[Meg O’Neill] 00:08 Hello and a warm welcome to all our listeners tuning in to the Berkeley Technology Law Journal podcast. My name is Meg O’Neill, and I’m one of the editors at the podcast. In today’s episode, we dive into the contentious world of content moderation on the internet. ...

By Grace Murphy, J.D. Candidate, 2026 Genome sequencing, the process of determining the DNA sequence of an organism, was first introduced in the 1970s. By 2003, the Human Genome Project had generated the first human genome sequence. Since then, genome sequencing has become more accessible and affordable. This has allowed ...

By Liam Roche, LLM 2025 Introduction On the 29th of August 2024, residents of California gained the ability to add their Driver’s licenses to Google’s Wallet platform for use on mobile devices as an alternative to presenting a physical document. A few weeks later, Apple followed suit, and enabled the capability on ...

By Andreia M. Tamashiro, LLM 2025 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed a NonCompete Rule designated to promote competition and employees’ rights. This rule poses a significant challenge for companies, especially startups, which may need to allocate more resources to protect their intellectual property. If the rule becomes effective, ...

COMPLETE VOLUME 39, ISSUE 3 Complete Issue FRONT MATTER Front Matter ARTICLES Preface: Pamela Samuelson and the Promotion of Progress by Molly Van Houweling Pam and Inspiring Technologists by Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD Second-Degree Intellectual Property by Daniel J. Gervais, PhD Pam Samuelson and the Emergence of the Technology Law ...

By Brayan Ortiz Ramos, J.D. Candidate, 2027 In 2026, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which succeeded the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 2020, will undergo a joint review to assess its effectiveness, consider a 16-year extension, and evaluate potential adjustments to better align with current economic and technological ...

[Meg O’Neill] 00:08 Hello and welcome to the Berkeley Technology Law Journal podcast. My name is Meg O’Neill and I am one of the editors of the podcast. Today we are excited to share with you a conversation between Berkeley Law LLM student Franco Dellafiori, and Professor Bertrall Ross. Professor ...

By Barbara Rasin, J.D. Candidate, 2027 In Anderson v. TikTok, decided in in late summer 2024, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that TikTok’s “For You Page” algorithm was sufficiently creative to bar its protection under §230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). This is a significant step towards ...

This article is part of the 2024 BCLT-BTLJ-CMTL Symposium. Leo Yu The national security concerns surrounding TikTok appear straightforward: it is China. To many policymakers and scholars, the mere connection to China warrants severe measures, including either divestment to an American firm or a complete shutdown. What renders China’s involvement ...

This article is part of the 2024 BCLT-BTLJ-CMTL Symposium. Blake E. Reid I am grateful to the BTLJ and BCLT for the opportunity to participate in this symposium’s panel on race, Internet platforms and Section 230. It’s a fortunate and timely opportunity to discuss Spencer Overton’s and Catherine Powell’s critical ...