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The Consumer’S Choice To Boycott, Agnes Bresee
The Consumer’S Choice To Boycott, Agnes Bresee
Seattle University Law Review
In the wake of employees losing their jobs upon voicing their political opinions concerning Israel, Harvard and Columbia law students’ job offers being rescinded upon expressing support for Palestine, and the names and social media profiles of individuals who support Palestine being collected and listed on Canary Mission, such backlash may leave many Americans wondering what form of resistance to settler-colonialist apartheid is acceptable in the twenty-first century. Recently, the movement to collectively boycott brands like Starbucks, which sued its Worker’s Union for a tweet expressing support for Palestine; Disney, which donated money to Israel; and McDonald’s, where a location …
Unblocking The Chain: Leveraging Mediation And Negotiation In Crypto Exchange User Disputes, Jane Perov
Unblocking The Chain: Leveraging Mediation And Negotiation In Crypto Exchange User Disputes, Jane Perov
Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution
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A Different Approach To Agency Theory And Implications For Esg, Jonathan Bonham, Amoray Riggs-Cragun
A Different Approach To Agency Theory And Implications For Esg, Jonathan Bonham, Amoray Riggs-Cragun
Seattle University Law Review
In conventional agency theory, the agent is modeled as exerting unobservable “effort” that influences the distribution over outcomes the principal cares about. Recent papers instead allow the agent to choose the entire distribution, an assumption that better describes the extensive and flexible control that CEOs have over firm outcomes. Under this assumption, the optimal contract rewards the agent directly for outcomes the principal cares about, rather than for what those outcomes reveal about the agent’s effort. This article briefly summarizes this new agency model and discusses its implications for contracting on ESG activities.
Overseeing The Administrative State, Jill E. Fisch
Overseeing The Administrative State, Jill E. Fisch
Seattle University Law Review
In a series of recent cases, the Supreme Court has reduced the regulatory power of the Administrative State. Pending cases offer vehicles for the Court to go still further. Although the Court’s skepticism of administrative agencies may be rooted in Constitutional principles or political expediency, this Article explores another possible explanation—a shift in the nature of agencies and their regulatory role. As Pritchard and Thompson detail in their important book, A History of Securities Law in the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court was initially skeptical of agency power, jeopardizing Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)’s ambitious New Deal plan. The Court’s acceptance …
The Sec, The Supreme Court, And The Administrative State, Paul G. Mahoney
The Sec, The Supreme Court, And The Administrative State, Paul G. Mahoney
Seattle University Law Review
Pritchard and Thompson have given those of us who study the SEC and the securities laws much food for thought. Their methodological focus is on the internal dynamics of the Court’s deliberations, on which they have done detailed and valuable work. The Court did not, however, operate in a vacuum. Intellectual trends in economics and law over the past century can also help us understand the SEC’s fortunes in the federal courts and make predictions about its future.
