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In this episode, Rachael Dickson , an Visiting Assistant Professor at the Suffolk University Law School Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic and for Trademark Examining Attorney at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, discusses her draft article "High Hopes: Cannabis Trademarks at the USPTO." Dickson begins by briefly describing the history of cannabis regulation in the Unit...

In this episode, Aliza Shatzman of the Legal Accountability Network discusses her article " The Clerkships Whisper Network: What It Is, Why It's Broken, And How To Fix It ," which is published in the Columbia Law Review. Shatzman is on Twitter at @AlizaShatzman . This episode was hosted by Peter Romer-Friedman on PRF Law. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Rachel O'Dwyer , a lecturer in Digital Cultures in the National College of Art and Design, Dublin , discusses her new book " Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform ," which is published by Verso Books. O'Dwyer explains what tokens are, how they relate to money, how they have been used at different points in time, and how they are used today. O'Dwyer is on Twitter a...

In this episode, Claire E. Aubin , a faculty member at Gratz College who will be a lecturer at UC Davis, discusses her work on Holocaust perpetrators, including her dissertation, " From Treblinka to Trenton: Holocaust perpetrators as immigrants to the post-war United States " and her recent article for Time magazine. Aubin explains why Holocaust perpetrators were able to emigrate to the United Sta...

In this episode, Christa Laser , Assistant Professor of Law at Cleveland State University College of Law , discusses her article " Legal Issues in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and NFTs ," which will be published in the Nebraska Law Review. Laser begins by explaining that we should think about the relationship between law and the blockchain as posing questions about how to apply abstract concepts to...

In this episode, David G. Yosifon , Peter Canisius, S.J. Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law, discusses his article " Agent Correction: Chastisement, Wellness, and Personal Ethics ," which is published in the Florida State University Law Review. Yosifon begins by describing the broader scholarly project of which this article is a part, investigating how concepts derived from c...

In this episode, Zachary L. Catanzaro , Assistant Professor of Law at St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law, discusses his draft article " Beyond Incentives: Copyright in the Age of Algorithmic Production ." Catanzaro begins by describing the history of the development of copyright law and how that history shaped the dominant incentives-based theory of copyright. He explains how a...

In this episode, Sara Protasi , Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Puget Sound , discusses her book " The Philosophy of Envy ," which is published by Cambridge University Press. Protasi explains how envy is different from other emotions, including jealously. She describes the different kinds of envy. And she argues that at least some kinds of envy are good and should be encoura...

In this episode, Quinn Yeargain , Assistant Professor of Law at Widener University Commonwealth Law School, discusses his article, “ Litigating Trans Rights in the States ,” which will be published by the Ohio State Law Journal. Yeargain describes recent efforts by states to pass legislation infringing on the rights of transgender individuals, and argues that while challengers have found success c...

In this episode, Michael Smith , Assistant Professor of Law at St. Mary's University School of Law, discusses his article " Library Crime ," which will be published in the Drake Law Review. Smith describes the different kinds of crimes that are specific to libraries, how they differ from state to state, and why they exist. He reflects on library crimes and what they can tell us about libraries as...

In this episode, Jacob Gordon , a recent graduate of Harvard Law School, discusses his draft article " Gang Violence and Just War Theory ." Gordon begins by explaining the basic premises of just war theory. He then describes common features of gangs, and how they often track with the features considered by just war theory. He argues that concepts drawn from just war theory can help us better under...

In this episode, Paul Gowder , Associate Dean of Research and Intellectual Life and Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, discusses his book The Rule of Law in the United States: An Unfinished Project of Black Liberation which is published by Hart Publishing and available as an open-access download. Gowder begins by discussing open-access publishing and the design on...

In this episode, Jordana R. Goodman , Assistant Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses her article " Ms. Attribution: How Authorship Credit Contributes to the Gender Gap ," which is published in the Yale Journal of Law & Technology. Goodman begin by describing the "gender gap" and how it affects the practice of law. She explains how the "Matthew" and "Matilda" effects under...

