The Public Perception Of The #Geneeditedbabies Event Across Multiple Social Media Platforms: Observational Study,
2022
Vanderbilt University Law School
The Public Perception Of The #Geneeditedbabies Event Across Multiple Social Media Platforms: Observational Study, Ellen W. Clayton, Congning Ni, Et Al.
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
In November 2018, a Chinese researcher reported that his team had applied clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats or associated protein 9 to delete the gene C-C chemokine receptor type 5 from embryos and claimed that the 2 newborns would have lifetime immunity from HIV infection, an event referred to as #GeneEditedBabies on social media platforms. Although this event stirred a worldwide debate on ethical and legal issues regarding clinical trials with embryonic gene sequences, the focus has mainly been on academics and professionals. However, how the public, especially stratified by geographic region and culture, reacted to these issues is not ...
Blockchain Land Transfers: Technology, Promises, And Perils,
2022
Singapore Management University
Blockchain Land Transfers: Technology, Promises, And Perils, Vincent Ooi, Kian Peng Soh, Jerrold Soh
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
The blockchain’s apparent immutability has attracted significant interest on whether it may be relied on for registering and transferring land. Proponents of blockchain-based land systems point toward data security, automated transacting, and improved accessibility as key benefits; critics raise concerns over structural vulnerabilities, such as majority attacks, and inconsistencies with existing legal frameworks. The literature, however, tends to conceptualise blockchain as one monolithic data structure invariably built on the same mechanisms powering Bitcoin. This paper seeks to situate the debate on a closer understanding of the range of blockchain implementations possible. To this end, we provide a detailed technological ...
A Helper For Patenting The “Unpredictable”: Artificial Intelligence,
2022
University of Minnesota Law School
A Helper For Patenting The “Unpredictable”: Artificial Intelligence, Shuang Liu
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology
No abstract provided.
Treaty-Based Climate Change Claims: Litigation Pathways In The Face Of Cultural Devastation,
2022
University of Montana
Treaty-Based Climate Change Claims: Litigation Pathways In The Face Of Cultural Devastation, Kirsten D. Gerbatsch
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
Do It For The Kids: Protecting Future Generations From Climate Change Impacts And Future Pandemics In Maryland Using An Environmental Rights Amendment,
2022
University of Montana
Do It For The Kids: Protecting Future Generations From Climate Change Impacts And Future Pandemics In Maryland Using An Environmental Rights Amendment, Johanna Adashek
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
Youth And Indigenous Voices In Climate Justice: Leveraging Best Practices From U.S. And Canadian Litigation,
2022
University of Montana
Youth And Indigenous Voices In Climate Justice: Leveraging Best Practices From U.S. And Canadian Litigation, Randall S. Abate
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
Water Justice Under The Big Sky: Locating A Human Right To Water In Montana Law,
2022
University of Montana
Water Justice Under The Big Sky: Locating A Human Right To Water In Montana Law, Abigail R. Brown
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Judicial Duty: Interpreting And Enforcing Montanan's Inalienable Right To A Clean And Healthful Environment,
2022
University of Montana
A Judicial Duty: Interpreting And Enforcing Montanan's Inalienable Right To A Clean And Healthful Environment, Nate Bellinger, Roger Sullivan
Public Land & Resources Law Review
No abstract provided.
Letter To The Reader,
2022
University of Montana
Table Of Contents,
2022
University of Montana
Editors And Staff Members,
2022
University of Montana
The Case For Banning (And Mandating) Ransomware Insurance,
2022
University of Michigan Law School
The Case For Banning (And Mandating) Ransomware Insurance, Kyle D. Logue, Adam B. Shniderman
Articles
Ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly pervasive and disruptive, resulting in ransom demands becoming more exorbitant. Payments for ransom costs are increasingly being covered by insurance, which may offer coverage for a variety of cyber-related losses. Some commentators have expressed concern over this market phenomenon. Specifically, the concern is that the presence of insurance is making the ransomware problem worse based on the following theory: because there is ransomware insurance that covers ransom payments, and because paying the ransom is often far cheaper than paying the restoration and business interruption costs covered under the policy, there is an increased tendency to ...
Discrimination On Wheels: How Big Data Uses License Plate Surveillance To Put The Brakes On Disadvantaged Drivers,
2022
West Virginia University College of Law
Discrimination On Wheels: How Big Data Uses License Plate Surveillance To Put The Brakes On Disadvantaged Drivers, Nicole K. Mcconlogue
Law Faculty Scholarship
As scholarly discourse increasingly raises concerns about the negative societal effects of “fintech,” “dirty data,” and “technochauvinism,” a growing technology provides an instructive illustration of all three of these problems. Surveillance software companies are using automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology to develop predictive analytical tools. In turn, software companies market those tools to auto financers and insurers as a risk assessment input to evaluate consumers seeking to buy a car. Proponents of this technology might argue that more information about consumer travel habits will result in more accurate and individualized risk predictions, potentially increasing vehicle ownership among marginalized groups ...
