Author(s): Jason Schultz Year: 2012 Abstract: This case raises many legal, technical, and epistemological issues related to the future of higher education, research, and scholarship – especially those efforts that […]
Brief of Digital Humanities and Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Authors Guild v. Google
PIA Requirements and Privacy Decision-Making in US Government Agencies
Author(s): Kenneth A. Bamberger and Deirdre K. Mulligan Year: 2012 Abstract: This chapter explores the ways in which the Privacy Impact Assessment requirement of the U.S. E-Government Act might be […]
The Governance of Privacy Through Codes of Conduct: International Lessons for U.S. Privacy Policy
Author(s): Deirdre K. Mulligan Year: 2013 Abstract: The recent White Paper on privacy from the U.S. Department of Commerce encourages, “the development of voluntary, enforceable privacy codes of conduct in […]
EU Privacy and the Cloud: Consent and Jurisdiction Under the Proposed Regulation
Author(s): Paul M. Schwartz Year: 2013 Abstract: Cloud computing allows dramatic flexibility in information processing—and on a global basis. Its technology permits data transmissions that span the globe. Computing activities […]
Privacy in Europe: Initial Data on Governance Choices and Corporate Practices
Author(s): Kenneth A. Bamberger and Deirdre K. Mulligan Year: 2013 Abstract: As this Article goes to press, the European Union is embroiled in debates over the contours of a proposed […]
Protecting Open Innovation: A New Approach to Patent Threats, Transaction Costs, and Tactical Disarmament
Author(s): Jason Schultz and Jennifer Urban Year: 2012 Abstract: Historically, Open Innovation Communities (OICs), such as those who make free and open source software (FOSS), have opted out of the […]
Educational Fair Use Brief in Support of Georgia State University on Behalf of Amici Curiae Academic Authors and Legal Scholars
Author(s): Pamela Samuelson and Jason Schultz Year: 2013 Abstract: For centuries, scholars and educators have excerpted the works of their colleagues, transforming them from individual, static monographs into dynamic pedagogical […]
Economic Implications of Erisa
Author(s): Peter S. Menell Year: 1982 Abstract: If the intent of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, ERISA, was to assure that beneficiaries of insolvent pension plans receive adequate pension […]
A Note on Private versus Social Incentives to Sue in a Costly Legal System
Author(s): Peter S. Menell Year: 1983 Abstract: This article presents a game-theoretic model of costly litigation. The model shows that where an injurer can calibrate the level of damages done […]
Notice Failure and Notice Externalities
Author(s): Peter S. Menell Year: 2012 Abstract: Economic theory suggests that notice plays a critical role in resource development. Resource developers will be disinclined to make significant investments without reasonable […]