In this episode, Kenneth A. Adams , an attorney and expert on contract drafting, discusses his book, " A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting ," which is published by the ABA. Adams describes how he became interested in the style of contract drafting and why he thinks it is often so bad. He explains how contract drafting can be improved and why better drafted contracts are preferable. And he prov...

In this episode, Lisa P. Ramsey , Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law , discusses the Supreme Court's recent decision in Jack Daniel's v. VIP products in light of her article " Raising the Threshold for Trademark Infringement to Protect Free Expression ," which she co-authored with Christine Haight Farley, and which is published in the American University Law Review. Rams...

In this episode, Brian McBreary , a forensic musicologist, explains what forensic musicologists do and how they analyze music. He describes how he became a forensic musicologist and the process by which forensic musicologists approach the analysis of songs as expert witnesses in copyright infringement litigation. And he specifically reflects on recent copyright infringement cases involving Marvin...

In this episode, Sara Gras , Associate Professor and Executive Director of the Peter W. Rodino, Jr. Law Library Center for Information & Technology at Seton Hall University School of Law, discusses her article " Positioning Podcasting as Legal Scholarship ," which will be published in the Utah Law Review. Here is the abstract: Technology has revolutionized legal practice, education, and societ...

In this episode, Elise Bernlohr Maizel , Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering at NYU Law School, discusses her article "The Case for Downsizing the Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege." Maizel begins by describing the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine. She explains why the attorney-client privilege doctrine has always been a poor fit for corporate clients. And she proposes a n...

In this episode, Michael J. Kasdan , a partner at Wiggin and Dana LLP , discusses his work as a lawyer in the Web3 space. Among other things, Kasdan discusses how intellectual property affects Web3 markets, including how Web3 companies are using their intellectual property rights in new and unexpected ways. This episode was hosted by Sidhant Raghuvanshi , an LLM student at UC Berkeley School of La...

In this episode, Aliza Shatzman , President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project , discusses her new article, " The Conservative Case for the Judiciary Accountability Act ," which is published in the Harvard Journal on Legislation. Schatzman observes that the federal judiciary has a harassment problem and describes her own experience of harassment. She describes the Judicial Accountabil...

In this episode, Ari Cohn , Free Speech Counsel at Tech Freedom , discusses the proposed Kids Online Safety Act, which the Senate is currently considering. Cohn begins by explaining the history of KOSA and similar previous bills, what KOSA is supposed to accomplish, and how it's supposed to accomplish that goal. He explains why KOSA as drafted presents intractable practical and First Amendment pro...

In this episode, Neil Chilson , a senior research fellow for technology and innovation at Stand Together and former chief technologist at the FTC, discusses the FTC's proposal to create a trade regulation rule on commercial surveillance and data security. Chilson begins by discussing the FTC's history of rulemaking and why this rulemaking proposal is important. He reflects on what the FTC might be...

In this episode, Sarah Polcz , a fellow at Stanford Law School, discusses her articles " Co-Creating Equality ," which will be published in the Southern California Law Review, and " Loyalties & Royalties ," which will be published in the Hastings Law Journal. Polcz describes her empirical research on the distribution of songwriting credit in the music business. She explains how authorship norm...

In this episode, Daniel Schwarcz , Fredrikson & Byron Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, Josephine Wolff , Associate Professor of Cybersecurity Policy at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and Daniel W. Woods , Lecturer of Cybersecurity at the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics, discuss their article " How Privilege Undermines Cybersecurity ," which wi...

In this episode, Michele Colonna, an art collector , NFT advisor , and co-founder of Árthropo , a web3 native crypto art project , discusses his perspective on the art market and the NFT market. Colonna describes how he became interested in NFTs, how he views the relationship between the NFT market and the conventional art market, and where he sees the future of the NFT market heading. Colonna is...