University of Miami Law develops new course on NFTs
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Miami School of Law is the first law school in the country to offer a course in non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, through its Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law postgraduate program. NFTs are unique, blockchain-based digital tokens that have been inextricably associated with a piece of content –…
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ABA JOURNAL — Although artificial intelligence has been the subject of academic research since the 1950s and has been used commercially in some industries for decades, it is still in its infancy across much of the broader economy. The rapid adoption of this technology, along with the unique privacy, security and liability issues associated with it, has…
Read More about What lawyers need to know about artificial intelligenceWVU Law dean Amelia Reinhart discusses technology transfer at University of Houston Law Center lecture
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law’s 2021 fall lecture featured a robust discussion on navigating multiplexed technology transfer based on the research of noted intellectual property scholar Amelia Rinehart. Rinehart––William J. Maier, Jr. Dean and Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law––teaches and writes in the…
Read More about WVU Law dean Amelia Reinhart discusses technology transfer at University of Houston Law Center lectureLaw Firms Adjust To New Landscape Shaped By The Pandemic
BUSINESS WEST — They call it the ‘Zoom room.’ And for obvious reasons. It’s the office of a retired partner with the Springfield-based law firm Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin that’s been converted into a small conference room equipped with a 60-inch screen for, or mostly for, Zoom meetings with clients that involve at least a few of…
Read More about Law Firms Adjust To New Landscape Shaped By The PandemicUniversity of Arizona Law library partners with International Dark-Sky Association to combat light pollution
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA JAMES E. ROGERS COLLEGE OF LAW — Electricity powers our world, but there’s a dark side to illuminating the planet. Light pollution, designated as the excessive or inappropriate use of artificial light, has been shown to cause problems that affect human health, slow or stop the growth cycle of plants, decrease reproduction…
Read More about University of Arizona Law library partners with International Dark-Sky Association to combat light pollutionPenn Law student Alex DeLaney assists technology licensing project
PENN LAW — For months, the world watched and waited for medical companies to create life-saving vaccines to counter the devastating COVID-19 outbreak. When Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna announced their COVID-19 vaccines, the technology they used dominated news headlines and conversations across the globe. What may have flown under the radar was the University of Pennsylvania’s pivotal…
Read More about Penn Law student Alex DeLaney assists technology licensing projectUC Berkeley Law technology center announces life sciences initiative
BERKELEY LAW — For more than 25 years, the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology has been a hub for the legal and regulatory intersection of the cutting edge — a lodestar for academics, practitioners, and students at Berkeley Law and around the world. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic further driving home the critical importance of breakthrough…
Read More about UC Berkeley Law technology center announces life sciences initiativeHarvard Law students discuss social entrepreneurship during national pro bono week
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Growing up gay in Iraq, Amir Ashour ’24 saw firsthand many immediate needs for his nation’s LGBTQ+ community. “I wanted to be able to hold my partner’s hand in public and talk about being LGBTQ without fearing for my life,” the first year J.D. student said at a recent Harvard Law School…
Read More about Harvard Law students discuss social entrepreneurship during national pro bono weekNew Penn Law course looks at the law of autonomous vehicles
PENN LAW — Lecturer in Law and Deputy General Counsel at Aurora Innovation Nolan Shenai C’04 enjoys tackling challenging questions and, despite a busy schedule, has always been drawn to teaching. As a lawyer in the autonomous vehicles industry, he regularly draws on his philosophical background to think through matters at the nexus of law, ethics,…
Read More about New Penn Law course looks at the law of autonomous vehiclesPenn Law professor Christopher Yoo and fellow Giovanna Massarotto to participate in panel on artificial intelligence and antitrust law
PENN LAW — As part of Penn Law Antitrust Association’s Annual Seminar, “Competition Around the Globe and Beyond,”Christopher Yoo, John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer & Information Science and Founding Director of the Center for Technology Innovation and Competition (CTIC), and Giovanna Massarotto, CTIC Academic Fellow, will participate in a panel discussion, “Algorithms,…
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