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Only Humans Are Allowed: Federal Circuit Says No to “AI Inventors”
October 26, 2022
Vivian Lin, MJLST Staffer On August 5, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the U.S. District for the Eastern Division...
It’s Social Media – A Big Lump of Unregulated Child Influencers!
October 25, 2022
Tessa Wright, MJLST Staffer If you’ve been on TikTok lately, you’re probably familiar with the Corn Kid. Seven-year-old Tariq went viral on TikTok in August...
Whisky Is for Drinking, Water Is for Fighting
October 25, 2022
Poojan Thakrar, MJLST Staffer The American Southwest often lives in our imagination as an arid environment with tumbleweeds strewn about. This hasn’t been truer in...
Making Moves on Marijuana: President Biden and Minnesota Update Marijuana Laws in 2022
October 23, 2022
Emma Ehrlich, MJLST Staffer Federal Pardoning Earlier this month, President Biden announced that he would be pardoning anyone with a federal conviction due to simple...
Meta Faces Class Action Lawsuits Over Pixel Tool Data Controversy
October 22, 2022
Ray Mestad, MJLST Staffer With a market capitalization of $341 billion, Meta Platforms is one of the most valuable companies in the world.[1] Information is...
After Hepp: Section 230 and State Intellectual Property Law
October 12, 2022
Kelso Horne IV, MJLST Staffer Although hardly a competitive arena, Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act (the “CDA”) is almost certainly the best known...
The Ongoing Battle Between Intuit and the IRS—And How Taxpayers Are Caught in the Crossfire
October 7, 2022
Alex Zeng, MJLST Staffer Every April 15, taxpayers scramble to get their tax documents sorted and figure out what, where, and how to file. This...
iMessedUp – Why Apple’s iOS 16 Update Is a Mistake in the Eyes of Litigators.
October 5, 2022
Carlisle Ghirardini, MJLST Staffer Have you ever wished you could unsend a text message? Has autocorrect ever created a typo you would give anything to...
Freedom to Moderate? Circuits Split Over First Amendment Interpretation
October 2, 2022
Annelise Couderc, MJLST Staffer Recently, the Florida and Texas Legislatures passed substantively similar laws which restrict social media platforms’ ability to moderate posts expressing “viewpoints,”...