A Hard Pill To Swallow: The Abysmal Mental Health Standards Of Detained Immigrant Children In The United States, Rama Bankesly
A Hard Pill To Swallow: The Abysmal Mental Health Standards Of Detained Immigrant Children In The United States, Rama Bankesly
Seattle University Law Review
After setting foot into the U.S., unaccompanied children must learn to navigate academic and legal systems while receiving little support and carrying the heavy burden of effects of trauma on their mental health. They need access to mental health care from qualified professionals, but as this Comment will explain, they systematically fail to receive care, as can be seen in cases like Doe v. Shenandoah Valley Juv. Ctr. Comm’n. In Shenandoah, an unaccompanied child arrived in the U.S. and was placed in a facility that failed to provide remotely adequate mental health care and in fact was subjected …
Reducing Prescription Drug Prices: How Competition Can Make Medications Affordable For Patients - Testimony Of Rachel E. Sachs, Rachel Sachs
Reducing Prescription Drug Prices: How Competition Can Make Medications Affordable For Patients - Testimony Of Rachel E. Sachs, Rachel Sachs
Scholarship@WashULaw
In this testimony, I will explain how existing law both keeps branded drug prices high but has also enabled the development of lower-cost generic and biosimilar competition for branded prescription drugs and biological products. This competition can be used to promote access to affordable prescription drugs, benefiting not only patients but also our public payers. However, I will also explain the ways in which existing legislative and regulatory efforts have not always succeeded in promoting competition and will offer a path forward for this Committee to examine reforms that not only encourage the approval of lower-cost products but also ensure …
Antitrust, Amazon, And Algorithmic Auditing, Jens Frankenreiter, Abhisek Dash, Abhijnan Chakraborty, Saptarshi Ghosh, Animesh Mukherjee, Stefan Bechtold, Krishna P. Gummadi
Antitrust, Amazon, And Algorithmic Auditing, Jens Frankenreiter, Abhisek Dash, Abhijnan Chakraborty, Saptarshi Ghosh, Animesh Mukherjee, Stefan Bechtold, Krishna P. Gummadi
Scholarship@WashULaw
In digital markets, antitrust law and special regulations aim to ensure that markets remain competitive despite the dominating role that digital platforms play today in everyone's life. Unlike traditional markets, market participant behavior is easily observable in these markets. We present a series of empirical investigations into the extent to which Amazon engages in practices that are typically described as self-preferencing. We discuss how the computer science tools used in this paper can be used in a regulatory environment that is based on algorithmic auditing and requires regulating digital markets at scale.
Constructing A Taxonomy Of Financial Consumer Protection Policy And Assessing The New Consumer Duty In The United Kingdom's Financial Sector, Iris H-Y Chiu, Wai-Yee Wan
Constructing A Taxonomy Of Financial Consumer Protection Policy And Assessing The New Consumer Duty In The United Kingdom's Financial Sector, Iris H-Y Chiu, Wai-Yee Wan
Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review
The article critically examines the UK's Consumer Duty, introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), arguing that while it represents a significant step in financial consumer protection, it falls short in addressing welfare outcomes and distributive justice. The Duty focuses on consumer empowerment but neglects key aspects of consumer citizenship, such as access to essential financial services and guarantees of product quality. The article proposes a taxonomy of consumer protection levels to evaluate the Duty's effectiveness and advocates for a more robust framework that prioritizes financial inclusion and long-term consumer welfare.
แนวทางการปรับปรุงมาตรการทางภาษี เพื่อส่งเสริมและจูงใจการคิดค้นนวัตกรรมสำหรับนิติบุคคลที่มีผลขาดทุนสุทธิทางภาษีอากร, ปรียาพร ไกรศิริวุฒิ
แนวทางการปรับปรุงมาตรการทางภาษี เพื่อส่งเสริมและจูงใจการคิดค้นนวัตกรรมสำหรับนิติบุคคลที่มีผลขาดทุนสุทธิทางภาษีอากร, ปรียาพร ไกรศิริวุฒิ
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
จากการวิเคราะห์ปัญหาข้อเท็จจริงที่เกิดขึ้นในปัจจุบัน ที่ผู้ประกอบการที่มีผลขาดทุนไม่ได้ใช้สิทธิประโยชน์ทางภาษีอากรที่รัฐส่งเสริมในด้านการวิจัยและพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีและนวัตกรรม ซึ่งให้สิทธิประโยชน์โดยการยกเว้นภาษีเงินได้นิติบุคคลและการให้หักรายจ่ายได้เพิ่ม เนื่องจากกิจการที่มีผลขาดทุนไม่เสียภาษีเงินได้นิติบุคคล ดังนั้นการยกเว้นภาษีเงินได้และการหักรายจ่ายได้เพิ่มขึ้น จึงไม่เป็นการส่งเสริมหรือจูงใจกิจการเหล่านี้แต่อย่างใด อีกทั้งกิจการที่มีผลขาดทุนมักเป็นกิจการขนาดเล็กที่มีเงินทุนจำกัดในการลงทุนเพื่อการวิจัยและพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีและนวัตกรรม ในขณะที่กิจการที่มีกำไรสุทธิสามารถใช้สิทธิประโยชน์ในการยกเว้นภาษีอากรได้อย่างเต็มที่ ส่งผลให้เกิดความไม่เท่าเทียมกันของมาตรการทางภาษีของรัฐในปัจจุบัน จากการศึกษามาตรการทางภาษีเพื่อจูงใจให้ภาคเอกชนลงทุนด้านการวิจัยและพัฒนาของสหราชอาณาจักรและสิงคโปร์ พบว่าส่งเสริมให้กิจการได้รับสิทธิประโยชน์ทั้งที่มีกำไรและขาดทุน โดยกิจการที่กำไรจะได้รับการลดหย่อนภาษีเงินได้จากรายจ่ายด้านการวิจัยและพัฒนา และกิจการที่ขาดทุนจะได้รับเงินชดเชยจากรายจ่ายด้านการวิจัยและพัฒนา โดยเงินชดเชยดังกล่าวไม่ถือเป็นเงินได้ ทำให้กิจการมีสภาพคล่องมากขึ้น และส่งเสริมให้เกิดการลงทุนเพิ่มขึ้น แสดงให้เห็นว่ามาตรการทางภาษีของสหราชอาณาจักรและสิงคโปร์มีประสิทธิภาพในการกระตุ้นและจูงใจ ให้เกิดการลงทุนด้านการวิจัยและพัฒนาได้อย่างแท้จริง ดังนั้น เพื่อเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพของมาตรการจูงใจให้ภาคเอกชนลงทุนด้านการวิจัยและพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีและนวัตกรรมของไทยให้มากขึ้น ซึ่งจะส่งผลต่อการพัฒนาเศรษฐกิจโดยรวมและช่วยยกระดับขีดความสามารถในการแข่งขันของประเทศ ประเทศไทยควรปรับปรุงการให้สิทธิประโยชน์ทางภาษีให้เหมาะสมและมีประสิทธิภาพในการจูงใจให้ภาคเอกชนลงทุนด้านการวิจัยและพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีและนวัตกรรม โดยการนำมาตรการให้เงินชดเชยจากรายจ่ายด้านการวิจัยและพัฒนาของสหราชอาณาจักรและสิงคโปร์ มาปรับใช้กับมาตรการทางภาษีของไทยต่อไป
การนำดอกเบี้ยจากเงินกู้ยืมเพื่อการศึกษาไปใช้ลดหย่อนภาษีเงินได้บุคคลธรรมดา, ศิรินาฎ เพิ่มทรัพย์
