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“Computer Says No!”: The Impact Of Automation On The Discretionary Power Of Public Officers, Doa A. Elyounes
“Computer Says No!”: The Impact Of Automation On The Discretionary Power Of Public Officers, Doa A. Elyounes
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
The goal of this Article is to unpack the “human in the loop” requirement in the process of automation. It will analyze the impact of automation on street-level bureaucrats and lay out the steps policy makers need to take into account to ensure that meaningful human discretion is maintained. This issue is examined by comparing two algorithms related to the use of automation to detect and investigate fraud in welfare benefits. The first algorithm is used by Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency for detecting and investigating unemployment fraud. This is a draconian algorithm with the ability to automatically decide to cut …
Free Agents: Should Crowdsourcing Lead To Agency Liability For Firms?, Erin R. Frankrone
Free Agents: Should Crowdsourcing Lead To Agency Liability For Firms?, Erin R. Frankrone
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Crowdsourcing has emerged as a new production paradigm through which firms outsource traditional employee tasks to an undefined and generally large network of people, the "crowd," in the form of an open call. The relationships between the crowd and the firm vary across different crowdsourcing models and do not represent, either in fact or in theory, the employment or contractor relationships with which the law is familiar. Therefore, the law and the courts are ill-equipped to answer the questions of whether and how liability should attach to firms for the crowd's harmful conduct toward third parties. Agency law is the …
The Ncaa Rules Adoption, Interpretation, Enforcement, And Infractions Processes: The Laws That Regulate Them And The Nature Of Court Review, Josephine (Jo) R. Potuto
The Ncaa Rules Adoption, Interpretation, Enforcement, And Infractions Processes: The Laws That Regulate Them And The Nature Of Court Review, Josephine (Jo) R. Potuto
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
This article takes a comprehensive look at how the NCAA is organized, describes the NCAA committee structure, and explains how the NCAA in its multitude of roles does its work. The article focuses particularly on the NCAA by law interpretation process and the policies, procedures, and scope of authority of the enforcement, infractions, and student-athlete reinstatement processes. In its description of the division of responsibility among enforcement, infractions and student-athlete reinstatement, the article emphasizes the independence of each. The article then assesses the functions and structure of the NCAA in light of the preogatives of a private, multi-state association and …
The Changing Role Of Agents In Professional Basketball, Bappa Mukherji
The Changing Role Of Agents In Professional Basketball, Bappa Mukherji
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
This Article will discuss the status of agents for NBA players after the adoption of the new collective bargaining agreement (the "1999 Agreement"). First, this Article will summarize the relevant provisions of the prior collective bargaining agreement (the "1996 Agreement") and illustrate how application of these provisions led the owners to declare a lockout. Next, it will review key provisions of the 1999 Agreement. It will conclude by discussing how the new CBA and the recent consolidation in the sports representation business will affect agents.