By: Alex D’Aloisio Though a dedicated rule-breaker has various means of gaining an unfair advantage on any gaming platform, the premier medium for cheating is a personal computer (“PC”).  On a PC, a simple Google search followed by a few clicks is all that is needed to turn the average player into an artificially-enhanced nightmare… Read More The Cost of Fair Play: Advancing Anti-Cheat Technology in Online Video Games Raises Data Privacy Concerns

By John H. Brainard   On Tuesday March 21, The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for the case of Impression Products v. Lexmark International. The Court will settle once and for all; whether Lexmark can avoid the exhaustion doctrine and prohibit companies from refilling printer and toner cartridges with clearly communicated post-sale restrictions, and… Read More Exhausting the Patent Exhaustion Doctrine through Post-Sale Restrictions?

By Bettina M. Lengsfeld   In the beginning of 2016, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) began an interference proceeding to investigate the validity of patents and patent applications based on the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing (CRISPR) technology. Dr. Feng Zhang along with the Broad Institute, Harvard University and MIT filed and were granted… Read More CRISPR Patent Battle

By Andre A. Janiszewski   Edgar Welch had spent considerable time on social media.  He became obsessed with a story that supposedly linked Hillary Clinton and her campaign manager John Podesta to a pedophilia ring.  Arising from a series of tweets, rumors spread that leaked emails from Podesta’s email account contained code words for pedophilia… Read More The First Amendment and Intentional Falsities: Does False Speech Have Limits?

By Gabrielle King   The terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California was perpetrated by Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik. After the attack, in order to access the contents of Syed Rizwan Farook’s Apple iPhone, the FBI utilized a third party to unlock the cell phone. Apple had refused to assist the FBI… Read More Withholding Information to Ensure National Security

By Ashley Russo   Whether you support Donald Trump or not, there is no question that his every move has been watched since he took office a few weeks ago. Executive orders have been signed, appointments to cabinet positions have been approved, and a Supreme Court nomination has been announced. With that, there are now… Read More What Could Trump Do to the (Already) Shaky Future of Online Gambling?

After years of decline in the sale of traditional lottery tickets, one Massachusetts legislator sees the need to take the State’s revenue raiser online. Met with rampant support from the State Treasury, the online lottery could provide greater opportunities to target new and existing customers through the use of online and mobile games. But are the risks worth the reward?
… Read More Massachusetts’ Next Cash Cow? Taking the Lottery Online

By Kaitlyn Conway   The past election year has been, to say the very least, remarkably unique from the ones before it. The winning candidate and current President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, had managed to completely erode the traditional stoic image of the traditional Republican nominee by taking risky and dangerous, nevertheless… Read More Love Means Never Having To Say You’re Wrong: Both Sides of Internet Dating in a Post-Trump World

By Marco Garbero   While Donald Trump’s plans for a border wall continues to garner widespread media attention and concern, a different type of border wall located across the world continues to be fortified. The aptly named “Great Firewall of China” is a term used to describe the legislation put in place by the Chinese… Read More VPN shutdown the latest sign of a persistent effort by the Chinese Government to maintain the “The Great Firewall of China.”

By Noelle Phelan   A number of recent court cases regarding communications on private cell phones and whether or not those communications are privileged or not have held that private communications by public employees should be considered a matter of public record when they deal with said employee’s job.  One clear example of this was… Read More Private Cell Phones Can Be Part of the Public Record

By Benjamin Carroll   During the 2017 Super Bowl, Airbnb launched an advertisement that espoused unity, multiculturalism, and acceptance.  The ad read, “we believe no matter who you are where you’re from who you love or who you worship we all belong the world is more beautiful the more you accept #weaccept.”  Yet for years,… Read More Airbnb: A Social Movement or a Legal Maneuver

By Nicole Siino   Live streaming has been around for a long time, years before Facebook entered the live streaming scene. Smart phones increased live-streaming capabilities by allowing people to live stream on the go and in their everyday lives. Sharing videos became a part of people’s daily routines with the creation of apps like… Read More Facebook Live Streaming, Perfect for Watching Your Friends’ Real Time Updates and Law Enforcement Investigations

By Elizabeth Libro   When Apple, Inc. released its new MacBook Pro in December 2016 it included several upgraded features making it desirable to millions of tech savvy customers, including law students across the country.  These upgrades included a new Touch Bar at the top of the keyboard, which was designed to replace current function… Read More Law Students Most Recent Purchase May Result in Handwriting the Bar Exam

By Kaitlyn Stone   It’s happened to all of us. Our favorite band goes on tour, or our favorite sports team goes to the playoffs, or a show that we are dying to see comes to Broadway. We try to get tickets but we forget what time they go on sale, or the site crashes… Read More Break A Leg, Not The Bank!: The BOTS Act of 2016 and It’s Implementation

Every Internet user must be cautious when transmitting personal or confidential information over the Internet.  Hackers have gotten savvy and continuously think of new ways to access confidential information.  Recently, hackers have developed a way to send Apple iMessages notifying users that they have been logged into another Apple device.  The message will indicate the… Read More Your Information Might Not Be Secure

By Sammi Elefant   How does a Tony-winning, sold out for months hip-hop musical, find itself entangled in a scandal?   Mark Lasser, like many other Americans, relies on services such as audio description technology when attending the theatre. Lasser is a regular theatre-goer and on a recent trip to New York was shocked to… Read More They Wanna See The Room Where It Happens: ‘Hamilton’ Faces Disability Class Action Lawsuit

By Dominic Litz   What do you say when you forget to invite that one friend out for drinks for the second week in a row?  Oops, I did it again!  That is what some companies like Yahoo are saying to customers after recent cyber-attacks have compromised billions of customers’ information over the past few… Read More Are You In Good Hands? Making Sure Investment Advisers Are Protecting Assets

By Melissa Dobstaff   The transportation industry has virtually transformed within the past decade, city residents are no longer fully dependent on taxicabs to get around ever since ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft created their monopoly.  These ride-sharing services are a cost effective way in which people can get around the city without… Read More Beyond City Limits, Ride Sharing With Skedaddle

By Angelica Diaz   It is no secret that the progression of technology moves so quickly and with that, it is difficult to not only keep up the technology itself but also it is hard to have laws keep up with such progression.  As the nation has been inspired by recent healthy living trends, many… Read More Fitbit Tracks Your Steps Straight to a Criminal Investigation

By Bayley Weese   Humans conceived the idea of artificial life as far back as 1823 when Mary Shelley wrote her novel Frankenstein, about a famous monster created from an unorthodox science experiment.  While we have come a long way since then, and our fascination with artificial intelligence and robots has only increased.  In the… Read More Robots Could Be People Too: How the European Union Debated Legal Rights for Robots and Implications for the United States.