การนำดอกเบี้ยจากเงินกู้ยืมเพื่อการศึกษาไปใช้ลดหย่อนภาษีเงินได้บุคคลธรรมดา, ศิรินาฎ เพิ่มทรัพย์
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
เอกัตศึกษาฉบับนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาแนวทางการนำดอกเบี้ยจากเงินกู้ยืมเพื่อการศึกษาไปใช้ลดหย่อนภาษีเงินได้บุคคลธรรมดาในประเทศไทย โดยเล็งเห็นถึงข้อจำกัดในปัจจุบันที่สิทธิประโยชน์ลดหย่อนภาษีที่เกี่ยวข้องกับดอกเบี้ยอนุญาตเฉพาะดอกเบี้ยจากเงินกู้ยืมเพื่อที่อยู่อาศัยเท่านั้น เมื่อเปรียบเทียบกับนโยบายในต่างประเทศ สหรัฐอเมริกาและแคนาดาเป็นตัวอย่างที่ชัดเจนในการออกแบบมาตรการสนับสนุนผู้กู้ยืมเงินเพื่อการศึกษาในรูปแบบสิทธิประโยชน์ทางภาษี สหรัฐอเมริกามีมาตรการ "Student Loan Interest Deduction" ซึ่งอนุญาตให้นำดอกเบี้ยเงินกู้ยืมเพื่อการศึกษามาหักลดหย่อนจากรายได้ที่ต้องเสียภาษีได้สูงสุด 2,500 ดอลลาร์สหรัฐต่อปี โดยจำนวนเงินลดหย่อนขึ้นอยู่กับรายได้รวมที่ปรับปรุงแล้ว (MAGI) ระบบนี้เหมาะสำหรับกลุ่มผู้มีรายได้ปานกลางถึงสูง เนื่องจากสิทธิประโยชน์จะเพิ่มขึ้นตามฐานภาษีของผู้เสียภาษี แต่ข้อเสียคือผู้ที่มีรายได้ต่ำอาจไม่ได้รับประโยชน์เต็มที่ ในทางกลับกัน แคนาดาใช้มาตรการ "Canada Student Loan Interest Deduction" ซึ่งคำนวณเครดิตภาษีที่ 15% ของดอกเบี้ยเงินกู้ที่ชำระในปีภาษีนั้น และอนุญาตให้ยกยอดเครดิตไปใช้ในปีถัดไปได้สูงสุด 5 ปี ระบบนี้ให้ประโยชน์ที่ครอบคลุมทุกกลุ่มรายได้ เนื่องจากการคำนวณเครดิตภาษีไม่ได้ขึ้นอยู่กับฐานภาษีของผู้เสียภาษี แต่เป็นอัตราคงที่ตามจำนวนดอกเบี้ยที่ชำระจริง นอกจากนี้ การอนุญาตให้ยกยอดเครดิตช่วยให้ผู้กู้รายได้ต่ำได้รับสิทธิประโยชน์เต็มจำนวนในอนาคตเมื่อรายได้เพิ่มขึ้นจากการศึกษาแนวทางการให้สิทธิประโยชน์ของภาษีเงินได้บุคคลธรรมดาเกี่ยวกับดอกเบี้ยเงินให้กู้ยืมเพื่อการศึกษา ผู้เขียนเห็นควรว่าแนวทางที่เหมาะสมที่สุดสำหรับการลดหย่อนภาษีเงินได้บุคคลธรรมดาจากดอกเบี้ยเงินกู้ยืมเพื่อการศึกษาในประเทศไทย คือแนวทางการให้เครดิตภาษี (Tax Credit) ตามแบบของประเทศแคนาดา แนวทางนี้ช่วยสร้างความเท่าเทียมสำหรับทุกกลุ่มรายได้ เพราะการคำนวณเครดิตภาษีไม่ได้ขึ้นอยู่กับฐานภาษีเหมือนระบบลดหย่อนรายได้แบบสหรัฐอเมริกา แต่เป็นอัตราคงที่ตามดอกเบี้ยที่ชำระจริง เช่น 5% ของดอกเบี้ยเงินกู้ ทำให้ผู้ที่มีรายได้ต่ำยังคงได้รับสิทธิประโยชน์ในสัดส่วนที่ใกล้เคียงกับผู้ที่มีรายได้สูงกว่า ซึ่งส่งผลโดยตรงต่อการลดภาระทางการเงินและช่วยกลุ่มผู้กู้ในทุกระดับรายได้ได้อย่างทั่วถึง อีกหนึ่งข้อดีที่คือการอนุญาตให้ยกยอดเครดิตภาษีที่ไม่ได้ใช้ในปีนั้นไปเครดิตภาษีในปีถัดไปได้สูงสุดถึง 5 ปี นโยบายนี้เหมาะสมอย่างยิ่งกับกลุ่มผู้กู้ที่อาจเริ่มต้นมีรายได้ต่ำหลังสำเร็จการศึกษา เช่น นักศึกษาที่เพิ่งเริ่มต้นอาชีพ หรือกลุ่มที่ยังไม่มีรายได้เพียงพอที่จะใช้สิทธิ์ได้เต็มจำนวนในช่วงแรกของการชำระหนี้ การยกยอดนี้ช่วยให้พวกเขาสามารถได้รับประโยชน์ทางภาษีอย่างครบถ้วนในอนาคตเมื่อมีรายได้ที่มั่นคงมากขึ้น
Students For Fair Admissions: Affirming Affirmative Action And Shapeshifting Towards Cognitive Diversity?, Steven A. Ramirez
Students For Fair Admissions: Affirming Affirmative Action And Shapeshifting Towards Cognitive Diversity?, Steven A. Ramirez
Seattle University Law Review
