Journal of High Technology Law at Suffolk University Law School

New Blog Post! Gor Bagumyan discusses how recently, the United States Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Visa regarding their strategies to maintain dominant control over the debit card market.?The lawsuit alleges Visa has done this through various agreements and business practices, which discourage the use of other debit networks and innovation within the sector. ?This blog unpacks the two main claims of this lawsuit and how a decision either way can affect the rapidly evolving world of digital payment schemes. #Visa #Antitrust #Apple #Venmo #DebitNetworks #Fintech

New Blog Post! Meredith Garrity discusses how Meta is facing bipartisan backlash over the lack of safeguards protecting teens using social media sites.?In the wake of tenacious litigation, the ongoing mental health crisis of youths, and leaks of internal reports of the harmful impacts social media has on young users, “Teen Accounts” were created. ?The update places parents in a supervisory role, regulating who and what their child can see on social media. ?However, this new wave of reform may not provide a comprehensive solution to the ongoing struggles prevalent in teens’ usage of social media platforms. #AI #Meta #ConsumerProtection #OnlinePrivacy

New Blog Post! Evan Mason discusses how in a pioneering move for the tech industry, Google recently announced a partnership with Kairos Power to build small modular reactors (“SMRs”) to power its data centers.?The tech giant is taking bold steps to supply its AI data centers with reliable, clean energy to meet the immense power demands of its AI programs. ?Similar developments are underway across the industry—Sam Altman’s company, Oklo, is planning to deploy SMRs to fuel data centers and advanced technology platforms. ?However, many hurdles must be overcome before advanced nuclear energy can reach widespread commercial use. #NuclearEnergy #Reactors #Fission #Google #AI #Kairos #Oklo #NRC #SMRs #Power

New Blog Post! Grace Drost discusses the emerging field of neurotechnology, the rapid growth of the neurotechnology market and the concerning lack of regulation surrounding brain data privacy.?Recent legislative efforts in states like California and Colorado aim to protect consumers by categorizing neural data as sensitive information, granting individuals rights over their data. ?This blog then discusses the tension between innovation and the ethical implications of data collection, particularly for vulnerable populations. #DataProtection #Privacy #DataCollection #NeuralData #BrainData #ConsumerRights #Neurotechnology

New Blog Post! Kerry Alvarez discusses how the recent $193,000 settlement between DoNotPay and the FTC underscores the challenges AI-driven legal services face in delivering reliable solutions.?The FTC's complaint, part of its AI Comply initiative, revealed that DoNotPay misled customers by claiming its AI could replace human lawyers without sufficient testing or expertise.?This settlement highlights growing regulatory scrutiny of AI in legal services and the risks consumers face when these tools fail to meet their promises. #Robotlawyer #DoNotPay #FTCsettlement #AIlegalservices #OperationAIComply #MisleadingAIclaims #AIdeception #FederalTradeCommission #AIandlawenforcement

New Blog Post! Connor Green discusses how on September 19, Dodgers’ star player, Shohei Ohtani, hit a baseball into the stands that could be worth two million dollars.?Three fans have laid claim to the historic baseball and two of them have filed lawsuits against the third.?With every fan strapped with a cell phone camera, possessory interests of an abandoned baseball have never been weaker. #Possession #Baseball #CellphoneCamera #ShoheiOhtani

New Blog Post! Charlotte Golnik discusses how while NFTs treated purely as collectibles may not fall under securities laws, if a trading platform markets them as investment contracts, the SEC may intervene.?Recent SEC settlements for unregistered security offerings with NFT trading platforms suggest that platforms like OpenSea may also face regulatory scrutiny despite efforts to position NFTs as collectibles. #NFTs #Securities #InvestmentContracts #HoweyTest #SEC #OpenSea #DigitalAssets

Join us TODAY at 5:30 in the Keches Room for this incredible event! #AI #AGEOFAI #Legaltech #Privacy

REMINDER: Join the Journal of High Technology Law along with DPCLA and LITSA for our panel “Age of AI: The Role of Privacy & Legal Tech” on Thursday November 7, at 5:30pm. The event will be at Suffolk University Law School, located at 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA. The IAPP has approved this event for 2 CPE credits and Suffolk University Law School has approved the event for 1 CLE credit. Register at: https://lnkd.in/ez5ZWtu9

New Blog Post! Nicole Harvey discusses the similarities between an argument Eleventh Circuit Judge, Kevin Newsom, made in favor of judges potentially using language learning models like ChatGPT to help them determine the ordinary meaning of terms in legal disputes and the popular arguments for using risk-assessment tools in bail proceedings.?Judge Newsom first introduced his argument in his concurrence in Snell v. United Specialty Insurance Co. and has revived the argument in his recent concurrence in United States v. Deleon. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #EleventhCircuit #JudgeKevinNewsom #Snell #Deleon #LanguageLearningModels #LLM #Riskassessmenttools #RAT