Designing An Americans With Abilities Act: Consciousness, Capabilities, And Civil Rights,
2022
Weill Cornell Medical College
Designing An Americans With Abilities Act: Consciousness, Capabilities, And Civil Rights, Zachary E. Shapiro, Allison Rabkin Golden, Gregory E. Antill, Katherine Fang, Chaarushena Deb, Elizabeth Clarke, Alexis Kallen, Hanya M. Qureshi, Kai Shulman, Caroline V. Lawrence, Laura C. Hoffman, Megan S. Wright, Joseph J. Fins
Boston College Law Review
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a seminal piece of legislation aimed at protecting those with disabilities from discrimination. The ADA, however, has not been consistently able to integrate people with disabilities successfully into society. With a specific focus on individuals with serious brain injuries, this Article aims to provide insight into the shortcomings of the ADA, specifically focusing on lackluster enforcement of the legislation and its failure to incorporate promising new technologies. These limitations of the ADA are made even more clear in light of the evolution occurring in the understanding of rights and capabilities. As such, the ...
Making Your Robotic Surgery Systems General Purpose: A Possible Preventive Measure For Induced And Contributory Infringement Liability Arising In Medical Procedures,
2022
University of Minnesota Law School
Making Your Robotic Surgery Systems General Purpose: A Possible Preventive Measure For Induced And Contributory Infringement Liability Arising In Medical Procedures, Mengmeng Du
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology
No abstract provided.
Biometric Data Collection And Big Tech: Imposing Ethical Constraints On Entities That Harvest Biometric Data,
2022
Seattle University School of Law
Biometric Data Collection And Big Tech: Imposing Ethical Constraints On Entities That Harvest Biometric Data, Ian Ducey
Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental & Innovation Law
Amazon can tell when you are sleeping, when you are awake, and when you are stressed, and they can do it before you may recognize it yourself. At least it will be able to if you decide to buy their newest wearable health monitoring technology. In 2020, Amazon joined Google’s Fitbit and Apple’s Apple Watch in the wearable technology market with the Amazon Halo. A wristband outfitted with a variety of sensors designed to help manage and record health identifiers, including body fat percentage, step tracking, sleep tracking, and now emotional responses. Many companies have begun developing and ...
A New Antitrust Framework To Protect Mom And Pop From Big Tech,
2022
Pepperdine University
A New Antitrust Framework To Protect Mom And Pop From Big Tech, Cara Macdonald
Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary
While the economy declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, big technology companies like Amazon and Oracle experienced unprecedented growth and influence. Critics argue big technology companies are finding this level of success in-part due to anticompetitive practices. The crux of the debate rests on whether current, traditional antitrust laws are sufficient to cope with big technology companies. Some theorists argue that current laws are adequate, while others assert that antitrust laws are insufficient to regulate big technology companies because they are so different from the types of companies antitrust laws were designed to regulate. This article concludes that big tech companies ...
Homography Of Inventorship: Dabus And Valuing Inventions,
2022
Duke Law
Homography Of Inventorship: Dabus And Valuing Inventions, Jordana Goodman
Duke Law & Technology Review
On July 28, 2021, the Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience (“DABUS”) became the first computer to be recognized as a patent inventor. Due to the advocacy of DABUS’s inventor, Dr. Stephen Thaler, the world’s definition of “inventor” has finally fractured – dividing patent regimes between recognition of machine inventorship and lack thereof. This division has sparked many scholarly conversations about inventorship contribution, but none have discussed the implications of a homographic inventorship. This Article addresses the implications of international homographic inventorship – where countries have different notions and rules concerning patent inventorship – and the consequences for failing ...
Islamic Bioethics: National Regulations And Guidelines Of Human Stem Cell Research In The Muslim World,
2022
Chapman University
Islamic Bioethics: National Regulations And Guidelines Of Human Stem Cell Research In The Muslim World, Azza Mahmoud
International Studies (MA) Theses
The utilization of human stem cells emerged recently in the Muslim world as one of the essential valuable areas of medicine for their vital role in developing regenerative medicine and treating chronic and incurable diseases. Existing studies indicate that most human stem cell researchers rely on varying schools of thought in Islamic law or on an individual base to define legitimate practices. From a policy perspective, the different Islamic religious decrees do not constitute a unified legal framework to promote essential international collaborations. The existing literature exhibits a limitation in comprehensive studies on human stem cell research (HSCR) in the ...
Up In Smoke: Why Regulating Social Media Like Big Tobacco Won’T Work (Yet!),
2022
Candidate for Juris Doctor, Notre Dame Law School, 2023
Up In Smoke: Why Regulating Social Media Like Big Tobacco Won’T Work (Yet!), Ian Mckay
Notre Dame Law Review
Lawmakers, pundits, and tech executives’ assertion that social media should be regulated like tobacco in order to protect American teenagers is oversimplistic. While the comparison makes for a good sound bite for the press, the argument disregards the inherent differences between regulating a physical product that has no constitutional protection and a virtual product that can implicate both users’ and social media companies’ First Amendment rights. This paper will identify and analyze some of the main pillars of the tobacco regulatory scheme and apply them to social media products. In Part I, I will define social media and provide a ...