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To Use Your Brain, First Accept The Terms And Conditions: Legal Protections For Commercial Brain-Computer Interfaces February, 2026 Issue 1, Printed, Volume 24 - Abstract Recent advancements in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology have created significant privacy and autonomy concerns as commercial applications emerge. While Colorado and California have enacted legislation recognizing neural data as sensitive personal information, current legal frameworks remain inadequate to address the unique challenges posed by BCI technology, particularly those concerning mental manipulation and consciousness bypass.… {read more...}
The Rise Of Mommy Vloggers: How Parental Consent May Impact Influencer Moms’ Ability To Post Their Children February, 2026 Issue 1, Printed, Volume 24 - Abstract This Note discusses how American legal systems and constitutional provisions may harm or protect a parent’s ability to post their children online. In the modern, digital age, a new career has risen for stay-at-home moms: the mommy vlogger. A mommy vlogger is able to “monetize,” otherwise known as making money, from posting on social… {read more...}
State Regulation Of Advanced Communications Services: Learning From The Past To Understand The Present And Prepare For The Future February, 2026 Issue 1, Printed, Volume 24 - Introduction For much of the 20th century, states played important roles in regulating basic telephony, the provision of which was considered and treated as a natural monopoly service. Among other things, states helped to ensure that the telephone company delivered quality service at affordable rates to every person regardless of where they lived. Allocating regulatory… {read more...}
The Right To Lie With AI? First Amendment Challenges For State Efforts To Curb False Political Speech Using Deepfakes And Synthetic Media February, 2026 Issue 1, Printed, Volume 24 - Abstract Elections are now taking place in the era of widespread, accessible artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and 20 states have passed laws aimed at curbing the spread of false photos, videos, and audio of candidates. The authors review deepfake and AI technology and legislative efforts to regulate them, finding strong First Amendment protection for false… {read more...}
Critical Update Needed: Why The Federal Computer Crime Law Is Woefully Outdated, And How To Modernize It February, 2026 Issue 1, Printed, Volume 24 - Abstract Ransomware gangs drain billions from victims and put lives at risk by targeting hospitals and health care more than any other sector. Most of those groups operate from the countries of the former Soviet Union, well beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement. However, the most significant ransomware attack on an American target was… {read more...}
What’s Next for Broadband Affordability After FCC v. Consumers’ Research? February, 2026 Issue 1, Printed, Volume 24 - Abstract Broadband is integral for accessing a multitude of aspects of modern life: education, healthcare, public information, economic growth, and participation in society. And yet, reliable, affordable access to broadband remains out of reach for many Americans. While we have long discussed the digital divide, people still face barriers to meaningful access. One of the… {read more...}
The Mental State of Expression: Generative AI and the Latent Mens Rea of Copyright October, 2025 Issue 2, Printed, Volume 23 - Abstract Artificial Intelligence has developed exponentially in recent years and has reached the point of creating pseudo-expressive content in areas previously only reserved for humans, ranging from writing, digital paintings, music, and much more. Termed “Generative A.I.,” these models are created at arresting speeds and competence levels. The content created by Generative A.I. has called… {read more...}
The Untold History of “Harmful Interference” in the Regulation of Radio Frequency Communications October, 2025 Issue 2, Printed, Volume 23 - Abstract A key, universal concept used in the international and domestic regulation of radio frequency communications is “harmful interference.” While “interference” was a recognized concern from the earliest days of wireless telegraphy, it took several decades—until the late 1940s—for regulators to adopt a formal definition of “harmful interference.” This definition, modified slightly in the 1950s… {read more...}
Code as Content: Open Source Software and Platform Liability October, 2025 Issue 2, Printed, Volume 23 - This paper details the current landscape of the technical, social, and governance systems that allow people to participate in the development of open source software (OSS), using GitHub as a case study. This paper also details the laws in the U.S. and the EU around platform liability for user-generated content. Here, “open source software” refers… {read more...}
Internet Infrastructure and Content Moderation in the Shadows October, 2025 Issue 2, Printed, Volume 23 - Abstract While the current scholarly debate on content moderation primarily focuses on the activities of online platforms, it is crucial to recognize the equally important, yet mostly overlooked, infrastructure-level moderation. Internet infrastructure actors, such as the Domain Name System (DNS), play a crucial role in the functioning of the internet and are increasingly receiving demands… {read more...}
Apple’s Legal Battles: Navigating Patent Infringement in the Tech Industry December, 2024 Digital - Apple, a global leader in technology, has been in many recent headlines for several high-profile patent infringement cases. These significant cases, including the controversies surrounding the Apple Watch, demonstrate the continuing tension between innovation and intellectual property (IP) rights within the technology industry. Apple’s litigation battles mirror the complex dynamics of protecting IP rights in… {read more...}
Healthcare Access and Equity Amidst the Rise of Telehealth October, 2021 Digital - Healthcare Access and Equity Amidst the Rise of Telehealth Discussions about healthcare--what services should be provided, who should receive them, and who should pay for them--have been brought to the social and political forefront of the American zeitgeist. Regardless of viewpoint, the crux of the conversation is if and how best to achieve equity in… {read more...}
In Need of A New Way Forward: The Old and New Ways Science and Technology Have Been Abused in Criminal Trials and the Need for it to Change October, 2021 Digital - In Need of A New Way Forward: The Old and New Ways Science and Technology Have Been Abused in Criminal Trials and the Need for it to Change If nothing else, Americans deserve a fair court system. A judicial system with a faithless population loses credibility; throughout history, loss of credibility in judicial systems has… {read more...}
Should the game stop with Gamestop? February, 2021 Digital - RobinHood, Reddit, Retail Investors, and the Role of Regulation In the course of a week, the share price of GameStop increased by almost 1000%, from $39 per share to around $350 at its peak. The gaming retailer did not suddenly and dramatically change its business model, nor did prospects for the chain of brick-and-mortar stores… {read more...}
Broadband: The Lifeline of Innovation October, 2020 Digital - Lifeline is what the name says, it is an assistance program that creates a line to the outside world necessary to live. Today, that takes the form of broadband, when it began in the 1980’s it was the landline phone. What is Lifeline? Since its inception, Lifeline has been trying to help the part of… {read more...}
Law School Memes for Edgy T14s March, 2020 Digital - "Who is intellectual property? I don't know her." The exact date of the internet’s advent continues to be debated by scholars, but the origin of one of the internet’s most popular content mediums can be traced directly back to 1976, and the publication of Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene. It was in this book that… {read more...}
Zero Sum War Games March, 2020 Digital - How separating soldiers from the theatre of war creates new human costs U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Robert Shepherd On January 3rd, 2020 the United States killed Qasem Suleimani with an MQ-9 Reaper. This drone is manufactured by General Atomics and operated by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Customs and Border… {read more...}