by Luke Barbour | Apr 11, 2019 | Commentary
For over two decades, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been at the center of heated debates over the effects of trade, economic integration, and globalization. However, the trilateral trade agreement, comprising Canada, the United States, and...
by Matthew Garry | Apr 9, 2019 | Commentary |
The proliferation of digital assets has raised a persistent question: who regulates them? Both the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have claimed jurisdiction over different digital assets. Broadly speaking, the SEC...
by Luke Barbour | Apr 8, 2019 | Commentary
Although products from companies like Apple and Samsung are nearly ubiquitous in America today, the technology firm most on the minds of U.S. authorities these days is the China-based conglomerate Huawei. Huawei has some unique attributes. The company is the world’s...
by Nicholas Orr | Mar 13, 2019 | Commentary
A recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit provides an even stronger basis for litigation against companies whose websites are not in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). As the internet plays an ever-greater...
by Rachel Foster | Mar 11, 2019 | Commentary
The rise of smart home devices and personal assistants such as Amazon’s Echo, Google’s Home, and Apple’s Siri has also led to an increased wariness about these devices listening to private conversations. These fears are not unfounded: according to the Echo’s privacy...
by Michael Goodyear | Mar 6, 2019 | Commentary
Welcome to 2019, the year copyrights start expiring again. After a 40-year hiatus, in large part due to the work of the world’s best-known mouse, the United States’ lengthy copyrights will start to terminate again this year. The purpose of a copyright is to protect...
