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Impact on IP: What Effect Will the US-China “Phase 1” Trade Deal Have
February 28, 2020
Ian Sannes, MJLST Staffer After 18 months of intense negotiations, the US and China finally reached an agreement with many provisions covering a wide variety...
Hacking the Circuit Split: Case Asks Supreme Court to Clarify the CFAA
February 25, 2020
Kate Averwater, MJLST Staffer How far would you go to make sure your friend’s love interest isn’t an undercover cop? Would you run an easy...
Zoinks! Can the FTC Unmask Advertisements Disguised by Social Media Influencers?
February 25, 2020
Jennifer Satterfield, MJLST Staffer Social media sites like Instagram and YouTube are filled with people known as “influencers.” Influencers are people with a following on...
Electric Scooter Regulations in Winter: Why the “Brake” in Service?
February 17, 2020
Warren Cormack, MJLST Staffer In the summer of 2018, the city of Minneapolis began a pilot project to introduce 600 electric rental scooters, primarily to...
Timing Trouble: To What Extent Should We Assume People Will Break the Law?
February 15, 2020
Jack Brooksbank, MJLST Staffer City planners and civil engineers across the country face a little-known, yet extremely important, question when designing road systems: how long...
E-Bikes: Protections, Safety and Liability on the Road
February 7, 2020
Alex Wolf, MJLST Staffer E-bikes, or electronic bikes, are kind of a hybrid between an electric scooter and a regular bicycle. In appearance, they’re no...
Elections? There’s an App for That.
February 5, 2020
Jacob Hauschild, MJLST Staffer Clay Aiken won. We true believers don’t care what FOX had to say about it. When the phone systems were allegedly...
Foodborne Illness Law: E. Coli, Salmonella, and More
February 3, 2020
Katherine Nixon, MJLST Staffer Sometime in the fall of 2018, I walked into Chipotle hoping for a nice savory burrito bowl. The best burrito bowl—at...