The Roberts Court holds a well-earned reputation for overturning Supreme Court precedent regardless of the long-standing nature of the case. The Roberts Court knows how to overrule precedent. In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA), the Court’s majority opinion never intimates that it overrules Grutter v. Bollinger, the Court’s leading opinion permitting race-based affirmative action in college admissions. Instead, the Roberts Court applied Grutter as authoritative to hold certain affirmative action programs entailing racial preferences violative of the Constitution. These programs did not provide an end point, nor did they require assessment, review, periodic expiration, or revision for greater …
Corporate Governance Through Social Media, Christina M. Sautter
Corporate Governance Through Social Media, Christina M. Sautter
Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Retail investors and other stakeholders are vigorously and loudly taking positions regarding corporate governance issues on social media. They are gathering on social media to discuss which stocks to invest in and to debate and collectively act on corporate governance-related matters. Propelled by new technologies and social media, retail investor engagement has shifted away from traditional venues like corporate voting and shareholder proposals. Retail investors have opened tens of millions of new brokerage accounts since 2020. These new retail investors, primarily Millennials and GenZ’ers, are adept at using technology and naturally gather and obtain information on social media. A co-author …
Trial Selection And Estimating Damages Equations, Keith N. Hylton
Trial Selection And Estimating Damages Equations, Keith N. Hylton
Faculty Scholarship
Many studies have employed regression analysis with data drawn from court opinions. For example, an analyst might use regression analysis to determine the factors that explain the size of damages awards or the factors that determine the probability that the plaintiff will prevail at trial or on appeal. However, the full potential of multiple regression analysis in legal research has not been realized, largely because of the sample selection problem. We propose a method for controlling for sample selection bias using data from court opinions.
Dci Submission To The Brazil Ministry Of Economy On The Economic And Competitive Aspects Of Digital Platforms, Pinar Akman, Stephen Dnes, Keith N. Hylton, Bowman Heiden, Constance Hiatt, Nicolas Petit, Jennifer Pullen, Annika Stohr
Dci Submission To The Brazil Ministry Of Economy On The Economic And Competitive Aspects Of Digital Platforms, Pinar Akman, Stephen Dnes, Keith N. Hylton, Bowman Heiden, Constance Hiatt, Nicolas Petit, Jennifer Pullen, Annika Stohr
Faculty Scholarship
In its comments on the ‘Economic and Competitive Aspects of Digital Platforms’ for the Brazil Ministry of Economy, the Dynamic Competition Initiative (DCI) suggests that law and policy initiatives towards digital platforms should (1) focus on curbing monopoly rents in bottleneck markets, and not undermine diversification efforts towards technological frontiers; (2) leverage the capability and flexibility of existing competition rules to address digital platforms anticompetitive conduct; and (3) properly credit the consumer welfare gains stemming from digital platforms ecosystems given the domestic economic context.
