Recent Articles
Antitrust Overreach: Undoing Cooperative Standardization in the Digital Economy
By Jonathan M. BarnettArticle, Spring 2019
Bank On We The People: Why and How Public Engagement Is Relevant to Biobanking
By Chao-Tien ChangArticle, Spring 2019
Cryptocurrency and the Myth of the Trustless Transaction
By Rebecca M. BratspiesArticle, Fall 2018
Algorithmic Challenges to Autonomous Choice
By Michal S. GalArticle, Fall 2018
Recent Notes
The Unified Patent Court and Patent Trolls In Europe
By Jonathon I. TietzNote, Spring 2019
The Secrets We Keep... : Encryption and the Struggle for Software Vulnerability Disclosure Reform
By Ian WilliamsNote, Fall 2018
Forum Shopping in Patent Cases: Lessons for the Unified Patent Court
By Brian JacobsmeyerNote, Fall 2018
Blog Posts
Privacy Policies in a World Without Privacy. Is There Such a Thing as a Good Privacy Policy?
Questions surrounding data privacy and what happens to our personal data when companies collect it have risen to the forefront of public discussion more in recent years than ever before.
read moreTrademark Infringement in Virtual Reality Spaces: When Your Virtual World Gets Too Real
Increased development of virtual reality (“VR”) technology brings a host of legal questions surrounding both the intellectual property (“IP”) of the actual technology as well as unlawful activity within the VR space itself.
read moreCars, Smartphones and Waste: Fighting for the Right to Repair in 2019
Massachusetts is a hot battleground for Right to Repair movements – first for cars, and now for smartphones.
read moreIn re Ricardo P. and the Privacy Rights of Probationers: An Incomplete Resolution
Should a probationer be forced to submit to warrantless searches of their electronic devices at any time, including being forced to provide all electronic passwords to a probation officer to allow remote and continuous monitoring?
read moreThe Role of Underwriters in a World of Unicorns
What do WeWork, Lyft, and Smile Direct Club have in common? They are “tech companies,” their IPOs underperformed or didn’t happen at all, and they all hired JP Morgan as their underwriter.
read moreDon’t Bury your Bitcoin! Estate Planning for Cryptocurrencies
From the transferability of social media or email accounts to maintaining online accounts linked to a client’s virtual assets, estate planning issues regarding digital assets have existed for some time. But, now that blockchain based assets such as cryptocurrencies are more commonplace, there is an increased need to plan for the disposition of these digital assets. Estate planning for cryptocurrencies raises unique concerns and the blockchain technology behind cryptocurrencies might provide potential solutions.
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