Recent Articles
The 'License as Tax' Fallacy
Article, Spring 2022
Unreasonable: A Strict Liability Solution to the FTC's Data Security Problem
Article, Spring 2022
The Ping-Pong Olympics of Antisuit Injunction in FRAND Litigation
Article, Spring 2022
Content Moderation Remedies
Article, Fall 2021
An Empirical Study: Willful Infringement & Enhanced Damages in Patent Law After Halo
Article, Fall 2021
Recent Notes
The Best Data Plan Is to Have a Game Plan: Obstacles and Solutions to Reaching International Data Privacy Agreements
Note, Spring 2022
Mental Health Mobile Apps and the Need to Update Federal Regulations to Protect Users
Note, Spring 2022
Blog Posts
Victims of the Justice System are Still Victims — Errors in Forensic Testing Must be Corrected
In May 2008, Walter Swift was exonerated after serving 26 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. Mr. Swift’s case, like many where an innocent person is convicted, didn’t have just a single error. One problem was with the identification that not even the...
State and Federal Robocall Laws
My note, Regulating Robocalls: Are Automated Calls the Sound of, or a Threat to, Democracy? discusses the federal and state laws that limit the use of automated political phone calls. Robocalls are a popular campaign tool because of how cheap they are, with vendors...
The Performance Rights Act — The Future of Radio?
Ask the average American how much an artist receives when his or her music is played on the radio, and most will suggest that the musicians earn a penny or two per play. And if we're talking about online radio, they would be right. But in the context of terrestrial...
Microsoft Proposes Cloud Computing Regulation
Microsoft’s long awaited cloud computing platform, Azure, opened for business this week. Now available in 21 countries, the platform comes with a flexible and transparent payment schedule. This might not sound as nifty as the iPad, but startups with small budgets...
UPDATE: MarriageTrial.com Creates YouTube Re-enactment of Proposition 8 Trial
I posted a few weeks ago about the Supreme Court's decision to temporarily stay YouTube streaming in the Proposition 8 trial. As expected, the Supreme Court later extended its temporary stay into a permanent block of the proposed stream. The Northern District of...
President Obama Bets Big on Solar Energy
From a technical/efficiency standpoint, it’s hard to imagine solar energy not becoming a significant contributor to our national grid. Unlike conventional energy sources, photovoltaic cells contain no moving parts, produce minimal waste heat, and have no...