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Popular discourse, when not lumping all cryptoassets together as a homogeneous asset class, has trended towards categorizing blockchain tokens into broad and ill-defined categories. We see this with discussion regarding whether one token or another is fungible versus non-fungible, a security versus e-currency, or where tokens are grouped with vastly ...

By Shabrina Defi Khansa, LL.M. 2023 Taylor Swift’s fans, affectionately called Swifties, closed out 2022 with an antitrust complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Ticketmaster, the online ticketing giant. In late November, after waiting in endless e-queues for tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, Swifties were hit ...

SPEAKERS Professor Chris Hoofnagle, Eric Ahern, Isabel Jones Podcast Transcript: [Eric] 00:12 Welcome to the BTLJ podcast. I’m your host, Eric Ahern. [Isabel] 00:17 And I’m your host, Isabel Jones. In today’s episode, we’ll be diving into the fascinating world of one of the most advanced machine learning tools out ...

COMPLETE VOLUME 37, ISSUE 2 Complete Issue FRONT MATTER Front Matter ARTICLES The Transnational Data Governance Problem by Douglas W. Arner, Giuliano G. Castellano & Eriks K. Selga Policing Police Tech: A Soft Law Solution by Barry Friedman, Farhang Heydari, Max Isaacs & Katie Kinsey A User’s Guide to Section ...

COMPLETE VOLUME 37, TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 SYMPOSIUM Complete Issue FRONT MATTER Front Matter ARTICLES Foreword The Telecommunications Act at Twenty-Five: The Debate Looking Forward by Howard Shelanski A New Telecommunications Act: Prioritizing Consumer Protection and Equality by Olivier Sylvain Institutional Considerations for the Regulation of Internet Service Providers by ...

COMPLETE VOLUME 37, ISSUE 1 Complete Issue FRONT MATTER Front Matter ARTICLES Verification Dilemmas in Law and the Promise of Zero-Knowledge Proofs by Kenneth A. Bamberger Ran Canetti, Shafi Goldwasser, Rebecca Wexler & Evan J. Zimmerman Predicting Consumer Contracts by Noam Kolt Post-Grant Adjudication of Drup Patents: Agency and/or Court? ...

The BTLJ Podcast team sits down with Berkeley Law Professor Tejas Narechania to discuss his forthcoming article, “Convergence and a Case for Broadband Regulation.” In the interview, Professor Narechania identifies the consequences of the outdated regulatory scheme for broadband services that exists in the United States. He also proposes a system ...

COMPLETE VOLUME 36, ISSUE 4 Complete Issue FRONT MATTER Front Matter ARTICLES How Judicial Review Promotes A “Thryving” Patent System by Angela Chen Griggs Digital Blackbeards: Copyright Infringement by States and the “Congruence and Proportionality” Test in Allen V. Cooper by Tom James Does Training AI Violate Copyright Law? by ...

By Shreya Kapoor, LL.M. 2023 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘HIPAA’) was enacted on August 2, 1996 with the aim of protecting sensitive patient health information from non-consensual disclosure. In more recent years, the technologization of healthcare has increased convenience for providers and patients ...

The BTLJ Podcast team sits down with ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Matt Cagle to discuss the use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) by police departments and other law enforcement entities. This interview was recorded on November 9, 2022. Podcast Transcript: [Tiffaney] 0:12 You’re listening to the Berkeley Technology Law ...