Reconstruction, And The Unfulfilled Promise Of Antitrust, Greg Day, Bennett Capers
Reconstruction, And The Unfulfilled Promise Of Antitrust, Greg Day, Bennett Capers
Scholarly Works
Wealth inequality remains as wide, and as troubling, as it was a half-century ago. While scholars have offered various explanations, there is a contributor that has escaped serious scrutiny: state monopoly power. It is not just that there is a long history of states and municipalities using their monopoly power to protect dominant interests, from enacting Black Codes to shuttering Chinese laundries to barring women, immigrants, and minorities from certain professions. It is also that states continue to use their monopoly power in ways that entrench inequality, from zoning restrictions to eminent domain to regulations that, in effect, bar Black …
Fiscal Equity: The Non-Profit Model Of Corporate Ownership, Eric A. San Juan
Fiscal Equity: The Non-Profit Model Of Corporate Ownership, Eric A. San Juan
American University Business Law Review
In an era of excessive executive compensation, the non-profit corporation serves as an exemplary alternative. Voluntarily, some brand-name manufacturers operate under existing law that permits non-profit ownership. Virtually all corporations could become non-profits under a legislative reform potentially more effective than past redistributive measures. Twentieth-century progressive taxation has waned, while initiatives to endow impoverished children with personal accounts have not expanded beyond pilot programs. Instead, economic inequality widens with global industrialization. Traditionally, deprivation led to the call for the abolition of private ownership of the means of production, yet this proved impracticable under revolutionary regimes. A review of the evolution …
Communication Decency Act And The Intellectual Property Exception, Casey Windsor
Communication Decency Act And The Intellectual Property Exception, Casey Windsor
American University Business Law Review
As the internet proliferated in the 1990s, Congress became concerned with courts impeding the advancement of the internet and the distribution of obscene materials. Congress passed Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act (CDA), which was part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Section 230(c), known as the “Good Samaritan” provision, gave broad immunity to interactive computer services providers (ISPs) who monitor third-party content posted to their website.3 Section 230 created the regulatory foundation for modern day ISPs, including social media websites like Facebook.
Rediscovering Adam Smith: An Inquiry In The Rule Of Law, Competition, And The Future Of The Federal Trade Comission, Melissa Holyoak, Christopher G. Mufarrige
Rediscovering Adam Smith: An Inquiry In The Rule Of Law, Competition, And The Future Of The Federal Trade Comission, Melissa Holyoak, Christopher G. Mufarrige
American University Business Law Review
It is my privilege to be here to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (³CEI´), along with the 300th birthday of Adam Smith. For decades, CEI has been at the vanguard of free-market advocacy, and it is wonderful to combine CEI's anniversary with a celebration of Adam Smith. I will start with a standard disclaimer: The views I express today are my own. They do not necessarily represent those of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or ³Commission´) or any other commissioner.
U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission And The "Deep Administrative State": A Case Study Of Its Esg Rules, Jerry W. Markham
U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission And The "Deep Administrative State": A Case Study Of Its Esg Rules, Jerry W. Markham
American University Business Law Review
This study examines the highly controversial “environmental, social, and governance” (ESG) rules that were adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2024. Those rules require large public companies to disclose their policies for dealing with climate change and report their greenhouse gas emissions. Critics charge that those rules are the product of a “deep state” administrative agency that is operating outside the checks and balances imposed by the Constitution on other government actors. The study relates the background for these deep state concerns and the constitutional and statutory restraints that were intended to prevent the development of such …
Hollywood's Triple Threat: Writers, Actors, And Antitrust Regulators Take On The Streaming Giants, Remy S. Farkas
Hollywood's Triple Threat: Writers, Actors, And Antitrust Regulators Take On The Streaming Giants, Remy S. Farkas
American University Business Law Review
In the summer of 2023, Hollywood froze when actors, writers, and crew took to the picket lines. Their gripe: the recent mega mergers by media conglomerates. The Writers Guild Association and Screen Actors Guild American Federation of Television and Radio Artists joined forces to protest recent acquisitions by Disney, Amazon, and Netflix; these companies vertically integrated within the industry, which allowed them to exploit workers, limit content, and raise prices for consumers. In the same summer, the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission released Draft Merger Guidelines, which included thirteen new guidelines for evaluating whether a merger violates antitrust …
Regulating Driving Automation Safety, Matthew Wansley
