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Our 4th annual BCLT-BTLJ symposium took place on Friday, October 27, 2023. We are proud to present the following pieces to accompany the Symposium: Artificial Intelligence and the Right to Privacy by Chris Conley Realizing a Right to Privacy and Cybersecurity through California’s Commercial Law by Stacy-Ann Elvy Not Just ...

This article is part of the 2023 BCLT-BTLJ Symposium. By Jacob Snow I. Introduction Privacy law under Article I, Section 1 of the California Constitution is based on a foundational distinction between “informational” and “autonomy” privacy. Invasions that implicate autonomy are limited, primarily focusing on protecting people’s bodily autonomy ...

This article is part of the 2023 BCLT-BTLJ Symposium. By Al Malecha, JD 2024 Many of us in the legal field have had an overwhelmingly negative first impression of AI, which is often brought up in the context of copyright infringement, fictitious case law, or shirked liability. Outside of the ...

This article is part of the 2023 BCLT-BTLJ Symposium. By Chris Conley “Artificial intelligence” (AI) is everywhere these days, from Waymo’s ongoing pilots of self-driving cars to OpenAI’s publicly-available ChatGPT chatbot. The currently dominant form, machine learning (ML), relies on models derived from vast sets of data, potentially including personal ...

By Lauren Barland LL.M. 2023 In today’s digital age, personal information can be bought, traded, and sold by anyone with an internet connection. From our health and dietary habits to our sexual and romantic preferences, companies are collecting sensitive data on a massive scale, posing significant threats to privacy. In ...

BTLJ is proud to announce the winners of the 2023 Writing Competition. Congratulations to our winners, and thank you to all participants for your submissions! First Place Winner: James Ng Brooklyn Law School Back in the Driver’s Seat: The United States Should Enact a Unified Automated Vehicle Law and Regulation ...

COMPLETE VOLUME 38, ISSUE 1 Complete Issue FRONT MATTER Front Matter ARTICLES Antibody Patents: Use of the Written Description and Enablement Requirements at the Patent & Trademark Office by S. Sean Tu & Christopher M. Holman A Poetics of Trademark Law by Alexandra J. Roberts Moderating Monopolies by Nikolas Guggenberger ...

COMPLETE VOLUME 37, ISSUE 4 Complete Issue FRONT MATTER Front Matter ARTICLES The Illogical Paradigm of Assignor Estoppel’s Dual-Track System by Rebecca Mi-Young Ho Gates of Computer Trespass by Angela L. Zhao Solving the NetChoice Dilemma: Reducing Speech Protections on Internet Platforms with Broadcast Case Law by Connor Kennedy The ...

COMPLETE VOLUME 37, ISSUE 3 Complete Issue FRONT MATTER Front Matter ARTICLES Considering a Right to Repair Software by Robert W. Gomulkiewicz Shane Rattenbury, the Productivity Commission, and the Right to Repair: Intellectual Property, Consumer Rights, and Sustainable Development in Australia by Matthew Rimmer Per Se Illegality of Exclusive Deals ...

Podcast Transcript: [SHABRINA] 0:07 Hello, and welcome to the BTLJ podcast. I’m your host, Shabrina Khansa. [MAHIMA] 0:18 And I’m your host Mahima Madan. [SHABRINA] 0:20 In today’s episode, we’ll explore the fascinating world of biometrics and its role in a recent case, Barnett v. Apple, which involves a dispute ...