Andi Cao, J.D. Class of 2028 In January 2026, multiple reports noted that Apple was in discussions with SpaceX about potentially adding Starlink’s direct-to-cell (DTC) connectivity feature to the iPhone 18 Pro without requiring additional hardware. Direct-to-cell technology allows mobile phones to connect directly to satellites, potentially enabling communication in ...

Anita Srinivasan, LL.M. Class of 2026 AI systems are no longer working alone. Termed “multi-agent systems”, the emerging architecture for AI deployment uses a primary AI agent that receives a user’s request, breaks it into subtasks, and delegates those subtasks to specialized AI agents, often built by entirely different companies. ...

COMPLETE VOLUME 41, ISSUE 1 Complete Issue FRONT MATTER Front Matter ARTICLES Generative AI’s Two Information Goods by Oren Bracha How to Save the Internet by Tejas N. Narechania and Scott Shenker The Paradox of Intellectual Property at the U.S. Supreme Court by Tonja Jacobi and Matthew Sag Crypto Money ...

Hyunsoo Kim, J.D. Class of 2028 Introduction Cell-site simulators, also known as International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) catchers, are surveillance devices used to intercept mobile signals, allowing users to capture cellular metadata. While a variety of companies manufacture cell-site simulators with varied capabilities and mechanisms, their fundamental function is to ...

Kaarthika Thakker, J.D. Class of 2028 The Department of Homeland Security, which the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) falls under, currently has a contract valued at $22.1M this year with LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. and another contract of $22.8M with Thomson Reuters Special Services LLC. These companies fall under ...

Jiaxin Chen, LL.M. Class of 2026 On January 22, 2026, U.S. Representatives Madeleine Dean and Nathaniel Moran introduced the Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks Act (“TRAIN Act”). The bill would grant copyright-holders unprecedented rights to access AI training data, allowing them to verify whether their works were used ...

Tommaso Mambrini, LL.M. Class of 2026 In recent years, private companies have pursued greater participation in the space economy, now playing a key role in the industry. Yet the legal framework governing their relationship with public entities was not built with this in mind. As international law scholar Gershon Hasin ...

Tomotaka Hosokawa, LL.M. Class of 2026 Tomotaka Hosokawa, LL.M. Class of 2026 One dominant trend in U.S. patent practice since the 2010s has been a sustained effort to curb opportunistic patent assertion, especially by so-called “patent trolls.” Drawing on the work of Robert P. Merges, as legal constraints on such ...

Cristina Pullen, J.D. Class of 2028 We’ve had credit reports since the 1800s. Only back then, agencies employed a combination of espionage and town gossip to gather information about someone worth selling. Highly subjective, and financially lucrative, these agencies worked to determine one thing: whether or not, and to what ...

Rezan Bilge Nisli, LL.M., Class of 2026 Venture capital has always rewarded compelling narratives, and, in today’s market, no narrative commands more investor attention than artificial intelligence. However, as the AI boom dominates the market, how much of that narrative reflects reality? At the center of this question lies a ...