By Brandon Basso “What does this FAR clause say?” This is the common question among government contractors when doing business with each other. The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) is a set of regulations that dictates the way in which government contractors write their contracts, share data, impose liability, disclose amounts of money spent to… Read More Why Should Government Contractors Comply with the FAR?
By Bettina M. Lengsfeld This year a baby boy was born resulting from a procedure that utilized DNA from three parents. A Jordanian couple, who had experienced miscarriages and two childrens’ deaths due to Leigh’s disease, underwent mitochondrial spindle transfer (MST) to replace a small portion of the mother’s DNA with donor DNA. The… Read More It’s a 3-Parent Baby Boy!
By Ashley Berger With so many available streaming and pay-for services to access and listen to music without buying each individual song, there are still companies out there who provide illegal downloading services for customers who elect not to pay for their music. On September 26, 2016, heavy hitter record companies Universal, Warner Brothers,… Read More The Times They Are A Changin’… Or Are They? How YouTube “Ripping” Sites Could Face the Same Demise and Repercussions as Napster
By Devin Woolf Distracted driving has become a national concern. With the continued creation of new apps for smartphones, driving while making phone calls is no longer the sole concern. Drivers are now using social media apps such as Facebook and Snapchat while driving. Back in April, one story made national news when a… Read More Could “Textalyzer” Technology Combat Distracted Driving
By Samantha Syska The New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) has contributed their two-cents in response to a 2015 Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rule proposal that would permit firms to default to e-delivery for shareholder reports. Turns out the SEC proposal is pretty controversial amongst the industry (shocker). Proponents for electronically delivering reports are… Read More NYSE to the Rescue Following the SEC Proposal for E-Delivery
By John Vrooman Haskell Whether an avid video gamer or not, almost anyone who’s ever played a video game has heard of the popular first person shooter, Counter-Strike. Originally produced as a mod for the popular Valve video game, Half-Life, in 1999, Valve purchased the rights to produce the game in 2000. Since 2000,… Read More Skin(s) in the Game: The Rise, Fall and Uncertain Future of Gambling in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
By Benjamin Carroll The sharing economy is an emerging economic system that revolves around the idea of people sharing existing resources with other people for a price. In reality, just about every business is based on this concept and since people have lived in communities, this “sharing economy” has existed. However, in the 21st… Read More Uber, the Sharing Economy, and State Control in Boston
By Andre A. Janiszewski For anyone who has never driven in a Tesla before, the experience is surreal. There is no sound, because a conventional internal combustion engine has been replaced by 7,000 lithium ion batteries. Even more impressive is a feature called Autopilot. Putting a Tesla in Autopilot allows the car to take… Read More The United States believes autonomous cars drive safer than you.
By Griffin Reid Snapchat, an app most people are now familiar with, is a highly popular mobile app that allows its’ users to send photos or videos which self-destruct and vanish within a few seconds. Due in large part to the user’s ability to send photos and videos without having to worry about where… Read More The Dangers of a Snapchat Filter and why Snapchat should be Concerned
By Gabrielle King As recent news has indicated, there have been numerous instances of police officer shootings across the country. The circumstances leading up to these shootings have increasingly been questioned. With the theory of racial bias looming over these situations, individuals nationwide are searching to get to the bottom of these shootings to… Read More Technical and Privacy Concerns of Police Body Cameras
By Harrison Lebov In recent days, following the much anticipated first presidential debate of this political season, the topic of “stop and frisk” returned to the front pages of newspapers and tabloids. Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee, caused quite a stir when he suggested bringing back stop and frisk tactics in an effort to reduce… Read More A Picture is Worth a Thousand Statistics
By Ashley Russo In 2014, half a billion Yahoo user accounts were hacked, compromising customer’s names, email addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates, passwords, and other private information. However, no public mention was made of this until just last month. This lack of communication has government officials, legal experts, and civilians who were affected by… Read More Over 500 Million Yahoo Accounts Were Hacked Two Years Ago, So Why Are Consumers Just Finding Out About This Now?
By Kaitlyn Conway If you live in Boston, more often than not, you utilize public transportation. And if you’re a senior citizen or disabled and you live in the city, but you intend to get anywhere, it’s likely that you depend upon the efficiency of public transportation, or private transportation companies meant to especially… Read More Nana Hitches a Ride in the City: How Ridesharing Services Provide an Easier Alternative for The Elderly
By Chris Gavrielidis On June 7 of this year, a California court of appeal upheld a trial court decision providing relief for a law firm that sued its former client for defamation. The alleged libelous statements were made in a review on Yelp. The case is Hassell v. Bird, 247 Cal.App.4th 1336 (2016), and… Read More California High Court Grants Review of Yelp Defamation Suit—Implications for Online Speech
By Noelle Phelan In the summer of 2012, a 16-year-old girl attending a party became so inebriated that she fell unconscious. In the following hours, four local football players attending the party proceeded to strip the girl and carry her nude body around to multiple other locations while they sexually assaulted her. During this… Read More Hacktivist: Political Martyrs in the Age of Technology
By Marco Garbero Imagine a world of lawyers operating with 100% efficiency, the ability to easily handle dozens of clients simultaneously and unrestrained by time consuming, tedious tasks. If the latest trend in artificial intelligence is any indication, this dream may be closer to reality than previously thought. In the past year, law firms… Read More The Transformation of Legal Services: Rise of the Machines
By Nebyu Retta A Complex Energy Market Once upon a time, the utility markets were vertically integrated. Generation—distribution and transmission were controlled under a single firm. With the emergence of regional transmission operators and independent systems operators—and the increased regulatory complexity of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC) — a not so bright jurisdictional… Read More Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing—FERC Prevails in Turf War
By Jordan Bigda During the summer of 2016, augmented reality (AR) suddenly became a household term with the development and unprecedented popularity of the game Pokémon Go, in which players use the cameras on their cell phones to see and interact with a virtual world invaded by Pokémon characters. AR is defined as, “a… Read More Does Augmented Reality Have a Place in the Courtroom?
By Elizabeth Libro For an invention to be eligible for patentability through the United States Patent and Trademark office, the invention has to conform to the standards outlined in 35 U.S.C. § 101-05 (Patentability of inventions). “Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new… Read More Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter Team Up in Recent Patent Lawsuit
By Tanesha Thompson On Tuesday, June 14, 2016, the federal appeals court upheld government net-neutrality rule, which was a big defeat to cable and telephone companies fending off tighter oversight of the consumer broadband business. The ruling by the U.S Court of Appeals for District of Columbia favored the net-neutrality rules as a way… Read More EU Tries to Stop the Chatter Cost to Consumers