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Social and Legal Concerns as America Expands Into the Brain-Computer Interface
January 31, 2017
Daniel Baum, MJLST Staffer A great deal of science and technology has been emerging in the field of the brain-computer interface, the connection between the...
Would Monetary Compensation Incentivize You to Register as an Organ Donor?
January 31, 2017
Na An, MJLST Article Editor In the United States, the number of patients on the waitlist for receiving organ donations is much greater than the...
Confusion Continues After Spokeo
January 27, 2017
Paul Gaus, MJLST Staffer Many observers hoped the Supreme Court’s decision in Spokeo v. Robins would bring clarity to whether plaintiffs could establish Article III...
Broad Inst. Inc. v. Regents of the Bd. of the Univ. of Cal: PTO to Decide CRISPR Gene Editing Ownership
January 26, 2017
Jeffrey Simon, MJLST Staffer The Broad Institute and the University of California will argue claims related to ownership on Patents relating to CRISPR (clustered regular...
Farm Drainage Revisited: Will Tile-Drain Effluent Be Considered a Point Source and Fall Under Clean Water Act Regulation?
January 26, 2017
Theodore Harrington, MJLST Managing Editor For years, nutrients from farming operations have been leaking into the Raccoon and Des Moines Rivers, and ultimately arriving at...
Court’s Remain Unclear About Bitcoin’s Status
January 25, 2017
Paul Gaus, MJLST Staffer Bitcoin touts itself as an “innovative payment network and a new kind of money.” Also known as “ cryptocurrency ,” Bitcoin...
Ensuring a Fair Trial in Medical Device Cases
January 21, 2017
Frank Griffin, M.D., J.D., Adjunct Professor, University of Arkansas School of Law Dangerous medical devices have been in the news, and the Institute of Medicine—upon...
A New Year! a New You!: Update Your Look on Regenerative Healing Law
January 2, 2017
Angela Fralish, MJLST Invited Blogger Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice for the Supreme Court remarked that in this age of science, we must build legal foundations...