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Abstract Artificially intelligent machines do not need to rise to the level of human cognition, a fête popularized in science fiction, to cause irreversible harm. Due to the speed at which machines consume data and the automated programming that allows machines to “learn” from that data, machines do not simply surpass human computational abilities but

Excerpt At the outset, let me offer my sincere thanks to the scholars who contributed an essay to the present symposium on my book, Investment Crowdfunding: Abraham Cable, Douglas Cumming, Mirit Eyal-Cohen, and Todd Zywicki. In this Response, I will reply to their thoughtful essays and share some recently reported data on the financial returns

Excerpt My background is in consumer protection. I’ve worked at the Federal Trade Commission. I worked at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”). And so that’s what I’m going to talk about in my lens here. This is a great book. This is a really powerful, great book. I just want to make that really

Abstract When comparing investment crowdfunding activity in the United States (“U.S.”) and other countries such as Australia, Canada, and the European Union, Professor Andrew Schwartz theorizes in his recent book Investment Crowdfunding that perhaps the fact that the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) has special tax benefits, though not specific to crowdfunding, is the reason for the

Abstract This paper explores the critical role of intellectual property (“IP”) rights in crowdfunding, particularly how public disclosure at early entrepreneurial stages affects campaign success. We present novel data indicating a positive correlation between robust IP regimes and increased global crowdfunding activities (per capita), a link not extensively examined in existing literature. The study also

Abstract It is increasingly difficult to distinguish investing from entertainment or other consumer experiences. Perhaps the ultimate symbols of this convergence are new sports betting sites that emulate the stock market by depicting teams, athletes, or prop bets as tradable “stocks” like shares of Apple or GM. By borrowing the imagery of the stock market

Abstract Advancements in technology have empowered law enforcement with new investigative tools, yet they have also increased their ability to invade citizens’ privacy similar to the general warrants of the eighteenth century. The Fourth Amendment was in part written to prevent an unfettered police state, with the Founders of the opinion that some criminals evading

Abstract Platform regulation by the state is often described as being at odds with the First Amendment. By drawing a key comparison with broadcasters’ regulation, this article shows that some forms of platform regulation are compatible with the First Amendment. Scarcity of airwaves has usually been interpreted as the main rationale used by the Supreme