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The Regulation Of Commercial Speech: Can Alternative Meat Companies Have Their Beef And Speak It Too?, Eryn Terry
The Regulation Of Commercial Speech: Can Alternative Meat Companies Have Their Beef And Speak It Too?, Eryn Terry
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Would you eat a hamburger that was made in a petri dish? Consumers may have this option soon as laboratory-grown meat begins to hit supermarket shelves. Laboratory-grown meat is made from animal stem cells that eventually transform into primitive fibers and tissue within the confines of a petri dish. Although a lot remains unknown about laboratory-grown meat, consumers can think of it as meat production without the farm. How might consumers react to meat labels indicating that their products were made in a petri dish? Laboratory-grown meat companies have yet to find out, as some states have passed laws that …
Sandbox Boundaries, Hilary J. Allen
Sandbox Boundaries, Hilary J. Allen
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Around the world, subnational and national regulatory sandboxes are being adopted in an effort to promote fintech innovation. These regulatory sandboxes seek to do so by rolling back some of the consumer protection and prudential regulations that would otherwise apply to firms trialing their financial products and services in the sandbox. While sacrificing such protections in order to promote innovation is problematic, such sacrifice may nonetheless be justifiable if, by working with innovators in the sandbox, regulators are educated about new technologies in a way that enhances their ability to effectively promote consumer protection and financial stability in other contexts. …