Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Law
The Rise Of Computerized High Frequency Trading: Use And Controversy, Michael J. Mcgowan
The Rise Of Computerized High Frequency Trading: Use And Controversy, Michael J. Mcgowan
Duke Law & Technology Review
Over the last decade, there has been a dramatic shift in how securities are traded in the capital markets. Utilizing supercomputers and complex algorithms that pick up on breaking news, company/stock/economic information and price and volume movements, many institutions now make trades in a matter of microseconds, through a practice known as high frequency trading. Today, high frequency traders have virtually phased out the "dinosaur" floor-traders and average investors of the past. With the recent attempted robbery of one of these high frequency trading platforms from Goldman Sachs this past summer, this "rise of the machines" has become front page …
Online Fantasy Sports Litigation And The Need For A Federal Right Of Publicity Statute, Risa J. Weaver
Online Fantasy Sports Litigation And The Need For A Federal Right Of Publicity Statute, Risa J. Weaver
Duke Law & Technology Review
The right of publicity is currently a jumble of state common law and state statutes, but the online fantasy sports industry crosses state lines with ease. Having witnessed the great revenue potential of online fantasy sports, professional sports leagues are trying to strong-arm independent fantasy sports providers out of the business by using the right of publicity to assert property interests in the statistics generated by professional players, and used by fantasy sports providers to run their online games. The first such attempt--by Major League Baseball--failed. However, the state law nature of the right of publicity prevents any single court …