- Tragedy of the Regulatory Commons: LightSquared and the Missing Spectrum Rights
By: Thomas W. Hazlett and Brent Skorup
The endemic underuse of radio spectrum constitutes a tragedy of the regulatory commons. Like other common interest tragedies, the outcome results from a legal or market structure that prevents economic actors from executing socially efficient bargains. In wireless markets, innovative applications often provoke claims by incumbent radio users that ...
- Will Sony’s Fourth Playstation Lead to a Second Sony v. Universal?
By: Seth Ascher
Sony has included a “share” button on the next version of their popular PlayStation video game system. This feature is meant to allow players to record and share videos of their gameplay. This service shares similarities with the controversial “record” button that Sony included with its Betamax players over thirty years ago. The ...
- Born This Way: How Neuroimaging Will Impact Jury Deliberations
By: Tanneika Minott
Advancements in technology have now made it possible for scientists to provide assessments of an individual’s mental state. Through neuroimaging, scientists can create visual images of the brain that depict whether an individual has a mental disorder or other brain defect. The importance of these advancements is particularly evident in the context of ...
- Stopping Police in Their Tracks: Protecting Cellular Location Information Privacy in the Twenty-First Century
By: Stephen Wagner
Only a small fraction of law enforcement agencies in the United States obtain a warrant before tracking the cell phones of suspects and persons of interest. This is due, in part, to the fact that courts have struggled to keep pace with a changing technological landscape. Indeed, courts around the country have issued ...
- Sharing is Airing: Employee Concerted Activity on Social Media After Hispanics United
By: Ryan Kennedy
Section 7 of the United States’ National Labor Relations Act allows groups of American workers to engage in concerted activity for the purposes of collective bargaining or for “other mutual aid or protection.” This latter protection has been extended in cases such as Lafayette Park Hotel to workers outside the union context. Starting ...
