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ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 6
Trustworthy Privacy Indicators: Grades, Labels, Certifications, And Dashboards
Despite numerous groups’ efforts to score, grade, label, and rate the privacy of websites, apps, and network-connected devices, these attempts at privacy indicators have,…
Joel R. Reidenberg, N. Cameron Russell, Vlad Herta, William Sierra-Rocafort & Thomas B. Norton -
ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 6
Privacy Governance for Institutional Trust (Or Are Privacy Violations Akin to Insider Trading?)
Currently, we frame individuals online as in a series of exchanges with specific firms, and privacy, accordingly, is governed to ensure trust within those…
Kirsten Martin -
ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 6
The Privacy Risks of Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing: A Case Study Of 23andMe And Ancestry
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC-GT) companies have proliferated and expanded in recent years. Using biospecimens directly submitted by consumers, these companies sequence and analyze the…
Samual A. Garner & Jiyeon Kim -
ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 4
The Law of Identity Harm
Identity harm refers to the anguish experienced by consumers who learn that their efforts to consume in line with their personal values have been…
Sarah Dadush -
NoteVol. 93 · Iss. 5
Effectiveness of Federal Regulation of Mobile Medical Applications
Due to rapid growth and advancement of technology, uncertainty has emerged as to whether some of the medical apps on the market should be…
Sarah Jean Kilker -
ArticleVol. 93 · Iss. 5
Uncertain Futures in Evolving Financial Markets
Today’s publicly offered investment funds, including mutual funds, have ever more diverse investment strategies, as they increasingly invest in financial instruments that, in earlier…
Anita K. Krug -
ArticleVol. 93 · Iss. 4
Consumer Protection in the Age of Big Data
The Big Data revolution is upon us. Technological advances in the degree to which third parties can record information about individuals, along with increases…
Max N. Helveston -
ArticleVol. 93 · Iss. 3
Pension De-risking
The United States is facing a retirement crisis, in significant part because defined benefit pension plans have been replaced by defined contribution retirement plans…
Brendan S. Maher & Paul M. Secunda -
NoteVol. 92 · Iss. 5
The Black Box Solution to Autonomous Liability
Autonomous vehicles, or self-driving cars, have the potential to revolutionize modern transportation through increased productivity and safety. Today, industry leaders in both automotive manufacturing…
Ujjayini Bose -
NoteVol. 92 · Iss. 4
Strict Liability for Individuals? The Impact of 3-D Printing on Products Liability Law
Although a relatively new technology, three-dimensional (“3-D”) printing has been pronounced an invention with “the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything.”…
Nicole D. Berkowitz -
NoteVol. 97 · Iss. 5
Labeling the New Meats: Applying Preexisting Principles to the Regulation of Radical Products
Over the course of the coming decade, the perception of what it means to be “meat” is going to radically change. Plant-based meat products…
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ArticleVol. 97 · Iss. 5
Liquid Gold
According to federal health and census data, addiction treatment is expected to be a $42 billion industry in 2020. It has doubled in size…
Katrice Bridges Copeland