Ryan Farrick is a freelance writer and small business advertising consultant based out of mid-Michigan. Passionate about international politics and world affairs, he’s an avid traveler with a keen interest in the connections between South Asia and the United States. Ryan studied neuroscience and has spent the last several years working as an operations manager in transportation logistics.


Former University of Michigan Football Players Announce Lawsuit Against NCAA, Big 10 Network

“The NCAA knew for decades that preventing players from monetizing the one thing of value they have—their name—was wrongful and unlawful,” said Jim Acho, an attorney for the plaintiff players. “Today they recognize that players should have that right. But what about all the past players who were unlawfully denied that right? The money made off those players’ backs was in the hundreds of millions.”


Google Antitrust Trial Begins Today

“Having inserted itself into all aspects of the digital advertising marketplace, Google has used anticompetitive, exclusionary, and unlawful means to eliminate or severely diminish any threat to its dominance over digital advertising technologies,” the lawsuit states.




Technology Startup Xockets Sues Microsoft, Nvidia

“Nvidia and Microsoft are abusing their dominance and market power in AI in an attempt to pay little or nothing for the innovations of others that are used in their products,” Xockets board member Robert Cote said in a statement. “They are engaging in illegal activities that art part of Big Tech’s predatory infringement playbook, a strategy designed to devalue the IP of other innovators.”





Former Ann Arbor Principal Sues School District for Demoting Her After Husband Suffers Disabling Injury

“The law says that you can’t discriminate against an employee because of a disabled loved one, but that’s what Ann Arbor schools did to Alison Epler and her family,” said Nick Roumel, an attorney for plaintiff Alison Epler. “After her husband’s severe health crisis, Ann Arbor Public Schools was less than supportive and refused to return Ms. Epler to the position she had earned prior to her husband’s illness.”