Regulating Driving Automation Safety, Matthew Wansley
Articles
Over forty thousand people die in motor vehicle crashes in the United States each year, and over two million are injured. The careful deployment of driving automation systems could prevent many of these deaths and injuries, but only if it is accompanied by effective regulation. Conventional vehicle safety standards are inadequate because they can only test how technology performs in a controlled environment. To assess the safety of a driving automation system, regulators must observe how it performs in a range of unpredictable, real world edge cases. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is trying to adapt by experimenting …
Keynote Address -- Emerging Sanction Complexity In The Private Sector, Stephan Alsace
Keynote Address -- Emerging Sanction Complexity In The Private Sector, Stephan Alsace
Canada-United States Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Innovation Misunderstood, Maurice E. Stucke, Ariel Ezrachi
Innovation Misunderstood, Maurice E. Stucke, Ariel Ezrachi
American University Law Review
Innovation is transformative and key to future prosperity. It is therefore of no surprise that antitrust laws seek to promote it. What is surprising, however, is that despite the central role that innovation occupies in competition cases, its actual treatment by the courts is far from nuanced. In this paper, we reflect on the D.C. Circuit’s 2023 ruling in New York v. Meta to illustrate the prevailing monocular vision adopted by the court in its treatment of innovation. That vision, we argue, reflects simplistic assumptions as to innovation dynamics and mistaken beliefs about the digital economy. It is further compounded …
From Rancid To Reasonable: Unfair Methods Of Competition Under State Little Ftc Acts, Samuel Evan Milner
From Rancid To Reasonable: Unfair Methods Of Competition Under State Little Ftc Acts, Samuel Evan Milner
American University Law Review
When Congress gave the Federal Trade Commission the power to identify and enjoin unfair methods of competition, it did not create a parallel private right of action as it had for other antitrust laws. Yet approximately two dozen states have since enacted their own “Little FTC Acts,” under which private plaintiffs may sue for damages and other remedies. These poorly understood state laws are actively shaping American competition policy on a national scale. The Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the nationwide injunction that Epic Games obtained against Apple under California’s law despite concluding that Apple violated no federal or state antitrust …
Artificial Intelligence And Weaponized Illusions: Methodologies For Federal Fraud Prosecutions Involving Deepfakes, Andrew W. Eichner
Artificial Intelligence And Weaponized Illusions: Methodologies For Federal Fraud Prosecutions Involving Deepfakes, Andrew W. Eichner
American University Law Review
Experts in the public and private sectors have vocalized concerns over the potential harms that can be inflicted when artificial intelligence (AI) is used maliciously. As AI technology increases in availability, it will become more accessible to criminal actors and allow for the emergence of new kinds of fraudulent schemes. Deepfakes are highly realistic AI-rendered depictions of individuals that criminals have already used to perpetrate fraud on an international scale. These renderings mimic third parties known to victims, allowing fraudsters to leverage the trust and familiarity of an existing relationship to perpetrate their schemes. The deepfake is used to convince …
Antisocial Innovation, Christopher Buccafusco, Samuel N. Weinstein
Antisocial Innovation, Christopher Buccafusco, Samuel N. Weinstein
Articles
Innovation is a form of civic religion in the United States. In the popular imagination, innovators are heroic figures. Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, and (for a while) Elizabeth Holmes were lauded for their vision and drive, and seen to embody the American spirit of invention and improvement. For their part, politicians rarely miss a chance to trumpet their vision for boosting innovative activity. Popular and political culture alike treat innovation as an unalloyed good. And the law is deeply committed to fostering innovation, spending billions of dollars a year to make sure society has enough of it. But this sunny …
Canadian Economic Sanctions And The Economic System, Stephen Burridge, Michael Milne, Jessica B. Horwitz
Canadian Economic Sanctions And The Economic System, Stephen Burridge, Michael Milne, Jessica B. Horwitz
Canada-United States Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Recent Developments, New Tools, And Contemporary Challenges In U.S. Sanctions, Rachel Fredman Lyngaas, Michael Cass-Antony
Recent Developments, New Tools, And Contemporary Challenges In U.S. Sanctions, Rachel Fredman Lyngaas, Michael Cass-Antony
Canada-United States Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Does Intellectual Property Promote Or Hinder Sustainability? The Case Of Upcycling, Irene Calboli, Siroos Tanner
Does Intellectual Property Promote Or Hinder Sustainability? The Case Of Upcycling, Irene Calboli, Siroos Tanner
Faculty Scholarship
This book chapter explores upcycling and its intricate legal and ethical challenges, addressing the challenges upcycling faces from an IP perspective and highlighting the defenses potentially available to justify the practice.