagan
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